Toyota Corolla (E140) 2007–2013 Body Repair Manual / Introduction
Toyota Corolla (E140): Introduction
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Aluminum wheel precautions (if equipped)
● Use only Toyota wheel nuts and wrenches designed for use with your aluminum
wheels.
● When rotating, repairing or changing your tires, check that the wheel nuts are
still tight after driving 1000 miles (1600 km).
● Be careful not to damage the aluminum wheels when using tir ...
Installing the spare tire
1 Remove any dirt or foreign matter from the wheel contact surface.
If foreign matter is on the wheel contact surface, the wheel nuts may loosen
while the vehicle is in motion, causing the tire to come off.
2 Install the tire and loosely tighten each wheel nut by hand by approximately
the sa ...
Location of the spare tire, jack and tools
1 Luggage floor cover
2 Wheel nut wrench
3 Jack handle
4 Jack attachment*
5 Jack
6 Spare tire
7 Tool tray
*: The jack attachment is used when raising your vehicle with a floor jack.
CAUTION
■Using the tire jack
Observe the following precautions.
Improper use of the tire jack may c ...