Pontiac 1993 Grand Am Owner's Manual page 187

Problems on the Road
Changing a Flat lire
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
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a
level place to change your
tire.
To help prevent the vehicle from moving:
1. Set the parking brake firmly.
2. Put an automatic shift lever in
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3.
Shift a manual transaxle
to 1 or R
(Reverse).
4. Turn off
the
engine.
To be even more certain the vehicle won't move, you can put chocks
at
the
front and fear of
the tire farthest away
f r o m the one being
changed. That
would be the tire on the other side of
the
vehicle, at the opposite end.