Flat Tyre - Mercedes-Benz R-Class Owner's Manual

Flat tyre

Flat tyre equipment variants
Your vehicle may be equipped with:
a TIREFIT kit ( page 252)
R
Y
R an emergency spare wheel* (
the MOExtended run-flat sys-
R
tem* ( page 322)
Y
Preparing the vehicle
i
Vehicle preparation is not necessary on
vehicles with MOE tyres*.
Vehicles with the AIRMATIC package*:
X
Make sure that highway level* is selected
( page 154).
Y
Stop your vehicle as far away from traffic
X
as possible on solid, non-slippery, level
ground.
Switch on the hazard warning lamps.
X
Firmly depress the parking brake.
X
Move the selector lever to P.
X
* optional
All occupants must get out of the vehicle.
X
Make sure that they are not endangered as
they do so.
Make sure that no one is near the danger
X
area whilst a wheel is being changed. Any-
one who is not directly assisting in the
page 252)
Y
wheel change should, for example, stand
behind the barrier.
Switch off the engine.
X
Vehicles without KEYLESS GO*
Remove the key from the ignition lock.
X
Vehicles with KEYLESS GO*
Open the driver's door.
X
The on-board electronics have status 0,
which is the same as the key having been
removed.
Vehicles with the AIRMATIC package* and
X
the Off-Road Pro engineering package*:
Remove the KEYLESS GO button from the
ignition lock.
Practical advice
For all vehicles
Get out of the vehicle.
X
Close the driver's door.
X
Place the warning triangle (
X
Y
a suitable distance. Observe legal require-
ments.
i
To operate the electric air-pump, you can
use the power socket in the luggage com-
partment ( page 207) or 2nd row of seats
Y
( page 207), even when the ignition is
Y
switched off. For example, to use TIREFIT
or to inflate the collapsible emergency
spare wheel*.
An emergency cut-off ensures that the on-
board voltage does not drop too low. If the
on-board voltage is too low, power to the
sockets is automatically cut-off. This
ensures that there is sufficient power to
start the engine.
Flat tyre
page 250) at
Z
313