Mercedes-Benz GL-Class 2009 Owners Manual - Manual (Page 400)

Flat tire
398
Do not switch off the ESP ® when a spare
wheel is mounted.
G Warning!
Your vehicle is equipped with air
suspension program. Do not open or close
any doors or the tailgate while mounting a
spare wheel. The vehicle could rise or lower
to a previously selected level. You or others
could be injured as a result.
Preparing the vehicle
X Make sure the vehicle level is set to
highway level (
Y page 186).
X Park the vehicle in a safe distance from
moving traffic on a hard, flat surface when
possible.
X Turn on the hazard warning flasher.
X Turn the steering wheel so that the front
wheels are in a straight-ahead position.
X Engage the parking brake.
X Shift the automatic transmission into park
position
P.
X Turn off the engine.
X Remove the SmartKey from the starter
switch.
or
X Vehicles with KEYLESS-GO: Open the
driver’s door (this puts the starter switch in
position
0, same as with the SmartKey
removed from the starter switch). The
driver’s door can then be closed again.
Open doors only when conditions are safe
to do so.
X Vehicles with KEYLESS-GO: Remove the
KEYLESS-GO start/stop button from the
starter switch.
X Have any passenger exit the vehicle at a
safe distance from the roadway. Open
doors only when conditions are safe to do
so.
Mounting the spare wheel
Introduction
X Prepare the vehicle as described
(
Y page 398).
X Take the following out of the vehicle:
R spare wheel
R jack
R wheel wrench
R collapsible wheel chock
R alignment bolt
For information on where to find the
respective items, see “Where will I
find ...?” (
Y page 326) and ( Y page 329).
Lifting the vehicle
G Warning!
When jacking up the vehicle, only use the
jack which has been specifically approved
by Mercedes-Benz for your vehicle.
The jack is designed exclusively for jacking
up the vehicle at the jack take-up brackets
built into both sides of the vehicle. Make
sure the jack arm is fully seated in the jack
Practical hints