Breakdown assistance, Flat tyre – Mercedes-Benz 2013 CLA Class User Manual

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You can use TIREFIT at outside temperatures
down to Ò20 †.

TIREFIT sticker, 2-part

X

Do not remove any foreign objects which
have penetrated the tyre, e.g. screws or
nails.

X

Remove the tyre sealant bottle, the accom-
panying TIREFIT sticker and the tyre infla-
tion compressor from the stowage well
underneath the luggage compartment floor
(

Y

page 297).

X

Affix part : of the TIREFIT sticker within
the driver's field of vision.

X

Affix part ; of the TIREFIT sticker near the
valve on the wheel with the defective tyre.

X

Remove filler hose B and plug = from the
bottom section of the tyre inflation com-
pressor housing.

X

Slide the yellow filler hose connector into
the mounting on yellow cap A of tyre seal-
ant bottle : until the plug engages.

X

With the sealing rings in front, slide yellow
cap A of tyre sealant bottle : into the

mounting of tyre inflation compressor ;
until the cap and both hooks engage.

X

Remove the cap from valve C on the faulty
tyre.

X

Screw filler hose D onto valve.

X

Insert plug = into the socket of the ciga-
rette lighter (

Y

page 276) or into a 12 V

power socket in your vehicle (

Y

page 277).

X

Turn the key to position

1 in the ignition

lock (

Y

page 145).

X

Press on/off switch ? on the tyre inflation
compressor to

ON.

The tyre inflation compressor is switched
on. The tyre is inflated.

i

First, tyre sealant is pumped into the tyre.

The pressure can briefly rise to approx-
imately 500 kPa (5 bar/73 psi).
Do not switch off the tyre inflation com-

pressor during this phase.

X

Let the tyre inflation compressor run for a
maximum of ten minutes. The tyre should
then have attained a pressure of at least
200 kPa (2.0 bar/29 psi).

!

Do not operate the tyre inflation com-

pressor for longer than ten minutes at a
time without a break. It may otherwise
overheat.
The tyre inflation compressor can be oper-
ated again once it has cooled down.

If a pressure of 200 kPa (2.0 bar/29 psi) has
been achieved after ten minutes, see
(

Y

page 301).

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Flat tyre

Breakdown assistance

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