Dodge 2007 Sprinter User Manual
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Practical hints
Flat tire
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̈ For wheels with wheel bolts attach the
wheel cover.
Vehicles with wheel caps:
Make sure that the opening in the
wheel cap is positioned over the tire
vent.
Vehicles with center caps:
Make sure that the retaining lugs of the
hub cap are positioned over the bolts.
̈ Compress the piston of the hydraulic
jack and close the pressure release
screw.
̈ Store the jack and the remaining vehi-
cle tools.
̈ Place the defective wheel in the spare
wheel bracket after changing the wheel
̈ Check the tire pressure (୴ page 210).
̈ Retighten the wheel bolts and wheel
nuts to the specified tightening torque
once the vehicle has been driven for 30
miles (50 km).
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Give the middle of the center cap a
knock to engage it on the wheel.
Warning
G
For safety reasons, you must observe the
following after changing a wheel:
ț Have the tightening torque checked:
ț for wheel bolts 177 lb-ft (240 Nm)
(steel wheel)/133 lb-ft (180 Nm)
(light-alloy wheel) or
ț for wheel nuts
133 lb-ft (180 Nm).
The wheels could otherwise come loose.
ț Check the tire pressure
and correct it if
necessary
ț Have the wheel bolts or wheel nuts re-
tightened after 30 miles (50 km) to a
torque of:
ț 177 lb-ft (240 Nm) (steel wheel)/
133 lb-ft (180 Nm) (light-alloy
wheel) for wheel bolts or
ț 133 lb-ft (180 Nm) for wheel nuts.
ț Have the direction of tire rotation cor-
rected, if reversed, as soon as possible
at an authorized Sprinter Dealer. The ve-
hicle handling characteristics could oth-
erwise be affected.
Warning
G
Loose wheel nuts or bolts could cause the
vehicle to lose a wheel while it is in motion.
This would jeopardize the operating and
road safety of the vehicle. You could lose
control of the vehicle as a result, cause an
accident and injure yourself or others.
If new or repainted wheels are mounted, the
wheel bolts or wheel nuts must be retight-
ened again after approximately 600 to 3000
miles (about 1000 to 5000 km).