Vehicle care 267Front arm position of the liftingplatform at the underbody.Spare wheelSome vehicles are equipped with atyre repair kit instead of a sparewheel.A spare wheel can be classified as atemporary spare wheel depending onthe size compared to the othermounted wheels and countryregulations.The spare wheel has always a steelrim.CautionThe use of a spare wheel that issmaller than the other wheels or incombination with winter tyrescould affect driveability. Have thedefective tyre replaced as soon aspossible.The spare wheel is located in the loadcompartment beneath the floorcovering. It is secured with a wing nut.To remove:1. Open the floor cover.2. Only 3-door hatchback: removerear storage by pressing bothbuttons. Fold down cover andextract storage upwards.3. The spare wheel is secured with awing nut. Untwist nut, removeconus (only 3-door hatchback) totake out the spare wheel.Under the spare wheel there is thebox with vehicle tools.4. When, after a wheel change, nowheel is placed in the spare wheelwell, secure the tool box byturning right back the wing nut andclose floor cover.
