Vauxhall Vectra, Owner'S Manual

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242 Self-help, vehicle care
10. Before refitting the wheel trim, clea n the
wheel around the retaining clips. Valve
symbol 3 on back of wheel trim must
point tow ards valve on wheel.
Align and refit wheel trim or w heel bolt
caps
3 .
Alloy wheels 3 : Align and refit wheel
bolt caps 3 .
11.Stow away replaced wheel, tools and
wa rning triangle in the luggage
com partment - see pa ge 238.
12.Check the tyre pressure of the newly
m ounted wheel. Correct if necessary.
13.H ave the tightening torque of the wheel
bolts on the new wheel checked on the
v ehicle using a torque wrench as soon
as possible and, if nec essary, c orrected.
Tightening torque – see page 299.
14.Replace the faulty tyre on the wheel
that wa s removed.
15.Replace tem pora ry spare wheel 3 with
a full specification wheel without delay.
Tyre repair kit
3
Minor dam age to the tyre tread or side
wall, e.g . from foreign bodies, can be
repaired using the tyre repair kit.
Do not rem ove the foreign body from the
tyre.
Tyre damage exc eed ing 4 mm or that is on
the rim cannot be repaired with the tyre
repair kit.
Im portant information – see pag e 246.
In the ev ent of a flat tyre:
z Switch on hazard warning lig hts,
apply handb ra ke; for automa tic
tra nsmission
3 , move selector lever to P ;
for manual transmission or Easytronic 3 ,
select 1st or rev erse gear.
z Correctly set up the warning tria ngle.
Wa rning triangle – see page 234.
9
Warning
Driv ing with tyre pressures too low or
tyres deflated c an cause invisible
damage to the tyre. This damage c annot
be eliminated with a tyre rep air kit. Park
the vehicle and contac t a workshop .