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My wife was forced off the road this week in our 2018 GLC63 and cut down a the right rear tire. Thankfully she was not hurt and she was less than a half mile from our house. No other damage to the car other than the tire.
She drove it slowly home and I called Mercedes asking about driving the car further because the rim looked mighty close to the road. The Mercedes service rep had be look at the tire and it is not a run flat tire. The car has the 21" Perelli PZero's and when I bought the car I asked where's the jack and the spare tire? I was told no spare,no jack that the car had run flat tires on it. So I gave it no more thought. The dealership sent a roll back and brought the car in to replace the tire.The car has about 6500 miles on it and the tires are about half worn out. So I thought why spend $300 now for a tire and $1200 in another year to replace all of them. Why not just replace all of them now with true run flat tires. The Mercedes service rep spent the next hour calling everyplace known looking for 21" run flat tires that would fit my car. As of now....There aren't any!!
So just a heads up. If any GLC63 with 21" rims as far as I and my service rep know. Gets a flat that needs more than just air. You will have to be towed in. Unless you go buy a spare tire and a jack.
There’s a canister with a pump that fills the tire with a sealant that will plug the tire until you can get a real fix. No AMG or M cars have a spare there’s no place to put it. 1 of my 4 cars has a spare my ranger rover the rest have sealants.
My wife was forced off the road this week in our 2018 GLC63 and cut down a the right rear tire. Thankfully she was not hurt and she was less than a half mile from our house. No other damage to the car other than the tire.
She drove it slowly home and I called Mercedes asking about driving the car further because the rim looked mighty close to the road. The Mercedes service rep had be look at the tire and it is not a run flat tire. The car has the 21" Perelli PZero's and when I bought the car I asked where's the jack and the spare tire? I was told no spare,no jack that the car had run flat tires on it. So I gave it no more thought. The dealership sent a roll back and brought the car in to replace the tire.The car has about 6500 miles on it and the tires are about half worn out. So I thought why spend $300 now for a tire and $1200 in another year to replace all of them. Why not just replace all of them now with true run flat tires. The Mercedes service rep spent the next hour calling everyplace known looking for 21" run flat tires that would fit my car. As of now....There aren't any!!
So just a heads up. If any GLC63 with 21" rims as far as I and my service rep know. Gets a flat that needs more than just air. You will have to be towed in. Unless you go buy a spare tire and a jack.
My wife was forced off the road this week in our 2018 GLC63 and cut down a the right rear tire. Thankfully she was not hurt and she was less than a half mile from our house. No other damage to the car other than the tire.
She drove it slowly home and I called Mercedes asking about driving the car further because the rim looked mighty close to the road. The Mercedes service rep had be look at the tire and it is not a run flat tire. The car has the 21" Perelli PZero's and when I bought the car I asked where's the jack and the spare tire? I was told no spare,no jack that the car had run flat tires on it. So I gave it no more thought. The dealership sent a roll back and brought the car in to replace the tire.The car has about 6500 miles on it and the tires are about half worn out. So I thought why spend $300 now for a tire and $1200 in another year to replace all of them. Why not just replace all of them now with true run flat tires. The Mercedes service rep spent the next hour calling everyplace known looking for 21" run flat tires that would fit my car. As of now....There aren't any!!
So just a heads up. If any GLC63 with 21" rims as far as I and my service rep know. Gets a flat that needs more than just air. You will have to be towed in. Unless you go buy a spare tire and a jack.
Sounds like your tire might have been damaged beyond what the sealant could help but I'd wait for roadside assistance for hours before ever considering run flats on a GLC63. You are lucky that there are non available in our size as I'm pretty sure you would have been unhappy with the ride and handling.
Makes sense. Run flats ride horrible, and hard as rocks. High performance cars that’s the trade off lack of a spare or RFT’s. Happy she’s ok. If my wife had a spare she’s calling for a tow truck, or me to come get the car(:
Makes sense. Run flats ride horrible, and hard as rocks. High performance cars that’s the trade off lack of a spare or RFT’s. Happy she’s ok. If my wife had a spare she’s calling for a tow truck, or me to come get the car(:
Mercedes tires are MO which means you can drive 50 miles at 50 mph once the light comes on as compared to run flats that you can do 100 miles at 50 miles per hour both are based on a 50% carrying load.
Look on your tire Cont is MO
Michlen is ZP
i found this out when I had a flat and tryed to
tell the dealers Parts Dept that I had run flats.
Mercedes tires are MO which means you can drive 50 miles at 50 mph once the light comes on as compared to run flats that you can do 100 miles at 50 miles per hour both are based on a 50% carrying load.
Look on your tire Cont is MO
Michlen is ZP
i found this out when I had a flat and tryed to
tell the dealers Parts Dept that I had run flats.
You are confused. MO means Mercedes-Original. They are not run-flats of any sort. MOE means Mercedes-Original-Extended which are a version of run-flats.
You are confused. MO means Mercedes-Original. They are not run-flats of any sort. MOE means Mercedes-Original-Extended which are a version of run-flats.
I stand corrected once again mis informed by the dealer
BS there is no room for a spare. Just reconfigure under the deck an it would fit. My GLC 43 has run flats and they ruin the car. Hard as a rock and noisy. Inexcusable that Mercedes engineers would allow such crappy tires to be OEM installed.
Plus you are correct, not easy to find replacements so you are really stranded. Traded the car in yesterday after two miserable years. First thing I looked for was a decent spare tire and a quite ride.
I did some research last month after getting a nail in one of my rear tire .
I was driving on highway 5 in the middle of nowhere when I stopped for gas and saw a nail in the middle inside the tire tread .I was not losing air .
Kept going for another 300+ miles and stop to a tire shop . The guy remove the nail , by chance ,the tire was not punctured but made me think of getting a spare when I go for long trip .
I found that we only can go with a 19 inch spare , 18 inch won't free caliper .
A friend of mine as a GLS 63 AMG who has a spare 19 X 41/2 ET 40 for the rim and 155 X 80 X 19 for the tire
Those spare are in GL GLE GLS 550 and the older ML
I am confident they will fit the 43
I also played little bit with the spare from my Audi S4 19 inch spare 19 X 4 ET 22 for the rim and 125 X 70 X 19 for the tire
Tire from the Audi fit in the trunk space
Now I have to borrow my friend spare and see if it fit
Here is picks of the S4 spare in the trunk space
I didn't try if the S4 spare fit the GLC , maybe !
You are confused. MO means Mercedes-Original. They are not run-flats of any sort. MOE means Mercedes-Original-Extended which are a version of run-flats.
MO is written on the sidewalls of the Perelli's. I also found the information about the extended driving period in the electronic manual last night. At least it's good to know now you can limp the car for a few miles supposedly without damage.
12-P31 C63 Coupe- 19-GLC 63 S COUPE -18-911 TURBO S 19 AMG GTR COUPE
Run flat
That’s good news. My 19 had PS4 run flats wasn’t impressed with them I have cup 2 now and scorpion winters. I bought an 88p compressor with a plug kit. 3ton small electric jack. The reason you don’t have a jack the tires are run flat. Their is also a can of fix a flat and a small compressor in the rear compartment. Factory tires are run flat for 63s coupe
12-P31 C63 Coupe- 19-GLC 63 S COUPE -18-911 TURBO S 19 AMG GTR COUPE
Seems like Mercedes added more weight to the GLC for 2020. Does your information include the 63s Coupe? The rear hatch in my ride doesn’t have room, With all the air ride in their. I prefer to honestly have less weigh. I’m all set up to patch a tire if need be, if I completely destroy a tire, I have one of my factory rims mounted ready to go.
12-P31 C63 Coupe- 19-GLC 63 S COUPE -18-911 TURBO S 19 AMG GTR COUPE
Originally Posted by AMG-ED
MO is written on the sidewalls of the Perelli's. I also found the information about the extended driving period in the electronic manual last night. At least it's good to know now you can limp the car for a few miles supposedly without damage.
be careful with the limping your ride. I can personally say my replacement rim on my S COUPE was just about 3k to replace. It really doesn’t take much to damage your rim. I found this one out the 3k way.
There’s a canister with a pump that fills the tire with a sealant that will plug the tire until you can get a real fix. No AMG or M cars have a spare there’s no place to put it. 1 of my 4 cars has a spare my ranger rover the rest have sealants.
My AMG has a spare It's a collapsible.....but a spare nonethe less
In the 2020 USA ordering guide page 51 it shows the standard wheels with R02: all season tires R66: MOE Tires (Extended Mobility) but doesn't show run flats and spare compact tire as in the Canadian ordering guide. Have they changed it for the USA ordering guide?
In the 2020 USA ordering guide page 51 it shows the standard wheels with R02: all season tires R66: MOE Tires (Extended Mobility) but doesn't show run flats and spare compact tire as in the Canadian ordering guide. Have they changed it for the USA ordering guide?
Rick
The DOG is the same as that of 9/5 edition. The DOG doesnt define R02 or R66. Could that refer to summer vs. all season tires? That was the only option I had on tires when ordering my 2020 GLC43 with standard RZX wheels. There was no option to order non run flat tires.
Hi MercOne1,
In the picture above under RZX it defines R02, R66 below the 20" AMG Y 5-Spoke and the description of those codes is in the black footer bottom of the page. My understanding is that the MOE Tires Extend Mobility is a run flat tire. Just no compact spare tire (690) listed as in the Canadian ordering guide picture. We pay tire tax here in Alberta and when we wrote up the order I paid $4.00 per tire for 5 tires ($20.00) on the invoice.
Rick
Hi MercOne1,
In the picture above under RZX it defines R02, R66 below the 20" AMG Y 5-Spoke and the description of those codes is in the black footer bottom of the page. My understanding is that the MOE Tires Extend Mobility is a run flat tire. Just no compact spare tire (690) listed as in the Canadian ordering guide picture. We pay tire tax here in Alberta and when we wrote up the order I paid $4.00 per tire for 5 tires ($20.00) on the invoice.
Rick
thanks for pointing out those definitions in the footer that I didn’t see.
yes, MOE is run flat. I guess you’re right that only the rzx has run flat tires, the others get non run flat with tire sealant?
also, the spare tire is listed on page 63 of the US DOG as a stand-alone option of $200.
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It's a collapsible.....but a spare nonethe less
