1997 Oldsmobile Achieva Owner's Manual - Page 218
1997 Oldsmobile Achieva Manual
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ianging 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 can cause an injury. vehicle The can slipoff the jack and roll overyou or other people. You and they could be badly injured. Find a level place to change your tire. help To prevent the vehicle from moving: 1. Set the parking brake firmly. 2. Put an automatic transaxle shift lever in PARK (P), or shifta manual transaxle to FIRST (1) or REVERSE (R). 3. I'urn off the engine. To be even more certain the vehicle won't move, you can put blocks the front and rearthe at of tire farthest away from the one being changed. That would be the tire on the other sidethe of vehicle, at the opposite end. The followingsteps will tell you how to use the jack and change a tire. 5-22