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Vehicle Care 10-67
Tire Changing
Removing the Spare Tire
and Tools
To access the spare tire:
1. Open the liftgate.
2. Push the levers on the load floor.
3. Lift the load floor and hang thehook to the tailgate opening.
4. Remove the tire protector foam.5. Remove the wheel retainer boltholding down the spare tire by
turning it counterclockwise.
6. Remove the compact spare tire. See Compact Spare Tire
on
page 10‑73for more information.
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10-68 Vehicle Care
The tools are located between the
compact spare tire and the liftgate.
To access the tools:
A. Tool Bag
B. Wing-bolt
C. Jack
1. Remove the wing-bolt (B) fromthe jack.
2. Remove the jack (C) and tool bag (A). 3. Remove the straps holding the
bag containing the wheel wrench
and extension jack handle.
Remove the wheel wrench and
extension jack handle from
the bag.
The tools you will be using include:
A. Tool Bag
B. Jack
C. Wheel Wrench
D. Extension Jack Handle
Removing the Flat Tire and
Installing the Spare Tire
1. Do a safety check before proceeding. See If a Tire Goes
Flat
on page 10‑65for more
information.
2. Use the wheel wrench to loosen all the wheel nuts. Do not
remove them yet.
3. Attach the wheel wrench to the jack bolt head and rotate the
wheel wrench clockwise to raise
the lift head a little.
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Vehicle Care 10-69
4. Position the lift head at the jacklocation nearest the flat tire.
Make sure all of the jack lift
head is touching the jacking
flange under the body. Do not
place the jack under a body
panel. The lower body panel has
an arrow to aid in locating the
jacking location.
5. Put the compact spare tire near you.6. Raise the vehicle by turning thejack handle clockwise. Raise the
vehicle far enough off the
ground so there is enough room
for the road tire to be removed.
{WARNING
Getting under a vehicle when 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.
{WARNING
Raising your vehicle with the
jack improperly positioned can
damage the vehicle and even
make the vehicle fall. To help
avoid personal injury and vehicle
damage, be sure to fit the jack lift
head into the proper location
before raising the vehicle.
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10-70 Vehicle Care
{WARNING
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 only for
changing a flat tire. If it is used for
anything else, you or others could
be badly injured or killed if the
vehicle slips off the jack. If a jack
is provided with the vehicle, only
use it for changing a flat tire.
Notice: Make sure that the jack
lift head is in the correct position
or you may damage your vehicle.
The repairs would not be covered
by your warranty.
7. Remove all of the wheel nuts.
8. Remove the flat tire.
9. Remove any rust or dirt from the wheel bolts, mounting surfaces
and spare wheel.
{WARNING
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
off and cause an accident. When
changing a wheel, remove any
rust or dirt from places where the
wheel attaches to the vehicle.
In an emergency, use a cloth or a
paper towel to do this; but be sure
to use a scraper or wire brush
later, if needed, to get all the rust
or dirt off. See If a Tire Goes Flat
on page 10‑65.
10. Place the compact spare tire on the wheel‐mounting surface.
11. Reinstall the wheel nuts. Tighten each nut by hand until
the wheel is held against
the hub.
{WARNING
Never use oil or grease on bolts
or nuts because the nuts might
come loose. The vehicle's wheel
could fall off, causing a crash.
12. Lower the vehicle by turningthe jack handle
counterclockwise.
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Vehicle Care 10-73
5. Remove the disk (A) from theretainer bolt. Turn the disk (A)
over and place it back on the
retainer bolt.
Return the disk back to its
original position after removing
the flat tire from the spare tire
compartment and before storing
the spare tire.
6. Place the wheel retainer bolt
onto the wheel stow rod and
tighten by turning it clockwise. The compact spare is for temporary
use only. Replace the compact
spare tire with a full-size tire as
soon as possible.
Compact Spare Tire
{WARNING
Driving with more than one
compact spare tire at a time could
result in loss of braking and
handling. This could lead to a
crash and you or others could be
injured. Use only one compact
spare tire at a time.
The compact spare tire was fully
inflated when the vehicle was new,
but it can lose air after a time.
Check the inflation pressure
regularly. See Vehicle Load Limits
on page 9‑22for the correct
inflation pressure.
Do not exceed 80 km/h (50 mph)
when driving with a spare tire. The spare tire is for temporary
emergency use only. Replace it with
a regular tire as soon as possible.
Notice:
When the compact spare
is installed, do not take the
vehicle through an automatic
car wash with guide rails.
The compact spare can get
caught on the rails which can
damage the tire, wheel and other
parts of the vehicle.
Do not use the temporary spare on
other vehicles.
Do not mix the temporary spare tire
or wheel with other wheels or tires.
They will not fit. Keep the spare tire
and its wheel together.
Notice: Tire chains will not fit the
compact spare. Using them can
damage the vehicle and can
damage the chains too. Do not
use tire chains on the compact
spare.
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INDEX i-3
CleaningExterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-82
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-86
Climate Control Systems . . . . . . . 8-1 Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
Cluster, IP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Collision Damage Repair . . . . . 13-10
Compact Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . 10-73
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Compass Messages . . . . . . . . . . . 5-31
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Coolant Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-15
Engine Temperature
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-14 Engine Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-32
Courtesy Transportation
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-8
Covers Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3 Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-42
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-32
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . 13-4 Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-4
Text Telephone (TTY)Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-4
Customer Information Service PublicationsOrdering Information . . . . . . 13-12
Customer Satisfaction Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-1
D
Damage Repair, Collision . . . . . 13-10
Danger, Warnings, andCautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . 13-15
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Devices, Auxiliary . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-17
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5 Door
Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25
Ajar Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-32
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Power Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Drive Systems
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . 10-26, 9-38
Driver Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Driver Information Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25
Driving Characteristics andTowing Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-53
Defensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Drunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Highway Hypnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 9-19
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . 9-22
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7
Off-Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8
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