STARTING AND OPERATING
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moving the lever—/ + while in the DRIVE position, the the load on the transaxle locking mechanism may make it
instru ment cluster will display transaxle gear selection as difficult to move the shift lever out of PARK. As an added
6,
5, 4, 3, 2, 1 for six-sp eed , and 4, 3, 2, 1 for four-sp eed precau tion, turn the front wheels tow ard the curb on a
transaxles.
downhill grad e, and away from the curb on an uphill
grad e.
Gear Ranges
Do not race the engine when moving the shift lever from
PARK or NEUTRAL positions into another gear range.
WARN ING!
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Never use the PARK position as a substitu te for
the park ing brak e. Alw ays apply the park ing
brak e fully when park ed to guard again st veh icle
movem ent and possib le injury or damage.
PARK
5
This range supplements the parking brake by locking the
transaxle. The engine can be started in this gear. Never
attem pt to use PARK while the vehicle is in motion.
Apply the parking brake when leaving the vehicle in this
gear.
(Cont inued)
When parking on a flat surface, place the shift lever in the
PARK position first, and then apply the parking brake.
When parking on a hill, it is important to set the parking
brake before placing the shift lever in PARK, otherw ise
| Categories | Chrysler Manuals, Chrysler Town and Country Manuals |
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| Model Year | 2009 |
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