2 7 6 What do I do n o w ?
(D Note
Do not lift the vehicle by the sill. Position
the vehicle jack only at the designated lift-
ing points on the sill. Otherwise, your vehi-
cle will be damaged.
{l) Tips
The vehicle jack mode switches off auto -
mat ica lly at speeds above 10 km/h .
Taking the wheel off / installing the spare
Follow these instructions step-by-step for
changing the wheel.
Fig. 226 Changing a wheel : using t he screwdrive r han·
dl e (wit h t he blade removed) to tu rn th e bolt s
Fig. 22 7 Changing a wheel: alignm ent pin inside the
top hole
After you have loosened a ll wheel bolts and
raised the ve hicle off the ground,
remove a nd
replace the wheel as follows:
Removing the wheel
.. Use the hexagonal socket in the screwdriv-
er handle
to comp letely remove the top·
most wheel bo lt and set it as ide on a
clean
surface ¢fig . 226 .
.. Screw the th readed end of the alignment
pin
from t he tool kit hand-tight into t he
empty bolt hole ¢
fig. 22 7.
.. Then remove the other whee l bolts as de-
scribed above.
.. Take off the whee l leaving the alignment pin
in the bolt hole c::> (D.
Putting on the spare wheel
.. Lift the spare whee l and carefu lly s lide it
over the alignment pin to g uide it in place
¢ (D.
.. Use the hexagonal socket in the screwdriver
ha ndle to screw in and tighten a ll whee l
bolts
slightly .
.. Remove the alignment pin and inse rt and
tighten t he rem aining wheel bolt slightly
like the res t .
.. Turn the jack hand le counter-cloc kwise to
lower the vehicle until the jack is fully re-
leased .
.. Use the wheel bo lt wrench to tighten all
wheel bo lts firm ly c;, page 2 74 . Tighten
them
crosswise, from one bolt to the (ap -
proximately) opposite one, t o keep the
wheel ce nte red.
(D Note
When remov ing or installing th e whe el,
th e rim cou ld hit the brake rot or and dam-
age th e rot or. Work caref ully and have a
seco nd pe rson help you.
{i) Tips
Neve r use the he xagona l socket in the han-
d le of t he screwdr iver t o loose n or t ight en
t he wheel bolts .
- Pull the revers ible blade from the screw-
dr iver be fore you use t he hexagon al
so cket in t he han dle t o t ur n t he wheel
bolts.
- W he n moun t ing ti res with
unidirectional
tread design
make sure t he tre ad pat -
t er n is point ed t he right way
c;,page277.
- The wheel bolts shou ld be clean and easy
to t urn. Check for dirt an d corrosion on
the mating surfaces of both the wheel
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