Vauxhall Meriva Owner's Manual

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Vauxhall Meriva Owner's Manual Manual pdf 182 page image

177Self-help, V ehicle CarePicture no: 17918s.tifFor vehicles w ith a tyre repair k it 3, thetools a re stowed tog ether with the tyrerep air kit in the stowage compartmentbeneath the floor cover in the luggag ecompartment.Spare wheel 3Some vehicles are equipped with a tyrerep air kit instead of a spare wheel.See page 182.Picture no: 16141s.tifThe spare wheel is in a rec ess in the floor ofthe vehicle and is screw ed d ow n with awing nut.To access the spare wheel, remove thelugg age compartment c ov er 3 – seepage 54, lift the floor c ov er using theha ndle and raise tow ards the front. Foldthe spare wheel cov er up towards the front.Stowi ng standard size tyres i n the spa rewheel w ellThe spa re wheel well is not designed for allsizes of commercia lly availab le ty res. If alarger wheel m ust be stow ed in the sp arewheel well after changing wheels, place thefloor cover on the ov erlaying wheel.General inform ationDepending on the model variant, the sp arewheel m ay be in the form of a tem pora ryspare wheel 3. R efer to the notes on thispag e and pages 162, 216.O n vehicles with alloy wheels 3, the sp arewheel m ay have a steel rim.If y ou use winter tyres 3, the sp are wheelma y still be fitted with a summer tyre. If y ouuse the spare wheel, the v ehicle’ s handlingma y be altered. O btain a replacement forthe fa ulty tyre as soon as possible, andhave the w heel balanced and fitted to thevehicle.The spare wheel ma y have a smaller tyreand a smaller rim than the wheels mountedon the vehicle1 ) : Using the spare wheel mayalter the driving behaviour of the v ehicle.Hav e the defective tyre replaced as soonas possible, balance the wheel and have itmounted on the vehic le.1) Co untry-specific version:In som e cou ntries, th e spa re w heel m ay on lybe us ed a s a temp ora ry s pa re wh eel.