Secondary
Latch System
Your vehicle has an underbody mounted tire hoist
assembly equipped with a secondary latch system.
It’s designed
to
stop the spare or flat road tire
from suddenly falling
off
your vehicle
if
the cable holding
the spare tire is damaged. For the secondary latch to
work, the spare tire must be stored with the valve
stem pointing up. See “Storing a Flat or Spare Tire and
Tools”
for instructions on storing the spare tire
correctly.
Before beginning this procedure read all the
instructions. Failure to read and follow the
instructions could damage the hoist assembly
and you and others could get hurt. Read and
follow
the instructions listed below.
Someone
standing
too
dose
during the
procedure could be injured by the jack.
If the spare tire does not slide
off
the jack
completely, make sure no one is behind you
or on either side of you as you pull the jack
out from the spare.
To release the spare tire from the secondary latch do
the following:
1.
Check under the
vehicle
to
see
if
the cable is visible.
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