User Guide
Compact Spare Tire
Spare Tire
The compact spare tire is a temporary replacement tire
made to perform at speeds up to 65 mph
(105
km/h)
and for distances up to
3,000
miles
(5
000
km). With the
compact spare installed, you can finish your trip and
then have the damaged or flat road tire repaired
or replaced. Of course, it’s best to repair or replace the
damaged road tire as soon as you can. Your compact
spare tire will last longer and be in good shape in case
you need it again.
The compact spare may lose air after a time,
so check
the inflation pressure regularly. After installing the
compact spare on your vehicle, stop as soon as possible
and make sure it’s correctly inflated. It should be
60
psi
(420
kPa).
Don’t use your compact spare tire on other vehicles and
don’t mix your compact spare tire or wheel with other
wheels or tires, they won’t fit. Keep your compact spare
and its wheel together. Don’t include the compact
spare
in
your tire rotation.
Nofice:
When the compact spare is installed, don’t
take your vehicle through an automatic car wash
with guide rails. The compact spare can get caught
on the rails. That can damage the tire and wheel,
and maybe other parts
of
your vehicle.
Your vehicle, when new, had a fully inflated spare tire.
A spare tire, whether compact-size or full-size, may
lose air over time,
so check its inflation pressure
regularly. See
Inflation
--
Tire Pressure on page 5-58
and
Loading Your Vehicle on page
4-49
for information
regarding proper tire inflation and loading your
vehicle. For instruction on how to remove, install or
store a spare tire, see
Changing
a
Flat Tire on
page 5-66.
After installing the spare tire on your vehicle, you should
stop as soon as possible and make sure the spare is
correctly inflated. Have the damaged or flat road
tire repaired or replaced as soon as you can and
installed back onto your vehicle. This way, a spare tire
will be available in case you need
it
again.
Don’t mix tires and wheels of different sizes, because
they won’t fit. Keep your spare tire and its wheel
together.
If
your vehicle has the XtremeTM Sport Appearance
Package (RPO V4A), the spare tire is smaller than your
vehicle’s original road tires,
so
don’t include the spare
in the tire rotation.
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