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If the wheel bolt is very tight, carefully push
on the end of the wheel wr ench with your
f oot. Hol d on t
o the v
ehicle for support and
take care not to slip during this operation.
Loosening wheel bolts
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CAUTION
When removing/fitting the wheel, the rim
may hit and damage the brake disc. For this
r eason, pl
ease take care and get a second
person to assist you. Tyres with compulsory direction of
rotation
A directional tread pattern can be identified
by the arrows on the sidew
all that point in the
dir
ection of rotation. Always observe the di-
rection of rotation indicated when fitting the
wheel to guarantee optimum properties of
this type of tyres with regard to grip, noises,
wear and aquaplaning.
If it is absolutely necessary to fit the spare
tyre* against the direction of rotation, drive
with care as this means the tyre does not of-
fer optimum driving properties. This is of par-
ticular importance when the road surface is
wet.
To return to directional tread tires, replace the
punctured tyre as soon as possible and re-
store the obligatory direction of rotation of all
tyres.
Subsequent work
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Emergency towing of the ve-
hicl e
T o wing Fig. 76
Right side of the front bumper: towline
anchor age. Fig. 77
Right side of the rear bumper: towline
anchor age. Towline anchorages
Att
ach the bar or r ope t
o the t o
wline ancho-
rages.
The towline anchorages are located under
the floor panel in the luggage compartment,
next to the vehicle tools
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Tow-starting If the engine will not start, first try starting it
using the battery of another vehicle
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Connect one end of the r ed
jump l ead t
o
the positiv e + terminal of the vehicle
with the fl at batt
ery A
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Note
The vehicles must not touch each other,
otherwise electricity could fl o
w as soon as
the positive terminals are connected. Changing the windscreen
wiper blades
Changing the wiper blades Fig. 80
Wipers in service position. Fig. 81
Changing the windscreen wiper blade. To change the blades it is necessary to move
the wipers fr
om the r
est position int o the serv-
ice position.
Do not change the windscr een wipers when
out of the service position, as it coul
d cause
paint to flake off the bonnet due to friction
with the windscreen wiper arm.
Service position (for changing wiper
blades)
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Changing the rear window wiper
bl ade Fig. 82
Removing and fitting the rear window
wiper bl ade. Removing the wiper blade