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FIAT Idea User Manual

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CAR

MAINTENANCE

TECHNICAL

SPECIFICA

TIONS

INDEX

DASHBOARD AND CONTROLS

SAFETY DEVICES

CORRECT USE OF THE CAR

W

ARNING

LIGHTS AND MESSAGES

IN AN

EMERGENCY

❒ Loosen the bolts on the wheel to be

replaced by about one turn with the
wrench provided E-fig. 12; if the car
is fitted with alloy rims, shake the car
to facilitate removing this rim from the
wheel hub;

❒ Operate the device F-fig. 12 and ex-

tend the jack until groove G on the
jack fits correctly into ridge H on the
body near sign I (at about 60 cm from
the front wheel centre or 80 cm from
the rear wheel centre);

fig. 12

F0H0750m

❒ Warn anybody nearby that the car is

about to be lifted. They must stay clear
and not touch the vehicle until it is
back on the ground;

❒ Fit the handle L-fig. 14 to operate the

jack and lift the car until the wheel to
be changed is several centimetres off
the ground;

❒ For versions with wheel cap, remove

the wheel cap after unloosing the
three fastening bolts and finally un-
loose the fourth bolt and extract the
wheel.

❒ Make sure the contact surfaces be-

tween spare wheel and hub are clean
so that the fastening bolts will not
come loose;

fig. 13

F0H0751m

❒ Fit the spare wheel making the holes

M-fig. 15 coincide with the respective
centring pins N;

❒ Using the wrench provided, fully tight-

en the four fastening bolts;

❒ Turn the jack handle L-fig. 14 to low-

er the car and remove the jack;

❒ Use the wrench provided to fasten the

bolts completely in a criss-cross fash-
ion as shown in the figure.

fig. 11

F0H0161m

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