If a tire goes flat, avoid further tire and wheel damage by driving slowly to a level place. Turn on your hazard warning flashers.
Caution: Changing a tire can cause an injury. The vehicle can slip off the jack and
roll over you or other people. You and they could be badly injured. Find a level
place to change your tire. To help prevent the vehicle from moving:
To be even more certain the vehicle won't move, you can put blocks at the front
and rear of the tire farthest away from the one being changed. That would be the
tire on the other side of the vehicle, at the opposite end.
When you have a flat tire, use the following example as a guide to assist you in the placement of wheel blocks.
The following information will tell you next how to use the jack and change a tire.
