Removing The Wheel Covers - Pontiac 2002 Montana Owner's Manual

Removing the Wheel Covers

With the end of the folding wrench, loosen the nuts.
If your vehicle has the plastic "bolt
loosen them completely using the folding wrench, and
remove the wheel cover.
Secondary Latch System (If Equipped)
Your vehicle may have an underbody mounted tire hoist
assembly equipped with a secondary latch system. It's
designed to stop a tire from suddenly falling off your
vehicle if the cable holding the spare tire is damaged.
For the secondary latch to work, the tire must be stowed
with the valve stem pointing down.
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on" wheel covers,
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Front wheel drive vehciles use the underbody tire hoist
assembly to store either the compact spare or a flat road
tire. See "Storing a Flat or Spare Tire and Tools" in the
Index for instructions on storing the spare or flat
tire correctly.
If your vehicle is equipped with all
underbody tire hoist assembly stores only the compact
spare tire. See "Storing the Spare Tire and Tools" in the
Index for instructions. To store a flat full–size tire
correctly, see "Storing the Flat Tire on an
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All Wheel Drive Vehicle" in the Index.
CAUTION:
Before beginning this procedure read all the
instructions. Failure to read and follow the
instructions could damage the hoist assembly and
you and others could get hurt. Read and follow
the instructions listed below.
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wheel drive, the
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