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Access to the spare wheel and
the jack
The wheel is located outside the
vehicle, under the boot, supported by
a metal carrier.
- Remove the wheelbrace 1,
secured on the rear right inner
panel of the boot .
- Using the wheelbrace 1, slacken
the spare wheel carrier retaining
bolt, located inside the boot
under the carpet .
- Lift the carrier to release the hook rearwards, then lower it.
- Remove the jack storage box 2 located in the spare wheel.
CHANGING A WHEEL
Removing a wheel
- Chock the rear of the wheel diagonally opposite the wheel
to be changed, using the jack
storage box.
- Remove the wheel trim using the wheelbrace, by pulling at the
valve passage hole.
- Slacken the wheel bolts.
- Place the jack under the locating point on the sub-frame E that
is closest to the wheel to be
changed. Ensure that the entire
surface of the jack base plate is
in contact with the ground.
- Extend the jack, completely unscrew the bolts and remove
the wheel.
Parking the vehicle
- If possible, park the vehicle on
level, stable and non-slippery
ground.
- Apply the handbrake, engage i r s t o r r e v e r s e g e a r ( p o s i t i o n P
for the automatic gearbox).
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For your safety, always change a wheel:
- on level, stable and non slippery ground,
- with the handbrake applied,
- w i t h i r s t o r r e v e r s e g e a r e n g a g e d ,
- with the vehicle chocked using the jack storage box,
- n e v e r g o u n d e r n e a t h a v e h i c l e r a i s e d u s i n g a j a c k ( u s e a n a x l e s t a n d ) .
After changing the wheel
- Have the tightening of the bolts and the pressure of the spare tyre checked as soon as possible by a PEUGEOT
dealer.
- Have the punctured tyre repaired and replace it on the vehicl e as soon as possible.
- The space-saver spare wheel must only be used temporarily:
- i n l a t i o n p r e s s u r e : 4 . 2 b a r s ( 6 0 p . s . i . ) .
- m a x i m u m s p e e d : 5 0 m p h ( 8 0 k m / h ) .
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SPECIAL FEATURES OF
ALLOY WHEELSFitting the spare wheel
If your vehicle is equipped with a steel
s p a r e w h e e l , w h e n i t t i n g i t , i t i s nor-
mal to notice that the bolt washers
do not come into contact with the rim.
The spare wheel is secured by the
cone shape of each bolt. Wheel anti-theft bolts
I f y o u r w h e e l s a r e i t t e d w i t h a n t i - t h e f t
b o l t s ( o n e p e r w h e e l ) , t h e c h r o m e -
plated trim cap and then the plastic
cover on the wheel must be removed,
using the
yellow t o o l ( l o c a t e d i n t h e
b o x i x e d t o t h e l e f t - h a n d s i d e o f t h e
boot), before slackening the bolt us-
i n g t h e a n t i - t h e f t s o c k e t ( l o c a t e d i n
the glove box) and the wheelbrace,
located in the boot rear right inner
panel.
Note: take a careful note of the code
number engraved on the head of the
anti-theft socket. This will enable you
to obtain a duplicate anti-theft socket
from a PEUGEOT dealer.
Fitting snow tyres
I f y o u i t s n o w t y r e s t h a t a r e m o u n t e d
on steel rims onto your vehicle, it is
es-
sential that you use special bolts avail-
able from your PEUGEOT dealer.
Bolt covers
Alloy wheel bolts are covered by
chrome trims.
Use the yellow tool
4 to remove the
trims before slackening the bolts.
Tool 4 is located on the rear right in-
ner panel of the boot.
