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