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Changing a Flat Tire
If
a
tire goes flat, avoid further tire and wheel damage
by driving slowly
to
a level place.
Turn
on your hazard
warning flashers.
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 a level place to change your tire. To help
prevent the vehicle from moving:
1. Set the parking brake firmly.
2 . Put the shift lever in
PARK
( P ) .
3. Turn off the engine.
To be even more certain the vehicle won't move,
you can put blocks at the front and rear
of the
tire farthest away from the one being changed.
That would be the tire on the other side
of the
vehicle, at the opposite end.
The following steps
will tell
you how
to
use the jack
and
change a tire.
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