BMW serie 3 sedan 2000 User Manual

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Index

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Car care

Controls

Overview

Changing a wheel

9 Position the new wheel or the

space-saver spare tire

on the hub

and screw at least two lug bolts fin-
ger-tight into opposite bolt holes.

10 Screw in the remaining lug bolts.

Tighten all the bolts securely.

11 Lower the jack and remove it from

beneath the car.

12 Tighten the lug bolts in a diagonal

pattern.

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13 Wheels with full wheel covers:

Position the wheel cover with the
valve opening over the valve (arrow)
and press it onto the wheel with
both hands.

14 Check and correct the tire's inflation

pressure at the earliest possibility.
For vehicles with RDC (Tire Pres-
sure Control)

Reactivate the system after mount-
ing either the spare tire or after in-
flating tire(s) to proper pressure.
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Use only the full wheel cover in-
stalled by the factory. Other wheel

covers may not fit securely. The full
wheel cover may not be installed on the
space-saver spare tire

since this could

damage the cover.

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The vehicle jack is designed for
changing wheels only. Do not at-

tempt to raise another vehicle model
with it or to raise any load of any kind.
To do so could cause accidents and
personal injury.
Have the lug bolts checked for proper
tightness with a calibrated torque
wrench at the earliest possibility [torque
specification: 72 lb.ft. (100 Nm)].

When storing the wheel, be sure that
you do not damage the retaining pin in
the spare tire recess.

If light-alloy wheels other than Original
BMW light-alloy wheels have been
mounted, it may be necessary to use
different lug bolts for those wheels.

Replace the defective tire as quickly as
possible and have the new wheel bal-
anced.