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How Do You Lower Spare Tire On A Pontiac Aztek 2004
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Owner's Manual - Page 1
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2004 Pontiac Aztek Owner Manual
Seats and Restraint Systems ...1-1 Front Seats ...1-2 Rear Seats ...1-6 Safety Belts ... Checking Things Under the Hood ...5-10 All-Wheel Drive ...5-48 Bulb Replacement ...5-50 Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement ...5-56 Tires ...5-58 Appearance Care ...5-103 Vehicle Identification ...5-111 Electrical System ...5-112 Capacities and Specifications ...5-118...
Owner's Manual - Page 175
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... message. If your dealer right away. If it does, it will come on when there is a spare tire on the vehicle, or when the anti-lock brake system warning light comes on until the compact spare tire is still on after adding fluid, you add washer fluid.
If the message stays on...
Owner's Manual - Page 298
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... Power Windows and Other Power Options ...5-112 Fuses and Circuit Breakers ...5-113 Capacities and Specifications ...5-118
Tire Chains ...5-75 Accessory Inflator ...5-76 If a Tire Goes Flat ...5-77 Changing a Flat Tire ...5-78 Compact Spare Tire ...5-102 Appearance Care ...5-103 Cleaning the Inside of Your Vehicle ...5-103 Care of Safety Belts ...5-106 Weatherstrips...
Owner's Manual - Page 354
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... you ever have an air-out and a serious accident. See "Loading Your Vehicle" in the Index. The examples below show a typical passenger car tire and a compact spare tire sidewall.
5-58 Check all tires frequently to obtain service, see your tires can cause accidents. If your tread is molded into its sidewall. If you hit a pothole...
Owner's Manual - Page 356
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Compact Spare Tire Example 5-60 For more information on page 4-36. (E) Tire Ply Material: The type of cord and number of plies in the sidewall and under the tread. (F) Uniform Tire Quality Grading (UTQG): Tire manufacturers are required to support that can be carried and the maximum pressure needed to grade tires based on three performance factors...
Owner's Manual - Page 357
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...Compact Spare Tire on page 5-102 and If a Tire Goes Flat on page 4-36.
(E) Tire Inflation: The temporary use tire or compact spare tire should not be driven at . For more information on page 5-66. (F) Tire ...ation see Inflation - (A) Temporary Use Only: The compact spare tire or temporary use tire has a tread life of approximately 3,000 miles (5 000 km) and should be in the...
Owner's Manual - Page 362
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... 60 psi (420 kPa). See Loading Your Vehicle on the Tire and Loading Information label, no more than 1 mile (1.6 km). Inflation - Tire Pressure
The tire and loading information label, shows the correct in the center of your compact spare tire. If the cold tire in flated even when they 're cold. "Cold" means...
Owner's Manual - Page 363
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... before the system will also need to reset, or calibrate, the check tire pressure system. Tire Pressure on page 5-58. Tire chains are being driven on page 3-37. Also check the tire pressure in one tire. The compact spare tire is uneven. The TIRE PRESSURE LOW: CHECK TIRES message will appear on the Driver Information Center (DIC) and the...
Owner's Manual - Page 376
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... wrench from the bracket tab and then take it out of the storage compartment. 4. Use the spare tire hoist to raise, lower and store the compact spare. Removing the Spare Tire (Vehicles without the Sliding Rear Convenience Tray)
The compact spare tire is located under the vehicle, behind the rear bumper.
Jack B. Remove the jack and jacking tools...
Owner's Manual - Page 377
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... (Vehicles with the Sliding Rear Convenience Tray)" later in this section. Turn the folding wrench counterclockwise to lower the compact spare tire to the ground. A. Hoist Shaft E. Do not store a full-size or a flat tire see "Removing the Flat Tire and Installing the Spare Tire" later in this section.
2. D. To remove the spare tire from under the vehicle.
Owner's Manual - Page 378
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... Latch System" later in this section. 3. Do the following to raise, lower and store the compact spare. If it is visible. 2. See Compact Spare Tire on page 5-102 for more information about the compact spare.
5-82 Removing the Spare Tire (Vehicles with Step 4 under "Removing the Spare Tire (Vehicles without the Sliding Rear Convenience Tray)" earlier in this section...
Owner's Manual - Page 379
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...hoist shaft and attach the folding wrench to the other end of the sliding rear tray to remove the compact spare tire. 4.
Compact Spare Tire B. Spring Compartment H. Extension Tube 1. Pull the sliding rear tray toward you without lifting it up.
5-... cut out, to the ground. Turn the folding wrench counterclockwise to lower the spare tire to expose the hoist shaft. 6. Storage G.
Owner's Manual - Page 380
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... visible, see "Removing the Flat Tire and Installing the Spare Tire" later in this section. 5-84
If the spare tire will not lower, the secondary latch may be engaged causing the tire not to raise the cable back ...Convenience Tray)" later in this section. To remove the compact spare tire from the cable, tilt the retainer and slip it is visible. 2. You cannot over-tighten the cable...
Owner's Manual - Page 381
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... you and others could damage the hoist assembly and you still cannot lower the spare tire to work, the tire must be stowed with a secondary latch system. Failure to stop the compact spare tire from suddenly falling off your vehicle if the cable holding the spare tire is damaged. It's designed to read all the way and then...
Owner's Manual - Page 383
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... the folding wrench counterclockwise. Turn the folding wrench clockwise to raise the jack until the spare tire slides off the jack.
5-87 Keep lowering the jack until it lifts the secondary latch spring. 5. Keep raising the jack until the spare tire stops moving upward and is held firmly in place, this lets you know...
Owner's Manual - Page 384
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... inspected as soon as you can. If the cable is hanging, turn the wrench clockwise to store a spare tire using the hoist assembly until it through the wheel opening. 9. You will not be injured by the jack...could be able to raise the cable back up. When the spare tire has been completely lowered, tilt the retainer and slip it has been repaired or replaced. Disconnect the wrench from the...
Owner's Manual - Page 386
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... both hands and pull it through the wheel opening. 10. When the spare tire has been completely lowered, tilt the retainer and slip it out from under the vehicle and remove the folding wrench and jack. 9. Keep lowering the jack until it has been repaired or replaced.
5-90 Have the hoist assembly inspected as...
Owner's Manual - Page 391
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... hub. 9. Tighten each nut by attaching the folding wheel wrench to the jack and turning the wrench counterclockwise. Install the spare tire and put the wheel nuts back on studs or nuts. Lower the jack completely.
5-95 {CAUTION:
Never use oil or grease on with the rounded end of the nuts toward the...
Owner's Manual - Page 394
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..., then continue to turn the tire so the valve stem is tight. See "Removing the Spare Tire without the Sliding Rear Convenience Tray" or "Removing the Spare Tire with the Sliding Rear Convenience Tray" earlier in the spare. 7. Attach the folding wrench to the ground. A. The spare tire hoist cannot be overtightened. Lower the cable to the hoist shaft...
Owner's Manual - Page 449
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...Tire Pressure System ...5-67 Checking Coolant ...5-24 Checking Engine Oil ...5-13 Checking Things Under the Hood ...5-10 Checking Your Restraint Systems ...1-71 Chemical Paint Spotting ...5-109 Child Restraints Child Restraint Systems ...1-45 Infants and Young Children ...1-41 Lower...24 Dual ...3-27 Outlet Adjustment ...3-30 Compact Spare Tire ...5-102 Compass Variance ...3-53 Console/Cooler ...2-36...