Mercedes-Benz 2016 SLK, Operator'S Manual

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Do not operate the tire inflation compres-
sor for longer than ten minutes at a time
without a break. It may otherwise overheat.
The tire inflation compressor can be oper-
ated again once it has cooled down.
X
Mount the collapsible spare wheel as
described (
Y
page 331).
The collapsible spare wheel must be moun-
ted before it is inflated.
X
Pull plug ? out of the housing.
X
Take the filler hose out of the housing.
X
Insert the yellow hose connector of the
filler hose into the guide in the housing and
push it into the fixture until the hose con-
nector engages.
X
Remove the cap from the valve on the col-
lapsible spare wheel.
X
Screw union nut : on the filler hose onto
the valve.
X
Make sure the tire inflation compressor's
on/off switch A is set to OFF.
X
Insert plug ? into the socket of the ciga-
rette lighter or into a 12 V power socket in
your vehicle.
Observe the notes on the cigarette lighter
(
Y
page 258). Observe the notes on sock-
ets (
Y
page 259).
X
Turn the SmartKey to position 1 in the igni-
tion lock (
Y
page 139).
X
Press on/off switch A on the tire inflation
compressor to ON.
The tire inflation compressor is switched
on. The tire is inflated. The tire pressure is
shown on pressure gauge = .
X
Inflate the tire to the specified tire pres-
sure.
The specified tire pressure is printed on the
yellow label of the emergency spare wheel.
X
When the specified tire pressure has been
reached, press on/off switch A to OFF, on
the tire inflation compressor.
The tire inflation compressor is switched
off.
X
Turn the key to position 0 in the ignition
lock.
X
If the tire pressure is higher than the speci-
fied pressure, press pressure release but-
ton ; until the correct tire pressure has
been reached.
X
Unscrew union nut : on the filler hose
from the valve.
X
Screw the cap onto the valve of the col-
lapsible spare wheel again.
Removing the filler hose
X
To remove the filler hose from the tire infla-
tion compressor, push down the rocker
switch on the hose connector and pull out
the filler hose.
X
Stow plug ? and the filler hose in the lower
section of the compressor housing.
X
Stow the tire inflation compressor in the
vehicle.
Emergency spare wheel
341
Wheels
and
tires
Z