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Where To Get A Spare Tire For A 2008 Chevy Cobalt
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Owner's Manual - Page 1
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2008 Chevrolet Cobalt Owner Manual
Seats and Restraint Systems ...1-1 Front Seats ...1-2 Rear Seats ...1-9 Safety Belts ... Checking Things Under the Hood ...5-10 Headlamp Aiming ...5-39 Bulb Replacement ...5-42 Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement ...5-48 Tires ...5-49 Appearance Care ...5-95 Vehicle Identification ...5-104 Electrical System ...5-105 Capacities and Specifications ...5-...
Owner's Manual - Page 240
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...70 Wheel Replacement ...5-70 Tire Chains ...5-72 If a Tire Goes Flat ...5-73 Changing a Flat Tire ...5-74 Removing the Spare Tire and Tools ...5-75 Removing the Flat Tire and Installing the Spare Tire (Sport Model) ...5-80 Removing the Flat Tire and Installing the Spare Tire (All Models Except Sport) ...5-89 Storing a Flat or Spare Tire and Tools ...5-93 Compact Spare Tire ...5-94 Appearance Care...
Owner's Manual - Page 288
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Useful information about a tire is a combination of Transportation Motor Vehicle Safety Standards. Department of letters and numbers used to GM's specific tire performance criteria have a TPC specification code molded onto the sidewall. The examples below show a typical passenger vehicle tire and a compact spare tire sidewall. (A) Tire Size: The tire size is molded into...
Owner's Manual - Page 289
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... over 65 mph (105 km/h). The compact spare tire is for emergency use tire has a tread life of plies in the sidewall and under the tread. (F) Uniform Tire Quality Grading (UTQG): Tire manufacturers are required to support that can be driven at . If your vehicle has a compact spare tire, see Uniform Tire Quality Grading on page 5-68. (G) Maximum...
Owner's Manual - Page 290
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... Limit: Maximum load that can be carried and the maximum pressure needed to support that load. (E) Tire Inflation: The temporary use tire or compact spare tire should be inflated to standards set by the U.S. A tire size without the letter P as the first character is molded onto both sides of the...
Owner's Manual - Page 294
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... load carrying capacity. Notice: Do not let anyone tell you load your tires once a month or more weight than it should be at 60 psi (420 kPa). Tire Pressure
Tires need the correct amount of the Tire and Loading Information label, see Compact Spare Tire on the label, is attached to your vehicle with more . In...
Owner's Manual - Page 297
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... Your Vehicle on the Driver Information Center (DIC) display. Tire Pressure Monitor Operation
The Tire Pressure Monitor System (TPMS) is not covered by your warranty.
A Tire and Loading Information label shows the size of the Tire and Loading Information label and its location on at each tire and wheel assembly, excluding the spare tire and wheel assembly.
Owner's Manual - Page 298
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... DIC message to malfunction. The DIC message and the TPMS malfunction light should go off once the TPMS sensor matching process is performed successfully. The spare tire does not have a TPMS sensor. The DIC message and TPMS malfunction light should go off when the TPMS sensors are missing or
damaged. When the...
Owner's Manual - Page 301
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... to indicate that corner sensor is to achieve a uniform wear for all tires on the valve stems.
Tire Inspection and Rotation
We recommend that your vehicle's tires, including the spare tire, for the driver side rear tire, two additional horn chirps sound to indicate the tire learning process is ready to be rotated every 5,000 to 8,000...
Owner's Manual - Page 302
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.... See Inflation - Any time you notice unusual wear, rotate the tires as soon as shown on the Tire and Loading Information label. The wheel could come off . See Changing a Flat Tire on page 5-59. Do not include the compact spare tire in flation pressures as possible and check wheel alignment. Make certain...
Owner's Manual - Page 303
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... of the size or location of the damage. This is also true for the spare tire, if your tires have only 1/16 inch (1.6 mm) or less of the following statements are unsure about the need to age. You need new tires if any of tread remaining.
• The tread or sidewall is to show...
Owner's Manual - Page 304
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... rating. This is molded onto the tire's sidewall near the tire size. Using tires of tires on all wheels. This way, your vehicle will help keep your vehicle, when it was developed for additional information. Be sure to use , as it did when the tires were new. See Compact Spare Tire on your vehicle performing most like...
Owner's Manual - Page 306
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..., and resistance to rollover.
This applies only to federal safety requirements and additional General Motors Tire Performance Criteria (TPC) standards.
{CAUTION:
If you will crash and suffer serious injury. Only use spare tires, tires with respect to these systems can be affected. Uniform Tire Quality Grading
Quality grades can be found where applicable on the...
Owner's Manual - Page 313
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... the placement of wheel blocks. Open the trunk. Lift the trunk liner to assist you in the trunk.
Base Models
1. When you have a flat tire, use the jack and change a tire.
2. The following example as a guide to access the spare tire and tools.
5-75 See Trunk on page 2-13 for more information.
Owner's Manual - Page 314
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C. E. F. B. D.
Cover Retainer Spare Tire Wing Nut Jack and Wheel Wrench Bolt
5-76 A.
Owner's Manual - Page 315
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Remove the wing nut (D) that holds down the spare tire.
Uplevel Models
1. See Trunk on page 5-94 for more information. 4. Remove the spare tire (C) by gently pulling it up and out of the trunk. 5. Lift the trunk liner to access the spare tire and tools.
5-77 See Compact Spare Tire on page 2-13 for more information.
2. 3. Open the trunk...
Owner's Manual - Page 316
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D. Remove the retainer (A) that holds down the jack, wheel wrench (B) and spare tire (C). 4. E. A. B.
Retainer Jack and Wheel Wrench Spare Tire Foam Support Bolt
3. The tools you will be using include the jack (A) and wheel wrench (B).
5-78 Remove the spare tire by gently pulling it up and out of the trunk.
C.
Owner's Manual - Page 318
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.... If your fingers. The compact spare tire will not clear the front brakes. To change the rear road tire:
Rear Tire Changing Procedure
1. The plastic nut caps do not come off.
5-80 See Changing a Flat Tire on page 5-74 for more information.
2. Removing the Flat Tire and Installing the Spare Tire (Sport Model)
Sport Model Only
The...
Owner's Manual - Page 320
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If the vehicle slips off the ground so there is enough room for the compact spare tire to fit the jack lift head into the proper location before raising the vehicle.
5-82 Remove all of the wheel nuts... enough off the jack, you could be sure to fit under a vehicle when it is dangerous. Put the compact spare tire near the rear tire.
{CAUTION:
Getting under the vehicle. 9.
Owner's Manual - Page 321
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...attaches to the vehicle. Reinstall the wheel nuts with the rounded end of the nuts toward the wheel. Place the compact spare tire on the wheel-mounting surface.
{CAUTION:
Never use a cloth or a paper towel to do this; When you can... completely.
10. Remove any rust or dirt from the wheel bolts, mounting surfaces, and spare wheel. Because the nuts might come off and cause an accident.
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