Changing A Wheel - Mercedes-Benz CLS 2012 Owner's Manual

Storing wheels
Store wheels that are not being used in a cool,
dry and preferably dark place. Protect the
tyres against oil, grease, petrol and diesel.
Cleaning the wheels
G WARNING
The water jet of circular-jet nozzles (dirt grind-
ers) can cause damage not visible from the
outside to tyres or chassis components. Com-
ponents damaged in this way can unexpect-
edly fail. There is a risk of an accident.
Do not use high-pressure cleaners with circu-
lar-jet nozzles to clean the vehicle. Have dam-
aged tyres or chassis components replaced
immediately.
Fitting a wheel
Preparing the vehicle
Stop the vehicle on solid, non-slippery and
X
level ground.
Apply the parking brake.
X
Bring the front wheels into the straight-
X
ahead position.
Shift the transmission to position P.
X
Vehicles with AIRMATIC: make sure that
X
"normal" level is selected (
Switch off the engine.
X
Vehicles without KEYLESS-GO: remove
X
the key from the ignition lock.
Vehicles with KEYLESS-GO: open the
X
driver's door.
The on-board electronics have status 0,
which is the same as the key having been
removed.
Vehicles with KEYLESS-GO: remove the
X
Start/Stop button from the ignition lock
( page 147).
Y
X
X
i
Securing the vehicle against rolling
away
page 188).
Y
If your vehicle is equipped with a wheel chock,
it can be found in the tyre-change tool kit
(
Y
The folding wheel chock is an additional
securing measure to prevent the vehicle from
rolling away, for example when changing a
wheel.
X
X
X

Changing a wheel

If included in the vehicle equipment,
remove the tyre-change tool kit from the
vehicle.
Secure the vehicle to prevent it from rolling
away.
Apart from certain country-specific varia-
tions, the vehicles are not equipped with a
tyre-change tool kit. Some tools for chang-
ing a wheel are specific to the vehicle. For
more information on which tools are
required to perform a wheel change on your
vehicle, consult a qualified specialist work-
shop.
Necessary wheel-changing tools can
include, for example:
jack
R
wheel chock
R
wheel wrench
R
page 335).
Fold both plates upwards :.
Fold out lower plate ;.
Guide the lugs on the lower plate fully into
the openings in base plate =.
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