Emergency situations
Changing tires
WARNING
A vehicle can slip or roll off of a jack
causing serious injury or death to you or
those nearby. Take the following safety
precautions:
• Do not get under a vehicle that is sup-
ported by a jack.
• NEVER attempt to change a tire in
the lane of traffic. ALWAYS move the
vehicle completely off the road on
level, firm ground away from traffic
before trying to change a tire. If you
cannot find a level, firm place off the
road, call a towing service for assis-
tance.
• Be sure to use the jack provided with
the vehicle.
• ALWAYS place the jack on the desig-
nated jacking positions on the vehicle
and NEVER on the bumpers or any
other part of the vehicle for jacking
support.
• Do not start or run the engine while
the vehicle is on the jack.
• Do not allow anyone to remain in the
vehicle while it is on the jack.
• Keep children away from the road and
the vehicle.
Follow these steps to change your vehi-
cle's tire:
1. Park on a level, firm surface.
2. Move the shift lever into P (Park, for
automatic transmission/dual clutch
transmission vehicle) or neutral (for
manual transmission vehicle), apply
the parking brake, and place the igni-
tion switch in the LOCK/OFF position.
3. Press the hazard warning flasher but-
ton.
4. Remove the wheel lug nut wrench,
jack, jack handle, and spare tire from
the vehicle.
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5. Block both the front and rear of the tire
diagonally opposite of the tire you are
changing.
6. Loosen the wheel lug nuts counter-
clockwise one turn each in the order
shown above, but do not remove any
lug nuts until the tire has been raised
off of the ground.
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