14. Tighten the wheelnuts firmly in acrisscross sequenceas shown.Notice: Wheel covers will not fit on yourcompact spare. If you try to put a wheel coveron the compact spare, you could damagethe cover or the spare.Do not try to put a wheel cover on your compactspare tire. It will note fit. Store the wheel coverin the trunk until you have the flat tire repaired orreplaced.Storing a Flat or Spare Tire andTools (CTS Only){CAUTION:Storing a jack, a tire, or other equipmentin the passenger compartment of thevehicle could cause injury. In a suddenstop or collision, loose equipment couldstrike someone. Store all these in theproper place.After you have put the compact spare tire on yourvehicle, you will need to store the flat tire inyour trunk.Remove the foam support so that the flat tire willfit in the storage area. Place the flat tire withthe appearance-side face down and store thejack container in the center of the tire. Seethe diagram for more information.The compact spare is for temporary use only.Replace the compact spare tire with a full-size tireas soon as you can.433
