Jacking Instructions - Jeep Compass 2015 Operating Information Manual

NOTE:
Passengers should not remain in the vehicle
while the vehicle is being jacked.

Jacking Instructions

WARNING!
Carefully follow these tire changing warnings
to help prevent personal injury or damage to
your vehicle:
• Always park on a firm, level surface as far
from the edge of the roadway as possible
before raising the vehicle.
• Turn on the Hazard Warning flasher.
• Block the wheel diagonally opposite the
wheel to be raised.
• Set the parking brake firmly and set an
automatic transmission in PARK; a manual
transmission in REVERSE.
• Never start or run the engine with the
vehicle on a jack.
• Do not let anyone sit in the vehicle when it
is on a jack.
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WARNING! (Continued)
• Do not get under the vehicle when it is on
a jack. If you need to get under a raised
vehicle, take it to a service center where it
can be raised on a lift.
• Only use the jack in the positions indicated
and for lifting this vehicle during a tire
change.
• If working on or near a roadway, be ex-
tremely careful of motor traffic.
• To assure that spare tires, flat or inflated,
are securely stowed, spares must be
stowed with the valve stem facing the
ground.
(Continued)
Jack Warning Label
CAUTION!
Do not attempt to raise the vehicle by jacking
on locations other than those indicated in the
Jacking Instructions for this vehicle.
NOTE:
Refer to "Tires — General Information" in
"Starting And Operating" for further infor-
mation about the spare tire, it's use, and
operation.
1. Remove the scissors jack and lug wrench
from the spare wheel as an assembly. Turn
the jack screw to the left to loosen the lug
wrench and remove the wrench from the
jack assembly.
NOTE:
The jack handle attaches to the side of the
jack with two attachment points. When the
jack is partially expanded, the tension be-
tween the two attachment points holds the
jack handle in place.