This afternoon, as I pulled out of my parking space on the 4th floor of a parking garage in downtown Chicago, I realized that my back tire was flat. It was no surprise as I was not having the best Monday to begin with and I was immediately frustrated. I knew I had a spare in my trunk but I also knew that I had no idea how to use it. After a few tears, along with some unsuccessful phone calls for help, I decided to "google it." I watched your video as every asshole passerby was inconvenienced by my car in the way as they zoomed out of the garage after work. I ended up changing the tire all by myself and I got home safely! I cannot thank you enough for posting this video! Also, my very impressed older brother is still laughing at the fact that I figured out how to change my tire on TH-cam!! Thanks again, Jenine
my best friend and I had a tire blow out during lunch time. we pulled up your video and had the tire changed in less than 30 minutes! we had enough time to pick up a quick bite and make it back to work within our one hour lunch break! we felt so accomplished haha. Thanks for your help, we literally couldn't have done it with you :)
Tip: use a steel pipe (2-3ft) on the end of the wrench for more leverage. Getting the lugnuts off is the hardest part, which is probably why they loosened them beforehand in the video. **and loosen before lifting the car up**
thank you!!!! I was thinking on travelling tomorrow morning but I was bloody worried about how to put the black cap out , I though it was an unique body with the bolt. you save me time and money, it was no necessary to go to the workshop thanks a lot from LIMA Peru
And everyone should loosen the bolts a bit before raising the car with the jack-for safety’s sake. (Also,hold off on that last bit of extra tightening until the car is down off the jack.)
I cringed when he jacked the wheel off the ground first. Then the legs came off so easy. There's going to be a lot of pissed off people that are changing the tire for the first time 😆
You may want to remake this video. Before you jack it up and the tire comes off the ground you need to start to undo the lug nuts because Otherwise your rocking the car while it's up on the jack and unlike this video the lugs will not be finger tight.
Interesting video, but I second ChrisLow, it's a fundamental mistake to lift the car prior to loosening the nuts... ...another thing: placing the HAZARD TRIANGLE - you said nothing about using it... back to basics guys! ;)
Thanks for this, I changed the tire to the spare however my 2008 rabbit tpms keeps saying it's low on pressure. After checking I confirmed it was not. How do I rest the system for the new tire? The reset button is not in the glovebox or by the gearbox.
don't want to ruin your day but this video is on a new car and using the factory spare which is probably half the weight. I own an 06 passat and I destroyed three lug bolts when trying to change a tire. thank god I was home. the lug bolts protrude at least a quarter inch thru the rotor so they all rusted on the ends, so when I tried to remove the lug bolts they wouldn't budge. I had to use a breaker bar and a cheater and ended up chewing up three of the lug bolts. I had to use a thread cleaner straightener also called a tap, to clean up each bolt hole before I then lubed each new lug bolt before replacing. also that round part that protrudes where he placed the tire on is to short and rounded over so a tire will not stay on its own without holding. try holding the tire into place while your squatted down so you can peek into the deep hole on your rim so you can align the lug bolt holes then dont let go once you have found the hole while reaching for a lug bolt then starting it in the thread, also be careful that you don,t cross thread the lug bolt. Someone told me that you can get an alignment tool that threads into one of your lug bolt holes and it is a few inches long so you can slip your spare onto the alignment tool just like you would a lug nut. If this is true why isn't Volkswagen including this into there tire changing kits instead of leaving us owners stranded on the side of the road cussing at them for putting lug bolts instead of lug nuts, and making a fairly easy job of changing a tire into an impossible job for most owners , especially on the side of the road.
I would highly recommend checking to see if you can get the locking wheel nuts off using the key RIGHT NOW. Not when you actually have a flat. Reason is they are often waaaayyyy over torqued and impossible to get off with they key as the key keeps skidding off. Personally, I have replaced ALL the wheel bolts with after market ones all correctly torqued and ditched those silly covers and lock nuts!
As other commenters have suggested, they seem to have loosened the nuts before videoing. For safety’s sake, you should loosen a bit before raising the car on the jack, so you don’t have to use too much force on the nuts while the car is raised up on that goofy looking jack. Also, hold off on that last bit of tightening until the tire is back on the ground.
+Vincent Ramsey You are more than welcome to use one if you choose. The majority of our customers do not carry one in their vehicle, this video is set up show how to change a tire with the tools you are given from the factory.
The nut with the key, will not come off as easily as it is shown in this video. Actually the design is so bad that you will need an electric impact driver to remove it if at all! In addition that extension to the net remover is bad. It does not fit tight over the wheel lock in order for one to remove it. I must say I am very disappointed with this. German design is supposed to be good, but this is really poor.
So by saying how to change a tire on a Volkswagen you're implying that all Volkswagens are the same? Would be helpful if the title was vehicle specific.
The are all pretty similar unless you have a much older vw. Which I would be more than happy to upload a video if you need to know how to change a tire on an older beetle or a karmen gia
As stated on a comment below, the majority of vw owners do not carry a torque wrench in their boot with them however if you are one of the few that carry one all the more power to you. Thanks!
Nice you showed us but your lugs were already lose you should have showed people who don't know how to losen the lug nuts before lifting the car its dangerous if the lug nuts are tight to have the car on the jack some people need to know
thats because they are bolts and not lugs and they protrude far enough thru the rotor that they rust on the ends of the lug bolts. I had one of my wheels where they were so rusted that it chewed the ends of the threads upon removal, and they were so tight from the ends being rusted that I had to use a breaker bar and cheater to get the bolts off that tire. I had to get a thread straightener to clean up the threads of each lug and then I had to put all new bolts on. Thank God I found this out at home and not on the side of the road. after that experience I went around to each wheel and jacked it up and removed each tire and sprayed a rust blaster on the end of each bolt from behind the rotor then removed each bolt cleaned the bolts with a wire brush then lubed and replaced. horrible design. Should never have put lug bolts instead of lug nuts on any car, and I wont get into having to put a tire on, what a pain to try and hold into place while trying to line up the holes, is crazy and a horrible pain on my poor back. this video makes it look easy because he is using a balloon tire that is half the weight and you can see the center. a full size tire is probably twice the weight and you cannot see the center and because it is so heave it will not stay in place so you can line up the holes which you cannot see to begin with. the cars with these types of rotors should be recalled and replaced with lug type rotors.
Thank you. VW, and so many others, make the print in their manuals too small. Not real convenient when you have a flat tire by the side of an interstate on a windy day. At least it is not raining. Thanks again.
how many people read manuals today. if automakers would leave out the manual today most people probably wouldn't even miss them. I read manuals on everything I buy from cover to cover a lot of helpful information in them If people would read them instead of relying on youtube.
Haha ha ha 120Nm torque per screw should be used to screw this wheel. You unscrewed this wheel with fingers. Hope u will never loose your wheel at drive
This afternoon, as I pulled out of my parking space on the 4th floor of a parking garage in downtown Chicago, I realized that my back tire was flat. It was no surprise as I was not having the best Monday to begin with and I was immediately frustrated. I knew I had a spare in my trunk but I also knew that I had no idea how to use it. After a few tears, along with some unsuccessful phone calls for help, I decided to "google it." I watched your video as every asshole passerby was inconvenienced by my car in the way as they zoomed out of the garage after work. I ended up changing the tire all by myself and I got home safely! I cannot thank you enough for posting this video! Also, my very impressed older brother is still laughing at the fact that I figured out how to change my tire on TH-cam!! Thanks again, Jenine
I just came here to see how to take the lil caps off lol I really appreciate the video! Thanks Jason and Eddie!!
my best friend and I had a tire blow out during lunch time. we pulled up your video and had the tire changed in less than 30 minutes! we had enough time to pick up a quick bite and make it back to work within our one hour lunch break! we felt so accomplished haha. Thanks for your help, we literally couldn't have done it with you :)
Nidia Ximenez ik
Tip: use a steel pipe (2-3ft) on the end of the wrench for more leverage. Getting the lugnuts off is the hardest part, which is probably why they loosened them beforehand in the video. **and loosen before lifting the car up**
Y’all saved me with this super easy to follow video when I couldn’t remember how they taught us in high school 😹Thank you!!! 🙌🏽🙌🏽
Thank you so much just saved me on the side of the road had no idea how to change to my spare this video saved mecheers buddy
Thank you brother you saved me from a bad experience thanks to your wisdom. Much support!
thank you!!!! I was thinking on travelling tomorrow morning but I was bloody worried about how to put the black cap out , I though it was an unique body with the bolt. you save me time and money, it was no necessary to go to the workshop thanks a lot from LIMA Peru
Loved your video! Trying to save myself the future panic by safely practing changing tires at home! :)
You saved my life and my volks tyre! Thanks endless millions....
No worries man glad it worked out!
hehe am woman ;))
This video saved my ass. But please loosen the lug nuts BEFORE you jack the car. It make it so much easier.
How do you release the spare tyre from the boot? might be a stupid question but you covered basic stuff like putting the handbrake on
How are you unscrew the nuts without any efforts? Mine needs a bolt gun to unscrew
He had loosened those bolts beforehand and put the plastic bolt caps back on to look normal.
And everyone should loosen the bolts a bit before raising the car with the jack-for safety’s sake.
(Also,hold off on that last bit of extra tightening until the car is down off the jack.)
This video saved us. Thanks sooo much!
Should I loosen the lug nuts after jacking up the car or before jacking it up?
Thanks for posting this video it helped me a lot 👍
Hi Jason
Please advise, how much tighten is required... seems in video you not tighten the bolts much...
You need torque wrench and your car manual specify under specifications. 2008 Rabbit was 88 ft/lb. The manual also reads to retorque after driving.
Obviously preloosened the nuts. They came off way too easy. Also loosen before jacking so car weight stops wheel spinning.
I cringed when he jacked the wheel off the ground first. Then the legs came off so easy. There's going to be a lot of pissed off people that are changing the tire for the first time 😆
How do tell which one is the wheel lock? Is it shaped differently?
This video was a huge time saver. Thank you
You're welcome!
Still not sure what's happening at 2:59? Special lug nut that requires a key? It's the only reason I tuned in and it's not well-explained.
I don't seem to have any special tool to get that last nut off.
You may want to remake this video.
Before you jack it up and the tire comes off the ground you need to start to undo the lug nuts because
Otherwise your rocking the car while it's up on the jack and unlike this video the lugs will not be finger tight.
Very valid point the remake will be on its way.
Interesting video, but I second ChrisLow, it's a fundamental mistake to lift the car prior to loosening the nuts...
...another thing: placing the HAZARD TRIANGLE - you said nothing about using it... back to basics guys! ;)
@@AlwaysForward12 locking nut needs to be removed first. As nuts are taken off, the remaining nuts become tighter.
The lug nut covers look like star headed fasteners. Thank you for showing how to remove them.
Thanks for this, I changed the tire to the spare however my 2008 rabbit tpms keeps saying it's low on pressure. After checking I confirmed it was not. How do I rest the system for the new tire? The reset button is not in the glovebox or by the gearbox.
Changed tire to winter and had no problems 2008 Rabbit. Tire pressure did not turn on. Just be sure to mark tires PR passanve right etc.
Thanks so much for this video. Watching this gave me the info to change a tire for the first time in my life today!
I was stuck on the side of the highway, you save me lmao ❤️
don't want to ruin your day but this video is on a new car and using the factory spare which is probably half the weight. I own an 06 passat and I destroyed three lug bolts when trying to change a tire. thank god I was home. the lug bolts protrude at least a quarter inch thru the rotor so they all rusted on the ends, so when I tried to remove the lug bolts they wouldn't budge. I had to use a breaker bar and a cheater and ended up chewing up three of the lug bolts. I had to use a thread cleaner straightener also called a tap, to clean up each bolt hole before I then lubed each new lug bolt before replacing. also that round part that protrudes where he placed the tire on is to short and rounded over so a tire will not stay on its own without holding. try holding the tire into place while your squatted down so you can peek into the deep hole on your rim so you can align the lug bolt holes then dont let go once you have found the hole while reaching for a lug bolt then starting it in the thread, also be careful that you don,t cross thread the lug bolt. Someone told me that you can get an alignment tool that threads into one of your lug bolt holes and it is a few inches long so you can slip your spare onto the alignment tool just like you would a lug nut. If this is true why isn't Volkswagen including this into there tire changing kits instead of leaving us owners stranded on the side of the road cussing at them for putting lug bolts instead of lug nuts, and making a fairly easy job of changing a tire into an impossible job for most owners , especially on the side of the road.
Thanks guys. You helped me out of a sticky situation this afternoon.
I would highly recommend checking to see if you can get the locking wheel nuts off using the key RIGHT NOW. Not when you actually have a flat. Reason is they are often waaaayyyy over torqued and impossible to get off with they key as the key keeps skidding off. Personally, I have replaced ALL the wheel bolts with after market ones all correctly torqued and ditched those silly covers and lock nuts!
what size are those lug nuts wrech
17mm
Video just saved e for the day!!!!
Great video!
Thanks!
Thanks! This was a lifesaver.
Not a problem, thanks for the comments Dave.
Jason Forster Thanks for this very helpful. One question how are the spares compared to the regular tire?
+zekeman
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Should you have torqued the nuts of the spare tire?
Helpful video to newbies but dangerous as well. I suggest you remake it or make a brand new video since this one is from awhile ago
Thank you so much for making this! It saved us!!!🤗
Thank you soooo much you just saved me a ton of money!!!!!!
Nice car, great help. Thanks!
Used this video to change my golf’s tyres after a car accident, thanks! Though pleas loosen the nuts prior to raising the vehicle
Is it a full size spare?
How do you apply enough force with the tire iorn to start the lug nuts. Can the jack bar to used more more leverage on the iron?
As other commenters have suggested, they seem to have loosened the nuts before videoing.
For safety’s sake, you should loosen a bit before raising the car on the jack, so you don’t have to use too much force on the nuts while the car is raised up on that goofy looking jack.
Also, hold off on that last bit of tightening until the tire is back on the ground.
Well, 4:30 AM on the highway my back tire blows. After watching this video, I was able to change my tire. Thanks!
I really like your fake gold Rolex. Ballin on a budget pimp. I ain't mad at cha.
Thank you! This saved me!
The spare is between a donut and a regular-sized tire. There is a 50 mph limit on it that is marked on the sidewall.
What if the tire is still stuck on after the nuts are taken off?
I took all the wheel locks off and such but when I try to pull my tire off it won’t come off
Same problem. Did you fix it?
Managed to fix a couple mins after commenting. Just sprayed some WD 40 since there was a lot of rust and gave it a good kick.
Thanks a lot. Real saviour
What is the name of the wheel featured on this VW?
How do you switch the hubcaps?
Mary-Ellen Kelly this is only a temporary fix. The other wheel that you have removed from the car does not have a hubcap
As soon as you can you wanna go to a tire shop and get a new tire on the wheel you took off the car
Co to są za felgi?
Very usefully this video
Torque spec for donut?
GOOD VIDEO...THANKYOU !!!
Thank you guys 👍
Thanks for the video. Helpful.
Thank you!
what size socket is the lug bolts for the jetta?
u have to use a torque wrench to re-tighten the bolts to 88 lb ft and i need to know what size socket to buy.
Good video
does this works on BMW?
No torque wrench?
+Vincent Ramsey You are more than welcome to use one if you choose. The majority of our customers do not carry one in their vehicle, this video is set up show how to change a tire with the tools you are given from the factory.
thanks man!!
Any time thanks for the comments!
The nut with the key, will not come off as easily as it is shown in this video. Actually the design is so bad that you will need an electric impact driver to remove it if at all! In addition that extension to the net remover is bad. It does not fit tight over the wheel lock in order for one to remove it. I must say I am very disappointed with this. German design is supposed to be good, but this is really poor.
The key for the lock was ruined due to poor quality materials when I was changing a flat.
The bolts didn't look tight
ermargerd, theyre bolts not lug nuts
So by saying how to change a tire on a Volkswagen you're implying that all Volkswagens are the same? Would be helpful if the title was vehicle specific.
The are all pretty similar unless you have a much older vw. Which I would be more than happy to upload a video if you need to know how to change a tire on an older beetle or a karmen gia
It would be a good idea to advise viewers to first apply the car hand break!!!
He said that like 3 times
Thanks ❤
All the .money i spent on my car and it comes with a wheelbarrow tyre....
Kev Mak Typical VW...
There is 50 and 80 on the spare tire
Dont use a tool with Torque?
As stated on a comment below, the majority of vw owners do not carry a torque wrench in their boot with them however if you are one of the few that carry one all the more power to you. Thanks!
I love looking under my Passat and seeing nothing that resembles the bar that every video says to place the lift under.. 😭
Tanks 👍
Nice you showed us but your lugs were already lose you should have showed people who don't know how to losen the lug nuts before lifting the car its dangerous if the lug nuts are tight to have the car on the jack some people need to know
torque wrench
thanks for the video helped me a lot
No problem!
mistake......... you must first release the screws
My knobs won’t move
Can't even get the bolts loose
thats because they are bolts and not lugs and they protrude far enough thru the rotor that they rust on the ends of the lug bolts. I had one of my wheels where they were so rusted that it chewed the ends of the threads upon removal, and they were so tight from the ends being rusted that I had to use a breaker bar and cheater to get the bolts off that tire. I had to get a thread straightener to clean up the threads of each lug and then I had to put all new bolts on. Thank God I found this out at home and not on the side of the road. after that experience I went around to each wheel and jacked it up and removed each tire and sprayed a rust blaster on the end of each bolt from behind the rotor then removed each bolt cleaned the bolts with a wire brush then lubed and replaced. horrible design. Should never have put lug bolts instead of lug nuts on any car, and I wont get into having to put a tire on, what a pain to try and hold into place while trying to line up the holes, is crazy and a horrible pain on my poor back. this video makes it look easy because he is using a balloon tire that is half the weight and you can see the center. a full size tire is probably twice the weight and you cannot see the center and because it is so heave it will not stay in place so you can line up the holes which you cannot see to begin with. the cars with these types of rotors should be recalled and replaced with lug type rotors.
Thank you.
VW, and so many others, make the print in their manuals too small. Not real convenient when you have a flat tire by the side of an interstate on a windy day. At least it is not raining.
Thanks again.
how many people read manuals today. if automakers would leave out the manual today most people probably wouldn't even miss them. I read manuals on everything I buy from cover to cover a lot of helpful information in them If people would read them instead of relying on youtube.
I would rather have Eddie do it for me 😜
Haha ha ha 120Nm torque per screw should be used to screw this wheel. You unscrewed this wheel with fingers. Hope u will never loose your wheel at drive
Leg day Bro leg day
Anyone else notice the face on this guys knee 👀 or am I trippin 🤫
Plein d'affaires, les 99t
Not at all helpful when you need to know immediately how to change a tire.
Wil Yellowcloud skip through the video dumbass
Call AAA.
It would be nice if VW included a spare tire with my 2019 Jetta-great car but cheap ass motherfuckers!
Those lugs were already loose. Fake.
How to jack up the tire th-cam.com/video/WBpiOC0vppI/w-d-xo.html
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