Saab 9 3 II 2 YS3F owners manual page 250

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248 Car care Changing a tire To be even more certain the vehicle won't • The jack should be stored correctly move, you should put blocks at the front under the carpeting in the trunk. If it WARNING and rear of the tire farthest away from the lies loose in the car, it could thrown one being changed. That would be the forward and cause personal injury in Lifting a vehicle and getting under it to do tire, on the other side, at the opposite end the event of a crash or if the car rolls maintenance or repairs is dangerous of the vehicle. over. without the appropriate safety equipment • The car jack is designed solely for use • Grit, salt and rust can clog the inner and training. The jack provided with your in changing a tire or fitting snow threads of the wheel bolts if the car has vehicle is designed only for changing a chains. It must not be used to been driven for several years exclu- flat tire. If it is used for anything else, you support the car during repair work sively with alloy wheels. or others could be badly injured or killed if or servicing.If steel wheels are being installed, the the vehicle slips off the jack. Use the jack • Never crawl under a car that is bolt hole threads in the brake hubs provided with your vehicle only for chang-supported only by a jack. Always use should be cleaned before the thinner ing a flat tire. axle stands. steel wheels are fitted. It may other- Changing a tire can be dangerous. The wise not be possible to achieve the vehicle can slip off the jack and roll over • Raising your vehicle too high or with correct clamping force, despite tight- or fall on you or other people. You and the jack improperly positioned can ening the wheel bolts to the correct they could be badly injured or even killed. damage the vehicle and even make torque. Find a level place to change your tire. To the vehicle fall. To help avoid personal help prevent the vehicle from moving:injury and vehicle damage, be sure to fit the jack lift head into the proper 1 Set the parking brake firmly.location before raising the vehicle, and 2 If you have an automatic transmis-raise the vehicle only far enough off sion, put the shift lever in PARK (P). the ground so there is enough room for For a manual transmission, leave the the spare tire to fit (no more than car in gear (1st or REVERSE (R)).25mm or 1 inch clearance between 3 Turn off the engine and do not restart the ground and the bottom of the tire). while the vehicle is raised.• Switch on the hazard warning lights if 4 Do not allow passengers to remain in the car is on a road. the vehicle.

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