Load Identification - Mercedes-Benz 2006 CL 500 Operator's Manual

All-season and winter tires
Index Speed rating
1
Q M+S up to 100 mph (160 km/h)
1
T M+S up to 118 mph (190 km/h)
1
H M+S up to 130 mph (210 km/h)
1
V M+S up to 149 mph (240 km/h)
1
or M+S.for winter tires
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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
Association (RMA) and the Rubber
Association of Canada (RAC) and have
been designed specifically for use in
snow conditions.

Load identification

1 Load identification
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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.
Tires and wheels
In addition to tire load rating, special load
information may be molded into the tire
sidewall following the letter designating
the tire speed rating 6 ( page 299).
No specification given: absence of any text
(like in above example) indicates a
standard load (SL) tire.
XL (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.
Operation
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