please be sure that the vehicle is cold (ie not driven) and also if you have an automatic, be sure to get the oil plug that is facing down, not out.

maybe you should try and take it somewhere and watch them for your first time. Or get somebody else that knows what they are doing to help you.

is this your first car, first oil change....and do you still live with your parents? my dad taught me how to change the oil in my first car.