Wheels and tires, Changing a wheel – Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class 2015 User Manual

Page 370

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Mounting a wheel

Preparing the vehicle

X

Stop the vehicle on solid, non-slippery and

level ground.

X

Apply the parking brake.

X

Bring the front wheels into the straight-

ahead position.

X

Shift the transmission to position P.

X

Vehicles with AIRMATIC: make sure that

"normal" level is selected (

Y

page 193).

X

Switch off the engine.

X

Remove the SmartKey from the ignition

lock.

or, on vehicles with KEYLESS‑GO:

X

Open the driver's door.

The on-board electronics now have status

0. This is the same as the SmartKey having

been removed.

X

Remove the Start/Stop button from the

ignition lock (

Y

page 150).

X

If included in the vehicle equipment,

remove the tire-change tool kit from the

vehicle (

Y

page 326).

X

Safeguard the vehicle against rolling away.

Securing the vehicle to prevent it from

rolling away

If your vehicle is equipped with a wheel chock,

it can be found in the tire-change tool kit

(

Y

page 326).

The folding wheel chock is an additional

safety 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 =.

Securing the vehicle on level ground

X

On level ground: place chocks or other

suitable items under the front and rear of

the wheel that is diagonally opposite the

wheel you wish to change.

Securing the vehicle on slight downhill gradients

X

On light downhill gradients: place

chocks or other suitable items in front of

the wheels of the front and rear axle.

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.

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Changing a wheel

Wheels

and

tires

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