An arrow on the sidewall of the tyre indicates its
correct direction of rotation.
Storing wheels
Store wheels that are not being used in a cool,
dry and preferably dark place. Protect the tyres
against oil, grease, petrol and diesel.
Fitting a wheel
Preparing the vehicle
X
Stop the vehicle on solid, non-slippery and
level ground.
X
Unload the vehicle. The jack can only be used
when the vehicle is unladen.
X
Apply the electric parking brake manually.
X
Move the front wheels to the straight-ahead
position.
X
Shift the transmission to position P.
X
Switch off the engine.
X
Vehicles without KEYLESS-GO: remove the
key from the ignition lock.
X
Vehicles with KEYLESS-GO: open the driv-
er's door.
The vehicle electronics now have status 0.
This is the same as the key having been
removed.
X
Vehicles with KEYLESS-GO: remove the
Start/Stop button from the ignition lock
(
Y
page 132).
X
If included in the vehicle equipment, remove
the tyre-change tool kit from the vehicle.
X
Safeguard the vehicle against rolling away.
i
Apart from certain country-specific varia-
tions, vehicles are not equipped with a tyre-
change tool kit. For information on which
tools are required to perform a wheel change
on your vehicle, consult a Mercedes-Benz
Service Centre.
Necessary tyre-changing tools may include,
for example:
R
jack
R
wheel chock
R
wheel wrench
Securing the vehicle against rolling
away
If your vehicle is equipped with a wheel chock, it
can be found in the tyre-change tool kit
(
Y
page 288).
The folding wheel chock is an additional secur-
ing measure to safeguard the vehicle from roll-
ing away, for example when changing a wheel.
X
Fold both plates upwards
:
.
X
Fold out lower plate
;
.
X
Insert the lugs on the lower plate fully into the
openings in base plate
=
.
X
Place chocks or other suitable items under
the front and rear of the wheel that is diago-
nally opposite the wheel you wish to change.
Raising the vehicle
G
WARNING
If you do not position the jack correctly at the
appropriate jacking point of the vehicle, the
jack could tip over with the vehicle raised.
There is a risk of injury.
Only position the jack at the appropriate jack-
ing point of the vehicle. The base of the jack
Changing a wheel
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Whe
el
s
and
tyres
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