Fitting a wheel
Preparing the vehicle
X
Stop the vehicle on solid, non-slippery and
level ground.
X
Apply the electric parking brake manually.
X
Move the front wheels to the straight-ahead
position.
X
Vehicles with manual transmission:
depress the clutch pedal fully and engage first
or reverse gear.
X
Vehicles with automatic transmission:
shift the automatic transmission to position
P.
X
Make sure that the vehicle level is set to "Nor-
mal" on vehicles with AIRMATIC (
Y
page 195).
X
Switch off the engine.
X
Vehicles without KEYLESS-GO: remove the
key from the ignition lock.
X
Vehicles with KEYLESS-GO start-function
or KEYLESS-GO: open the driver's door.
The on-board electronics now have status 0.
This is the same as the key having been
removed.
X
Vehicles with KEYLESS-GO start-function
or KEYLESS-GO: remove the Start/Stop but-
ton from the ignition lock (
Y
page 145).
X
If included in the vehicle equipment, remove
the tyre-change tool kit from the vehicle.
X
Safeguard the vehicle against rolling away.
i
Apart from some country-specific variants,
vehicles are not equipped with tyre-changing
tools. Some tools for changing a wheel are
specific to the vehicle. For more information
on which tools are required to perform a
wheel change on your vehicle, consult a quali-
fied specialist workshop.
Necessary tyre-changing tools may include,
for example:
R
Jack
R
Wheel chock
R
Wheel wrench
R
Centring pin
Securing the vehicle against rolling
away
If your vehicle is equipped with a wheel chock, it
can be found in the tyre-change tool kit
(
Y
page 336).
The folding wheel chock is an additional secur-
ing measure to safeguard the vehicle from roll-
ing away, for example when changing a wheel.
X
Fold both plates upwards
:
.
X
Fold out lower plate
;
.
X
Insert the lugs on the lower plate fully into the
openings in base plate
=
.
X
Place chocks or other suitable items under
the front and rear of the wheel that is diago-
nally opposite the wheel you wish to change.
Raising the vehicle
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WARNING
If you do not position the jack correctly at the
appropriate jacking point of the vehicle, the
jack could tip over with the vehicle raised.
There is a risk of injury.
Only position the jack at the appropriate jack-
ing point of the vehicle. The base of the jack
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Changing a wheel
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