For emergencies
Slowly rotate the wheel nut wrench until the
tyre is raised slightly off the ground surface.
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Stop jacking up the vehicle as soon as the
tyre is raised off the ground. It is danger-
ous to raise the vehicle any higher.
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Do not get under your vehicle while using
the jack.
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Do not bump the raised vehicle or leave it
sitting on the jack for a long time. Both
are very dangerous.
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Do not use a jack except the one that
came with your vehicle.
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The jack should not be used for any pur-
pose other than to change a tyre.
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No one should be in your vehicle when us-
ing the jack.
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Do not start or run the engine while your
vehicle is on the jack.
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Do not turn the raised wheel. The tyres
still on the ground could turn and make
your vehicle fall off the jack.
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5. Remove the wheel nuts with the wheel nut
wrench, then take the wheel off.
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Handle the wheel carefully when chang-
ing the tyre, to avoid scratching the wheel
surface.
6. Clean out any mud, etc. on the hub surface
(F), hub bolts (G) or in the installation holes
(H) in the wheel, and then mount the spare
tyre.
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Mount the spare wheel with the valve
stem (I) facing outboard. If you cannot
see the valve stem (I), you have installed
the wheel backwards.
Operating the vehicle with the spare
wheel installed backwards can cause vehi-
cle damage and result in an accident.
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7. Finger-tighten the wheel nuts.
Vehicle with steel wheels
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Normal wheels and spare wheel
Tighten the wheel nuts until the tapered
parts of the wheel nuts make light contact
with the seats of the wheel holes and the
wheel is not loose.
Tighten the wheel nuts in the same way
with a compact spare wheel.
Vehicle with aluminium wheels
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Normal wheels and aluminium spare
wheel