Thrn Signals When Towing a Trailer
When you tow a trailer, your vehicle may need a
different turn signal flasher and/or extra wiring. Check
with your Oldsmobile retailer. The green arrows on your
instrument panel will flash !whenever you signal a
turn
or lane change. Properly hooked up, the trailer lamps
will also flash, telling other drivers you’re about to turn,
change lanes or stop.
When towing a trailer, the green arrows on your
instrument panel will flash for turns even if the bulbs on
the trailer are burned out. Thus, you may think drivers
behind you
are
seeing your signal when they are not. It’s
important to check occasionally to be sure the trailer
bulbs
are
still working.
Driving On Grades
Reduce speed and shift to a lower gear
before
you ,start
down
a
long or steep downgrade. If you don’t shift
down, you might have to use your brakes
so
much that
they would get hot and no longer work well.
On a long uphill grade, shift down and reduce your
speed to. around
45
mph
(70
krn/h)
to
reduce the
possibility
of
engine and transaxle overheating.
If you have overdrive, you may prefer to drive in
THIRD
(3)
instead of AUTOMATIC OVERDRIVE
(a)
(or, as you need to, a lower gear).
Parking on Hills
You really should not park your vehicle, with a trailer
attached, on a hill. If something goes wrong, your rig
could start to move. People can be injured, and both
your vehicle and the trailer can be damaged.
But
if
you ever have to park your rig on a hill, here’s
how to do it:
1.
Apply your regular brakes, but don’t shift into
2.
Have someone place chocks under the trailer wheels.
3.
When the wheel chocks
are
in place, release-the
regular brakes until the chocks absorb the load.
4.
Reapply the regular brakes. Then apply your parking
brake, and then shift to PARK
(P).
5.
Release the regular brakes.
PARK
(P)
yet.
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