Driving tips
Parking on hills
However, if you ever have to park your
trailer on a hill, here’s how to do it:
1. Apply your brakes, but don’t shift into
gear.
When you are ready to leave after
parking on a hill
1. With the manual transmission in
Neutral or automatic transmission in P
(Park), apply your brakes and hold the
brake pedal down while you:
• Start your engine;
• Shift into gear; and
• Release the parking brake.
Generally, you should not park your vehi-
cle, with a trailer attached, on a hill.
People can be seriously or fatally injured,
and both your vehicle and the trailer can
be damaged if they begin a downhill tra-
jectory.
2.
Have someone place chocks under
the trailer wheels.
3.
When the wheel chocks are in place,
release the brakes until the chocks
absorb the load.
WARNING - Parking on a
hill
Parking your vehicle on a hill with a
trailer attached could cause serious
injury or death, should the trailer
break lose.
4.
5.
Reapply the brakes. Apply your park-
ing brake, and then shift to R
(Reverse) for a manual transmission or
P (Park) for an automatic transmis-
sion.
2.
3.
Slowly remove your foot from the
brake pedal.
Drive slowly until the trailer is clear of
the chocks.
4. Stop and have someone pick up and
store the chocks.
Release the brakes.
WARNING - Parking brake
It can be dangerous to get out of
your vehicle if the parking brake is
not firmly set.
If you have left the engine running,
the vehicle can move suddenly.You
or others could be seriously or
fatally injured.
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| Categories | Kia Manuals, Kia Sorento Manuals |
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| Model Year | 2008 |
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