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Parking brake
To engage
Th e p arkin g bra k e is d e sign e d prim arily
to pre v e nt th e v e hicl e fro m rollin g w h e n
it is p ark e d. It o p erate s a g ainst th e re ar
w h e els.
Th e lo c k e ng a g es a uto m atic ally w h e n
yo u lift th e le v er, a n d th e in dic ator la m p
in th e in stru m e nt clu ster c o m e s o n
w h e n th e ignitio n k e y is in p o sitio n 2.
R ef er to p a g e 21.
To release
P ull u p slig htly o n th e l e v er, pre ss th e
b utto n (arro w) a n d lo w er th e le v er.
46 0 u s0 2 4
If, in e x c e ption al circ u m sta n c e s,
it sh o uld b e n e c e ss ary to e ng a g e
th e p arkin g bra k e w hil e th e v e hicl e is
in m otio n, d o not p ull th e l e v er with
e x c e ssiv e pre ssure. K e e p y our thu m b
pre ss e d a g ain st th e rel e as e b utto n
w hil e c arefully p ulling th e le v er u p to
a p ply m o d era t e pr e ss ur e .
E xc e ssiv e pre ssure c a n le a d to ov er-
bra kin g a n d lo s s of tra c tio n (fis htailin g)
at th e re ar a xle.
Th e bra k e la m p s d o n ot c o m e o n w h e n
th e p arkin g bra k e is a p pli e d.
V e hicle s with m a n u al tra ns m is sio n:
Alw ays a p ply th e p arkin g bra k e w h e n
p arkin g o n slo p e s a n d in clin e d
surf a c es, sin c e pla cin g th e shift le v er in
1st g e ar or re v ers e m a y n ot pro vid e
a d e q u a t e re sista n c e to rollin g .
V e hicle s with a uto m a tic tra ns mis sio n :
Pl a c e th e s ele ctor l e v er in " P ark. " <
T o a voi d c orro sio n a n d o n e - si d e d
bra kin g, a p ply th e p arkin g bra k e lig htly
fro m tim e to tim e w h e n c o a stin g to a
sta n d still (at a traffi c sig n al, f or
insta n c e), pro vid e d th at it is saf e to d o
so.
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