Driving
Parking brake
Applytheparkingbrakewhenever
thevehicleisparked.Tosetthe
parkingbrake,presstheparking
brakepedaldownuntilthepedal
stops.
TheBRAKEwarninglampinthe
instrumentclusterilluminatesand
remainsilluminated(whenthe
ignitionisturnedon)untilthe
parkingbrakeisreleased.
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BRAKE
P
WARNING:Iftheparkingbrakeisfullyreleased,butthebrake
warninglampremainsilluminated,thebrakesmaynotbe
workingproperly.Seeyourauthorizeddealer.
WARNING:Alwayssettheparkingbrakefullyandmakesure
thatthegearshiftissecurelylatchedinP(Park)(automatic
transmission)orin1(First)(manualtransmission).
Theparkingbrakeisnotrecommendedtostopamovingvehicle.
However,ifthenormalbrakesfail,theparkingbrakecanbeusedtostop
yourvehicleinanemergency.Sincetheparkingbrakeappliesonlythe
rearbrakes,thevehicle’sstoppingdistancewillincreasegreatlyandthe
handlingofyourvehiclewillbeadverselyaffected.
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Categories | Ford Escape Manuals, Ford Manuals |
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Model Year | 2009 |
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