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In An Emergency -> Replacing a wheel for Your Fiat 500 C 2 Door First Generation (2009-2015)

REPLACING A WHEEL  
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR RAISING WITH A JACK AND REPLACING A WHEEL  
To change a wheel proceed as follows:  
• Stop the car in a position that is not  
dangerous for oncoming traffic where you can  
change the wheel safely. The ground must be  
flat and sufficiently compact.  
• Stop the engine and pull up the handbrake.  
• Engage first gear or reverse.  
• Raise the luggage compartment mat and  
unscrew the locking device.  
• Take the tool box and bring it next to the  
wheel to be changed.  
• Take the space-saver wheel.  
• Use the provided screwdriver to remove the  
hub cap, levering the dedicated opening on  
the outer edge.  
• For cars fitted with alloy wheels, remove the press-fitted hub cap using the  
screwdriver provided.  
• Loosen the fixing bolts for the wheel to be changed by about one turn using  
the spanner provided.  
• Turn the jack handle to partially open it.  
• Position the jack near the wheel to be changed at the reference point on the  
side member.  
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• Warn anybody who is nearby that the car is about to be raised. They should  
stay clear and they should be warned not to touch the car until it is back on  
the ground.  
• Fit the handle to operate the jack device and raise the car until the wheel is  
a few centimetres above the ground. When turning the jack handle, make sure  
that it can turn freely without scraping your hand against the ground. The  
moving components of the jack (screws and joints) can also cause injuries:  
avoid touching them. If you come into contact with lubricating grease, clean  
yourself thoroughly.  
• Make sure that the space-saver wheel contact surfaces are clean so that the  
fixing bolts will not come loose.  
• Fit the space-saver wheel aligning the pin with one of the holes on the wheel.  
• Tighten the 4 fixing bolts, turn the jack handle to lower the car and remove  
the jack.  
• Fasten the bolts completely, passing alternately from one bolt to the opposite  
one.  
REFITTING THE STANDARD WHEEL  
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Versions with steel wheels  
• Make sure that the contact surfaces between standard wheel and hub are clean  
so that the fixing bolts will not come loose.  
• Fit the standard wheel inserting the 4 bolts into the holes. Tighten the  
fixing bolts.  
• Press-fit the hub cap, aligning the special splining (on the cap) with the  
inflation valve.  
• Lower the car and remove the jack.  
• Using the spanner provided, fully tighten the bolts.  
Versions with alloy wheels  
• Insert the wheel on the hub and, using the spanner provided, tighten the  
bolts.  
• Lower the car and remove the jack.  
• Using the spanner provided, fully tighten the bolts.  
• Refit the press-fitted hub cap, making sure that the reference hole on the  
wheel is aligned with the reference pin on the cap.  
IMPORTANT: if it is not fitted correctly, the hub cap may detach when the car is  
running.  
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