Hi Mr Scotty,
I’m a big fan of yours and I enjoy watching your videos. I have a stupid question. I tried to change my blown out tire from the front passenger side of my 2013 Toyota Corolla LE but it’s on a uphill position. Well, it’s in front of our house we’re we park our cars. Now, that I have taken the tire completely but the jack keeps falling off. I have my old tire underneath the car to protect the car from completely going to the ground. What should I do with this situation? Thank you so much!
Did you set the parking brake, and firmly chock all the wheels so the car can't move?
I've had to jack my car out of a muddy, uphill ditch. I did it using the emergency jack. It took a while but it worked great.
If you steady and support the vehicle properly, take the right precautions, and don't stick your limbs where the don't belong then you'll be just fine.
It sounds like you are in a very dangerous situation.
I would suggest calling a tow truck for assistance.
They should have the tools to safely secure your car.
My recommendation is to call the tow truck company to help you with this.
If you do this route, take note of how they did it, and report back here! I am curious what the solution is.
It's going to take a lot more than the jack that comes in the trunk. Not a job for somebody who has limited car lifting experience - if you screw it up, you could damage the car and parts of your body.
Get instructions on how to properly use a jack.
I'm a little confused about why the jack is falling over. I've never really seen that unless you're on a really steep hill; the weight of the car with chocked wheels or a parking brake should pin the jack in place unless you're jacking it up on a really steep incline. The car wants to fall down where the jack is if it weren't there, not slide backward if you did it properly. Block the rear wheels with bricks or something similar, set the parking brake and try to raise it to get a jack stand under it. This is why you're not really supposed to jack up vehicles on inclines unless you know what you're doing. Gravity is working against you in 2 directions: straight down into the ground and downhill.
Maybe the jack falls over because the pavement isn't smooth and hard? If so, I'd put a piece of plywood under the jack base.