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Self-help, vehicle care
Changing wheels
Some versions have tyre repair aerosol
instead of a spare wheel – see page 144.
To ensure your safety, ma ke the following
preparations and observ e the following
inform ation w hen changing wheels:
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Park the v ehicle on a level, firm a nd
non-skid surface.
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Close Retra ctable steel roof – see
page 38.
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Switch on the haza rd warning flashers,
apply the hand brak e, engage first gear
or reverse.
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Correctly set up the w arning triangle.
Warning triangle – see page 137.
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Remove spare wheel
3
from luggag e
com partment – see page 138.
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Before raising the v ehicle, set the front
wheels to the straight-ahead position.
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Nev er change more than one wheel
at onc e.
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Block the wheel diagonally op posite the
wheel to be changed by placing wedge
blocks or equiv alent in front a nd behind
the wheel.
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Use the jack
3
only to change wheels.
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If the ground on which the vehicle is
standing is soft, a solid board (max. 1 cm
thick) should be p laced under the ja ck
3
.
Using a thicker b oard c ould dam age the
jack and the v ehicle.
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No people or animals may be in the
vehicle when it is jacked up.
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Never crawl under a jacked-up vehic le.
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Do not start or run the engine while the
vehicle is on the jac k.
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Before inserting the wheel bolts when
changing wheels, lightly grease the cone
of ea ch b olt. For this reason, c arry som e
conventional grease.
1. Remov e wheel c ov er with hook
3
.
Tool k it – see pag e 139.
If the wheel trim ha s v isible wheel
bolts
3
, the trim can rem ain on the
wheel. The retaining washers
3
on
the wheel bolts must not be removed.
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