Driving a car with a damaged tire at high speed is dangerous, and driving at low speed for a long time leads to the complete destruction of the tire and damage to the wheel. Therefore, a punctured wheel must be replaced immediately by pulling to the side of the road. In accordance with the requirements of the Rules of the Road, in this case, you need to turn on the alarm and install an emergency stop sign.
To securely fix the car, we turn on the gear and the parking brake, and also place a wheel chock or a suitable stop under the wheel located diagonally from the one being removed (stone, wooden block, etc.).
The spare wheel is located in a recess in the floor of the luggage compartment. To access it, open the trunk lid...
... and raise the rug.
We unscrew the handle for attaching the jack to the body bracket...
...and take the jack out of the trunk.
Unbolt the spare wheel...
...and take the wheel out of the trunk.
With both hands, we pull off the decorative cap from the wheel rim, overcoming the force of the spring ring.
Using a standard wheel wrench, loosen the bolts securing the wheel to be removed.
Passengers must leave the passenger compartment before lifting the vehicle. Installing a jack.
... in the place where a cutout is made in the flanging of the threshold (showing the rear of the car's sill).
There is a similar place on the side of the front wheel. Before bringing the jack under the car, increase the height of the jack by turning the handle and set it on a flat area, for example, on a thick wide board. Continuing to rotate the jack handle, raise the car until the wheel to be replaced is off the road surface.
Loosen the wheel bolts.
...and remove the wheel.
We install the spare wheel so that its mounting holes coincide with the holes in the wheel hub, and we wrap the mounting bolts until it stops by hand, ensuring that the conical parts of the bolt heads coincide with the holes in the wheel. We tighten the bolts with a wheel wrench, holding the wheel with your hand.
We lower the car and evenly (criss-cross) tighten the bolts to a torque of 90 Nm (at the end of the handle of a key 250 mm long, a force of about 36 kg must be applied).
Check the pressure in the spare wheel tire and, if necessary, bring it to normal (see «Checking the condition of wheels and tires»).
If alloy wheels are installed on the car, they are replaced in the same way.
If the spare wheel is made of steel, it can only be installed instead of a light-alloy one if it is fitted with a tire that is identical in size and tread pattern to the tire of the wheel being replaced. It should be remembered that the bolts of the steel wheel, as a rule, are shorter than the bolts of the alloy wheel. As soon as possible, the steel spare wheel should be replaced with a light-alloy one with a repaired or new tire.