HillDescentControl
Hilldescentcontrolinaction
Duringadescent,ifenginebrakingisinsufficienttocontrolthe
vehiclespeed,HDC(ifselected)automaticallyoperatesthebrakes
toslowthevehicleandmaintainaspeedrelativetotheaccelerator
pedalposition.
OperatingTip..........
KeepHDCselectedwhile
off-roaddriving,thesystemwill
onlyoperatewhenneeded.
Whendrivingoff-road,HDCcanbepermanentlyselected,toensure
thatcontrolismaintainedwhenever1storreversegearsare
engaged.ABSandtractioncontrolarestillfullyoperationalandwill
assistiftheneedarises.
ForYourSafety.........
Donotdepresstheclutchpedal
whendescendingasteepslope
-
controlofthevehiclewillbe
compromisedandHDCwillno
longerfunction.
NOTE:WithHDCselected,gearchangescanbecarriedoutinthe
normalway.
IfthebrakepedalisdepressedwhenHDCisactive,HDCis
overriddenandthebrakeswillperformasnormal(apulsationmight
befeltthroughthebrakepedal).Ifthebrakepedalisthenreleased,
HDC,ifnecessary,willrecommenceoperating.
Iftheclutchisdepressedforlongerthan3secondswhileHDCis
operating,theHDCinformationlightwillflash.If,after60seconds
theclutchisstilldepressed,theinformationlightextinguishesand
theHDC’failure’warninglightflashesasthesystemgraduallyfades
out(see’HDCfade-out’).
Inextremecircumstances,theHDCsystemmaycausebrake
temperaturestoexceedtheirpre-setlimits.Ifthisoccurs,the
informationwarninglightwillextinguishandtheHDC’failure’
warninglight(AMBER)willstarttoflash.Youshouldstopthe
vehicleanddisengageHDC.IfHDCremainsoperatingandthebrake
temperaturecontinuestorisetheHDCsystemwillgraduallyfade
out(see’HDCfade-out’)andthe’failure’warninglightwillcontinue
toflashuntilthebrakeshavecooled.
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| Categories | Land Rover, Land Rover Freelander |
|---|---|
| Tags | Land Rover |
| Model Year | 2001 |
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| Language | English |
| Product Name | Freelander Handbook |
| Product Brand | Land Rover |
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| Publisher | landrover.com |
| Wikipedia's Page | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_Rover |
| Copyright | Attribution Non-commercial |
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