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 .
Stowage space
Important safety notes
WARNING
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Information on 4MATIC vehicles
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with either the front or the rear axle raised,
as doing so will damage the transmission.
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Transporting the vehicle
Only lash the vehicle down by the wheels
or wheel rims, not by parts of the vehicle
such as axle or steering components.
Otherwise, the vehicle could be damaged.
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