1998 Oldsmobile Achieva Owner's Manual - Page 213

Changing a Flat Tire If a tire goes flat, avoid further tire wheel damage and Turn by driving slowly to a level place. on your hazard warning flashers. Changing a tire can cause an injury. The vehicle can slip off the jack and over you other roll or people. You and they could be badly injured. Find a level placeto change your tire. help To prevent the vehicle from moving: 1. Set the parking brake firmly. 2. Put anautomatic transaxle shift lever in PARK ( ) P. 3. ' h r n off the engme. To be evenmore certain the vehicle won't move, you can put blocks at the front andrear of the tire farthestaway from the one being changed. That would be the on the other side of the tire vehicle, at the opposite end. The following steps tell you how to use the jack and will change atire. 5-25