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Emergency situations
When driving with the compact spare
tire mounted to your vehicle:
• Check the tire pressure after
installing the compact spare tire.
The compact spare tire should be
inflated to 420 kPa (60 psi).
• Donottakethisvehiclethroughan
automatic car wash while the com-
pact spare tire is installed.
• Donotusethecompactsparetire
on any other vehicle because this
tire has been designed especially
for your vehicle.
• Thecompactsparetire’streadlife
is shorter than a regular tire.
Inspect your compact spare tire
regularly and replace worn com-
pact spare tires with the same size
and design, mounted on the same
wheel.
• Donotusemorethanonecompact
spare tire at a time.
• Donottowatrailerwhilethecom-
pact spare tire is installed.
NOTICE
When the original tire and wheel
arerepairedandreinstalledonthe
vehicle,thelugnuttorquemustbe
set correctly. The correct lug nut
tightening torque is 11~13 kgf.m
(79~94lbf.ft).
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CAUTION
Topreventdamagingthecompact
sparetireandyourvehicle:
• Driveslowlyenoughfortheroad
conditionstoavoid allhazards,
suchasapotholesordebris.
• Avoid driving over obstacles.
Thecompactsparetirediameter
issmallerthanthediameterofa
conventional tire and reduces
the ground clearance approxi-
mately25mm(1inch).
• Do not use tire chains on the
compact spare tire.Because of
thesmallersize,atirechainwill
notfitproperly.
• Do not use the compact spare
tire on any other wheels, nor
should standard tires, snow
tires,wheelcoversortrimrings
beusedwiththecompactspare
wheel.