Driving
Alwayssettheparkingbrakefullyandmakesurethatthe
gearshiftissecurelylatchedinP(Park)(automatic
transmission)orin1(FirstGear)(manualtransmission).
Theparkingbrakeisnotrecommendedtostopamovingvehicle.
However,ifthenormalbrakesfail,theparkingbrakecanbeusedtostop
yourvehicleinanemergency.Sincetheparkingbrakeappliesonlythe
rearbrakes,thevehicle’sstoppingdistancewillincreasegreatlyandthe
handlingofyourvehiclewillbeadverselyaffected.
Toreleasetheparkingbrake,the
brakehandlemayneedtobepulled
upslightlytoreleasepressure
beforepushinginthebutton.
Pushthebuttonontheendofthe
parkingbrakehandleandpushthe
handledownasfaraspossible.
Drivingwiththeparkingbrake
appliedwillcausethebrakesto
wearoutquicklyandreducefuel
economy.
STEERING
Yourvehicleisequippedwithpowersteering.Powersteeringusesenergy
fromtheenginetohelpsteerthevehicle.
Topreventdamagetothepowersteeringpump:
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Neverholdthesteeringwheeltotheextremerightortheextremeleft
formorethanafewsecondswhentheengineisrunning.
Donotoperatethevehiclewithalowpowersteeringpumpfluidlevel
(belowtheMINmarkonthereservoir).
Ifthepowersteeringsystembreaksdown(oriftheengineisturned
off),youcansteerthevehiclemanually,butittakesmoreeffort.
Ifthesteeringwandersorpulls,theconditioncouldbecausedbyanyof
thefollowing:
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underinflatedtire(s)onanywheel(s)
unevenvehicleloading
highcrownincenterofroad
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Model Year | 2001 |
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