How to Change Spare Tire 2011-18 Volkswagen Jetta
Created on: 2017-09-20
How to change your tire using the spare tire kit on 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 VW Jetta
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step 1 :Removing the Spare Tire and Tools
- Lift the trunk flooring and remove it
- Loosen the strap
- Remove the tool kit
- Loosen the hold down
- Remove the spare tire
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step 2 :Removing the Wheel
- Chock the opposite wheel diagonal to the wheel being removed
- Loosen the lug nut covers with a VW ring
- Pry off the center cap with a flat blade screwdriver
- Loosen the lug nuts with the vehicle on the ground
- Raise the vehicle with the jack in the pinchweld
- Remove the lug nuts
- Pull off the wheel
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step 3 :Installing the Spare Tire
- Insert the spare tire to the hub
- Tighten the lug nuts preliminarily
- Lower the vehicle to the ground
- Tighten the lug nuts
- Remove the chock
Tools needed
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Tire Iron
Floor Jack
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To access your spare tire, you want to pull up on this indent on the cover. Pull the cover all the way out, because it makes easier to access the tools. Put it aside.
I'm going to remove this strap which is easily undone. Your spare tire kit will have a wrench to remove your lug nuts. If your car still has the factory lug bolts, there'll be one on each wheel that is a key. This will also be in this pack. You'll have a flathead screwdriver, hub or hubcap, or these also remove the caps off of the lug bolts, if you have aluminum wheels that still have the black caps on them, and the jack and jacking rods.
To remove your spare tire, you want to this strap out so it's not going to be in your way. Screw this with one hand and untwist it until it comes all the way off. You're going to grab your spare and take it out.
Before you start jacking up your car and taking off your wheel, if you're on any kind of incline or slope, we're going to try find something, even if it's just a piece of broken concrete, to place under your front or rear wheel, depending on which you're taking off, to prevent it from rolling backwards. It would be safe thing to do. Also, make sure that your emergency brake is engaged.
Before you jack up your vehicle and place your jack, go ahead and remove any center caps or hubcaps that you may have with the ring that is included. They may take a little bit of finesse to get out, but they will pop right out.
Grab your lug wrench out of the factory kit, place it over, and crack all the lug nuts. This factory jack has a groove in the middle that goes under the factory lift point. You can see the extra metal welded to the pinch weld right here that we actually attach to. You take your rod. You simply loop it through and then start lifting the vehicle. Once the wheel is off the ground a little bit, you can finish taking off your lug nuts.
To remove the wheel, just grab the tire or a spoke and just pull. It should come right off. Push the wheel off to the side. Just grab your new spare. I'm going to place it over the hub. Align the holes for the lug bolts, and place them in. Once you have all your lug bolts snug up to the wheel, you can now draw the car down with the jack.
When you're on the side of the road, you are not going to have the approach torque wrench to torque these to specification. We want to get them as snug as possible, within reason, and make sure they all are tight and go in a star pattern so it evenly sits on the hub. Some spare tires that are temporary use will have the maximum miles per hour that they would like you to travel on. These tires should only be used to get you to fix your tire and not to be driven on daily.
Now, you can take all of your tools and pieces, put them back into the truck, along with the broken tire and wheel, and you can take your old tire to get fixed or a new tire put on.
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