Replacing The Tire; Before Jacking Up The Vehicle - Lexus LS500 Owner's Manual

Replacing the tire

When raising your vehicle with a
jack, position the jack correctly.
Improper placement may damage
your vehicle or cause injury.
If necessary tire replacement
seems difficult to perform, contact
your Lexus dealer.

Before jacking up the vehicle

 Stop the vehicle in a safe place on a
hard, flat surface.
 Set the parking brake.
 Shift the shift position to P.
 Disabling the height control. (if
equipped) (→P.301)
 Stop the hybrid system.
■ Jack and tools
As your vehicle is equipped with run-flat
tires, the following tools for replacing a tire
are not included with your vehicle. They can
be purchased at your Lexus dealer.
Wheel nut wrench
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● Jack
Jack handle
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WARNING
Using the tire jack
■
Observe the following precautions.
Improper use of the tire jack may cause
the vehicle to suddenly fall off the jack,
leading to death or serious injury.
● Do not use the tire jack for any pur-
pose other than replacing tires or
installing and removing tire chains.
Do not use other tire jacks for replac-
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ing tires on this vehicle.
● Put the jack properly in its jack point.
Do not put any part of your body under
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the vehicle while it is supported by the
jack.
Do not start the hybrid system or drive
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the vehicle while the vehicle is sup-
ported by the jack.
● Do not raise the vehicle while some-
one is inside.
When raising the vehicle, do not put an
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object on or under the jack.
● Do not raise the vehicle to a height
greater than that required to replace
the tire.
Use a jack stand if it is necessary to get
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under the vehicle.
● Make sure to disable all functions of
the vehicle height control of the elec-
tronically modulated air suspension
and then stopping the hybrid system.
(→P.301)
● When lowering the vehicle, make sure
that there is no-one near the vehicle. If
there are people nearby, warn them
vocally before lowering.
■ Replacing a flat tire for vehicles with
power trunk opener and closer
In cases such as when replacing tires,
make sure to turn off the trunk opener
main switch (→P.118). Failure to do so
may cause the trunk lid to operate unin-
tentionally if the power trunk opener and
closer switch is accidentally touched,
resulting in hands and fingers being
caught and injured.
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