correct fus
erating for the system concerned.
Otherwise, components or systems could be
damaged.
! Make sure that no moistur
ecan enter the
fus eb ox whe nthe cover is open.
! Whe
nclosing the cover ,make sure that it is
lying correctly on the fus ebox. Moistur eseep-
ing in or dirt could otherwise impai rthe oper-
ation of the fuses.
The fuses in your vehicle disconnect faulty cir-
cuits. If afuseb lows ,allthe components on the
circuit and thei rfunctions will fail. Before replacing
afuse
Observe the important safety notes
(Y page 350)
X Switch off the engine.
X Switch off al lelectrical consumers.
X Safeguard the vehicle against rolling away
(Y page 172).
X Remove the key from the ignition lock.
or, on vehicle swithK EYLESS-G Ostartfunction
or KEYLESS ‑GO:
X Ope nthe driver' sdoor.
The on-board electronics now have status 0.
Thi sist he sam easthe key having been
removed.
The driver' sdoorc an be closed again.
All indicator lamps in the instrument cluster
mus tbeo ff.
The fuses are located in variou sfuseb oxes:
R fus ebox on the driver' ssideoft he dashboard
R fus eb ox in the front-passenger footwell
R fus eb ox in the engine compartment on the
driver' sside
R fus eb ox under the boo tfloor on the right-
hand sid eofthe vehicle ,whenv iewe dint he
direction of travel Dashboard fuse box
! Do not us
eapointed object such as ascrew-
driver to ope nthe cover in the dashboard. You
could damag ethe dashboard or the cover. X
Ope nthe driver' sdoor.
X To open: pull outcover :slightl yatthe bot-
tom in the direction of arrow =.
X Fold cover :outwards in the direction of
arrow ;.
X To close: foldinc over:unti lite ngages. Fus
eboxin the front-passenge rfoot-
well X
Ope nthe front-passenger door.
X To open: foldc over :outtowards the rear
and remove it.
X To close: clipinc over:at the rear.
X Fold cover :forward suntilite ngages. Fus
eboxin the engine compartment G
WARNING
Whe nthe bonne tiso pen, and the windscreen
wiper sare set in motion, yo ucan be injured by
the wiper linkage .There is ariskofi njury.
Alway sswitch off the windscreen wiper sand
the ignition before opening the bonnet. Electrical fuses
351Breakdown assistance Z
Fitting
awheel
Preparing th evehicle X
Stop th evehicl eons olid, non-slippery and
leve lground.
X Apply th eelectric parking brak emanually.
X Mov ethe fron twheels to th estraight-ahead
position.
X Vehicles with manua
ltra nsmission:
depress th eclutch pedal fully and engage first
or revers egear.
X Vehicles with automatic transmission:
shif tthe automatic transmission to position
P.
X Mak esure that th evehicl eleve liss et to "Nor-
mal" on vehicles wit hAIRMATIC (Y page 195).
X Switc hoff th eengine.
X Vehicles without KEYLESS-GO: remove the
ke yf romt heignition lock.
X Vehicles with KEYLESS-GO start-function
or KEYLESS-GO: open thedriver' sdoor.
The on-board electronics no whave status 0.
This is th esam east hekeyh aving been
removed.
X Vehicles with KEYLESS-GO start-function
or KEYLESS-GO: remove theStart/Sto pbut-
to nf romt heignition loc k(Ypage 145).
X If included in th evehicl eequipment, remove
th et yre-chang etoolkit from th evehicle.
X Safeguar dthe vehicl eagainst rollin gaway.
i Apart from som
ecountry-specific variants,
vehicles are no tequipped wit htyre-changing
tools. Some tools for changing awhee lare
specific to th evehicle. Fo rmorei nformation
on whic htools are require dtoperforma
whee lcha ng eony our vehicle, consult aquali-
fie ds pecialist workshop.
Necessary tyre-changing tools may include,
for example:
R Jack
R Whee lchock
R Whee lwrench
R Centring pin Securing th
evehicle against rolling
away If your vehicl
eisequipped wit hawheelchock ,it
can be foun dinthetyre-chang etoolkit
(Y page 336).
The foldin gwhee lchock is an additional secur-
ing measure to safeguar dthe vehicl efromr oll-
ing away, for exampl ewhen changing awheel.
X Fold bot hplates upwards :.
X Fold out lower plate ;.
X Inser tthe lugs on th elower plat efully int othe
opening sinbase plate =. X
Plac echock soro ther suitable items under
th ef ront and rear of th ewhee ltha tisd iago-
nally opposit ethe whee lyou wish to change.
Raising th evehicle G
WARNING
If you do no tposition th ejackc orre ctly at the
appropriat ejackin gpointoft hevehicle, the
jac kc ould ti poverw itht he vehicl eraised.
Ther eisar iskofi njury.
Only position th ejac katt heappropriat ejack-
ing poin tofthevehicle. The base of th ejack 362
Changing
awheelWheels and ty res
