Preparing The Vehicle; Flat Tire - Mercedes-Benz 2011 C300 Luxury Sedan Operator's Manual

Flat tire

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a qualified specialist workshop, e.g. an
authorized Mercedes-Benz Center.
X
Lift the trunk floor upwards (
Vehicle tool kit tray
:
Stowage well
;
Spare wheel/"Minispare" emergency
=
spare wheel
The vehicle tool kit contains:
Foldable wheel chock
R
Fuse allocation chart
R
Jack
R
One pair of gloves
R
Lug wrench
R
Towing eye
R
"Minispare" emergency spare wheel
The "Minispare" emergency spare wheel can
be found in the stowage well under the trunk
floor.
X
Lift the trunk floor upwards (
X
Turn stowage well ; counter-clockwise
and remove it.
X
Remove "Minispare" emergency spare
Y page 219).
wheel :.
For further information on changing a wheel
and mounting the spare wheel, see
( Y page 255).
Flat tire

Preparing the vehicle

Your vehicle could be equipped with a
"Minispare" emergency spare wheel or the
MOExtended run-flat system(
i Vehicle preparation is not necessary on
vehicles with the MOExtended run-flat
system.
X
Stop the vehicle as far away as possible
from traffic on solid, non-slippery and level
ground.
X
Switch on the hazard warning lamps.
X
Firmly depress the parking brake.
X
Bring the front wheels into the straight-
ahead position.
X
Vehicles with manual transmission:
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
Y
page 219).
the key from the ignition lock.
X
Vehicles with KEYLESS-GO: open the
driver's door.
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 132).
Y page 259).