2010 TOYOTA COROLLA Owners Manual

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5-2. Steps to take in an emergency
If you have a flat tire
Remove the flat tire and replace it with the spare provided.
■Before jacking up the vehicle
●Stop the vehicle on a hard, flat surface.
● Set the parking brake.
● Shift the shift lever to P (automatic transmission) or R (manual
transmission).
● Stop the engine.
● Turn on the emergency flashers.
■ Location of the spare tire, jack and tools
*: The jack attachment is used w hen raising your vehicle with a
floor jack. ( P. 3 1 1 )
Spare tire Jack
Wheel nut
wrenchJack handleJack
attachment*

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Taking out the jackRemove the luggage floor cover.
Tighten
Loosen
STEP 1
STEP 2

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5-2. Steps to take in an emergency
Taking out the spare tire
Remove the luggage floor cover.
Remove the tool tray.
Loosen the center fastener that
secures the spare tire.
STEP 1
STEP 2
STEP 3

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Replacing a flat tireChock the tires.
Vehicles with a steel wheel,
remove the wheel ornament
using the wrench.
To protect the wheel ornament,
place a rag between the wrench
and the wheel ornament, as
shown in the illustration.
STEP 1
Flat tire
Wheel chock
positions
Front
Left-
hand
sideBehind the
rear right-
hand side
tire
Right-
hand
sideBehind the
rear left-
hand side
tire
Rear
Left-
hand
sideIn front of
the front
right-hand
side tire
Right-
hand
sideIn front of
the front
left-hand
side tire
STEP 2

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Slightly loosen the wheel nuts
(one turn).
Turn the tire jack portion “A” by
hand until the notch of the jack is
in contact with the jack point.
The jack point guides are
located under the rocker panel.
They indicate the jack point
positions.
STEP 3
STEP 4

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Raise the vehicle until the tire is
slightly raised off the ground.
Remove all the wheel nuts and
the tire.
When resting the tire on the
ground, place the tire so that the
wheel design faces up to avoid
scratching the wheel surface.
Installing the tireRemove any dirt or foreign mat-
ter from the wheel contact sur-
face.
If foreign matter is on the wheel
contact surface, the wheel nuts
may loosen while the vehicle is
in motion, and the tire may
come off the vehicle.
STEP 5
STEP 6
STEP 1

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Install the tire and loosely ti
ghten each wheel nut by hand by
approximately the same amount.
Replacing a steel wheel with a compact spare tire
Tighten the nuts until the tapered
portion comes into loose contact
with the disc wheel seat.
Replacing an aluminum wheel with a compact spare tire Tighten the nuts until the tapered
portion comes into loose contact
with the disc wheel seat.
Lower the vehicle.STEP 2
Tapered portion
Disc wheel
seat
Tapered portion
Disc wheel
seat
STEP 3

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Firmly tighten each nut two or
three times in the order shown in
the illustration.
Tightening torque:
76 ft•lbf (103 N•m, 10.5 kgf•m)
Stow the flat tire, tire jack and all tools.
STEP 4
■The compact spare tire
●The compact spare tire is identified by the label “TEMPORARY USE
ONLY” on the tire sidewall.
Use the compact spare tire temporarily only in an emergency.
●Make sure to check the tire pressure of the compact spare tire.
( P. 431)
■If you have a flat front tire on a road covered with snow or ice
Install the compact spare tire on the rear of the vehicle. Perform the fol-
lowing steps and fit tire chains to the front tires.
Replace a rear tire with the compact spare tire.
Replace the flat front tire with the tire removed from the rear of
the vehicle.
Fit tire chains to the front tires.
■After completing the tire change (vehicles with the tire pressure
warning system)
The tire pressure warnin g system must be reset. ( P. 331)
■When using the compact spare tire
As the compact spare tire is not equipped with the tire pressure warning
valve and transmitter, low inflation pressure of the spare tire will not be
warned. Also, if you replace the compac t spare tire after the tire pressure
warning light comes on, the light remains on.
STEP 5
STEP 1
STEP 2
STEP 3