Land Rover Discovery: Removing the spare wheel
- Remove the temporary spare
wheel prior to jacking the vehicle,
to avoid destabilising the vehicle
when raised.
- Wheels are heavy and if handled
incorrectly may cause injury. Use
extreme caution when lifting or
manoeuvring the wheels.
- After wheel changing, always
secure the tools, chocks, jack and
replaced wheel in their correct
stowage positions. Such objects,
if not properly stowed, can
become flying missiles in a crash
or rollover, potentially causing
injury or death.
5 seat vehicles
Always secure the temporary
spare wheel, or the removed
wheel, in the correct position
using the retaining bolt.
- Lift the loadspace floor to access the
temporary spare wheel.
- Turn the temporary spare wheel
locking ring counter-clockwise to gain
access to the retaining bolt.
- Turn the retaining bolt counterclockwise
until it comes free.
- Remove the temporary spare wheel.
7 seat vehicles
The wheels are extremely heavy.
Always take care when operating
the spare wheel winch while
removing or stowing the
temporary spare wheel and the
road wheel.
- It is recommended that the road
wheel is always stowed underneath
the vehicle following a puncture.
- Always stow a road wheel, and the
temporary spare wheel with the
outer face of the wheel facing
upwards.
- Do not operate the winch
(retracting or extracting the cable)
without pre-tensioning the cable as
you do so. Doing so may cause
damage to the winch. This
pre-tensioning can be achieved,
either with the weight of a
temporary spare wheel, a road
wheel, or by maintaining a tension
using your hand.
If when using your hand to
tension the winch cable, take care
not to trap your fingers.
Do not use power tools to lower the
temporary spare wheel. Doing so
may damage the winch mechanism.
The temporary spare wheel is located
underneath the rear of the vehicle. The
winch to lower the spare wheel is located
in the bottom of the tool tray.
Before lowering the temporary spare
wheel, remove the cover in the rear
bumper.
- Using the special tool located in the
tool tray, remove the 2 fixings (1) and
store them in a safe place.
- Remove the cover, easing it off the 4
retaining clips (2).
Note: The cover cannot be refitted after
the full size wheel is to be stowed under
the vehicle. Store the cover in the
loadspace.
To remove the spare wheel:
- Remove the jack to allow access to the
temporary spare wheel winch.
- Fit the winch handle to the temporary
spare wheel winch and rotate counterclockwise
to lower the spare wheel.
Note: To avoid damage to the side
trim and third row seats (if raised), slide
the winch handle through the tube to
shorten the handle.
- Rotate the winch handle until the
temporary spare wheel is on the
ground and the winch cable is slack.
Note: Do not attempt to turn the
winch beyond the physical stop.
To release the wheel from the winch:
Lift the temporary spare wheel and release
the winch cable by passing it through the
centre of the wheel, as shown in the above
graphic.
To stow the removed road wheel:
- Remove the centre cap from the road
wheel and store it in a safe place.
- Position the road wheel underneath
the rear of the vehicle, with the outer
face of the road wheel facing upwards.
- Pass the winch cable through the
centre of the wheel.
- Start to turn the winch handle
clockwise to take the slack out of the
cable, then make sure the cable end
is seated correctly before continuing
to raise the wheel.
- Continue to rotate the winch handle
until the road wheel is in the stowed
position.
- Remove the winch handle and stow all
of the tools and the jack in the tool
tray.
Note: The bumper cover cannot be
refitted to the vehicle with a stowed full
sized wheel.
Operating the winch without a road
wheel attached
When extracting the winch cable after the
winch cable has been retracted without a
road wheel attached, operate the winch
as follows:
Fit the winch handle to the temporary
spare wheel winch and rotate counterclockwise
to extract the cable, while also
applying tension by pulling on the end of
the winch cable.
Note: If while the cable is being extracted,
the winch feels tight or locks up, stop
winding and wind back, at least one full
turn. Apply a tension on the cable to
release any cable slack, if necessary, giving
it a sharp tug. Try the winch again and
continue if the mechanism is free to
operate. Repeat, if the winch feels tight
or locks up again.
If the winch feels tight or locks up,
stop winding and wind back, at
least one full turn. If this fails to free
the winch mechanism, do not
continue, as damage may be
caused to the winch.
Refitting the bumper cover
When the temporary spare wheel is
stowed underneath the vehicle, refit the
bumper cover as follows:
- Locate the 4 retaining clips on the
cover into the slots in rear bumper.
- Locate the 2 fixing points in the
underside of the cover to the bumper
and fasten the cover to the bumper
using the fixings. Tighten the fixings
with the special tool.
IMPORTANT - USE OF SPARE TYRE
- Adhere to the instructions on the
temporary-use spare warning
label, affixed to the wheel. Failure
to do so may cause vehicle
instability and/or tyre failure.
- Where fitted, the temporary-use
spare wheel is FOR TEMPORARY
USE ONLY.
- Drive with caution while the
temporary-use spare wheel is
fitted.
- Make sure that an original size
wheel and tyre are fitted as soon
as possible.
- Do not fit more than one
temporary-use spare wheel at any
one time.
- Do not exceed 80 km/h (50 mph)
while the temporary-use spare
wheel is fitted.
- The temporary-use spare wheel
must be inflated to 4.2 bar (60
psi, 420 kPa) and cannot be
repaired.
- Dynamic Stability Control (DSC)
must be switched on while the
temporary-use spare wheel is in
use.
- Traction devices, such as snow
chains, cannot be used with a
temporary-use spare wheel.
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Note: Not all vehicles have wheel chocks
supplied as part of the tool kit.
Wheel chocks are a useful addition to a
vehicle's tool kit. Note the following
advice when using wheel chocks:
Before raisi
Before raising the vehicle, refer
to all warnings at the beginning
of this section of the Owner's
Handbook.
Before changing a wheel, read and
observe the warnings
If your vehicle is fitted with side
s
SEE MORE:
REMOVAL
NOTES:
Removal steps in this procedure may contain installation details.
Some variation in the illustrations may occur, but the essential
information is always correct.
Left illustration shown, right is similar.
Disconnect the battery ground cable.
Refer to: Specifications (414-01, Sp
COMPONENT LOCATION
Graphic: 1 off 2.
Stop lamp switch
Rain/Light sensor
Side turn signal indicator lamp
Headlamp
Front fog lamp
Battery Junction Box (BJB)
Reverse lamp switch
Graphic: 2 off 2.
High Mounted Stop Lamp (HMSL)
License plate lamp
Front height sensor (Xenon headlamps only)