FIAT 500L User Manual

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❒ alert other passengers that the car is about to be

raised; all persons should be kept away from the
car until it has been lowered;

❒ fit handle D fig. 150 into the housing in device A,

operate the jack and raise the car until the wheel
is a few centimetres from the ground;

❒ remove the wheel cap after loosening the 4 fixing

studs and finally loosen the fifth stud and extract
the wheel (only for versions with wheel caps fixed
by studs);

❒ make sure the contact surfaces between

space-saver wheel and hub are clean so that the
fixing studs will not come loose;

❒ fit the space-saver wheel by inserting the first stud

for two threads into the hole closest to the valve;

❒ tighten the stud by some threads and proceed

in the same way for the others;

❒ take the wrench A fig. 147 and fully tighten the

fixing studs;

❒ operate the jack handle D to lower the car. Then

extract the jack;

❒ use the wrench A to fully tighten the studs in a

criss-cross fashion as per the numerical sequence
illustrated in fig. 151;

❒ when replacing a wheel with alloy rim it is

advisable to place it with the aesthetic part facing
upwards.

Restore the standard wheel as soon as possible,
because, once placed in the associated compartment,
the luggage compartment load platform is rendered
uneven as the standard wheel is larger than the
space-saver wheel.

fig. 150

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fig. 151

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GETTINGTO KNOW

YOURCAR

SAFETY

STARTING AND

DRIVING

WARNING LIGHTS

AND MESSAGES

IN AN

EMERGENCY

SERVICING AND

MAINTENANCE

TECHNICAL

SPECIFICATIONS

INDEX