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5-2. Steps to take in an emergency
If you have a flat tire (vehicles with spare 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” (Multidrive or automatic transmis-
sion) or “R” (manual transmission).
Stop the engine.
Turn on the emergency flashers. (P. 502)
Location of the spare tire, jack and tools
Vehicles without the third seat
Spare tire
Jack
handleJack
Wheel nut wrench
Towing eyelet
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537 5-2. Steps to take in an emergency
When trouble arises
Vehicles with third seats
Spare tire
Jack handle
Jack
Wheel nut wrench
Towing eyelet
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539 5-2. Steps to take in an emergency
When trouble arises
Taking out the spare tire (vehicles without the third seat)
Open the rear deck board.
Vehicles with a standard spare tire
Vehicles with a compact spare tire
Secure the rear deck board,
using the strap hook provided.
Remove the strap hook
Secure the hook
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540 5-2. Steps to take in an emergency
Remove the cover.
Loosen the center fastener that
secures the spare tire.
Take out the spare tire.
Vehicles with a standard spare tire
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When trouble arises
Vehicles with a compact spare tire
Taking out the jack and spare tire (vehicles with the third seat)
Make sure that the third seat is in the most upright position.
Open the deck board.
Be careful of the deck board
unexpectedly falling forward.
Take out the jack.
Tighten
Loosen
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542 5-2. Steps to take in an emergency
Remove the auxiliary box.
Loosen the center fastener that
secures the spare tire.
Take out the spare tire.
The spare tire cannot be taken
out while the third seat is folded
down.
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545 5-2. Steps to take in an emergency
When trouble arises
Installing the spare tire
Remove 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.
Install the tire and loosely tighten each wheel nut by hand by
approximately the same amount.
Replacing a steel wheel with a steel wheel (including a compact
spare tire)
Tighten the nuts until the tapered
portion comes into loose contact
with the disc wheel sheet.
Replacing an aluminum wheel with a steel wheel (including a com-
pact spare tire)
Tighten the nuts until the tapered
portion comes into loose contact
with the disc wheel sheet.
Tapered portion
Disc
wheel
sheet
Tapered portion
Disc
wheel
sheet
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546 5-2. Steps to take in an emergency
Lower the vehicle.
Firmly tighten each wheel nut
two or three times in the order
shown in the illustration.
Tightening torque:
103 N
·m (10.5 kgf·m, 76 ft·lbf)
Vehicles with a steel wheels,
except for vehicles with a tire
pressure warning system or a
compact spare tire: Reinstall the
wheel ornament.
Align the cutout of the wheel
ornament with the valve stem as
shown.
Stow the flat tire, tire jack and all tools.
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