Fitting a wheel, Preparing the vehicle, Securing the vehicle against rolling away – Mercedes-Benz 2013 C Class Coupe User Manual

Page 359: Chock, The "fitting a wheel" section, Wheels and tyres

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ponents damaged in this way can unexpect-
edly fail. There is a risk of an accident.
Do not use high-pressure cleaners with circu-
lar-jet nozzles to clean the vehicle. Have dam-
aged tyres or chassis components replaced
immediately.

Fitting a wheel

Preparing the vehicle

X

Stop the vehicle on solid, non-slippery and
level ground.

X

Apply the parking brake.

X

Move the front wheels to the straight-
ahead position.

X

Vehicles with manual transmission:

depress the clutch pedal fully and engage
first or reverse gear.

X

Vehicles with automatic transmission:

move the selector lever to

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

driver's do or.
The on-board electronics have status

0,

which 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 149).

X

If a trailer is coupled to the vehicle, uncou-
ple it.

X

If included in the vehicle equipment,
remove the tyre-change tool kit from the
vehicle.

X

Secure the vehicle to prevent it from rolling
away.

i

Apart from some country-specific var-

iants, vehicles are not equipped with tyre-
changing tools. Some tools for changing a
wheel are specific to the vehicle. For more
information on which tools are required to

perform a wheel change on your vehicle,
consult a qualified specialist workshop.
Necessary wheel-changing tools can
include, for example:

R

Jack

R

Wheel chock

R

Wheel wrench

R

Centring pin

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 329).

The folding wheel chock is an additional
securing measure to prevent the vehicle from
rolling away, for example when changing a
wheel.

X

Fold both plates upwards :.

X

Fold out lower plate ;.

X

Guide the lugs on the lower plate fully into
the openings in base plate =.

Fitting a wheel

357

Wheels and tyres

Z

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