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7-3. Do-it-yourself maintenance
Owner’s Manual_USA_M6718BE_en
7
Maintenance and care
7 Remove all the wheel bolts
and the tire.
When resting the tire on the
ground, place the tire so that the
wheel design faces up to avoid
scratching the wheel surface.
WARNING
■ Replacing a flat tire
● Do not touch the disc wheels or
the area around the brakes
immediately after the vehicle
has been driven.
After the vehicle has been
driven the disc wheels and the
area around the brakes will be
extremely hot. Touching these
areas with hands, feet or other
body parts while changing a tire,
etc. may result in burns.
● Failure to follow these precau-
tions could cause the wheel
bolts to loosen and the tire to fall
off, resulting in death or serious
injury.
• The contact surfaces of the
wheel bolt and wheel are
designed specifically to fit
together. When using wheels
that were installed when the
vehicle was shipped from the
factory, use specialized SUB-
ARU genuine wheel bolts. Do
not use wheel bolts designed for
other models, model years or
types even if they are SUBARU
genuine parts. If the vehicle
does not have wheels that were
installed to the vehicle when it
was shipped from the factory,
the factory-installed wheel bolts
may not be appropriate for the
wheel. Contact either the
retailer where the wheels were
purchased or the manufacturer
of the wheels for proper installa-
tion advice.
• Never apply oil or grease to the
wheel bolts or their contact sur-
face on the wheel .
Doing so may cause the wheel
bolts to be tightened exces-
sively, leading to damage to the
wheel bolts, the threaded por-
tion the wheel bolts install to ,
or the wheel.
Remove any oil or grease that
has adhered when installing the
wheel bolts.
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