If Trouble Arises; Flat Tire; Nut tightening torque- Page 429

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If Trouble Arises

Flat Tire

4.  Turn the lug wrench counterclockwise 

and lower the vehicle. Use the lug 

wrench to tighten the nuts in the order 

shown.

  If you are unsure of how tight the nuts 

should be, have them inspected at an 

Authorized Mazda Dealer.

Nut tightening torque

N·m (kgf·m, ft·lbf)

108—147 

(12—14, 80—108)

WARNING

Always securely and correctly tighten 

the lug nuts:

Improperly or loosely tightened lug 

nuts are dangerous. The wheel could 

wobble or come off. This could result 

in loss of vehicle control and cause a 

serious accident.

Be sure to reinstall the same nuts you 

removed or replace them with metric 

nuts of the same configuration:

Because the wheel studs and lug nuts 

on your Mazda have metric threads, 

using a non-metric nut is dangerous. 

On a metric stud, it would not secure 

the wheel and would damage the stud, 

which could cause the wheel to slip off 

and cause an accident.

5.  Remove the tire blocks and store the 

tools and jack.

6.  Check the inflation pressure. Refer to 

Tires on page 9-8.

NOTE

(With tire pressure monitoring system)

Do not press the tire pressure monitoring 

system set switch after installing the spare 

tire. The switch is only to be pressed after 

installing the repaired flat tire or installing 

a replacement tire (page 4-16).

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