If Trouble Arises; Flat Tire; Removing a Flat Tire- Page 591

2. Shift into Park (P) and turn off the

engine.

3. Turn on the hazard warning flasher.
4. Have passengers get out of the vehicle

and away from the vehicle and traffic.

5. Remove any luggage, the jack, tools,

and spare tire (page 7-3).

6. Block the wheel diagonally opposite

the flat tire. When blocking a wheel,
place a tire block both in front and
behind the tire.

NOTE

When blocking a tire, use rocks or
wood blocks of sufficient size if
possible to hold the tire in place.

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Removing a Flat Tire

WARNING

When jacking-up a vehicle, always shift the
selector lever to P position, apply the
parking brake, and place wheel blocks in
the position diagonally opposed to the
jack:

Changing a flat tire without using wheel
blocks is dangerous because the vehicle
may move and fall off the jack even with
the selector lever is in P position, which
could result in an accident.

1. Loosen the lug nuts by turning them

counterclockwise one turn each, but do

not remove any lug nuts until the tire
has been raised off the ground.
 

2. Place the jack on the ground.
3. Turn the jack screw in the direction

shown in the figure and adjust the jack
head so that it is close to the jack-up
position.
 

Jack head

4. Place the jack under the jack-up

position closest to the tire being
changed with the jack head squarely
under the jack-up point.
 

Jacking position

5. Continue raising the jack head

gradually by rotating the screw with

If Trouble Arises

Flat Tire

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