Changing a Flat
Tire
If a tire goes fiat, avoid further tire and wheel damage
by driving slowly to a level place. Turn on your
hazard warning flashers.
Changing a tire can cause an injur. 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.
Turn
off
the engine.
Put the wheel 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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