2013 Dodge Durango User Guide - Page 108

2013 Dodge Durango Manual

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WHAT TO DO IN EMERGENCIES WARNING! • Do not attempt to change a tire on the side of the vehicle close to moving traffic. Pull far enough off the road to avoid the danger of being hit when operating the jack or changing the wheel. Being under a jacked-up vehicle is dangerous. The vehicle could slip off the jack and fall on you. You could be crushed. Never put any part of your body under a vehicle that is on a jack. If you need to get under a raised vehicle, take it to a service center where it can be raised on a lift. The jack is designed to be used as a tool for changing tires only. The jack should not be used to lift the vehicle for service purposes. The vehicle should be jacked on a firm level surface only. Avoid ice or slippery areas. Always park on a firm, level surface as far from the edge of the roadway as possible before raising the vehicle. Turn on the Hazard Warning flasher. Block the wheel diagonally opposite the wheel to be raised. Set the parking brake firmly and set the automatic transmission in PARK. Never start or run the engine with the vehicle on a jack. Do not let anyone sit in the vehicle when it is on a jack. Do not get under the vehicle when it is on a jack. Only use the jack in the positions indicated and for lifting this vehicle during a tire change. If working on or near a roadway, be extremely careful of motor traffic. To assure that spare tires, flat or inflated, are securely stowed, spares must be stowed with the valve stem facing the ground. Carefully follow these tire changing warnings to help prevent personal injury or damage to your vehicle: • Raising the vehicle higher than necessary can make the vehicle less stable. It could slip off the jack and hurt someone near it. Raise the vehicle only enough to remove the tire. • To avoid the risk of forcing the vehicle off the jack, do not fully tighten the wheel nuts until the vehicle has been lowered. Failure to follow this warning may result in personal injury. • Do not use power tools to winch the tire up or down. Impact-type tools may damage the winch mechanism. • A loose tire or jack, thrown forward in a collision or hard stop could endanger the occupants of the vehicle. Always stow the jack parts and the spare tire in the places provided. • To avoid the risk of forcing the vehicle off the jack, do not tighten the lug nuts fully until the vehicle is lowered to the ground. • • 106

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WARNING!
• Donotattempttochangeatireonthesideofthevehicleclosetomovingtraffic.Pull
farenoughofftheroadtoavoidthedangerofbeinghitwhenoperatingthejackor
changingthewheel.
• Beingunderajacked-upvehicleisdangerous.Thevehiclecouldslipoffthejackand
fallonyou.Youcouldbecrushed.Neverputanypartofyourbodyunderavehiclethat
isonajack.Ifyouneedtogetunderaraisedvehicle,takeittoaservicecenterwhere
itcanberaisedonalift.
• Thejackisdesignedtobeusedasatoolforchangingtiresonly.Thejackshouldnot
beusedtoliftthevehicleforservicepurposes.Thevehicleshouldbejackedonafirm
levelsurfaceonly.Avoidiceorslipperyareas.
• Alwaysparkonafirm,levelsurfaceasfarfromtheedgeoftheroadwayaspossible
beforeraisingthevehicle.
• TurnontheHazardWarningflasher.
• Blockthewheeldiagonallyoppositethewheeltoberaised.
• SettheparkingbrakefirmlyandsettheautomatictransmissioninPARK.
• Neverstartorruntheenginewiththevehicleonajack.
• Donotletanyonesitinthevehiclewhenitisonajack.
• Donotgetunderthevehiclewhenitisonajack.
• Onlyusethejackinthepositionsindicatedandforliftingthisvehicleduringatire
change.
• Ifworkingonorneararoadway,beextremelycarefulofmotortraffic.
• Toassurethatsparetires,flatorinflated,aresecurelystowed,sparesmustbe
stowedwiththevalvestemfacingtheground.Carefullyfollowthesetirechanging
warningstohelppreventpersonalinjuryordamagetoyourvehicle:
• Raisingthevehiclehigherthannecessarycanmakethevehiclelessstable.
Itcouldslipoffthejackandhurtsomeonenearit.Raisethevehicleonly
enoughtoremovethetire.
• Toavoidtheriskofforcingthevehicleoffthejack,donotfullytightenthe
wheelnutsuntilthevehiclehasbeenlowered.Failuretofollowthiswarning
mayresultinpersonalinjury.
• Donotusepowertoolstowinchthetireupordown.Impact-typetoolsmay
damagethewinchmechanism.
• Aloosetireorjack,thrownforwardinacollisionorhardstopcouldendanger
theoccupantsofthevehicle.Alwaysstowthejackpartsandthesparetirein
theplacesprovided.
• Toavoidtheriskofforcingthevehicleoffthejack,donottightenthelugnuts
fullyuntilthevehicleisloweredtotheground.
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