FIAT 500 User Manual

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ARNING

LIGHTS AND MESSAGES

CAR

MAINTENANCE

TECHNICAL

SPECIFICA

TIONS

IINDEX

YOUR CAR

SAFETY DEVICES

CORRECT USE OF THE

CAR

IN AN

EMERGENCY

❒ for the vehicles equipped with alloy

rims, remove the pressure-fitted hub
cap using the supplied screwdriver;

❒ loosen by about one turn the fasten-

ing bolts of the wheel to be replaced
with the wrench provided E-fig. 4;

❒ turn the jack handle to partially open it;

❒ loosen the fastener B-fig. 3;
❒ take out the tool container C and take

it near to the wheel to be changed;

❒ take out the small spare wheel D;
❒ to remove the hub cap use the supplied

screwdriver, prising on the special slit
on the outer rim;

fig. 4

F0S0128m

fig. 3

F0S0127m

To change a wheel proceed as follows:
❒ stop the car in a position so that it is

not a danger for on-coming traffic and
where you can replace the wheel safe-
ly. The ground must be flat and com-
pact;

❒ Turn the engine off and pull up the

handbrake;

❒ Engage first gear or reverse;
❒ lift the boot mat A-fig. 2;

fig. 2

F0S0126m