Wheel-changing – BMW AG User Manual

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What you need

To avoid rattling noises later, please
make a note of the positions of the
tools when they are removed, and
reattach them in the same positions
later.
> Car jack 1

Lift up the floor panel in the luggage
compartment, see page

, and

unscrew the red wing nut.
After using the jack, retract it fully,
swing the crank handle back in and
clip it securely

> Chock 2

Stowed behind the jack on the end
wall of the luggage compartment. To
remove, loosen the wing nut

> Spare wheel or compact spare wheel

– stowed beside the jack
Unscrew the wing nut by hand,
remove the retainer and lift out the
wheel

> Wheel stud wrench – in the car's

toolkit, under the luggage compart-
ment lid, see page

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Procedure

1. Note the safety precautions on the

2. Prevent the car from rolling away:

place the wheel chock behind the
front wheel on the side opposite to
where the wheel is to be removed,
or in front of the front wheel on a

downhill gradient. If the car cannot
be moved to a point on a less
severe gradient, you must protect it
reliably against rolling away

3. Full-width wheel covers*: insert fin-

gers into the vent holes and pull the
cover off

4. Individual alloy wheels*: engage

the special puller in the recess pro-
vided for the purpose in the cover
cap and pull off the cap

5. Slacken the wheel studs by

1/2 turn. If the car has light-alloy
wheels*, see the description of
lockable studs on page

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