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Driving Your Vehicle
NOTICE
To prevent motor overheating:
ś If you tow a trailer with the maximum
gross vehicle weight and maximum
trailer weight, it can cause the
motor to overheat. When driving in
such conditions, allow the motor
to idle until it cools down. You may
proceed once the motor has cooled
sufficiently.
ś When towing a trailer, your vehicle
speed may be much slower than the
general flow of traffic, especially when
climbing an uphill grade. Use the right
hand lane when towing a trailer on
an uphill grade. Choose your vehicle
speed according to the maximum
posted speed limit for vehicles with
trailers, the steepness of the grade,
and your trailer weight.
Parking on hills
Generally, if you have a trailer attached
to your vehicle, you should not park your
vehicle on a hill.
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 space.
Turn the steering wheel in the
direction of the curb (right if headed
down hill, left if headed up hill).
2. Shift the gear to P (Park).
3. Set the parking brake and shut off the
vehicle.
4. Place wheel chocks under the trailer
wheels on the down hill side of the
wheels.
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.
6. Reapply the brakes and parking
brakes.
7. Shift the gear to P (Park).
8. Shut off the vehicle and release the
vehicle brakes but leave the parking
brake set.
WARNING
To prevent serious or fatal injury:
ś Do not get out of the vehicle
without the parking brake firmly
set. If you have left the vehicle on
(
indicator on), the vehicle can
move suddenly. You and others could
be seriously or fatally injured.
ś Do not apply the accelerator pedal to
hold the vehicle on an uphill.
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