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336 - Practical advice
Puncture, emergency spare
wheel
Location of the emergency spare
wheel
On equipped vehicles, the emergency
spare wheel is located underneath the
chassis.
If the spare wheel has
been stored for several
years, have it checked
by your dealer to ensure
that it is safe to use.
Insomecases(rearpunc
ture, vehicle loaded with
towing equipment, etc.), it
maybenecessarytoraisetheve
hicle(usingtheliftingpointnear
est the wheel concerned) to allow
access to the emergency spare
wheel 🡺337.
To remove the emergency spare
wheel
– Into the placement
1
insert the end
piece of the unlocking key
3
, available
in the tool kit 🡺334, extended by the
wheelbrace
4
(using any other tools
may damage the mechanism);
– Lower the spare wheel as far down
as possible by turning the wheelbrace
4
to the left;
– unclip the component
2
from the
wheel rim;
– thread the component
2
through the
wheel rim to release the wheel.
To fit a wheel
Proceed in the reverse order:
– place the wheel flat underneath the
vehicle, with the valve facing the
ground. Risk of losing the wheel if the
correct direction for refitting the wheel
is not observed;
– pass the cable and component
2
through the wheel rim;