Toyota Prius 2011 Manual page 537

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Installing the spare tire

Remove all the wheel nuts and

Remove any dirt or foreign mat-

ter from the wheel contact sur-

Install the spare tire and loosely

Tapered portion

tighten each nut by hand to

approximately the same amount.

Disc wheel 

5-2. Steps to take in an emergency

When resting the tire on the

ground, place the tire so that the

wheel design faces up to avoid

scratching the wheel surface.

If foreign matter is on the wheel

contact surface, the wheel nuts

may loosen while the vehicle is

in motion, and the tire may

come off the vehicle.

Tighten the wheel nuts until the

loose contact with the disc

wheel sheet.