CHANGING A WHEEL
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138 - Practical advice
Switch on the hazard
warning lights.
Keep the vehicle away
from traffic and on a lev-
el surface where it will not slip.
Apply the parking brake and en-
gage a gear (first or reverse, or P
for automatic transmissions).
Ask the passengers to leave the
vehicle and to keep away from
traffic.
Vehicles equipped with a jack
and wheel wrench
If necessary, remove the wheel trim.
Unlock the wheel bolts using the wheel
wrench
1
.
Position it so as to be able to push
from above.
Position the jack
2
horizontally.
The jack head must be lined up with
the sill closest to the wheel affected
and indicated by the arrow
3
.
If the vehicle is parked
on the hard shoulder,
you must warn other
road users of your
vehicle's presence with a warning
triangle or with other devices as
per the legislation applying to the
country you are in.
Start cranking the jack by hand, posi-
tioning the jack support plate
4
in the
slightly indented groove underneath
the vehicle, located between the two
notches
5
and in the direction of the
arrow
3
.
Continue to crank the jack so that the
baseplate is correctly positioned (it
should be underneath the vehicle and
aligned with the jack head).
Turn it a few times to lift the wheel off
the ground.
Undo the bolts and take off the wheel.
Fit the emergency spare wheel on the
central hub and turn it to locate the
mounting holes in the wheel and the
hub.
Tighten the bolts, checking that the
wheel is correctly positioned on its
hub.
Lower the jack.
With the wheel on the ground, tighten
the bolts fully and have the tightness of
the bolts checked and the emergency
spare wheel pressure checked as
soon as possible.
If you have a puncture,
replace the wheel as
soon as possible.
A tyre which has been
punctured should always be in-
spected (and repaired, where
possible) by a specialist.
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