Fiat 500L 2012, Owner'S Handbook Manual

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❒
alert other passengers that the car is about to be
raised; all persons should be kept away from the
car until it has been lowered;
❒
fit handle D fig. 147 into the housing in device A,
operate the jack and raise the car until the wheel
is a few centimetres from the ground;
❒
remove the wheel cap after loosening the 4 fixing
studs and finally loosen the fifth stud and extract
the wheel (only for versions with wheel caps fixed
by studs);
❒
make sure the contact surfaces between
space-saver wheel and hub are clean so that the
fixing studs will not come loose;
❒
fit the space-saver wheel by inserting the first stud
for two threads into the hole closest to the valve;
❒
tighten the stud by some threads and proceed
in the same way for the others;
❒
take the wrench A fig. 144 and fully tighten the
fixing studs;
❒
operate the jack handle D to lower the car. Then
extract the jack;
❒
use the wrench A to fully tighten the studs in a
criss-cross fashion as per the numerical sequence
illustrated in fig. 148;
❒
when replacing a wheel with alloy rim it is
advisable to place it with the aesthetic part facing
upwards.
Restore the standard wheel as soon as possible,
because, once placed in the associated compartment,
the luggage compartment load platform is rendered
uneven as the standard wheel is larger than the
space-saver wheel.
REFITTING THE STANDARD WHEEL
Following the procedure described previously, raise
the car and remove the space-saver wheel.
Versions with steel rims
Proceed as follows:
❒
make sure the contact surfaces between standard
wheel and hub are clean so that the fixing studs
will not come loose;
❒
fit the standard wheel inserting the 5 studs into
the holes;
fig. 148
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