Preparing The Vehicle - Mercedes-Benz SLC Operator's Manual

An arrow on the sidewall of the tire indicates its
correct direction of rotation.
Storing wheels
Store wheels that are not being used in a cool,
dry and preferably dark place. Protect the tires
from oil, grease, gasoline and diesel.
Mounting a wheel

Preparing the vehicle

Stop the vehicle on solid, non-slippery and
X
level ground.
Apply the electric parking brake manually.
X
Bring the front wheels into the straight-ahead
X
position.
Shift the transmission to position P.
X
Switch off the engine.
X
Vehicles without KEYLESS-GO: remove the
X
SmartKey from the ignition lock.
Vehicles with KEYLESS-GO: open the driv-
X
er's door.
The vehicle electronics now have status 0.
This is the same as the SmartKey having been
removed.
Vehicles with KEYLESS-GO: remove the
X
Start/Stop button from the ignition lock
( page 115).
Y
If included in the vehicle equipment, remove
X
the tire-change tool kit from the vehicle.
Safeguard the vehicle against rolling away.
X
i
Due to differences in vehicle equipment, not
all vehicles are equipped with a tire-change
tool kit. For information on which tools are
required to perform a wheel change on your
vehicle, consult an authorized Mercedes-
Benz Center.
Necessary tire-changing tools can include, for
example:
Jack
R
Wheel chock
R
Lug wrench
R
Changing a wheel
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
( page 241).
Y
The folding wheel chock is an additional safety
measure to prevent the vehicle from rolling
away, for example when changing a wheel.
Fold both plates upwards :.
X
Fold out lower plate ;.
X
Guide the lugs on the lower plate fully into the
X
openings in base plate =.
Place chocks or other suitable items under
X
the front and rear of the wheel that is diago-
nally opposite the wheel you wish to change.
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.
Only position the jack at the appropriate jack-
ing point of the vehicle. The base of the jack
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Z