Driving your vehicle
Driving on grades
Parking on hills
CAUTION
Reduce speed and shift to a lower gear
before you start down a long or steep
downgrade. If you don’t shift down, you
might have to use your brakes so much
that they would get hot and no longer
operate efficiently.
On a long uphill grade, shift down and
reduce your speed to around 45 mph (70
km/h) to reduce the possibility of engine
and transaxle overheating.
If your trailer weighs more than the max-
imum trailer weight without trailer brakes
and you have an automatic transaxle,
you should drive in D (Drive) when tow-
ing a trailer.
Operating your vehicle in D (Drive) when
towing a trailer will minimize heat build up
and extend the life of your transaxle.
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.
•
When towing a trailer on steep
grades (in excess of 6%) pay
close attention to the engine
coolant temperature gauge to
ensure the engine does not over-
heat. If the needle of the coolant
temperature gauge moves across
the dial towards “H” (HOT), pull
over and stop as soon as it is safe
to do so, and allow the engine to
idle until it cools down. You may
proceed once the engine has
cooled sufficiently.
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.
•
You must decide driving speed
depending on trailer weight and
uphill grade to reduce the possi-
bility of engine and transaxle
overheating.
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.
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.
4.
5.
Reapply the brakes. Apply your park-
ing brake, and then shift to P (Park) for
an automatic transaxle.
Release the brakes.
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| Categories | Hyundai Entourage Manuals, Hyundai Manuals |
|---|---|
| Tags | Hyundai Entourage 3.8 |
| Model Year | 2009 |
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| Document Type | Owners Manual |
| Language | English |
| Product Brand | Hyundai, Entourage |
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| Copyright | Attribution Non-commercial |
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