Driving Your Explorer
Vehicles with trailers shou ld not be parked on a grad e.
How ever, if you must park on a grad e, place wheel chocks
und er the trailer’s wheels as follow s:
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Ap ply the brake pedal and hold .
Have another person place the wheel chocks und er the
trailer wheels.
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With the chocks in place, release the brake pedal, making
sure the chocks are hold ing.
For au tom atic transm issions — ap ply the parking brake by
pressing the service brake pedal dow n firm ly with you r right
foot while ap plying the parking brake pedal with you r left
foot.
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For manu al transm issions — ap ply the service brake and
shift into N (Neutral) while still maintaining pressu re on the
service brake pedal. Set the parking brake fully.
Shift an au tom atic transm ission into Park (P). Pu t the
gearshift of a manu al transm ission in Reverse. If you r vehicle
is equ ipped with four-w heel drive make sure the transfer
case is not in Neutral.
To start, after being parked on a grad e:
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Ap ply the brake pedal and hold .
Start the engine.
Shift transm ission into gear and release the parking brake.
Release the brake pedal and move the vehicle uphill to free
the wheel chocks.
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Ap ply the brake pedal and hold while another person
retrieves the chocks.
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| Categories | Ford Explorer Manuals, Ford Manuals |
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| Document Type | Free Auto PDF Manual Download. |
| Model Year | 1996 |
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| Copyright | Attribution Non-commercial |
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