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Installing the spare tire

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Toyota Sienna. Installing the spare tire

  1. Remove any dirt or foreign matter from the wheel contact surface.

    If foreign matter is on the wheel contact surface, the wheel nuts may loosen while the vehicle is in motion, causing the tire to come off.

Toyota Sienna. Installing the spare tire

  1. Install the tire and loosely tighten each wheel nut by hand by approximately the same amount.

    Tighten the wheel nuts until the tapered portion comes into loose contact with the disc wheel seat.

Toyota Sienna. Installing the spare tire

  1. Lower the vehicle.
Toyota Sienna. Installing the spare tire

  1. Firmly tighten each wheel nut two or three times in the order shown in the illustration.

    Tightening torque: 76 ft•lbf (103 N•m, 10.5 kgf•m)

  2. Stow the flat tire, tire jack and all tools.

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