toyota prius jack does not come with wheel chock

I have never owned a car that included a wheel chock that came with jack. That includes GM, Ford, Chrysler, Honda and Toyota. Have you?

If you need a wheel chock they are readily available.

 

Want one? Just go to your local Walmart and pick one up for $3.24 plus tax. That's whrer I got mine.

If Toyota supplied one, you can bet that it would increase the MSRP of the car by at least $15 or even more.

 

don't give them any ideas. they might leave out the jack.

 

If your car (Prius) is in park and you raise the rear you should not have any movement and likewise if the parking brake is set and you raise the front you should be fine there also. My 1993 GMC Sonoma pickup has wheel chocks in its tire changing kit.

 

I have the Race Ramp chocks, as well as the cheap yellow Walmart ones.

The Race Ramp chocks weigh nearly 5 pounds each, while the yellow plastic one weighs 5 ounces. I carry the yellow one in my car.

 

One car I owned came with one metal wheel chock - my 1991 BMW 318i. I kept the chock after the car died with 199 K miles, but lost it over the years. It was a great accessory for using the jack.

 

all,

Our Nissans used to come with a collapsible metal one included in the lug wrench pouch (worked well). I should have held on to a couple of them [no Nissans for us since about 1990---4 Ford Escorts, 1 Dodge Caravan, 1 Mazda (all used) & then the 2005 Prius (new)].

Ken (in Bolton,Ct)

 

I seem to recall in my prius v manual which i finished reading about a week ago that it does in fact reccomend using wheel chocks when jacking up the car to change a flat tire. Also shows a picture with those wheel chocks in place. Can't remember which page it was on, my manual is at home and i am at work.

 

Put the parking brake on good and hard and don't lift both rear wheels off the ground at the same time. Problem solved.

 

I realize that this is an ancient thread, but whilst I think that yours is an admirable idea, I really think you'd do better by hollering "…just use yer COMMON SENSE folks!" …and good luck with that too!!!

 

i purchased a blackboard, no chalk with that either.

 

…doncha just hate it when that happens?

 

yup, had to use my fingernails.

 

Just use a rock. And when I say a rock, I mean a ROCK.

 

My Toyota jack didn't come with a wheel. I'll forgive Toyota for not including a wheel chock if they give me a spare wheel. Not sure what an emergency jack is doing in my car without a spare tire. Why would I ever need it?

 

Someone over in the Prime Spare thread is saying there's an official spare kit from Toyota now. To be continued...

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