Wheels › All-season or winter tires 191
WARNING
Risk of an accident!
Settings
The speed limit setting for tyres is set in the Infotain-
ment in the following menu item:
Do not use tyres that are older than 6 years.
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Outside Tyres
Troubleshooting
Or:
Help with a flat tyre
Outside
Spare and emergency spare wheel » page 191
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By moving your finger sideways, choose the screen
with the menu item Tyres
Select Tyres – select them and set the speed limit.
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Changing the wheel and raising the vehi-
cle » page 192
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.
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Breakdown kit » page 194
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Change of tyre pressure
Snow chains
Usage
illuminates
Stop the vehicle.
Check the tyres and tyre pressures.
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The snow chains improve driving in wintry road con-
ditions.
Show tyres with modified pressure
In the following menu, select the menu item for
displaying the tyre condition:
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WARNING
Risk of accident as well as tyre damage!
Do not use chains on routes that are free from
snow and ice.
Tyres
Or:
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What you should be mindful of
Before fitting the snow chains, remove the full
wheel trims.
Only mount the snow chains on the front wheels.
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All-season or winter tires
Usage
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All-season or winter tyres improve handling in winter
weather conditions. They are characterised by ‘M+S’
Technical data
and a mountaintop and snowflake symbol
.
Permitted rim/tyre combinations for mounting of
snow chains:
What you should be mindful of
Rim size
Tyre size
For the best possible handling, use tyres on all four
wheels with a minimum tread depth of 4 mm.
6.5Jx16 ET46
6.5Jx17 ET46
205/60 R16
205/55 R17
Change winter tyres to summer tyres at the appro-
priate time. Summer tyres have better driving and
braking characteristics on snow- and ice-free roads
and at temperatures above 7 °C.
Only fit snow chains with links and locks that are no
larger than 9 mm.
Spare and emergency spare wheel
Usage conditions
Overview
If all-season or winter tyres are installed that have a
lower speed category than the actual specified maxi-
mum vehicle speed, then proceed as follows:
Spare wheel
The dimensions of a standard spare wheel corre-
spond to the dimensions of the wheels mounted
on the vehicle.
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In Infotainment, set the speed limit according to
the category of tyres fitted.
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A temporary spare wheel is provided with a warn-
ing label on the rim. This wheel is intended to ena-
ble you to reach the nearest specialist garage.
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In the driver's field of view, affix a warning label
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with the maximum value of the speed category in-
tended for the tyres fitted (applies only to certain
countries).
Inflate a space saver wheel with the maximum pre-
scribed pressure.
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