1996 Pontiac Bonneville Owner's Manual - Page 231

Changing a Flat Tire If a tire goes flat, avoid fwther tire and wheel damage by driving slowly to a level place, on your hazard Turn warning flashers. A CAUTION: Changing atire cancause an injury. Thevehicle can slipoff the jackand roll over you or other people. You and they could be badly injured. -Find a level place to changeyour tire. To help prevent thevehicle from moving: 1. Set the parking brake firmly. 2 Put the shift lever in PARK ( ) . P. 3. lbrn off the engine. To b'e evenmore certain the vehicle won't move, you can putblocks at.the front and rear the of tire farthest away from the being changed. one That would be the tireon the other sideof the vehicle, at theopposite end. The following stepswill tell you how to use thejack and c;lhange a tire.