1998 Chevrolet Camaro Owner's Manual - Page 245

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. Changing a tire cancause an injury. The vehicle roll or can slip off the jack and over you other people. You and they could be badly injured. Find a level placeto change your tire. To help prevent the vehicle from moving: 1. Set the parking brake firmly. 2 Put anautomatic transmission shift lever in . PARK (P), or shift a manual transmission to FIRST (1) or REVERSE (R). 3. l h r n off the engine. To be evenmore certain the vehicle won't move, you can putblocks at the front and rear the of tire farthest away from the one being changed. That would bethe tire on the otherside of the vehicle, at the opposite end. The following steps will tell you how to usethe jack and change a tire. 5-27