When one of the front wheels is off the grou nd ,
the transaxle alone will not prevent the vehicle
from moving or slip ping off the jack, even if the
vehicle is in P (Park). To prevent the vehicle
from moving when you change a tire, block (in
both directions) the wheel that is diagonally
opposite to the tire being changed .
RWARN ING
If the veh icle slip s off the jack , you or
som eon e else could be seriou sly injured .
2.
Get ou t the spare tire and jack.
RWARN ING
To avoid injury, never run the engin e
with one wheel off the grou nd, such as
when changin g a tire.
3.
4.
Remove wheel covers or alu minu m wheel
ornam ents with the tap ered end of a wheel
nu t wrench. Insert the hand le of the wrench
betw een the wheel and ornam ent and tw ist
it against the inner wheel cover flange.
Loosen each wheel lug nu t one-half tu rn
counterclockw ise, bu t do not rem ove them
until the tire is raised off the grou nd . You
shou ld pull up on the hand le rather than
push to develop maxim um force to loosen
wheel lug nu ts. See Anti-Theft Wheel Lug
Nuts later in this chap ter for inform ation on
rem oving anti-theft lug nu ts.
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| Model Year | 1996 |
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