Toyota 2007 Prius Owner's Manual page 373

CAUTION
D When lowering the vehicle,
make sure all portions of your
body and all other persons
around will not be injured as
the vehicle is lowered to the
ground.
D Have the wheel nuts tightened
with torque wrench to 103 N·m
(10.5 kgf·m, 76 ft·lbf), as soon
as possible after changing
wheels. Otherwise, the nuts
may loosen and the wheels
may fall off, which could cause
a serious accident.
D Do not attach a heavily dam-
aged plastic wheel ornament.
It may fly off the wheel and
cause accidents while the ve-
hicle is moving.
—Stowing flat tire
9. Restow all the tools and jack se-
curely. Then secure the flat tire
in the luggage compartment
with the tire tie−down belts and
tie−down hooks as follows
CAUTION
Before driving, make sure all the
tools and jack are securely in
place in their storage location to
reduce the possibility of person-
al injury during a collision or
sudden braking.
50p087
1. Before stowing the flat tire, remove
the center wheel ornament by
pushing from the reverse side.
Be careful not to lose the wheel orna-
ment.
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