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- Do not raise the vehicle until you are sure
the jack is securely engaged .
- Passengers must not rema in in the vehicle
when it is jacked up.
- Make sure that passengers wait in a safe
place 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.
CD Note
Do not lift the vehicle by the sill. Position the
vehicle jack on ly at the designated lifting
points on the sil l. Otherwise, your vehicle will
be damaged.
Taking the wheel off/installing the spare
Follow th ese instructions st ep-by-step for chang-
ing the wheel .
Fig. 290 Changing a wheel: using th e screwdr iver ha ndle
(with t he bla de removed} to turn the bo lts
Fig. 291 Changing a whee l: alignm ent pin inside the to p
hole
1l Appli es to veh icles with ceram ic brake rot ors•: Use a sec-
on d alig nme nt pin * (sto red in t he spare whee l well mo ld-
ing} for t he lower hole , following the de scription for t he
first a lignmen t pin.
Em er gen cy as sistanc e
After you have loosened all whe e l bo lts and
raised the vehicle off the gro und, remove and re-
place the wheel as follows:
Removing the wheel
.,. Use the hexagonal socket in the screwdriver
handle
t o comp letely remove the topmost
wheel bolt and set it aside on a
clean su rface
r=>fig. 290.
.,. Screw the threaded end of the alignment pin
from t he too l kit hand-tight into the empty bo lt
hole
c> fig . 291
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.,. Then remove the other wheel bolts as descr ibed
above .
.,. Take off the whee l leaving the alignment pin in
the bolt hole
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Putting on the compact spare wheel
.,. Lift t he spare wheel and carefully slide it over
the alignment pin to guide it in place r=>@.
.,. Use the hexagonal socket in the screwdr iver
ha ndle to screw in and t igh t en all wheel bolts
slightly .
.,. Remove the alignmen t pin and insert and t igh t -
en t he remaining wheel bo lt slight ly like the
rest .
.,. Turn t he jack hand le counter-clockwise to lowe r
the vehicle until the jack is fully released .
.,. Use the wheel bo lt wrench to tighten a ll wheel
bolts firmly
c> page 365 . Tighten them cross-
wise,
from one bolt to the (approx imately) op -
posite one , to keep the wheel centered .
CD 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.
@ Tips
Never use the hexagonal socket in the handle
of the sc rewdrive r to loosen or t ighten the
whee l bolts.
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