Seat Tarraco 2020, Owner'S Manual

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Emergencies
● Insert the special adapter
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Fig. 37
1
(ve-
hicle tools
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wheel bolt and push it on as far as it will go.
●
Insert the wheel brace (vehicle tools) onto
the adapter as far as it will go.
●
Remove the wheel bolt
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Note
Make a note of the code number of the an-
ti-theft wheel bolt and keep it in a safe
place, but not in your vehicle. If you need a
new adapter, you can obtain it from the
SEAT Official Service, indicating the code
number.
Loosening wheel nuts
Fig. 38
Wheel change: loosen the wheel nuts.
Fig. 39 Wheel change: tyre valve
1
and the
correct position for the anti-theft wheel locking
bolt
2
or
3
.
Use only the wheel wrench belonging to the
car to loosen the wheel nuts.
Loosen the wheel nuts only about one turn
before raising the vehicle with the jack.
If the wheel bolt is very tight, carefully push
on the end of the wheel wrench with your
foot. Hold on to the vehicle for support and
take care not to slip during this operation.
Loosening wheel nuts
●
Fit the wheel wrench on as far as it will go
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Fig. 38 .
●
Hold the wrench at the end and rotate the
bolt approximately one turn anticlock-
wise
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.
Important information about wheel nuts
Factory-fitted rims and wheel nuts are spe-
cially matched during construction. There-
fore, if different rims are fitted, the correct
wheel nuts with the right length and heads
must be used. This ensures that wheels are
fitted securely and that the brake system
functions correctly.
In certain circumstances, you should not even
use wheel nuts from vehicles of the same
model.
In wheels with full hubcaps, the anti-theft
locking bolt must be threaded onto positions
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Fig. 39
2
or
3
, taking the tyre valve’s po-
sition as reference
1
. Otherwise it will not be
possible to mount the hubcap.
WARNING
If the wheel nuts are not properly tight-
ened, they could come loose while driving
and cause an accident, serious injury and
loss of vehicle control.
●
Use only wheel nuts which correspond to
the rim in question.
●
Never use different wheel nuts.
●
Wheel nuts and threads should be clean,
free of oil and grease, and it should be pos-
sible to screw them easily.
●
To loosen and tighten wheel nuts, only
use the wheel wrench that came with the
car from the factory.
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