Spare Tire Matching Original Equipped Tire And Wheel - If Equipped; Compact Spare Tire - If Equipped - Chrysler Journey Owner's Manual

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STARTING AND OPERATING
Spare Tire Matching Original Equipped
Tire and Wheel – If Equipped
The spare tire of your vehicle is equivalent
in look and function as the original equip-
ment tire and wheel found on the front or
rear axle of your vehicle. This spare tire
may be used in the tire rotation for your
vehicle. If your vehicle has an option for a
spare tire matching original equipment tire
and wheel, refer to the recommended tire
rotation pattern in "Tire Rotation Recom-
mendations" in "Starting and Operating"
for further information.
If your vehicle is not equipped with an
original equipment tire and wheel as a
spare, a non-matching temporary emer-
gency use spare may be equipped with
your vehicle. Temporary use spares are
engineered to be used only with your
vehicle. Your vehicle may be equipped
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with one of the following types of non-
matching temporary use spares; com-
pact, full size, or limited-use.
Do not install more than one non-matching
temporary use spare tire/wheel on the
vehicle at any given time.
CAUTION!
Because of the reduced ground
clearance, do not take your vehicle
through an automatic car wash with a
compact, full size or limited-use tem-
porary spare installed. Damage to the
vehicle may result.
Compact Spare Tire – If Equipped
The compact spare is for temporary emer-
gency use only. You can identify if your
vehicle is equipped with a compact spare
by looking at the spare tire description on
the Tire and Loading Information Placard
located on the driver's side door opening
or on the sidewall of the tire. Compact
spare tire descriptions begin with the letter
"T" or "S" preceding the size designation.
Example: T145/80D18 103M.
T, S = Temporary Spare Tire
Since this tire has limited tread life the
original equipment tire should be repaired
(or replaced) and reinstalled on your ve-
hicle at the first opportunity.
Do not install a wheel cover or attempt to
mount a conventional tire on the compact
spare wheel, since the wheel is designed
specifically for the compact spare. Do not
install more than one compact spare tire/
wheel on the vehicle at any given time