Removing the collapsible spare wheel
The collapsible spare wheel can be found in the stowage well under the trunk floor.
- Lift the trunk floor up ().

- Remove stowage well 1.
- Turn retaining screw 2 counter-clockwise and remove it.
- Remove collapsible spare wheel 3.
- Take the wheel bolts for the collapsible spare wheel from the vehicle tool kit.
For further information on changing a wheel and mounting the spare wheel, see ().
See also:
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Using the main loudspeakers
This function is available in conjunction with
COMAND.
You can use the vehicle loudspeakers to
listen to a disc inserted in the rearcompartment
drive. To do so, at least one of
the rear-compa ...
