Audi A6 Typ 4G: Spare tire
Space-saving spare tire
Applies to: vehicles with spare tire
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Fig. 203 Luggage compartment: space-saving spare tire
The spare tire is intended for short-term use only.
Have the damaged tire checked and, if necessary, replaced by an authorized Audi dealer or authorized Audi Service Facility as soon as possible.
There are some restrictions on the use of the spare tire. The spare tire has been designed specifically for your type of vehicle. Do not replace it with the spare tire from another type of vehicle.
Space-saving spare tire
The tire pressure must be 61 PSI (4.2 bar).
Removing the spare tire
- Lift the cargo floor using the plastic handle and
hook the handle onto the luggage compartment
seal
fig. 203. - Turn the hand-wheel counter-clockwise and remove it.
- Remove the spare tire.
- Unhook the cargo floor before closing the rear lid.
Snow chains
Using snow chains on the spare tire is not permitted due to technical reasons.
If you have to drive with snow chains and a front tire fails, mount the spare tire in place of a rear tire. Install the snow chains on the rear tire that you removed, and install that in place of the front tire that failed.
WARNING
- After installing a spare tire, the tire pressure must be checked as quickly as possible.
- Do not drive faster than 50 mph (80 km/h) with a spare tire. Driving faster than that increases the risk of an accident.
- Avoid full-throttle acceleration, heavy braking, and fast cornering, because this increases the risk of an accident.
- Never drive using more than one spare tire, because this increases the risk of an accident.
- Normal tires or winter tires must not be mounted on the spare tire rim.
- Only use the collapsible spare tire in emergencies and drive very carefully, especially if it is more than 6 years old.
