Emergencyassistance
>Turn thehandwheelcounter-clockwiseandre-
moveit.
>Removethecollapsiblesparetire.
Youmustinflatethecollapsiblesparetirebefore-
handinordertouseit.
Inflating
>Removethevalvecapfromthecollapsible
sparetire.
>Tightenthecompressorhoseonthecollapsible
sparetirevalve.
>Connectthecompressorhosetoavehiclesock-
etandswitchiton.
>Letthecompressorrununtilthespecifiedvalue
onthetirepressurestickerisreached
>page334,fig.267>©.
>Screwthevalvecap backontothevalve.
Returningtostorage
>»Removethevalvecaptodraintheair.
>Waitseveralhoursbeforeplacingthecollapsi-
blesparetireinthesparewheelwell.Only then
willitfolddowncompletelyso thatyoucan
storeitsecurely.
>Thenscrewthevalvecapbackontothevalve.
>Secure thecollapsiblesparetirewiththehand-
wheel.
>»Foldthecargofloorcoverbackintoplace.
Snowchains
Usingsnowchainsonthecollapsiblesparetireis
notpermittedfortechnicalreasons.
Ifyouhavetodrivewithsnowchainsandarear
tirefails,mountthecollapsiblesparetireinplace
ofafronttire.Installthesnowchainsonthe
fronttirethatyouremoved,andinstallthatin
placeofthereartirethatfailed.
—Afterinstallingacollapsiblesparetire,the
tirepressuremustbecheckedasquicklyas
possible toreducetheriskofanaccident.
—Donotdrivefasterthan50mph(80km/h)
withthecollapsiblesparetire.Drivingfaster
thanthatincreasestheriskofanaccident.
—Toreducetheriskofanaccident,avoidhard
accelerationorbrakinganddrivingfast
aroundcurveswiththecollapsiblespare
tire.
—Neverdriveusingmorethanonecollapsible
sparetire,becausethisincreasestheriskof
anaccident.
—Normal tiresorwintertiresmustnot be
mountedonthecollapsiblesparetirerim.
ZA\WARNING
—Onlyusethecollapsiblesparetireinemer-
genciesanddriveverycarefully,especiallyif
it ismorethansixyearsold.
— The compressor andthehosecanbecome
veryhotduring operationwhichincreases
theriskofburninjuries.
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@)Note
Thecompressormustbe switchedoffaftersix
minutesatthemosttoreducetheriskof
overheating.
Letthecompressorcooldown
forseveralminutesbeforeusingitagain.
