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Mercedes-Benz R-Class 2008 Owners Manual User Manual

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389

Operation

Tires and wheels

1 DOT
2 Manufacturer’s identification mark
3 Tire size
4 Tire type code (at the option of the tire

manufacturer)

5 Date of manufacture

DOT (Department of Transportation)

A tire branding symbol

1 (

page 389)

which denotes the tire meets require-
ments of the U.S. Department of
Transportation.

Manufacturer’s identification mark

The manufacturer’s identification mark

2

(

page 389) denotes the tire

manufacturer.

New tires have a mark with two symbols.

Retreaded tires have a mark with four sym-
bols. For more information on retreaded
tires, see (

page 363).

Tire size

The code

3 (

page 389) indicates the

tire size.

Tire type code

The code

4 (

page 389) may, at the

option of the manufacturer, be used as a
descriptive code for identifying significant
characteristics of the tire.

Date of manufacture

The date of manufacture

5 (

page 389)

identifies the week and year of manufac-
ture.

The first two figures identify the week,
starting with “01” to represent the first full
week of the calendar year. The second two
figures represent the year.

For example, “3202” represents the 32nd
week of 2002.

i

For illustration purposes only. Actual data

on tires are specific to each vehicle and may vary
from data shown in above illustration.