Mercedes-Benz SL-Class 2009 Owners Manual - Manual (Page 225)

Tires and wheels
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X If you wish to confirm: Press button
æ .
The following message will appear in the
multifunction display:
Tire Pressure Monitor
Restarted
After driving a few minutes the system veri-
fies that the current tire inflation pressures
are within the system’s specified range.
Afterwards the current tire inflation pres-
sures are accepted as reference values and
then monitored.
or
X If you wish to cancel: Press button
ç .
MOExtended system
The MOExtended system allows you to con-
tinue driving your vehicle even if there is a
total loss of pressure in one or more tires.
You may only use the MOExtended system in
conjunction with the TPMS (
Y page 218) or
the Advanced TPMS ( Y page 220).
For information on driving in case of pressure
loss in one or more tires (emergency mode),
see the “Practical Hints” section
(
Y page 325).
Tire labeling
Besides tire name (sales designation) and
manufacturer name, a number of markings
can be found on a tire.
Following are some explanations for the
markings on your vehicle’s tires:
1 Uniform Tire Quality Grading Standards
(
Y page 229)
2 DOT, Tire Identification Number
(
Y page 227)
3 Maximum tire load ( Y page 228)
4 Maximum tire inflation pressure
(
Y page 228)
5 Manufacturer
6 Tire ply material ( Y page 230)
7 Tire size designation, load and speed rat-
ing (
Y page 224)
8 Load identification ( Y page 226)
9 Tire name
i For illustration purposes only. Actual data
on tires are specific to each vehicle and
may vary from data shown in above illus-
tration.
For more information, see “Rims and
tires” (
Y page 343).
Operation
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