Emergency spare wheel (example: vehicle without lockable cargo compartment floor)
1 Emergency spare wheel retainer
2 Stowage well
3 "Minispare" emergency spare wheel
The "Minispare" emergency spare wheel can be found in the stowage well under the cargo compartment floor.
■ Lift the cargo compartment floor up .
■ Vehicles with a lockable cargo compartment floor: remove the stowage tray.
■ Release the Velcro fastener .
■ Take out the jack.
■ Turn emergency spare wheel retainer 1 counter-clockwise and remove it.
■ Remove stowage well 2.
■ Remove "Minispare" emergency spare wheel 3.
In vehicles with a Bang & Olufsen sound system, the "Minispare" emergency spare wheel is stored in a bag. The bag is secured to the cargo tie-down rings in the cargo compartment.
To stow the "Minispare" emergency spare wheel, the rear seats in the third row must be folded in .
■ To remove the emergency spare wheel:
open the tailgate.
■ Loosen tensioning straps 2 on both sides.
■ Unhook retaining spring hooks 1 and 3 on tensioning straps 2 from the cargo tiedown rings.
■ Remove the bag with the "Minispare" emergency spare wheel.
■ Open the bag and remove the "Minispare" emergency spare wheel.
■ To stow the emergency spare wheel:
place the "Minispare" emergency spare wheel in the bag and close the bag.
■ Place the bag with the "Minispare" emergency spare wheel in the cargo compartment.
■ Hook retaining spring hooks 1 and 3 on tensioning straps 2 in the cargo tie-down rings.
■ Tighten tensioning straps 2 on both sides.
For further information on changing and mounting a wheel, see .
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