⚡ Interactive guide

Change a flat tyre — interactive walkthrough

Follow each step with safety prompts. Mark steps complete as you work through a roadside tyre change.

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Pull off the road on level ground. Apply the handbrake, turn on hazards, and place a warning triangle if you have one.

💡 Never change a tyre on a motorway hard shoulder — call breakdown cover.

Locate the spare tyre, jack, and wheel wrench. Check the spare is inflated.

Before jacking, loosen each nut half a turn while the wheel is on the ground.

💡 Turn counter-clockwise. Use your foot on the wrench if stuck.

Place the jack on the reinforced jacking point. Raise until the flat tyre clears the ground.

💡 Never put hands or legs under the car.

Remove nuts, pull off the flat, mount the spare, hand-tighten nuts in a star pattern.

Lower the jack, then fully tighten nuts with the wrench. Check pressure when possible.

💡 Drive slowly to a garage to torque the nuts properly.