height AUDI A3 CABRIOLET 2015 User Guide
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-To help prevent injury to yourself and
your passengers:
- Do not raise the vehicle until you are
sure the jack is secu rely engaged.
- Passengers must not remain in the ve
h icle when it is jacked up.
- Make sure that passengers wait in a
safe place away from the vehicle and
well away from the road and t raffic.
- M ake sure jack position is correct, ad
just as necessary and then conti nue to
ra ise the jack .
- Changes i n temperature or load can af
fect the height of the ve hicl e.
CD Note
Do not lift the vehicle by the sill. Pos ition
the vehicle jack only at the des ignated lift
ing points o n the sill. Othe rwise, your vehi
cle will be damaged.
Taking the wheel off/installing the spare
Follow these instructions step-by-step for
changing the wheel.
Fi g. 188 Changing a wheel: using the screwdriver han
dle (with th e blade re moved} to turn the bolts
F ig . 189 Changing a wheel: alignment pin inside th e
top hole
What do I d o now ? 267
After you have loosened all wheel bo lts and
raised the vehicle off the grou nd, remove and
replace the wheel as follows:
Removing the wheel
.,. Use the hexag onal socket in the scr ewdriv
er handle
to completely remove the top
most wheel bolt and set it aside on a
clean
surface c:> fig. 188.
.,. Screw the threaded end of the alignment
pin
from the tool kit hand-tight into the
empty bolt hole
c:> fig. 189.
.,. Then remove the other wheel bolts as de
scribed above.
.,. Tak e off the whee l leaving the a lignment pin
in the bo lt ho le
c:> (D .
Putting on the compact spare wheel
.,. Lift the spare wheel and carefully s lide it
over the alignment pin to guide it in place
c:>(D .
.,. Use the hexagona l socket in the screwdriver
handle to screw in and tig hten all whee l
bolts
slightly.
.,. Remove the a lignment pin and inse rt and
tighten the rema ining whee l bolt slightly
Like the rest .
.,. Turn the jack hand le counter-clockwise to
lower the vehicle until the jack is fully re
leased .
.,. Use the wheel bo lt wrench to tighten all
wheel bo lts f irmly
c:> page 265 . Tighten
them
crosswise, from o ne bolt to the (ap
proxima tely) oppo site one, to keep the
wheel cente red.
CD Note
When remov ing or i nsta lling the whee l,
the r im cou ld hit the b rake roto r and dam
age the ro tor. Wor k carefu lly and have a
second pe rson help you.
(D Tips
Neve r use the hexagonal socket in the han
d le of the screwdriver to loosen or tighten
the wheel bo lts .
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