Mercedes-Benz B-Class Owner's Manual page 387

384 Wheels and tyres
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The vehicle is on solid, non-slippery and level
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ground.
The required tyre-change tool kit is available.
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If your vehicle is not equipped with the tyre-
change tool kit, consult a quali ed specialist
workshop to nd out about suitable tools.
Apply the electric parking brake manually.
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Move the front wheels to the straight-ahead
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position.
V V ehicles wit ehicles with manual tr h manual transmission: ansmission: engage
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rst or reverse gear.
V V ehicles wit ehicles with aut h automatic tr omatic transmission: ansmission: shi to
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position j.
Switch o the vehicle.
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Make sure that the vehicle cannot be started.
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Place chocks or other suitable items under the
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front and rear of the wheel that is diagonally
opposite the wheel you wish to change.
If necessary, remove the wheel trim/hub caps
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Raise the vehicle ( page 384).
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The vehicle is prepared for a wheel change
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Wheel tr Wheel trim im
The wheel trim covers the wheel bolts on vehicles
with steel wheels. Before unscrewing the wheel
bolts, remove the wheel trim.
T T o r o remov emove: e: using both hands, carefully reach
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into two wheel trim openings and remove the
wheel trim.
im/hub caps Plas Plastic hub cap tic hub cap
T T o r o remov emove: e: turn the centre cover of the hub
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cap anti-clockwise and remove the hub cap.
T T o o t: t: make sure that the centre cover of the
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hub cap is turned anti-clockwise.
Position the hub cap and turn the centre cover
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clockwise until the hub cap engages physically
and audibly.
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There are no persons in the vehicle.
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The vehicle has been prepared for a wheel
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change (
The wheel trims and hub caps have been
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removed (
Important notes on using the jack:
Use only a vehicle-speci c jack that has been
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approved by Mercedes-Benz to raise the vehi-
cle.
The jack is only designed for raising and hold-
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ing the vehicle for a short time while a wheel
ehicle when changing a wheel hanging a wheel
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