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Spare steel rim wheel
The spare steel rim wheel is carried in the wheel well under
the floor panel in the luggage compartment. It is only inten-
ded for temporary use over short distances.
Fig. 195 Spare steel rim
wheel
Taking out the spare wheel
–Turn the plastic knob ⇒ Fig. 195 anticlockwise.
–Take out the spare wheel.
Securing the defective wheel in the spare wheel well
–Place wheel in spare wheel well in the luggage compartment.
–Secure the wheel by turning plastic knob clockwise.
–Replace the floor panel before closing the rear lid.
Your vehicle can be factory-equipped with a spare steel wheel. The spare
wheel does not usually meet the same performance standards as the
wheels fitted on the vehicle because of the wheel/tyre dimensions, rubber
composition, tread pattern, etc. Therefore, note the following restrictions:
●The spare steel wheel is designed only for your vehicle model. Do not
attempt to mount the wheel on any vehicle but your own.
●Your vehicle will have different driving characteristics when the spare
steel rim wheel is mounted ⇒ .
●The spare wheel is only intended for temporary use after having a flat
tyre. Replace the spare wheel with a normal wheel that has the proper tyre
dimensions as soon as possible.
●If the size of the spare steel rim wheel is different to that of the other
wheels, it is unlikely that snow chains suitable for the other wheels will fit it.
WARNING
●After mounting the spare steel rim wheel, the tyre pressure must be
checked and corrected as soon as possible. The tyre pressure must corre-
spond to the vehicle load (consult the table containing the inflation pres-
sures). Otherwise there is danger of causing an accident. Use the highest
tyre pressure as indicated in the table.
●Do not drive faster than 80 km/h, as higher speeds can cause an acci-
dent.
●Avoid heavy acceleration, hard braking and fast cornering, as this
could cause an accident.
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