2009 CHEVROLET EQUINOX Owners Manual

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CHEVROLET EQUINOX 2009 1.G Owners Manual If a Tire Goes Flat
It is unusual for a tire to blowout while you are driving,
especially if you maintain your vehicle’s tires properly.
If air goes out of a tire, it is much more likely to leak out

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CHEVROLET EQUINOX 2009 1.G Owners Manual Changing a Flat Tire
If a tire goes �at, avoid further tire and wheel damage
by driving slowly to a level place. Turn on the hazard
warning �ashers. SeeHazard Warning Flashers
on page 3-6.
{CAUTION:
C

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CHEVROLET EQUINOX 2009 1.G Owners Manual Removing the Spare Tire and Tools
If your vehicle has the rear compartment storage
panel/cover, you will have to remove it to access the
load �oor. SeeRear Compartment Storage Panel/Cover
on page 2-44

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CHEVROLET EQUINOX 2009 1.G Owners Manual 5. Remove the wing-bolt
holding the jack and
then remove it.
6. Remove the hook and loop fastener straps holding
the bag containing the wheel wrench. Remove the
wheel wrench from the bag.
7. Extend th

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CHEVROLET EQUINOX 2009 1.G Owners Manual 4. Use the wheel wrench to loosen all the wheel nuts.
Do not remove them yet.
5. Attach the wheel wrench to the jack bolt head and
turn the wheel wrench clockwise. That will raise the
lift head a litt

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CHEVROLET EQUINOX 2009 1.G Owners Manual With the jack head positioned correctly on the metal
jacking �ange, it should look like this underneath
the vehicle.
Do not lift the vehicle using the plastic lower
body panel.
8. Put the compact spar

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CHEVROLET EQUINOX 2009 1.G Owners Manual {CAUTION:
Lifting a vehicle and getting under it to do
maintenance or repairs is dangerous without the
appropriate safety equipment and training. If a jack
is provided with the vehicle, it is designed

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CHEVROLET EQUINOX 2009 1.G Owners Manual 10. Remove all of the
wheel nuts.
11. Remove the �at tire.
{CAUTION:
Rust or dirt on a wheel, or on the parts to which
it is fastened, can make wheel nuts become loose
after time. The wheel could come