1993 Pontiac Firebird Owner's Manual - Page 204

i Changing a Flat Tire A rear blowout, particularly on a curve, If a tire goes flat, avoid further tire and wheel damage by driving slowly to a level acts much like a skid and mayrequire the place. Turn on your hazard warning flashers. same correction you'd use ina skid. In any rear blowout, remove your foot from the accelerator pedal. Get the vehicle Changing a tire can cause an injury. The vehicle can slip off the jack and rol. under control by steering the way you over you or other people. You and they could be badly injured. Find a level want the vehicle to go. It may be very II place to change your tire. To help prevent the vehicle from moving: bumpy and noisy, but you can still steer. 1. Set the parking brake firmly. Gently brake to a stop, well off the road if possible. 2. Put the shift lever in P (Park). If your tire goes flat, the next section 3. Shift a manual transmission to 1 (First) or R (Reverse). shows how to use your jacking equipment 4. Turn off the engine. to change a flat tire safely. To be even more certain the vehicle won't move, you can put chocks 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. II