Driving your vehicle
Parking on hills
5.Start the vehicle, hold the brakes,
shift to neutral, release the parking
brake and slowly release the
brakes until the trailer chocks
absorb the load.
CAUTION
Generally, if you have a trailer
attached to your vehicle, you should
not park your vehicle on a hill.
To
prevent
transaxle overheating:
engine
and/or
•
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
overheat. If the needle of the
coolant temperature gauge
moves 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 suffi-
ciently.
6.Reapply
brakes.
the brakes and parking
However, if you ever have to park your
trailer on a hill, here's how to do it:
7.Move
the shift lever to P (Park, for
1.Pull
the vehicle into the parking
automatic transaxle vehicle) or 1st
gear when the vehicle is parked on
a uphill grade and in R (Reverse)
on a downhill (for manual transaxle
vehicle).
space.
Turn the steering wheel in the
direction of the curb (right if head-
ed down hill, left if headed up hill).
2.Shift
the vehicle to P (Park).
8.Shut
off the vehicle and release the
vehicle brakes but leave the park-
ing brake set.
3.Set the parking brake and shut off
the vehicle.
4.Place
wheel chocks under the trail-
er wheels on the down hill side of
the wheels.
WARNING
•
You must decide your vehicle
speed according to the trailer
weight and uphill grade.
Do not get out of the vehicle
without the parking brake firmly
set. If you have left the engine
running, the vehicle can move
suddenly. You and others could
be seriously or fatally injured.
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