Emerg enc y assis tance
There are some restrictions on the use of the
spare tire. The spare tire has been designed spe
cifically for your type of vehicle. Do not replace it
with the spare tire from another type of vehicle.
S pac e-s av ing sp are tir e*
The tire pressure must be 61 PSI (4.2 bar).
Remov ing th e spar e tire
.,. Fold the cargo floor up to the rear bench seat .
.,. Turn the handwheel counter-clockw ise and re-
move it .
.,. Remove the spare t ire.
Snow chains
Using snow chains on the spare tire is not perm it
ted due to technical reasons .
If you have to drive with snow chains and a front
tire fa ils, mount the spare t ire in place of a rear
tire . Install the snow cha ins on the rear tire that
you removed, and install that in place of the
front tire that failed.
A WARNING
-
- After installing a spa re t ire, the tire p res
s u re must be checked as quickly as poss ible.
- Do not drive faster than SO mph (80 km/h)
with a spare tire. Driv ing faster than that in
creases the risk of an a ccident.
- Avoid full-throttle accelerat ion, heavy b rak
ing, and fast cornering, because this in
creases the risk of an accident.
- Never dr ive using more than one spa re t ire,
because th is increases the r isk of an acci
dent.
- Norma l tires o r winter tires m ust not be
mounted on the spare tire rim .
- Only use the co llapsible spare tire in emer
gencies and dr ive very carefu lly, especially if
it is more than 6 years o ld .
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