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
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❒ 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
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❒ 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
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