Changing A Wheel - Audi Q7 2014 Owner's Manual

Changing a wheel
Before changing a wheel
Observe the following precautions for your
own and your passenger's safety when chang -
ing a wheel .
.,. After you experience a tire failure, pull the
car well away from moving traffic and try to
reach level gro und before you stop ¢ .&_.
.. All passengers should leave the car and
move to a safe location (for instan ce, behind
the guardra il) ¢ .&_.
.,. Engage the parking brake to prevent your
vehicle from rolling unintentionally ¢ .&_.
.. Move selecto r lever to position P
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Ifyou are towing a trai ler: unhitch the trail-
er from your vehicle.
.,. Block the diagonally opposite wheel with
the folding chocks or other objects .
.. Take the jack and the inflatab le spare tire
out of the luggage compartment
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WARNING
You or your passengers could be injured
while changing a whee l if you do not fol-
low these safety precautions:
- If you have a flat t ire, move a safe dis-
tance off the road. Turn off the eng ine,
t urn the emergency flashers on and use
other warning devices to alert other mo-
torists .
- 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
sudden ly and possibly slipping off the
jack, always fully set the parking brake
and block the whee l diagonally opposite
the wheel being cha nged with the fold-
ing chocks or othe r objects. When one
front whee l is lifted off the ground, plac-
ing the Automat ic Transmission in P
(Park) will
not
prevent the vehicle from
moving.
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- Before you change a whee l, be sure the
ground is level and firm. If necessary,
use a sturdy board under the jack.
- Always store the vehicle tool kit, the jack
and the replaced tire in the luggage com-
partment
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Changing a wheel
When you change a wheel, follow these-
quence described below step-by-step and in
exactly that order.
1. Activate the vehicle jack mode (only
vehicles with Adaptive Air Suspension)
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2. Remove the decorati ve wheel cover*. For
more details see also <=:>
page 298, Deco-
rative wheel covers
or
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Wheels with wheel bolt caps .
3. Loosen the whee l bolt s ¢
page 298 .
4.
Locat e the proper mounting point for the
jack and align the jack below that point
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5. Lift the car with the jack
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299 .
6. Remove the wheel with the flat tire and
then install the inflatable spare tire
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7. Tighte n all wheel bolts lightly.
8. L owe r the vehicle with the jack .
9. Use the wheel bolt wrench and firmly
t ighten all wheel bolts ¢
page 298 .
10 . Replace t he decora t ive whe e l cover*.
11. Deactivate t he vehicle jack mode (only
vehicles with Adaptive Air Suspension)
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WARNING
Always read and follow all WARNINGS and
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in Raising the vehicle on
page 300
and
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