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Towing Your Pontiac
Try to have a GM dealer or a
professional towing service tow your
Pontiac. The usual towing equipment is:
(A) Sling-type tow truck
(B) Wheel-lift tow truck
(C) Car carrier
If your vehicle has been changed or
modified since it was factory-new by
adding aftermarket items like fog lamps,
aero skirting, or special tires and
wheels, these instructions and
illustrations may not be correct.
Before you do anything, turn on the
hazard warning flashers. When you call, tell
the towing service:
That your vehicle cannot be towed
from the front or rear with sling-type
equipment.
drive.
vehicle.
lever.
damaged.
That your vehicle has front-wheel
The make, model, and year of your
Whether you can still move the shift
If there was an accident, what was
When the towing service arrives, let the
tow operator know that this manual
contains detailed towing instructions
and illustrations. The operator may
want to see them.
To help avoid injury to you
or others:
* Never let passengers ride in a
vehicle that is being towed.
Never tow faster thar -3fe
posted speeds.
Never tow with damaged part
not fully secured.
Never get under your vehicle after
it
has been lifted by the tow
truck.
Always use separate safety chains
hooks instead. '
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Towing Your P onfiac (c0N;T.j
When your vehicle is being towed!, have
the ignition key
off. The steering wheel
should be clamped
in a straight-ahead
position, with a clamping device
designed for
towing service. Do not use
the vehicle's steering
column lock for
this. The transaxle should be in
N [Neutral) and the parking brake
re1,eased.
Don't have your vehicle towed
on the
front wheels, unless
you must. If the
vehicle must be towed
on the front
wheels, don't go more than 35 mph
(56 km/h) or farther than 50 miles
(80 km) or your transaxle will be
damaged. If these limits must be
exceeded, then the front wheels have to
be supported on a dolly.
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CAUTION
* A vehicle can fall from a car
scb,red. This can cause a collision,
serious personal injury and vehicle
damage. The vehicle should be
tightly secured with chains or steel
cables before it is transported.
Don't use substitutes (ropes,
leather straps, canvas webbing,
etc.) that can be cut
by sharp e('- :s
underneath the tou hicle .
I b carrier if it isn't properly
Towing from the Front-
Vehicle
Hook-up
Before hooking up to a tow truck, be
sure to read all the information on
Towing Your Pontiac earlier in this
section.
1. Attach T-hook chains into the side
slots in the cradle in front of the
wheels, on both sides.
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Towing from the Rear-
Vehicle Hook-up
Before hoolring up to a tow truck, be
sure to read all the information on
Towing Your Polttiac earlier in this
section.
I. ;Qttach T-hook chains on both sides
in the slotted holes in the bottom
of
the floor pan support rails just ahead
of the rear wheels,
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Do not tow with sling-type
equipment or the rear bumper
valance will be damaged. Use
wheel-lift or car carrier equipment.
Additional ramping may be
required for car carrier equipment.
Use safety chains and wheel strans. I
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Install a towing dolly beneath the
wheels that would be on the ground
during the tow. This will increase
clearance between the wheel-lift
equipment and the underbody of
the towed vehicle. This will help to
avoid damaging a vehicle during a
tow over rough surfaces.
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2. Attach a separate safety chain around
the outboard end of each lower
control arm.
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Problems on the Road
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It’s unusual for a tire to “blow out”
while you’re driving, especially if
you
maintain your tires properly. If air goes
out
of a tire, it’s much more likely to
leak out slowly. But if you should ever
have
a “blowout,” here are a few tips
about what to expect
and what to do:
If
a front tire fails, the flat tire will
create a drag that pulls the vehicle
toward that side. Take your foot
off the
accelerator pedal and grip the steering
wheel firmly. Steer to maintain lane
position, then gently brake to a stop
well out of the traffic lane.
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A rear blowout, particularly cm a curve,
acts
much like a skid and may require
the same correction
you’d use in a skid.
In any rear blowout, remove pur bot
from the accelerator pedal. G,et the
vehicle under control by steering the
way
you want the vehicle to go. It may
be very bumpy and noisy, but you can
still steer, Gently brake to a stop, well
off the road if possible.
If your tire goes flat, the next se’ction
shows how
to use your jacking
equipment to change a flat tire safely.
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.
A 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: I
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1. Set the parking brake firmly.
2. Put the shift lever in P (Park)
3. Shift a manual transaxle to
1 (First) 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 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.
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The following steps will tell you how to
use the jack and change
a tire.
The equipment you’ll need is
in the
trunk.
1. Pull the carpeting from the floor of
the trunk.
2. Turn the center retainer bolt on the
compact spare tire housing
countercloclwise
to remove it, then
lift the tire cover.
3. Turn the wheel wrench retainer nut
located under the tire cover
counterclockwise to remove the
wheel wrench.
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Changing a Flat Tire (CONT.)
4. Remove the wing nut securing the
compact spare tire and spacer
by
turning it countercloclnvise. Then lift
off the spacer and remove the spare
tire.
5. Remove the bolt securing the jack by
turning it countercloclwise. Then
remove the jack.
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6. If you have this wheel cover, remove
it by loosening the plastic nut caps
with the wheel wrench. They won't
come off. Then pry along the edge
of
the wheel cover until it comes off.
7. If your vehicle has wheel nut caps,
remove them using the wheel nut
wrench.
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8. If your vehicle has optional alloy
wheels, each wheel may have one
wheel locknut in place
of a standard
wheel nut. A special wheel lock key
(removal tool) and instructions are
provided with your vehicle. Attach
the wheel lock key to the socket
of
your wheel wrench. Remove the
locking wheel nut by turning it
counterclockwise.
Do not use an
impact wrench.
Store the key in the foam sleeve
beside the spare tire.
9. Using the wheel wrench, loosen all
the wheel
nuts. Don't remove them
yet.
10. Attach the socket end of the wheel
wrench to the jack.
Turn the wheel
wrench clockwise to raise the
jack
head a few inches.
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Changing a Hat Tire (CONT.)
11. Position the jack under the vehicle
and raise the jack head until it fits
firmly into the notch in the vehicle’s
frame nearest the flat tire. Put the
compact spare tire near
you.
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Getting under a vehicle when
L it is jacked up is dangerous.
If the vehicle slips off the jack, you
could be badly injured or killed.
Never get under
a vehicle when it is
supported.
only by a jack.
12. Raise the vehicle by rotating the
wheel wrench cloclwise.
Raise the
vehicle far enough
off the ground so
there is emugh morn for the spare
tire to fit.
13. R’ernove all the u7heel nuts and take
off the flat tire.
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I Kaising your vehicle with the jack
improperly positioned will damage
the vehicle
or may allow the vehicl,
to fall
off the jack. Be sure to fit the
jack lift head into the proper
location before raising your vehick Rust
or dirt on the wheel, or
4 b on the parts to which it is
fastened, can make the wheel nuts
become loose after a time. The
wheel could come off and cause an
accident. When you change a
wheel, remove any rust
or dirt from
the places where the wheel attaches
to the vehicle. In an emergency,
you can use a cloth or a paper towel
to do this; but be sure to use a
scraper or wire brush later, if you
need
t ;et all 1 rust or dirt
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