Changing A Wheel - Audi A7 Sportback 2015 Owner's Manual

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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 fa ilure, 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 (fo r instan ce, be hind
the g uardra il) ¢ .&_.
.. Engage the
parkin g 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, unh itch the tra iler
from your vehicle .
.,. Take the jack and t he spare tire out of the
luggage compartment ¢ page 273,
¢ page 274 .
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WARNING
You or your passengers cou ld be injured
while changing a whee l if yo u do not fol-
low t hese safety precautions:
- If you have a flat t ire, move a safe dis -
tance off the road. Turn off the eng ine,
turn the emergency f lashers on and use
other warning dev ices 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 traff ic.
- To help prevent the vehicle from moving
s udden ly and possibly slipping off the
jack, always fully set the parking brake
and block the wheel diagonally opposite
the wheel being changed. Whe n one
front wheel is lifted off the ground, plac-
ing the Automat ic Transm iss ion in P
(Pa rk) will not prevent the vehicle from
moving.
- Before you change a wheel, be su re the
ground is level and fi rm. If ne cessa ry,
use a st urdy board under the jack.
-
What do I do now? 275
- Always store the vehicle tool kit, the jack
and the replaced tire in the luggage com-
partment c::>page 134 .
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Tips
Before changing the whee l, you must acti-
vate the jacking mode, so that the auto-
matic controls for the Adaptive Air Sus-
pension* do not make it more d iff icult to
lift the vehicle with the jack
c::>
page 2 77 .
Changing a wheel
When you change a wheel , follow these-
quence described below s tep-by-s tep and in
exactly that order.
l. Activate the vehicle jack mode*
¢ page 277 .
2. Remove the
decorativ e w heel cover* .
For
more details see also
c::>
page 2 76, Deco-
rative wheel covers or
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page 2 76,
Wheels with wheel bolt caps .
3. Loosen t he
wh eel bolt s
¢ page 277.
4 . Locat e the proper moun t ing poin t for the
jack and align the jack be low that point
¢ page 277 .
5.
Raise
the car with the jack ¢ page 2 77.
6. Remove the
wheel with the flat tire
and
then install the spare c::> page 279.
7 . Tighten all whee l bolts lightly .
8.
Lower
the vehicle with the jack .
9 . Use the wheel bolt w rench and firmly
t ighten al l wheel bolts ¢ page 2 77 .
10 . Replace the decorative
wh eel cover* .
11. Deactivate t he vehicle jack mode* in the
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function button >
(Car) * sys-
tems
contro l button >
Servicing & checks
>
Air susp.: jac k mode
>
Off .
The vehicle jack mode * switches off automati-
cally at speeds above 6 mph (10 km/h) .
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WARNING
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Always read and fo llow all WARNINGS and
informat ion
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A
in Raising the vehicle on
page 278 and c::> poge 280.
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