CAUTION: ONLY USE THE DONUT SPARE TIRE ON THE REAR OF YOUR BOLT, the no -drive axle. The tire is a slightly smaller diameter than the full size tire. If you put this spare on your front axle you will get many error messages on your dash. So if you get a flat tire on the front, install this spare on the rear of your car ONLY. Then put the rear full size tire on the front of your car. I had a blow out on the front and installed the donut spare on the front and got about 5 error messages and lights. They all went away when was able to replace the spare with a new full size tire. No damage occurred as a result of running the donut on the front but I would not recommend doing that AT ALL !
Thank you for this. I didn't even ask about the spare tire until I was getting the walkthrough when I was picking the vehicle up. When they told me there was no spare I thought that was ridiculous. Thank you for putting this together
I also re-used the top piece of the factory black foam cover piece and put it back in to cover the top of the spare tire. I just trimmed off a few of the high points to make it fit flat and flush to support the carpet. The reason you must cut those studs that mount the stereo system is so the tire will fit down inside the well. Upon further inspection there was enough space between the rear of the tire well and the rear bumper that Chevy could have easily made the well 2” longer front to back and a temporary spare would have easily fit fully inflated to 60 pounds. I included the tire plugging kits just because I had them in my garage. Doubt I’d ever use them unless my spare failed though. I enjoy having the peace of mind of a spare tire. I think I paid $80 for the brand new spare on eBay. Hope the video helps a few people.
Think about it and use real caution before attempting to change a tire on the Chevy Bolt. The reason there is no spare tire or jack with the car is because improperly jacking the car can cause damage to the battery--and physical damage to Li batteries can cause them to short internally and catch fire. GM states in the manual that the car should only be lifted on a four-point service lift and should only be transported on flat bed trucks (no 2-wheel tows on older style wreckers).
Great to see option for the Chevy Bolt. Wondering if one got a flat on front drive train tires, ...If putting smaller diameter spare on a back side tire, and shifting one rear tire to front tire flat ...wonder if that would be Best idea? ...for same size tires on front wheel tires ???
Could be the best option to be safe. But many cars have the smaller temporary spare tire and manufacturers do not require you to mount the spare on the non drive axle.
Thanks for the info. Could you get a full size spare to fit back there in some fashion? I know it wouldn't fit down in the well the way the doughnut does but if you angled it up could you still put the false floor over it?
If you want to use a full size spare, you will need to put it in the area below the false floor, but above the well. There is plenty of room there for even a full size Bolt wheel/tire. Thanks to the fellow for doing this video. I had been wondering if the Cruze/Sonic/Buick Encore 115/70/16 spare would actually fit in that well without deforming it. Looks like it does. The Mercedes w211 jack idea is interesting. I had seen the suggestions of using an S10 jack, as it matches the round holes at the jacking points. I will add that I would really not recommend using plugs on a radial tire. That has not been a safe repair for a radial tire for many decades. I found out the hard way. In 1977 I detected a tire losing air. I drove around the block to a service station (yes, that long ago) and the station quickly put in a plug. At that time most people didn't know the only safe way to repair a radial tire is to patch it from the inside. About a week later, the plug blew out and the tire blew out while going around a corner. Scratch a good Pirelli tire, and then the entire vehicle as it slide over the crub, off the road and into a ditch. Never plugged a tire since.
Nice video, I’m trying to paint the calipers on my 2022 EUV and I have a scissor jack but can’t seem to figure out where the lift points are? Any ideas?
Just seeing this now. I found videos on RU-vid about jacking points. They are rearward of the front wheels and forward of the rear wheels. You really need to lay down next to the car to properly see the jacking points
It's got a 5 bolt pattern on that spare, I think the spare might be used on other Chevy model, as my sonic had that same donut on it, the extra hole doesn't matter and likely saved money when outfitting the spark with a spare.
