2011 Lexus CT200h Owner's Manual (in English)

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Warning message in radar cruise mode
In the following cases, the warning message may not be displayed even if
vehicle-to-vehicle distance decreases:
When your vehicle and the vehicle ahead are traveling at the same speed
or the vehicle ahead is traveling more quickly than your vehicle
When the vehicle ahead is traveling at a very low speed
Immediately after cruise control speed is set
At the instant the accelerator pedal is depressed

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If you have a flat tire (vehicles with a spare tire)
Remove the flat tire and replace it with the spare tire provided.
Before jacking up the vehicle
Stop the vehicle on a hard, flat surface.
Set the parking brake.
Shift the shift position to P.
Stop the hybrid system.
Turn on the emergency flashers.
Location of the spare tire, jack and tools
Center auxil-
iary
Jack Spare Jack han- Wheel
nut
Towing eye-

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Taking out the jack
Remove the center deck board.
Remove the center auxiliary
box.
Take out the jack.
For loosening
For tightening
STEP1
STEP2
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Taking out the spare tire
Remove the center deck board and center auxiliary box.
(See “Taking out the jack” for details.)
Loosen the center fastener that
secures the spare tire.
STEP1
STEP2

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Replacing a flat tire
Chock the tires.
For vehicles with 15 inch
wheels, remove the wheel orna-
ment using the wrench.
To protect the wheel ornament,
place a rag between the wrench
and the wheel ornament.
Slightly loosen the wheel nuts
(one turn).
STEP1
Flat tireWheel chock positions
FrontLeft-hand sideBehind the rear right-hand side tire
Right-hand sideBehind the rear left-hand side tire
RearLeft-hand sideIn front of the front right-hand side tire
Right-hand sideIn front of the front left-hand side tire
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CT200h_EE (OM76041E)Turn the tire jack portion “A”
by hand until the notch of the
jack is in contact with the jack
point.
The jack point guides are
located under the rocker panel.
They indicate the jack point
positions.
Raise the vehicle until the tire is
slightly raised off the ground.
Remove all the wheel nuts and
the tire.
When resting the tire on the
ground, place the tire so that the
wheel design faces up to avoid
scratching the wheel surface.
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STEP5
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Installing the spare tire
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.
Install the spare 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.
Lower the vehicle.
STEP1
STEP2
Disc wheel
seat
Tapered por-
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CT200h_EE (OM76041E)Firmly tighten each wheel nut
two or three times in the order
shown in the illustration.
Tightening torque:
103 N•m (10.5 kgf•m, 76 ft•lbf)
Stow the flat tire, tire jack and all tools.
STEP4
STEP5