Attention! Be careful when replacing a punctured wheel. Perhaps it was pierced by intruders to steal valuables from the car while you are busy replacing it.
1. Open the trunk (it contains everything you need to change a wheel) and, prying a finger through the hole in the trunk floor mat...
2....fold the mat.
3. Unscrew the spare wheel lock...
4.... and remove the retainer.
5. Remove the spare wheel from the trunk and place it next to the wheel to be changed.
6. Pry off the edge of the decorative cap with a hook attached to the car...
7.... and remove the cap.
8. Engage first gear and parking brake. Place a jack under the vehicle next to the tire to be changed (see «Jacking»).
Note. In order not to get dirty when changing a wheel, put on gloves and overalls, if your car has them.
9. On the opposite side, the car must be fixed by placing wheel chocks under the front and rear wheels so that the raised car cannot move forward or backward.
10. Using a jack, slightly raise the car, but so that the wheel requiring replacement does not come off the road. Use a wheelbrace to loosen the four wheel bolts.
Note. To make it easier to loosen the bolts, we recommend purchasing a special wheel wrench with a telescopic handle. It is convenient to work with a cross-shaped balloon wrench.
11. Raise the car with a jack so that the wheel is off the road, then completely turn out the bolts and remove the wheel.
Attention! Try to keep the car as little time as possible in a suspended state with the wheel removed.
Raise the vehicle with a jack only to the height necessary to remove and install the wheel.
If working on soft ground, place a thick board under the base of the jack. Do not use bricks for this purpose - they break easily, and the car can fall off the jack, seriously injuring you.
12. Install the spare wheel in place of the removed one, screw in the fixing bolts until they stop, but do not tighten them...
Attention! When screwing the bolts, make sure that their conical parts are aligned with the conical surfaces of the holes in the wheel disk, otherwise the bolts will loosen during movement and the wheel may be lost.
13.... lower the car and finally tighten the bolts. Tighten the wheel bolts crosswise.
Note. To feel the necessary tightening force for the wheel bolts, use a torque wrench for the first time (tightening torque 105 Nm). Do not lubricate the mounting bolts - this can lead to self-loosening of the bolts while the vehicle is moving.
14. Install the decorative cap.
15. Before you continue driving, be sure to check the air pressure in the tire of the installed wheel.
Note. The car has tubeless tires. If you do not have enough tire mounting skills, we advise you not to try to do this work yourself. One damage to the sidewall and you have to buy a new tire or insert a tube.
In a hopeless situation, you can use a special first aid kit for repairing tubeless tires without stripping or a tire sealant. They must be used in accordance with the attached instructions.
Why is a tubeless tire better than a tubed one? First, tubeless when punctured «descends» very slowly: you can, pumping up, drive for weeks with a nail in the wheel, until it becomes possible to repair it. Secondly, when, with a very significant mileage, steel cord wires begin to protrude from a tubeless tire, it can still be used as a spare wheel. It is useless to insert a camera into such a tire - it will pierce already at the first inflation.