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Remove all the wheel nuts
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
●Observe the following precau-
tions.
Failure to do so may result in seri-
ous injury:
• Lower the spare tire completely to the ground before removing it
from under the vehicle.
• Do not try to rem ove 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
immediately after the vehicle
has been driven.
After the vehicle has been driven
the disc wheels and the area
around the br akes will be
extremely hot. Touching these
areas with hands, feet or other
body parts while changing a tire,
etc., may result in burns.
●Failure to follow these precau-
tions could cause the wheel
nuts to loosen and the tire to fall
off, resulting in death or serious
injury.
• Have the wheel nuts tightened
with a torque wrench as soon as
possible after changing wheels.
Steel wheel: 154 ft•lbf (209 N•m,
21.3 kgf•m)
Aluminum wheel: 97 ft•lbf (131
N•m, 13.4 kgf•m)
• When installing a tire, only use wheel nuts that have been spe-
cifically designed for that wheel.
• Retighten the wheel nuts within 100 miles (160 km) of driving.
• If there are any cracks or defor- mations in the bolt screws, nut
threads or bolt holes of the
wheel, have the vehicle
inspected by your Toyota
dealer.
• Do not attach a heavily dam- aged wheel ornament, as it may
fly off the wheel while the vehi-
cle is moving.
• When installing the wheel nuts, be sure to install them with the
tapered ends facing inward.
