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Vehicle care

Wheel change

In this manual: Vehicle care
Introduction — 1In Brief — 17Keys, doors and windows — 27Seats, Safety Systems — 20Storage — 17Instruments and controls — 42Air conditioning — 11Driving and operation — 50Vehicle care — 45Service and maintenance — 3Technical data — 5Customer information — 3Exterior lights — 11Instrument panel light control — 1Reading lamps — 1Special lighting functions — 2
8steps
~48min
2/5difficulty
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Some vehicles are fitted with a tyre repair kit instead of a spare wheel 236.

Carry out the following preparations and observe the advice below:

  • Park the vehicle on firm, level, non-slip ground. Set the front wheels straight ahead.
  • Apply the parking brake, engage 1st gear or reverse, or set the selector lever to P.
  • Remove the spare wheel 242.
  • Never change more than one wheel at a time.
  • Only use the jack to change punctured tyres, not to fit winter or summer tyres when changing seasons.
  • If the ground is not firm, place a solid board no more than 1 cm thick under the jack.
  • No person or animal must be inside the vehicle while it is raised on a jack.
  • Do not get under a vehicle raised on a jack.
  • Do not start the engine of a vehicle raised on a jack.
  • Clean the wheel nuts and their threads with a clean cloth before fitting the wheel.

Caution

Do not grease the wheel bolt, wheel nut or wheel nut seat.

Changement d'une roue

  1. Pry off and remove the wheel nut caps using a screwdriver. Remove the wheel trim using the hook. On-board tools 230.

    Alloy wheels: Pry off and remove the wheel nut caps using a screwdriver.

    To protect the rim, place a cloth between the screwdriver and the wheel.

Changement d'une roue

  1. Unfold the wheel wrench, position it correctly and loosen each wheel nut by half a turn.
Changement d'une roue

  1. Check that the jack is correctly positioned under the appropriate lifting point.
Changement d'une roue

  1. Adjust the jack to the required height.

    Position it directly below the lifting point so that it cannot slip.

Changement d'une roue

Fit the wheel wrench, align the jack correctly and turn the wheel wrench until the wheel is off the ground.

  1. Unscrew the wheel nuts.
  2. Change the wheel. Spare wheel 242.
  3. Screw on the wheel nuts.
  4. Lower the vehicle.
  5. Fit the wheel wrench, make sure it is correctly seated and tighten each nut in a star pattern. The tightening torque is 150 N·m.
  6. Align the valve hole of the wheel trim with the front tyre valve before fitting it.

    Fit the wheel nut caps.

    Fit the jacking point cover.

  7. Stow the changed wheel 242 and the vehicle tools 230.
  8. Check the tyre inflation pressure and the wheel nut tightening torque as soon as possible.

Have the defective tyre replaced or repaired as soon as possible.

Lifting point on a vehicle lift

Point de levage sur un pont élévateur

Position the rear lift arm of the lift at the underbody lifting point.

Point de levage sur un pont élévateur

Position the front lift arm of the lift at the underbody lifting point.

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