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- Make sure that passengers wait in a safe
place away from the vehicle and well
away from the road and traffic.
- To help prevent the vehicle from moving
suddenly and possibly slipping off the
jack, always fully set the parking brake
and block the wheel diagonally opposite
the whee l being changed. When one
front whee l is lifted off the gro und, plac-
ing the Automat ic Transm iss ion in P
(Park) will
not
prevent t he vehi cle from
moving .
- Before you change a wheel, be su re the
ground is leve l and fi rm. If necessary,
use a st urdy board under the jack.
- Always store the vehicle tool kit , the jack
and t he replaced ti re in t he luggage com-
partment¢
page 12 7 .
Changing a wheel
When you change a wheel, follow these-
quence described below step-by-step and in
exactly that order.
1.
Remove the decorative wheel cover*. For
more deta ils see also
c:>page 249, Deco-
rative wheel covers
or
¢
page 2 50,
Wheels with wheel bolt caps.
2.
Loosen the wheel bolt s
c:>
page 250.
3 . Locate the proper mount ing point for the
jack and align the jack below that point
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page 251.
4.
Raise the car w ith the jack
c:>
page 251.
5. Remove the wheel with the flat tire and
then install the spare ¢
page 252 .
6. Tighten all wheel bo lts light ly.
7 . Lowe r the vehicle with t he jack.
8. Use the wheel bolt wrenc h a nd firmly
tighten all whee l bolts
c:> p age 250 .
9.
Replace the decorative wheel cover*.
A
WARNING
Always read and follow all WARNINGS and
information
c:>
.&.
in Raising the vehicle on
page251
and
¢page 253.
What
do I d o now ?
249
After changing a wheel
A wheel change is not complete without the
doing the following.
.,. Always store the vehicle tool kit, the jack*
and the replaced tire in the luggage com-
partment
c:> p age 127.
.,. Check the tire pressure on the spare whee l
immed iate ly afte r mounting it .
.,. As soon as poss ible, have t he tight e ning
torque s on all wheel bolts checked w ith a
torque wrench . The correct tighten ing tor-
que is 90 ft lb (120 Nm).
.,. Have the flat tire replaced as soon as possi-
ble.
@
Tips
- If you notice that the wheel bo lts a re
corroded and difficult to turn while
chang ing a tire, they should be replaced
before you check the tightening torque.
- Drive at reduced speed until you have the
tightening torques checked.
- After changing a whee l, the ti re press ure
in all four tires must be checked/correct-
ed and the tire pressure monitoring indi-
cator must be stored in the MMI
c:>page245.
Decorative wheel covers
Applies to veh icles: with decorat ive whee l covers
The decorative wheel covers must be removed
first to access the wheel bolts.
Fig. 167
Chang ing a whee l: Removing the whee l cover
Removing
.,. Insert the hook (provided with the vehicle
t oo l kit) in the ho le in the whee l hub cover .
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