Jacking Instructions - Jeep CHEROKEE 2021 Owner's Manual

J I
ACKING NSTRUCTIONS
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 Flashers.
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Apply the parking brake firmly and set an

automatic transmission in PARK.
Block the wheel diagonally opposite the

wheel to be raised.
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.
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.
WARNING! (Continued)
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

extremely careful of motor traffic.
To ensure that spare tires, flat or inflated,

are securely stowed, spares must be
stowed with the valve stem facing the
ground.
Jack Warning Label
(Continued)
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY
CAUTION!
Do not attempt to raise the vehicle by jacking
on locations other than those indicated in the
Jacking Instructions for this vehicle.
1. Remove the spare tire, jack, wheel chocks,
and wheel bolt wrench.
2. If equipped with aluminum wheels where
the center cap covers the wheel bolts, use
the wheel bolt wrench to pry the center cap
off carefully before raising the vehicle.
3. Before raising the vehicle, use the wheel
bolt wrench to loosen, but not remove, the
wheel bolts on the wheel with the flat tire.
Turn the wheel bolts counterclockwise one
turn while the wheel is still on the ground.
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