Removing - Mercedes-Benz GL Operator's Manual

Emergency spare wheel
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Removing the emergency spare wheel
Emergency spare wheel (example: vehicle without
lockable cargo compartment floor)
The "Minispare" emergency spare wheel can
be found in the stowage well under the cargo
compartment floor.
Lift the cargo compartment floor up
X
( page 347).
Y
Vehicles with a lockable cargo
X
compartment floor: remove the stowage
tray.
Release the Velcro fastener (
X
Take out the jack.
X
Turn emergency spare wheel retainer :
X
counter-clockwise and remove it.
Remove stowage well ;.
X
Remove "Minispare" emergency spare
X
wheel =.
On vehicles with a Bang & Olufsen sound
system, the "Minispare" emergency spare
wheel is packed in the emergency spare
wheel bag. The emergency spare wheel bag
is secured to the cargo tie down rings in the
cargo compartment.
To stow the "Minispare" emergency spare
wheel, the rear seats in the third row must be
folded in (
To remove the emergency spare
X
wheel: open the tailgate.
Detach fastening straps ;.
X
Unhook retaining spring hooks : and =
X
of fastening straps ; from the lasing
eyelets.
Remove the emergency spare wheel bag
X
with the "Minispare" emergency spare
wheel.
Open the emergency spare wheel bag and
X
remove the "Minispare" emergency spare
wheel.
To stow the emergency spare wheel:
X
place the "Minispare" emergency spare
wheel into the emergency spare wheel bag
and close the emergency spare wheel bag.
Place the emergency spare wheel bag with
page 386).
X
Y
the "Minispare" emergency spare wheel
into the cargo compartment with the
carrying strap at the back.
Hook retaining spring hooks : and = of
X
fastening straps ; into the lasing eyelets.
Tighten fastening straps ;.
X
Always observe the instructions and safety
notes in the "Mounting a wheel" section
( page 428).
Y
page 111).
Y