Changing A Flat Tire - GMC 1996 Sonoma Owner's Manual

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Changing a Flat Tire
If a tire goes flat, avoid further tire and wheel damage
by driving slowly to- a level place. Turn. on your hazard
warning flashers.
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Changing a tire can cause an injury. 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. If you have a four-wheel-drive vehicle
with a manual transfer case shift lever,
be sure the transfer case is in a drive
gear
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not in NEUTRAL (N).
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4. Turn off the engine.
5. 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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