Loosening wheel bolts
Please read the introductory information and heed the Warnings and Notice ⇒
Introduction.
Fig. 184 Loosening wheel bolts.
Use a suitable lug wrench to loosen the wheel bolts.
Only loosen the wheel bolts a few turns while the vehicle is not raised with the vehicle jack.
1. Slide the lug wrench all the way onto the wheel bolt.
2. Hold the end of the lug wrench and turn the wheel bolt about one turn counterclockwise ⇒
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If a wheel bolt cannot be loosened, carefully press on the end of the lug wrench using your foot. Hold onto the vehicle
firmly while doing this and make sure you have secure footing.
Loosening anti-theft wheel bolts
1. Remove the adapter for anti-theft wheel bolts from the vehicle tool kit.
2. Slide the adapter all the way onto the anti-theft wheel bolt.
3. Slide the lug wrench all the way onto the adapter.
4. Hold the end of the lug wrench and turn the wheel bolt about one turn counterclockwise ⇒
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If a wheel bolt cannot be loosened, carefully press on the end of the lug wrench using your foot. Hold onto the vehicle
firmly while doing this and make sure you have secure footing.
WARNING
If the wheel bolts are removed or loosened by more than one rotation before the vehicle is jacked up, the wheel could fall
off and the vehicle might tip.
This can result in serious injuries.
Only loosen the wheel bolts about one turn while the vehicle is not lifted with the jack.
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