Citroen C3: Spare wheel / Fitting a wheel

Fitting a
steel or ‘space-saver’ type
spare wheel
If the vehicle is equipped with alloy wheels,
the washers do not make contact with the
steel or ‘space-saver’ type spare wheel. The
wheel is secured by the conical surface of
each bolt.

- Fit the wheel on the hub.
- Screw in the bolts by hand as far as possible.
- Pre-tighten the bolts using the wheelbrace
5 only.

- Lower the vehicle again fully.
- Fold jack 6 and remove it.

- Tighten the bolts using the wheelbrace 5 only.
- Refit the bolt covers to each of the bolts
(depending on equipment).
- Store the tools.
Parking the vehicle
Immobilise the vehicle where it does
not obstruct traffic: the ground must be level,
stable and non-slippery.
With a manual gearbox, engage first gear
to lock the wheels, apply the parking brake, unless it is programmed to be in
automatic
mode, and switch off the ignition...
Putting the spare wheel back in place
Put the spare wheel back in place in its
housing.
Slacken the nut on the bolt by a few turns.
Position the fastening device (nut and bolt) in
the middle of the wheel...
Other information:
Release
Pull the parking brake lever up slightly, press
the release button, then lower the lever fully.
When driving the vehicle, if
this warning
lamp and the STOP warning lamp come
on, accompanied by an audible signal and the
display of a message, this means that the
parking brake is still applied or has not been fully
released...
Before changing a fuse:
Identify the cause of the fault and fix it.
Stop all power consumption.
Immobilise the vehicle and switch the ignition
off.
Identify the defective fuse using the current
allocation tables and diagrams.
To replace a fuse, it is essential to:
Use the special tweezers to extract the fuse
from its housing and check the condition of its
filament...