1997 Chevrolet Cavalier Owner's Manual - Page 229
1997 Chevrolet Cavalier Manual
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Changing a Flat Tire If a tire goes flat, avoid further tire and wheel damage by driving slowly to a level place. Turn on your hazard warning flashers. ... vehicle Changing a tire can cause an injury. The roll can slipoff the jack and over you or other people. You and theycould be badly injured. To Find a level place to change your tire. help prevent thevehicle from moving: 1. Set the parking brake firmly. 2. Put an automatic transaxle shift lever in PARK ( ) or shift a manual transaxle to P, FIRST (1) or REVERSE ( ) R. 3. Turn off the engine. To be even more certain the vehicle won't move, you can putblocks at the front and rearthe of tire farthestaway from the one being changed. That would be the tire on the other side the of vehicle, at the oppositeend. The following steps will tell you how to use the jack and change a tire. 5-23 . --...-...- . .~