After severe driving, idle the engine to allow
the temperature inside the engine compart-
ment to cool before shutting off the engine.
ELECTRIC PARK BRAKE
(EPB)
Your vehicle is equipped with a new Electric
Park Brake System (EPB) that offers greater
convenience. The EPB switch is located in
the center console.
To apply the park brake manually, pull up on
the switch momentarily. The BRAKE warning
lamp in the instrument cluster and an indi-
cator on the switch will illuminate.
To release the park brake manually, the igni-
tion switch must be in RUN. Then put your
foot on the brake pedal and push the park
brake switch down momentarily. Once the
park brake is fully disengaged, the BRAKE
warning lamp and the switch indicator will
extinguish.
The park brake can also be automatically
released. With the engine running and the
transmission in gear, release the brake pedal
and depress the throttle pedal. For safety
reasons, your seat belt must also be fastened.
NOTE:
• You may hear a slight whirring sound from
the back of the vehicle while the parking
brake engages or disengages.
• If your foot is on the brake pedal while you
are engaging or disengaging the parking
brake, you may notice a small amount of
brake pedal movement.
• The new Auto Park Brake feature can be
used to apply the park brake automatically
every time you park the vehicle. Auto Park
Brake can be enabled and disabled in the
Settings menu in Uconnect or in “Safe
Hold” conditions.
• The parking brake can be engaged even
when the ignition is OFF, however, it can
only be disengaged when the ignition is in
the RUN mode.
• Safehold is a new feature that will auto-
matically apply the park brake under cer-
tain conditions. The EPB monitors the sta-
tus of the driver’s seat belt, driver’s door
and pedal positions to determine if the
driver may have exited while the vehicle is
still capable of moving and will then auto-
matically apply the park brake to prevent
the vehicle from rolling.
• The EPB fault lamp will illuminate if the
EPB switch is held for longer than 20 sec-
onds in either the released or applied posi-
tion. The light will extinguish upon releas-
ing the switch.
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