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What
do I do no w ?
• Engage the parking brake to prevent your
vehicle from rolling unintentionally
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• Move the sel ector lever to the P posit ion.
• Take the jac k
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out of the luggage
compartment.
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WARNING
You or your passengers could be injured
wh ile cha nging a wheel if you do not fol-
low these safety precautions:
- If
you have a flat t i re, move a safe dis-
tance off the road . Turn off the engine,
tu rn the emergen cy flashers on and use
other wa rning dev ices to alert other mo-
torists.
- Make su re that passengers wait in a safe
pla ce away from the vehicle and well
away from the road and traff ic.
- To help prevent the veh icle from mov ing
sudden ly and possibly slipping off t he
jack, a lways fully set the parking brake
and block the whee l diagona lly opposite
the whee l being changed with the fo ld-
ing chocks or other objects. When one
front whee l is lifted off the ground, plac-
ing the Automat ic Transmiss ion in "P"
(Pa rk) will
not
prevent the vehicle from
moving.
- Before you change a wheel, be sure the
ground is level and firm . If necessary,
use a sturdy board unde r the jack.
- Always store the vehicle tool kit, the
jack* and the replaced tire in the luggage
compartment
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Note
If you are chang ing the wheel on a steep
incline, use a rock or similar object to
b lock the opposite wheel to prevent the
veh icle from mov ing.
Obey all laws.
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Changing a wheel
When you change a wheel, follow these-
quence described below step-by-step and in
exactly that order.
l.
Remove the wheel bolt caps* . For more
details see also
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wheel bolt caps.
2. Loosen the wh ee l bolts
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3. Locate the proper mounting point fo r the
ja ck a nd align the jack below that point
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4 . Lift the car with the jack
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5 . Remove the wheel with the flat tire and
then insta ll the other wheel
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6. Tighten all whee l bolts lightly.
7. Lower the vehicle with the jack .
8. Use the wheel bolt wrench and firmly
t ighten all wheel bolts in a crisscross pat-
te rn
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9. Replace the wheel bolt caps*.
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WARNING
Always read and follow all WARN INGS and
informat ion
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in Raising the vehicle on
page 248
and
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After changing a wheel
A wheel change is not comple te without the
doing the following .
• Always store the vehicle tool kit, the jack*,
and the rep laced t ire in the luggage com -
partment
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• As soon as possib le, have the t ightening
torque s on all whee l bolts checked with a
torque wrench. The correct tightening tor-
que is 90 ft lbs. (120 Nm).
• Have the flat tire re placed as soon as possi-
ble.
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Tips
- If you not ice that the wheel bolts are
corroded and difficult to turn while
chang ing a tire, they should be replaced
before you check the tightening torque .
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