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PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF YOUR VEHICLE
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Changing a wheel
☞ Park the vehicle on level, stable
ground which is not slippery.
☞ Apply the handbrake, engage first
gear or reverse (position P on the
automatic gearbox) and switch off
the ignition.
☞ Chock the rear of the wheel with
shim 2 diagonally opposite the
wheel to be changed.
Tools for changing a wheel
1 - Wheelbrace fitted to the lining of
the boot on the rear right side.
2 - Shim stored in the jack bag.
3 - Jack (in a bag).
4 - Tool for removing wheel bolt trims
Removing the wheel
☞ Remove the wheel trim* using the wheelbrace 1 by pulling next to the valve.
☞ Loosen the wheel bolts (for vehicles fitted with alloy wheels, remove the chrome
wheel bolts first; see ‘Features of alloy wheels’, following page).
☞ Position the jack 3 at one of the four locations A underneath the vehicle, as
close as possible to the wheel to be changed. Ensure that the entire surface of
the jack base plate is in contact with the ground.
☞ Extend the jack 3.
☞ Remove the bolts and release the wheel.
* According to specification.
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