V50 w646.book - ESD - Volvo

07 Wheels and tyres
General
Spare wheel Temporary Spare
The spare wheel 1 is only intended to be used
for the short time it takes to get the ordinary
wheel replaced or repaired. Replace the
spare wheel as soon as possible with a normal
wheel. The car’s handling may be altered
by the use of the spare wheel.
Never drive faster than 80 km/h with a spare
wheel on the car.
IMPORTANT
The car must never be driven fitted with
more than one "Temporary Spare" wheel.
Summer and winter wheels
The arrow shows the tyre’s direction of rotation
If the tyre is mounted incorrectly, the car’s
braking characteristics and capacity to force
rain, snow and slush out of the way are adversely
affected.
Tyres with the greatest tread depth should always
be fitted to the rear of the car (to decrease
the risk of skidding).
Wheels should be stored lying down or hanging
up, and not standing up.
Contact an authorised Volvo workshop if you
are uncertain about tread depth.
When summer and winter wheels are
changed they should be marked with which
side of the car they were mounted on, for example
L for left and R for right. Tyres with
tread patterns which are designed to only rotate
in one direction have the direction of rotation
marked with an arrow on the tyre.
The tyre should always rotate in the same direction
throughout its lifespan. Tyres should
only be switched between front and rear positions,
never between left and right-hand
sides, or vice versa.
07
1 Certain variants and markets.
157