2000 Saab 9-3 Owner's Manual - Page 196

196 Car care Changing a wheel WARNING • The car jack is designed solely for use in changing a wheel or fitting snow chains. It must not be used to support the car during repair work or servicing. • Never crawl under a car that is supported only by a jack. • Special care must be taken if the car is on a slope - use wheel chocks! • Position chocks, one ahead and one behind, the wheel that is diagonally opposite to the one to be changed. • Switch on the hazard warning lights if the car is on a road. • Apply the parking brake and leave the car in gear (1st or reverse). Automatic transmission: move selector to the P position. • Ensure that everybody is out of the car before jacking it up. • Never start the engine while the car is jacked up. • The jack must stand on a firm, level surface. • Stow the jack in the place provided for it under the panel in the floor of the trunk. Secure it properly to avoid injury to passengers in the event of an accident. • Do not use the jack for any purpose other than for jacking up the car. If light-alloy wheels have been fitted to the car for several years and a change is made to steel wheels, the threads for the wheel bolts in the brake discs should be cleaned before the thinner steel wheels are fitted. The innermost threads in the holes may be clogged with sand, salt and rust so that the correct tightening torque cannot be achieved. Spare wheel (under the carpet in the trunk), Saab 9-3 Viggen When changing a wheel, take the tool kit out first, then the spare wheel. NOTE To avoid damaging a punctured alloy wheel this can be placed outside up in the spare-wheel well but only while driving to the closest workshop. A general rule is that all heavy loads must be well secured in the luggage compartment, see page 129. IB1262 IB1261