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Compact Spare Tire
Your vehicle has a compact spare Do not mount snow chains on the INDICATOR LOCATION MARK tire that takes up less space. Use this compact spare. sparetireasatemporaryreplace- ment only. Get your regular tire Do not use the compact spare tire repaired or replaced and put it back if you are towing a trailer. on your vehicle as soon as you can. The wheel of the compact spare Check the inflation pressure of the tire is designed especially to fit compact spare tire every time you your vehicle. Do not use your check the other tires. It should be sparetireonanothervehicle inflated to: unlessitisthesamemakeand 60 psi (420 kPa , 4.2 kgf/cm ) model. TREAD WEAR INDICATOR BAR Follow these precautions whenever Turn off the Traction Control Thecompactsparetirehasashorter you are using the compact spare tire: System (see page269 ). Driving tread life than a regular tire. Replace withthecompactsparetiremay it when you can see the tread wear Do not exceed 50 mph (80 km/h) activate the TCS. indicator bars. The replacement under any circumstances. should be the same size and design tire, mounted on the same wheel. This tire gives a harsher ride and Thecompactsparetireisnot less traction on some road sur- designed to be mounted on a regular faces than the regular tire. Use wheel, and the compact wheel is not greater caution while driving on designed for mounting a regular tire. this tire.
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Changing a Flat Tire
If you have a flat tire while driving, JACK VINYL BAG stop in a safe place to change it. Stopping in traffic or on the shoulder of a busy road is dangerous. Drive slowly along the shoulder until you gettoanexitoranareatostopthat is far away from the traffic lanes.
The vehicle can easily roll off the jack, seriously injuring anyone underneath.
Follow the directions for changing a tire exactly, and SPARE TIRETOOLS never get under the vehicle when it is supported only by the Park the vehicle on firm, level, and 2.1. Turn on the hazard warning lights, jack. non-slippery ground away from and turn the ignition switch to traffic. Put the transmission in LOCK (0). Have all the Park. Apply the parking brake. passengers get out of the vehicle If you are towing a trailer, unhitch while you change the tire. the trailer.
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7. The spare tire is stored under the floor between the first and second row of seats. If the front seats are adjusted to the rear-most position, move the seats forward slightly and adjust the seat-backs to an upright position (see page110 ).
Lift up the center table (see page 130 ).
COVER 3. Open the tailgate.5. Take the tools out of the storage Remove the cargo net. compartment.
4. Thetoolsandjackarebehinda 6. Turn the jack’s end bracket cover in the cargo area on the counterclockwise to loosen it, then driver’s side. Remove the cover by remove the jack. turning the handle counterclockwise, then pulling out the cover.
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SPARE TIRE WHEEL NUTS BASKET HOOK
HANDLE
SPARE TIRE WING BOLT 8.Open either of the rear sliding 9. On EX and EX-L models11. On EX and EX-L models doors. Pull the floor carpet up by Remove the spare tire basket. If you are changing a rear tire, lifting up on the edge, then raise close the sliding door. Then turn the floor lid by pulling up on the 10.Unscrew the wing bolt and take off the sliding door MAIN switch. handle. To keep the floor carpet the spare tire out of its well. After and lid out of the way, pull out the you have removed the spare tire, 12.Loosen the five wheel nuts 1/2 hook on the back of the floor lid screw this wing bolt back into turn with the wheel wrench. and attach it into the seat-back place. handle on the driver’s seat.
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EXTENSION
WHEEL JACKING POINT WRENCH 13.Locate the jacking point nearest 14.Use the extension and wheel 15.Remove the wheel nuts, then thetireyouneedtochange.Itis wrench as shown to raise the remove the flat tire. Temporarily pointed to by a△ mark molded vehicle until the flat tire is off the place the flat tire on the ground into the underside of the body. ground. with the outside surface of the Place the jack under the jacking wheel facing up. You could scratch point. Turn the end bracket the wheel if you put it face down. clockwise until the top of the jack contacts the jacking point. Make sure the jacking point tab is restinginthejacknotch.
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WHEEL COVER
HUB On LX model 16.Before mounting the spare tire, 17.Put on the spare tire. Put the Do not attempt to forcibly pry the wipeanydirtoffthemounting wheel nuts back on finger-tight, wheel cover off with a screwdriver or surface of the wheel and hub with then tighten them in a crisscross other tool. The wheel cover cannot a clean cloth. Wipe the hub pattern with the wheel wrench be removed without first removing carefully,itmaybehotfrom until the wheel is firmly against the wheel nuts. driving. the hub. Do not try to tighten them fully.
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18.Lower the vehicle to the ground 19.Tighten the wheel nuts securely in 20.Put the flat tire in the supplied and remove the jack. the same crisscross pattern. Have vinyl bag. This bag is stored in the the wheel nut torque checked at rear compartment on the driver’s the nearest automotive service side panel in the third row. Knot facility. the top of the vinyl bag. Tighten the wheel nuts to: 80 lbf·ft (108 N·m , 11 kgf·m)
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21.Storing the flat tire behind the third WING BOLT BRACKET seat MOUNTING When the third seat is not folded, BOLT the flat tire is secured behind the third seat.
On EX and EX-L models BRACKET Turn on the sliding door MAIN switch so you can open the door.
PLASTIC BRACKET MOUNTING BOLT BRACKET SCREW
Remove the bracket and the wing 22.You will find a u-shaped slit on the bolt from the spare tire lid by carpet behind the seat bottom of unscrewing the bracket mounting the third seat. Pull up the carpet at bolt. theslitandremovetheplastic screw with a coin.
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Adjust the seat-back of the third BRACKET 23.Storing the Flat Tire on the Floor seat to the upright position (see When the third seat is folded, the page111 ). Install the bracket and flat tire is secured to the floor on the bracket mounting bolt to the topofthefoldedseat.Pullupthe attachment point as shown, and carpet on the attachment point and tighten the bolt. Make sure the remove the plastic screw as bracket is securely locked. described in the previous procedure.
Remove the wing bolt from the bracket that is attached to the TIRE MOUNTING WING BOLT spare tire lid.
Install the flat tire on the bracket with the inside of the wheel facing toward you. Put the tire mounting wing bolt in the attachment point through one of the five wheel nut holes and the bracket as shown. Poke holes in the vinyl bag. Secure the flat tire by tightening the wing bolt.
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TIRE MOUNTING WING BOLT 24.Store the jack in its holder. Turn the jack’s end bracket clockwise to lock it in place. Store the tools. Loose items can fly around the Replace the cover. interiorinacrashandcould seriously injure the occupants. 25.Close the tailgate. Store the wheel, jack, and tools 26.Store the plastic screw in the spare securely before driving. tire well.
On LX model 27.Unclip the hook from the seat ATTACHMENT POINT Store the wheel cover in the spare back handle on the driver’s seat tire well. Make sure it will not get and lower the floor lid and the Place the flat tire face down on the scratched or damaged. carpet. attachment point. Put the tire mountingwingboltinthe On EX and EX-L models Make sure to adjust the front attachment point through one of Storethesparetirebasketinthe seats properly before you start the five wheel nut holes as shown. spare tire well. driving (see page110 ). Poke holes in the vinyl bag. Secure the flat tire by tightening the wing bolt.
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