Advice
Temporary spare wheel
Gener
a
l information
Fig. 228 Compact temporary spare wheel:
r
ai
sed floor panel.
The temporary spare wheel has been de-
s
igned t
o be used for short periods of time.
Have the tyres checked and replaced as soon
as possible at a SEAT Official Service or at a
specialised workshop.
Please note the following restrictions when
using the compact temporary spare wheel.
The compact temporary spare wheel is de-
signed specifically for this model. For this
reason, do not use a temporary spare wheel
from a different type of vehicle.
Removing the temporary spare wheel
–
Lift and hold up the floor panel to remove
the temporary spare wheel.
–
Turn the thumb wheel anti-clockwise
››› Fig. 228.
–
Take out the temporary spare wheel.
Chains
For technical reasons, snow chains must not
be used on the temporary spare wheel.
If you have a puncture on one of the front
wheels when using snow chains, fit the tem-
porary spare wheel in place of one of the rear
wheels. Fit the snow chains on the rear wheel
that you have removed and replace the punc-
tured front wheel with this wheel.
WARNING
●
Aft
er fitting the temporary spare wheel,
check the tyre pressures as soon as possible.
Failure to do so may cause an accident. The
tyre pressures are listed on the inside of the
fuel tank flap.
●
Do not drive at over 80 km/h (50 mph)
when the temporary spare wheel is fitted on
the vehicle: risk of accident!
●
Never travel more than 200 km using a tem-
porary spare wheel.
●
Avoid heavy acceleration, hard braking and
fast cornering: risk of accident!
●
Never u
se more than one temporary spare
wheel at the same time, risk of accident.
●
No other type of tyre (normal summer or
winter tyre) may be fitted on the compact
temporary spare wheel rim.
●
If you are driving using the spare wheel,
the ACC system could automatically switch
off during the journey. Switch off the system
when starting off.
Extraction of the spare wheel in vehi-
cl
es with SEAT SOUND 10 speakers
(with subwoofer)*
Fig. 229 In the luggage compartment: re-
mo
v
e the subwoofer.
To remove the spare wheel, you must first re-
mo
v
e the subwoofer.
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