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There are some restrictions on the use of the
spare tire. The spare tire has been designed spe -
cifically for your type of vehicle. Do not replace it
with the spare tire from another type of vehicle.
Space-saving spare t ire*
The tire pressure must be 61 PSI (4.2 ba r).
Removing the spare t ire
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Fold the cargo floor up to the rear bench seat .
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Turn the handwheel counter-clockw ise and re-
move it.
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Remove the spare tire.
Snow chains
Using snow chains on the spare tire is not perm it -
ted due to technical reasons .
If you have to drive with snow chains and a front
tire fails, mount the spare tire in place of a rear
tire . Install the snow cha ins on the rear tire that
you removed, and install that in place of the
front tire that failed.
A WARNING
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- After installing a spare t ire, the tire pres-
sure must be checked as quickly as poss ible.
- Do not drive faster than 50 mph (80 km/h)
with a spare t ire. Driving faster than that in-
creases the risk of an acc ident.
- Avoid full-throttle accelerat ion, heavy brak-
ing, and fast cornering, beca use this in-
creases the risk of an accident.
- Never drive us ing more than one spare t ire,
because th is increases the ris k of an acci-
dent.
- Norma l t ires or winter tires must not be
mounted on the spare tire rim .
- Only use the collaps ible spa re ti re in emer-
gencies and dr ive very carefu lly, especially if
it is more than 6 years o ld.
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