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The caps are to protect and keep the wheel bolts
clean.
Loosening and tightening the wheel bolts
The wheel bolts must be loosened before raising
the vehicle.
Fig. 20 3 Chan ging a whee l: loose ning the wheel bolts
Loosening
.. Slide the wheel wrench onto the wheel bolt as
far as it will go .
.. Take t ight hold of the
end of the wrench hand le
and turn the wheel bolts counter-clockwise
about one single turn in the direction of arrow
¢fig . 203.
Tightening
.. Slide the wheel wrench onto the wheel bolt as
far as it will go.
.. Take t ight hold of the end of the wrench handle
and tu rn each whee l bolt
clockwise unt il it is
seated .
& WARNING
- Do not use force or hurry when changing a
wheel - you can cause the vehicle to slip off
the jack and cause serious personal injuries .
- Do not loosen the wheel bolts more than
one turn
before you raise the vehicle with
the jack. - You risk an injury.
(D Tips
- Never use the hexagonal socket in the han-
dle of the screwdriver to loosen o r tighten
the wheel bo lts .
- If a whee l bolt is very tight, you may find it
easier to loosen by carefully push ing down
Em er gen cy a ss istanc e
on the end of the whee l bolt wrench with
one foot only. As you do so, hold on to the
car to keep your balance and take care not
to slip .
Raising the vehicle
The vehicle must be lifted with the jock first be-
fore the wheel can be removed.
Fig. 20 4 Sill pane ls: ma rkings
Fig. 205 Sill: pos it ioning t he veh icle jack
.. Activa t e the veh icle jack mode* in the MMI:
!CARI function button > (Car)* systems cont rol
button
> Servicing & checks > Air susp.: jack
mode > On .
.. Engage the parking brake to prevent your vehi-
cle from rolling unintentiona lly.
.. Move the
selector lever to position P.
.. Find the mar king (impr int) on the sill that is
nearest the wheel that will be changed
¢ fig. 204 . Behind the marking , there is a lift-
ing point on the sill for the vehicle jack .
.. App lies to: veh icles with a s ill: Remove the cov-
er from the s ill before lifting the vehicle with a
veh icle jack ¢
page 246.
.. Turn the vehicle jack located under the lift ing
point on the sill to raise the jack unt il its arm @
¢ fig. 205 is locat ed und er the d esignat ed plas-
tic mo unt ¢
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