Breakdown assistance237
Using the systemSafetyDriving TipsGeneral MaintenanceBreakdown assistanceTechnical Data
Spare wheel*
The spare wheel is stowed in the spare wheel well in the
luggage compartment below the floor covering.
The spare wheel lies in a well under the luggage compartment floor and is
fixed in place along with the vehicle tool kit box using special screws
⇒fig. 167 .
One should check the inflation pressure in the spare wheel (at best when
generally checking the tyre air pressures - see sign on the fuel filler flap
⇒ page 207) to ensure that the spare wheel is always ready to use.
Unidirectional tyres*
If you have such tyres on your vehicle, please refer to the notes below:
•The spare wheel provided with a car fitted with unidirectional tyres has
different dimensions. The wheel is provided with a warning sticker.
•After fitting on the wheel, the warning sticker must not be concealed
(e.g. by the wheel trim).
•Do not drive with this spare wheel at more than 80 km/h - risk of acci-
dent. Avoid accelerating at full throttle, sharp braking and fast cornering.
•The inflation pressure for this spare wheel is identical to the inflation
pressure of the standard tyres.
•Use this spare wheel only to reach the nearest specialist garage as it
is not intended for continuous use.
Changing a wheel
Preliminary work
The following steps should be carried out before actually
changing the wheel.
– If it is necessary to change a wheel, park the vehicle as far away as possible from the traffic flow. The place you choose
should be level.
– Have all the occupants get out. While changing a wheel, the
occupants of the vehicle should not stand on the road (e.g.
behind a crash barrier).
– Apply the handbrake firmly.
– Engage 1st gear or if your vehicle is fitted with an automatic
gearbox, position the selector lever into position P .
– If a trailer is coupled, uncouple it.
– Take the vehicle tool kit and the spare wheel ⇒ page 236
out of the luggage compartment.
Fig. 167 Luggage
compartment: Spare
wheel
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Index
270
Thickness of brake pads
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Towing eye front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Towing protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
towing vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Tow-starting and towing vehicle Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Traction control system (TCS) . . . . . . . . . . 178 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 General Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Transporting children safely . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Turn signal light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Turn signal lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Turn signal system for vehicles towing a trailer Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Two-way radio systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Type plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Tyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Tyre inflation pressure Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Tyre repair kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 Tyres
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
U
Underbody protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Unidirectional tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
V
Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Vehicle data sticker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Vehicle identification data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
W
Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Warning symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Washing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198with a high-pressure cleaner . . . . . . . . . 199
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Washing vehicle by hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Wax treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Wheel Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
slackening and tightening . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Wheel bolts lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Wheel trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225, 239
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Windows de-icing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Windscreen washer nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Windscreen Wiper and Washer System Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Windshield washer fluid reservoir . . . . . . . . 224 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Windshield wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Wiper blades Replacing the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . 65
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