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6.
Change the wheel.
Notes on spare wheel – see page 249.
Notes on temporary spare wheel –
see page 250.
7.
Screw in wheel bolts and tighten slightly,
inserting the wheel bolt wrench
3
as far
as possible.
8.
Lower vehicle.
9.
Tighten wheel bolts crosswise, putting on
wheel bolt wrench
3
as far as possible.
10.
Before refitting the wheel trim, clean the
wheel around the retaining clips. Valve
symbol
3
on back of wheel trim must
point towards valve on wheel.
Align and refit wheel trim or wheel bolt
caps
3
.
Alloy wheels
3
:
align and refit wheel
bolt caps
3
.
11.
Stow replaced wheel, tools and warning
triangle in luggage compartment –
see pages 248 to 251.
12.
Check the tyre pressure of the newly
fitted wheel. Adjust as necessary.
13.
Have the tightening torque of the wheel
bolts on the new wheel checked on the
vehicle using a torque wrench as soon
as possible and, if necessary, corrected.
Tightening torque – see page 326.
14.
Replace the faulty tyre on the wheel
that was removed.
15.
Replace temporary spare wheel
3
with
a full specification wheel without delay.
16.
Initialise the Deflation Detection System
(
DDS)
3
or tyre pressure monitoring
system
3
–
see pages 217, 220.