Vehicle tool kit
Fig. 115 Luggage compartment: Storage for your vehicle tool kit/parts of the
vehicle tool kit
First read and observe the introductory information given on page 137.
The vehicle tool kit and the lifting jack with sticker are housed in a box in the
spare wheel or in the compartment for the spare wheel underneath the floor cov-
ering in the luggage compartment. The box is attached with a strap on the spare
wheel.
Lift up the floor covering at the opening
The components of the vehicle tool kit (if included)
Towing eye
1
Replacement bulb set
2
Adapter for anti-theft wheel bolts
3
Clamps for removing the wheel trims
4
Extraction pliers for wheel bolt caps
5
Wheel wrench
6
Screwdriver
7
Car jack
8
Screw the car jack back into its initial position after use in order to store it back in
the box with the vehicle tool kit.
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Do-it-yourself
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115.
WARNING
The factory-supplied lifting jack is only intended for your model of vehicle.
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Under no circumstances use it to lift heavier vehicles or other loads – risk of
injury!
Ensure that the vehicle tool kit is safely secured in the luggage compart-
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ment.
Ensure that the box is always secured with the strap.
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Changing a wheel
Introduction
This chapter contains information on the following subjects:
Preliminary work
Changing a wheel
Follow-up work
Loosening/tightening wheel bolts
Raising the vehicle
Securing wheels against theft
WARNING
If you are in flowing traffic, switch on the hazard warning light system and
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set up the warning triangle at the prescribed distance! The national legal re-
quirements must be observed.
Park the vehicle as far away as possible from the flow of traffic. Park on as
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flat and firm a surface as possible.
The following instructions must be followed if the vehicle is subsequently
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fitted with tyres or rims that differ from the factory-fitted ones
New tyres.
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