Note:
No maintenance or additional
lubrication of your jack is required over the
service life of your vehicle.
1. Park on a level surface, set the parking
brake and switch on the hazard
flashers.
2. Apply the parking brake, place the transmission in park (P) or reverse (R)
for manual transmission. Turn the
engine off. 3. Block the wheel diagonally opposite
the flat tire. For example, if the left
front tire is flat, block the right rear
wheel. 4. Turn the wing nut securing the spare
tire counterclockwise, remove the wing
nut.
5. Remove the spare tire, jack and wrench
from the spare tire storage
compartment under the trunk load
floor. 6. Turn the hex nut on the jack
counterclockwise to remove the lug
wrench from jack. This lowers the jack
and loosens the mechanical lock.
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15. Turn the wrench handle
counterclockwise to lower the vehicle
completely. 16.
Remove the jack and fully tighten the
lug nuts in the order shown. See
Technical Specifications (page
274).
17. Remove the wheel blocks. Stowing the Jack 1.
To store the folded wrench on the jack,
engage the bracket of the jack base
and the lug wrench pin, swing the
wrench upwards, adjust jack height
until the wrench hook engages the hole
on jack. Tighten the hex nut clockwise
by hand until secure.
2. Place the jack in the spare tire compartment, install the wing nut and
tighten clockwise by hand until secure.
Stowing the Flat Tire
1. Secure the flat road wheel and tire in the spare tire storage compartment
under the trunk load floor. Place the
flat road wheel and tire over the
stowed jack and secure with the wing
nut.
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