It
can
be dangerous
to
leave
your
vehicle with
the engine running.
Your
vehicle could
move
suddedy
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the shift lever
is
not
fully
in
PARK
(
with the parking brake
firmly
set. And, if
you
leave
the
vehicle with the engine running, it
cdd
overheat
and
even
catch
fire.
You
or others
could
be
injured. Don’t leave your vehicle with the
engine running unless you have to.
If
you have to leave your vehicle with the engine
running, be sure your vehicle
is
in
PARK
(P)
and your
parking brake
is
firmly set before you leave it. After
you’ve moved the shift lever into the
PARK
(P)
position,
hold
the regular brake pedal down. Then, see
if
you can move the shift lever away from
PARK
(P)
without first pulling it toward you
(or,
if you have the
console shift lever, without first pushing the button).
If
you can,
it
means that
the
shift lever wasn’t fully locked
into
PARK
(I?).
If
you
are
parking on a hill and you don’t shift
you
transaxle into
PARK
(PI
properly, the weight
of
the
vehicle may put too much force on the parking pawl in
the transaxle. You
may
find it difficult to pull the shift
lever out of
PARK
(P).
This is called “torque
lock.”
To
prevent torque lock, set the parking brake
and
then shift
into
PARK
(I?)
properly before you leave
the
driver’s
seat.
To
find out
how,
see “Shifting Into
PARK
(P)”
in
the
Index.
If
torque lock does occur,
you
may need to have another
vehicle
push
yours a little uphill
to
take
some
of
the
pressure from the parking pawl
in
the transaxle,
so
you
can pull the
shift
lever out of
PARK
(P).
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