Wheels and tires, Emergency spare wheel – Mercedes-Benz SLK-Class 2014 Owners Manual User Manual
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The collapsible spare wheel must be
mounted before it is inflated.
X
Pull plug ? out of the housing.
X
Take the air hose out of the housing.
X
Insert the yellow hose connector of the air
hose into the guide in the housing and push
it into the fixture until the hose connector
engages.
X
Remove the cap from the valve on the
collapsible spare wheel.
X
Screw union nut : on the air hose onto the
valve.
X
Make sure the tire inflation compressor's
on/off switch A is set to OFF.
X
Insert plug ? into the socket of the
cigarette lighter or into a 12 V power socket
in your vehicle.
Observe the notes on the cigarette lighter
(
Y
page 258). Observe the notes on
sockets (
Y
page 258).
X
Turn the SmartKey to position 1 in the
ignition lock (
Y
page 139).
X
Press on/off switch A on the tire inflation
compressor to ON.
The tire inflation compressor is switched
on. The tire is inflated. The tire pressure is
shown on pressure gauge =.
X
Inflate the tire to the specified tire
pressure.
The specified tire pressure is printed on the
yellow label of the emergency spare wheel.
X
When the specified tire pressure has been
reached, press on/off switch A to OFF, on
the tire inflation compressor.
The tire inflation compressor is switched
off.
X
Turn the SmartKey to position 0 in the
ignition lock.
X
If the tire pressure is higher than the
specified pressure, press pressure release
button ; until the correct tire pressure has
been reached.
X
Unscrew union nut : on the air hose from
the valve.
X
Screw the cap onto the valve of the
collapsible spare wheel again.
Removing an air hose
X
To remove the hose from the tire inflation
compressor, push down the rocker switch
on the hose connector and pull out the
hose.
X
Stow plug ? and the air hose in the lower
section of the blower housing.
X
Stow the tire inflation compressor in the
vehicle.
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