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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine A rear blowout, particularly on a curve, acts much like a skid and may
require the same correction you’d use in
a skid. In any rear blowout, remove
your foot from the accelerator pedal. Get 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 a tire goes flat, the next part 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. Flat Tire
B. Blocked Tire
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine The following steps will tell you how to use the jack and change a tire.
Jack Storage
Thejacking equipment you'll need is stored by your vehicle's rear doors,
along the passenger side
wall.
Remove your jack
cover
by turning the
plastic wing
nut
counterclockwise.
Lift
up on the latch
and pull
the jack cover
off
e
Remove the wheel
blocks and jack
by
turning the wing nut
.- counterclockwise. *b "' "" 1 Remove the wing nut
and washer then pull
the wheel blocks and
jack
off the bolt.
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Remove the ratchet
and extension by
turning the wing nut
counterclockwise.
Remove the wing nut
and retainer and take
out the ratchet and
extension.
Jacking Equipment Storage
1. Nut
2. Washer
3. Wheel Blocks
4. Jack Lift Head
5. Jack
6. Jacking Instructions Tag
7. Nut
8. Retainer
9. Ratchet
10. Extension
11. Bolt
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Spare Tire
Your spare tire is
stored underneath the
rear
of your vehicle.
You will use the
ratchet and extension
to lower the spare tire.
1 NOTICE:
Never remove or restow a tire frodto a stowage position under
the vehicle while the vehicle is supported by a
jack. Always
tighten the tire fully against the underside
of the vehicle when
restowing.
The ratchet has an UP
side.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine And a DOWN side.
To Remove the Spare Tire
Attach the ratchet,
with the
DOWN side
facing you,
to the
extension. The
extension has a socket
3
Put the flat end of the extension on an angle through the hole in the rear
door frame, above the bumper. Be sure the flat end connects into the hoist
shaft.
Turn the ratchet
counterclockwise to
- lower the spare tire to
the ground, Keep
turning the ratchet
until the spare tire can
be pulled out from
under the vehicle.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine When the tire has been lowered, tilt the
retainer at
the end of
the cable and pull it
through the wheel
opening. Pull the tire
out from under the
vehicle.
I NOTICE:
To help avoid vehicle damage, do not drive vehicle before cable
is restored.
Changing the Tire
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine The jack has a bolt on
the end.
Attach the socket end
of the extension to the
jack bolt like this.
Attach the ratchet to
the extension with the
UP side facing you.
Rotate the ratchet to
the right. That will
raise the jack lift head
a little. Before raising
the vehicle, do the
following steps.
Before
you start,
block the front and
rear of the tire farthest
away from the one
being changed.
Then
put your spare tire
near the flat tire.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Hub Caps and Wheel Nut Caps
You will have to take off hub caps or wheel nut caps to reach your wheel
nuts.
i
If you have a standard
hub cap, remove it by
using the flat end
of
the extension.
Pry along the edge
of
the cap until it comes
off. Be careful, the
rim edges may be
sharp. Don’t try
to
remove it with your
bare hands.
If the wheel has a
plastic center cap, you
do not have to remove
the center cap to
loosen
the wheel nuts.
Place the ratchet and
socket end
of the
extention on the wheel nut with the center cap
on.
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