Specifications

Changing a Flat Tire

If a tire goes ﬂat, avoid further tire and wheel damage

by driving slowly to a level place. Turn on your

hazard warning ﬂashers.

{CAUTION:

Changing a tire can cause an injury. The

vehicle can slip off the jack and roll over you

or other people. You and they could be badly

injured. Find a level place to change your tire.

To help prevent the vehicle from moving:

1. Set the parking brake ﬁrmly.

2. Put an automatic transmission shift lever

in PARK (P), or shift a manual transmission

to FIRST (1) or REVERSE (R).

3. If you have a four-wheel-drive vehicle,

be sure the transfer case is in a drive

gear – not in NEUTRAL.

4. Turn off the engine. To be even more

certain the vehicle won’t move, you can put

CAUTION: (Continued)

blocks at the front and rear of the tire farthest

away from the one being changed. That would

be the tire on the other side of the vehicle,

at the opposite end.

The following steps will tell you how to use the jack and

change a tire.

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