Toyota Solara 2005, Owner'S Manual

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’05 Solara_U (L/O 0409)
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2005 SOLARA from Sep. ’04 Prod. (OM33690U)
The compact spare tire can be used
many times, if necessary. It has tread
life of up to 4800 km (3000 miles) de-
pending on road conditions and your
driving habits. When tread wear indi-
cators appear on the tire, replace the
tire.
See also the tire information on page
310 in Section 7 − 2 for details on the
tread wear indicators and other ser-
vice information.
CAUTION
!
The compact spare tire was de-
signed especially for your Toy-
ota. Do not use it on any other
vehicle.
!
Do not use more than one com-
pact spare tire at the same
time.
!
The pressure for the compact
spare tire must be 420 kPa (4.2
kgf/cm
2
or bar, 60 psi).
!
Do not exceed 80 km/h (50
mph) when driving with the
compact spare tire.
!
Replace the compact spare tire
with the standard tire as soon
as possible.
!
Avoid sudden acceleration,
sudden deceleration and sharp
turns with the compact spare
tire.
NOTICE
Your ground clearance is re-
duced when the compact spare
tire is installed so avoid driving
over obstacles and drive slowly
on rough, unpaved roads and
speed bumps. Also, do not at-
tempt to go through an auto-
matic car wash as the vehicle
may get caught, resulting in
damage.
1. Get the required tools and
spare tire.
1. Jack handle
2. Wheel nut wrench
3. Jack
4. Spare tire
To prepare yourself for an emergency,
you should familiarize yourself with
the use of the jack, each of the tools
and their storage locations.
—Required tools and spare
tire