Emergency assistance
Loosening and tightening the wheel bolts
The wheel bolts must be loosened before raising
the vehicle.
Fig. 155 Changing a wheel : loosening the whee l bo lts
Loosening
• Inst all the wheel bolt wrench over t he whee l
bolt and push it down as far as it will go.
• Take tight hold of the
end of the wrench handle
and turn t he whee l bolts
counter-clockwise
about one single turn in the direction of arrow
q fig . 155.
Tightening
• Install the wheel bolt wrench over the whee l
bolt and push it down as far as it will go.
• Take tight hold of the
end of the wrench handle
and turn each whee l bolt
clockw ise until it is
seated.
A WARNING
- Do not use force or hurry when changing a
wheel· you can ca use the vehicle to slip off
t he jack and cause ser ious pe rsonal injur ies.
- Do not loosen t he whee l bolts mo re than
one turn
before you ra ise t he vehicle with
t he jack. · You risk a n injury.
(O} Tips
- Neve r use the he xagonal socket in the han-
dle of the screwd river to loosen or tighten
th e wheel bolts.
- If a wheel bolt is very t ight, you may find it
eas ier t o loosen by carefully push ing down
on th e end of th e wh ee l bolt wren ch wit h
one
foot only. As you do so, hold on t o t he
200
car to keep your ba lance and ta ke ca re not
to slip.
Raising the vehicle
The vehicle must be lifted with the jack first be-
fore the wheel can be removed .
Fig. 156 Sill pa nels: markings
Fig. 157 Sill: pos itioning t he vehicle jack
The location of the jack po int is indicated by an
indenta t ion o n the underside of the veh icle
q fig . 15 6.
• Activate the parking brake to prevent the vehi-
cle from rolling uninte ntionally .
• Move t he se lector lever to the P pos it ion .
• Find the
marking (imp rint) on t he sill t hat is
nea res t the wheel th at will be cha nged
¢ fig. 156 . Beh ind t he marking, t here is a lift-
ing point on t he sill fo r the ve hicle jack.
• Turn the
vehicle jack located unde r the liftin g
point on the sill to raise the jack unt il the jaw
¢ fig. 157 @ covers the notch on the veh icle
¢ ,& , ¢ (D .
• Align the vehicle jack so the jaw @ covers the
not ch and the base plat e ® is fla t on t he f loor .
The base plate @ must be
vertical unde r the
lift ing poin t @ . ..,_
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