Audi A3 2016 Owner's Manual page 289

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- Do not raise the vehicle until you are sure
the jack is securely engaged.
- Passengers must not remain in the vehicle
when it is jacked up.
- Make sure that passengers wait in a safe
p lace away from the vehicle and well away
from the road and traff ic.
- Make sure jack position is correct, adjust
as necessary and then cont inue to raise
the jack.
- Changes in temperature or load can affect
the height of the vehicle.
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Note
Do not lift the vehicle by the sill. Position the
veh icle jack on ly at the designated lifting
points on the sill. Otherwise, your vehicle will
be damaged.
Taking the wheel off/installing the spare
Follow these instructions step-by-step for chang-
ing the wheel .
Fig. 2 18
Changing a whee l: using the screwd river handle
(with the blade removed) to turn the bo lts
Fig. 2 19 Chang ing a whee l: a lignmen t pin inside the top
hole
Em er gen cy a ss istanc e
After you have loosened all wheel bolts and
raised the vehicle off the ground, remove and re-
place the wheel as follows:
Removing the wheel
.,.. Use the hexagonal socket in the screwdriver
handle to comp letely remove the topmost
wheel bo lt and set it
aside on a clean su rface
c!>fig. 218.
.,.. Screw the threaded end of the alig nment pin
from the tool kit hand-tight into the empty bo lt
hole
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fig . 219.
.,.. Then remove the other wheel bolts as descr ibed
above .
.,.. Take off the wheel leaving the alignment pin in
the bolt hole
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Putting on the comp act spare wheel
.,.. Lift the spare wheel and carefully slide it over
the alignment pin to guide it in place
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.,.. Use the hexagonal socket in the screwdr iver
handle to screw in and tighten all wheel bolts
slightly .
.,.. Remove the alignment pin and insert and t igh t -
en t he remaining wheel bo lt slight ly like the
rest .
.,.. Turn the jack hand le counter -clockwise to lower
the vehicle until the jack is fully released .
.,.. Use the wheel bolt wrench to tighten a ll wheel
bolts firmly
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page 285 . Tighten them cross-
wise, from one bo lt to the (approx imately) op-
posite one, to keep the wheel centered .
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Note
When removing or installing the wheel, the
rim could hit the brake rotor and damage the
rotor. Work carefully and have a second per-
son help you.
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Tips
Never use the hexagonal socket in the handle
of the sc rewdrive r to loosen or t ighten the
whee l bolts.
- Pull the reversible blade from the screwdr iv-
er before you use t he hexagona l soc ket in
t he handle to t urn the whee l bolts.
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