Parking on hills
Generally, if you have a trailer
6. Reapply the brakes and parking Driving the vehicle after it has
been parked on a hill
attached to your vehicle, you should 7. Move the shift lever to P (Park, for 1. With the shift lever in P (Park, for
brakes.
not park your vehicle on a hill.
automatic transmission/dual clutch
transmission vehicle) or 1st
when the vehicle is parked on a
uphill grade and in R (Reverse) on
a downhill (for manual transmis-
sion vehicle).
automatic transmission/dual clutch
vehicle) or neutral (for manual
transmission vehicle), apply the
brakes and hold the brake pedal
down while performing the follow-
ing:
gear
However, if you ever have to park
your trailer on a hill, here's how to do
it:
1.
Pull the vehicle into the parking
area.
8.
Shut off the vehicle and release
the vehicle brakes but leave the
parking brake set.
• Start your engine;
•
•
Shift into gear; and
Release the parking brake.
Turn the steering wheel in the
direction of the curb (right if head-
ed down hill, left if headed up hill).
2. Slowly remove your foot from the
brake pedal.
5
WARNING
2.
Shift the vehicle to P (Park, for
automatic transmission vehicle) or
neutral (for manual transmission
vehicle).
3. Drive slowly until the trailer is clear
of the chocks.
To prevent serious or fatal
injury:
4.
Stop and have someone pick up
and store the chocks.
•
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.
3.
4.
Set the parking brake and shut off
the vehicle.
Place wheel chocks under the
trailer wheels on the down hill side
of the wheels.
5.
Start the vehicle, apply the brakes,
shift to neutral, release the park-
ing brake and slowly release the
brakes until the trailer chocks
absorb the load.
•
Do not apply the accelerator
pedal to hold the vehicle on
an uphill.
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