Mercedes-Benz E-Class 2006 Owners Manual - Manual (Page 349)

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Operation
Tires and wheels
All-season and winter tires Load identification
1 Load identification
In addition to tire load rating, special load
information may be molded into the tire
sidewall following the letter designating
the tire speed rating
1 ( ୴ page 346).
No specification given: absence of any text
(like in above example) indicates a
standard load (SL) tire.
XL or Extra Load: designates an extra load
(or reinforced) tire.
Light Load: designates a light load tire.
C, D, E: designates load range associated
with the maximum load a tire can carry at
a specified pressure.
Index Speed rating
Q M+S 1
1 or M+S . for winter tires
up to 100 mph (160 km/h)
T M+S 1 up to 118 mph (190 km/h)
H M+S 1 up to 130 mph (210 km/h)
V M+S 1 up to 149 mph (240 km/h)
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Not all M+S rated tires provide special
winter performance. Make sure the
tires you use show M+S and the moun-
tain/snowflake
.marking on the
tire sidewall. These tires meet specific
snow traction performance require-
ments of the Rubber Manufacturers As-
sociation (RMA) and the Rubber
Association of Canada (RAC) and have
been designed specifically for use in
snow conditions.
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For illustration purposes only. Actual
data on tires are specific to each vehi-
cle and may vary from data shown in
above illustration.