Spa Re Wheel 3 - Vauxhall TIGRA Owner's Manual

138 Self-help, vehicle care
Spare wheel
3
Some vehicles are equipped with a tyre
rep air aerosol instea d of a spare wheel.
See page 144.
The spare wheel is stowed in the lugg age
compartment, held in place under a floor
cover with a wing nut.
Close the Retra ctable steel roof – see
page 38. Fold lug gage compartment
partition forwa rd – see pag e 49.
Pull the sp are wheel forward a nd then
up ward out of the wheel well.
General inform ation
Depending on the version, the spa re wheel is
in the form of an temporary spare wheel 3 .
Please pay attention to instructions
concerning tem porary spare wheel on
following page and pa ges 131, 170.
O n vehicles with alloy wheels 3 the spa re
wheel m ay have a steel rim.
If y ou use winter tyres 3, the sp are wheel
ma y still be fitted with a summer tyre. If y ou
use the spa re wheel the vehicle's handling
ma y be altered. O btain a replacement for
the fa ulty tyre as soon as possible, and
have the w heel balanced and fitted to the
vehicle.
The spare wheel may hav e a sma ller tyre
and a sma ller rim than the wheels mounted
1 )
on the vehicle : U sing the spare wheel m ay
alter the driving beha viour of the vehicle.
Hav e the defective tyre replaced as soon as
possible, balance the wheel and have it
mounted on the vehicle.
1)
Co untry-specific version: In so me countries,
the s pa re w heel m ay on ly b e used a s
a temp ora ry sp a re wh eel.