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6-3. Do-it-yourself maintenance
Use only Toyota wheel bolts and
wheel bolt wrenches designed
for use with your aluminum
wheels.
When rotating, repairing or
changing your tires, check that
the wheel bolts are still tight after
driving 1600 km (1000 miles).
Be careful not to damage the
aluminum wheels when using
tire chains.
Use only Toyota genuine balance
weights or equivalent and a plas-
tic or rubber hammer when bal-
ancing your wheels.
WARNING
■When replacing wheels
●Do not use wheels that are a differ-
ent size from those recommended in the Owner’s Manual, as this may result in a loss of handling control.
●Never use an inner tube in a leak-ing wheel which is designed for a
tubeless tire. Doing so may result in an accident, causing death or serious injury.
■Use of defective wheels prohib-ited
Do not use cracked or deformed wheels. Doing so could cause the tire to leak air during driving, possibly
causing an accident.
NOTICE
■Replacing tire pressure warning valves and transmitters
●Because tire repair or replacement
may affect the tire pressure warning valves and transmitters, make sure to have tires serviced by any autho-
rized Toyota retailer or Toyota authorized repairer, or any reliable repairer. In addition, make sure to
purchase your tire pressure warn- ing valves and transmitters at any authorized Toyota retailer or Toyota
authorized repairer, or any reliable repairer.
●Ensure that only genuine Toyota wheels are used on your vehicle.Tire pressure warning valves and
transmitters may not work properly with non-genuine wheels.
Aluminum wheel precau-
tions (if equipped)
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7-2. Steps to take in an emergency
When trouble arises
3Loosen the center fastener that
secures the spare tire.
1 Chock the tires.
2 Vehicles with a steel wheel:
Remove the wheel ornament
using the wrench.
Insert the wrench into the notch on
the wheel cap.
To protect the wheel ornament, place a
rag between the wrench and the wheel
ornament.
3 Slightly loosen the wheel bolts
(one turn).
4 Check the jack point.
The mark displaying the jack set
position is applied to the rocker mould-
WARNING
■When storing the spare tire
Be careful not get fingers caught or other body parts between the spare tire and the body of the vehicle.
Replacing a flat tire
Flat tireWheel chock posi-
tions
Front left-hand
side
Behind the rear
right-hand side tire
Front right-hand
side
Behind the rear
left-hand side tire
Rear left-hand sideIn front of the front
right-hand side tire
Rear right-hand
side
In front of the front
left-hand side tire
Flat tireWheel chock posi-
tions
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7-2. Steps to take in an emergency
ing.
5 Turn the tire jack portion by
hand until the center of the
recessed portion of the jack is in
contact with the center of the
jack point.
6 Assemble the jack handle
extension.
7 Raise the vehicle until the tire is
slightly raised off the ground.
8 Remove all the wheel bolts 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.
WARNING
■Replacing a flat tire
●Do not try to remove the wheel
ornament by hand. Take due care in handling the ornament to avoid unexpected personal injury.
●Do not touch the disc wheels or the area around the brakes immedi-
ately after the vehicle has been driven. After the vehicle has been driven the disc wheels and the area
around the brakes will be extremely hot. Touching these areas with hands, feet or other body parts
while changing a tire, etc. may result in burns.
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7-2. Steps to take in an emergency
When trouble arises
1Remove any dirt or foreign mat-
ter from the wheel contact sur-
face.
If foreign matter is on the wheel contact
surface, the wheel bolts may loosen while the vehicle is in motion, causing the tire to come off.
2 Install the tire and loosely
tighten each wheel bolt by hand
by approximately the same
amount.
Tighten the wheel bolts until the spheri-
cal portion comes into loose contact
with the disc wheel seat .
3 Lower the vehicle.
4 Firmly tighten each wheel bolts
two or three times in the order
shown in the illustration.
Tightening torque: 140 N•m (14.3 kgf•m, 103 ft•lbf)
5 Stow the flat tire, tire jack and all
tools.
■The compact spare tire (if equipped)
●The compact spare tire is identified by the label “TEMPORARY USE ONLY” on the tire sidewall. Use the compact
spare tire temporarily, and only in an emergency.
●Make sure to check the tire inflation pressure of the compact spare tire. ( P.350)
■When the compact spare tire (if
equipped) is equipped
The vehicle becomes lower when driv- ing with the compact spare tire com-
pared to when driving with standard
Installing the spare tire
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7-2. Steps to take in an emergency
tires.
■When using the compact spare tire
(if equipped)
As the compact spare tire is not equipped with a tire pressure warning
valve and transmitter, low inflation pres- sure of the compact spare tire will not be indicated by the tire pressure warning
system. Also, if you replace the compact spare tire after the tire pressure warning light comes on, the light remains on.
■If you have a flat front tire on a road
covered with snow or ice (vehicles with a compact spare tire)
Install the compact spare tire on one of
the rear wheels of the vehicle. Perform the following steps and fit tire chains to the front tires:
1 Replace a rear tire with the compact
spare tire.
2 Replace the flat front tire with the tire removed from the rear of the vehicle.
3 Fit tire chains to the front tires.
WARNING
■Installing the compact spare tire
(if equipped)
Failure to follow these precautions could cause the wheel bolts to loosen
and the tire to fall off, resulting in death or serious injury.
●Never apply oil or grease to the
wheel bolts or their contact surface
on the wheel .
Doing so may cause the wheel
bolts to be tightened excessively,
leading to damage to the wheel
bolts, the threaded portion the
wheel bolts install to , or the
wheel.
Also, the wheel bolts may come
loose, possibly leading to the wheel
coming off, causing a serious acci-
dent.
If oil or grease is attached to either
of these parts, remove it.
●When installing a wheel, use the
same wheel bolts that were removed with the wheel. Also, do not use any wheel bolts other than
Toyota Genuine wheel bolts.
●Do not attach a heavily damaged
wheel ornament, as it may fly off the wheel while the vehicle is moving.
●If a wheel bolt hole in a wheel or the threads of a wheel bolt or the wheel hub are deformed, cracked, rusty or
otherwise damaged, have the vehi- cle inspected by any authorized Toyota retailer or Toyota authorized
repairer, or any reliable repairer.
■When tightening the wheel bolts
Do not tighten the wheel bolts exces- sively. Doing so may cause the wheel bolts, the threads of the wheel hub, or
the wheel to be damaged.