Jacking Instructions - Suzuki SIDEKICK 2-DOOR HARDTOP - 1995 Owner's Manual

EMERGENCY SERVICE
60A23-10010

JACKING INSTRUCTIONS

1) Place the vehicle on level, hard ground.
2) Set the parking brake firmly and shift
into "P" (Park) if your vehicle has an
automatic transmission, or shift into
"R" (Reverse) if your vehicle has a
manual transmission. Block the front
and rear of the wheel diagonally op-
posite of the wheel being lifted.
3) Turn on the hazard warning flasher if
your vehicle is near traffic.
4) Position the jack vertically and raise
the jack by turning the jack handle
clockwise until the jack head recess
fits the frame boss.
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Front wheel
5) Continue to raise the jack slowly and
smoothly until the tire clears the
ground. Do not raise the vehicle more
than necessary.
Use the jack only to change
wheels.
Never jack up the vehicle on an in-
clined surface.
Never raise the vehicle with the
jack in a location other than under
the frame boss near the wheel to
be changed.
Make sure that the jack is raised at
least 2 inches (51 mm) before it
contacts the frame boss. Use of
Rear wheel
(Continued)
the jack when it is within 2 inches
of being fully collapsed may result
in failure of the jack.
* Never get under the vehicle when
it is supported by the jack.
* Never run the engine when the
vehicle is supported by the jack
and never allow passengers to re-
main in the vehicle.
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