Toyota highlander 2015 Instruction Manual page 604

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8-2. Steps to take in an emergency
Installing the spare tire
1
Remove any dirt or foreign mat-
ter from the wheel contact sur-
face.
If foreign matter is on the wheel
contact surface, the wheel nuts
may loosen while the vehicle is in
motion, causing the tire to come
off.
2
Install the spare tire and loosely tighten each wheel nut by hand by
approximately the same amount.
 Vehicles with a compact spare tire
Tighten the
tapered portion comes into
loose contact with the disc
wheel seat.
 Vehicles with a full-size spare tire
Turn the nuts until the washers
come into contact with the
wheel.
HIGHLANDER_U (OM48E98U)
nuts until the
I n f o r ma t i o n P r o v i d e d b y :
Tapered portion
Disc
wheel
seat
Disc wheel
Washer