Mercedes-Benz G-Class 2007 Owners Manual User Manual

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Operation

Tires and wheels

1 Uniform Quality Grading Standards

(

page 302)

2 DOT, Tire Identification Number (TIN)

(

page 299)

3 Maximum tire load (

page 300)

4 Maximum tire inflation pressure

(

page 301)

5 Manufacturer
6 Tire ply material (

page 304)

7 Tire size designation, load and speed

rating (

page 295)

8 Load identification (

page 298)

9 Tire name

Tire size designation, load and speed
rating

1 Tire width
2 Aspect ratio in %
3 Radial tire code
4 Rim diameter
5 Tire load rating
6 Tire speed rating

General:

Depending on the design standards used,
the tire size molded into the sidewall may
have no letter or a letter preceding the tire
size designation.

No letter preceding the size designation
(as illustrated above): Passenger car tire
based on European design standards.

Letter “P” preceding the size designation:
Passenger car tire based on U.S. design
standards.

Letter “LT” preceding the size designation:
Light Truck tire based on U.S. design
standards.

Letter “T” preceding the size designation:
Temporary spare tires which are high
pressure compact spares designed for
temporary emergency use only.

i

For illustration purposes only. Actual data

on tires are specific to each vehicle and may vary
from data shown in above illustration.

For more information, see “Rims and tires”
(

page 416).

i

For illustration purposes only. Actual data

on tires are specific to each vehicle and may vary
from data shown in above illustration.

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