Oldsmobile 2002 Silhouette - Manual (Page 329)

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Secondary Latch System (If Equipped)
Your vehicle may have an underbody mounted tire hoist
assembly equipped with a secondary latch system. It’s
designed to stop a tire from suddenly falling off your
vehicle if the cable holding the tire is damaged. For the
secondary latch to work, the tire must be stowed with
the valve stem pointing down.
Front - wheel - drive vehicles use the underbody tire hoist
assembly to store either the compact spare or a flat road
tire. See “Storing a Flat or Spare Tire and Tools” in
the Index for instructions on storing the spare or flat
tire correctly.
If your vehicle is equipped with all - wheel - drive, the
underbody tire hoist assembly stores only the compact
spare tire. See “Storing the Spare Tire and Tools” in
the Index for instructions. To store a flat full
- size tire
correctly, see “Storing the Flat Tire on an
All
- Wheel - Drive Vehicle” in the Index.
CAUTION:
Before beginning this procedure read all the
instructions. Failure to read and follow the
instructions could damage the hoist assembly and
you and others could get hurt. Read and follow
the instructions listed below.
To release the spare tire from the secondary latch,
do the following:
CAUTION:
Someone standing too close during the procedure
could be injured by the jack. If the spare tire does
not slide off the jack completely, make sure no
one is behind you or on either side of you as you
pull the jack out from under the spare.