Minor Repairs
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8.Inflate the tire if necessary.
Please see the chapter “TIRE PRESSURES,
COLD” on Page 358.
On vehicles with Tire Pressure Monitoring:
Please see the chapter “SETTING THE TIRE
TYPE AND SIZE” on Page 134.
9.Lower the car and remove the jack.
10.Tighten wheel bolts in diagonally opposite
sequence.
Maintenance Note
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Immediately after changing a wheel, use
a torque wrench to check the prescribed
tightening torque of the wheel bolts
(160 Nm/118 ftlb.).
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Spacer, steel nuts, and plastic covers should
be stored together.
Fitting the 17 mm spacer
1. Remove wheel.
2. Fit the spacer with the wheel bolts
A
used to
fasten the wheel.
Tightening torque:
160 Nm (118 ftlb.)
3. Fit wheel.
To do this
use the original wheel nuts for
fastening the wheels.
Tightening torque:
160 Nm (118 ftlb.)
Place plastic covers onto the steel nuts.
Note
There is no anti-theft protection for the wheel nuts.
Collapsible spare wheel
The collapsible spare wheel is fastened under the
floor in the luggage compartment.
On vehicles with 17 mm spacers:
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Before fitting a collapsible spare wheel on the
rear axle
always remove the corresponding
spacer.
For information on the spacers:
Please see the chapter “SPACERS” on
Page 295.
For information about removing the spacers:
Please see the chapter “
CHANGING A WHEEL
WITH REMOVAL OF 17 MM SPACER” on
Page 305.
1. Take out rotary knob
A
and put it on bolt
B
.
2. Unscrew the screw and take out the collapsible
spare wheel.
3. Mount the collapsible spare wheel on the vehi-
cle before inflating it. Leave the car jacked up.
Please see the chapter “LIFTING THE VEHICLE
WITH A JACK” on Page 301.
4. Inflate the tire.
Please see the chapter “TIRE PRESSURES,
COLD” on Page 358.
