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Loosening
• Slide the
wh eel wr ench
onto the wheel bolt as
far as it will go.
• Take tight hold of the
end
of the wrench handle
and turn th e wheel bolts
counte r-clockwi se
about
one single
turn in the direction of arrow
¢ fig . 205.
Tightening
• Slide th e wheel wrench onto the whee l bolt as
far as it w ill go .
• Take tight hold of the
end
of the wrench handle
and turn each whee l bolt
clockw ise
until it is
seated .
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WARNING
- Do not use force or hurry when chang ing a
wheel· you can cause the vehicle to slip off
the jack and cause serious personal injur ies.
- Do not
loosen the wheel bolts
more than
one turn
before you raise the veh icle with
the jack. - You risk an injury .
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Tips
- Never use the hexagonal socket in the han -
dle of the screwdriver to loosen or tighten
the wheel bo lts.
- If a wheel bolt is very tight, you may find it
easier to loosen by carefully pushing down
on the end of the whe el bo lt wrench with
one foot only .
As you do so, hold on to the
car to keep your ba lance and take care not
to slip .
Em e r g en cy a ss istan ce
Raising the vehicle
The vehicle must be lifted with the jock first be-
fore the wheel con be removed.
Fig. 206 Sill panels: markings
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Fig. 207 Sill: posit ioning the vehicle jack
• Activate the ve hicle jack mode* in the MMI:
!CARI
function button >
(Car)* syst ems
control
button >
Servicing
&
checks > Air susp.: j ack
mode > On.
• Engage t he
parking brake
to prevent your vehi-
cle from rolling un intent ionally .
"' Move the
select or lever to position P.
"' Find the
mark ing
(imprint) on the sill that is
nea rest the wheel that will be changed
¢
fig. 206 .
Behind the marking, there is a
lift-
ing point
on the sill for the vehicle jack.
• Vehicles with a sill: remove the cover from the
sill before lifting the vehicle with a veh icle jack
¢ page 258 .
"' Turn the
vehicle jack
located under the lifting
point on t he sill to raise t he jack until its arm @
¢
fig. 207
is located under the designated plas -
tic mount ¢ ,&. ¢ 0 .
"' Align the jack so that its arm @ ¢
fig. 207
en-
gages in t he designated lift ing po int in the door
sill and the movable base @ lies f lat o n the
ground . The base @ must be
vertical
under the
lifting point @ .
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