Daewoo Kalos, User Manual

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3–28 DRIVING YOUR VEHICLE
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 foot brakes, but don't
shift into PARK (P) for a automatic
transaxle yet, or into a gear for a
manual transaxle.
2. Have someone place chocks under
the trailer wheels.
3. When the wheel chocks are in place,
release the foot brakes until the
chocks absorb the load.
4. Re-apply the foot brakes. Then
apply your handbrake, and then
shift to PARK (P) for a automatic
transaxle, or First or Reverse gear for
a manual transaxle.
5. Release the foot brakes.
You really should not park your ve-
hicle, with a trailer attached, on a
hill.
If something goes wrong, such as the
trailer hitch becoming disengaged,
people can be injured and both the
vehicle and trailer can be damaged.
• If someone removing the blocks
stands directly behind the trailer,
they could be injured. If your brakes
or the hitch slipped, the trailer could
roll backwards.
Make sure anyone removing blocks
from your wheels stands to one side.
• Take note of trailer manufacturer's
instructions.
DRIVING ON GRADIENTS
Reduce speed and shift to a lower gear
before you start down a long or steep
down gradient. If you don't shift down,
you might have to use your brakes so
much that they would get hot and no
longer work efficiently.
On a long uphill gradient, shift down
and reduce your speed to around
45 mph (70km/h) to reduce the possibil-
ity of engine and transaxle overheating.
• Make sure that you have enough
room when cornering and avoid sud-
den manoeuvres.
• Avoid abrupt starts, acceleration or
stops.
• Avoid sharp turns or lane changes.
• Always drive your vehicle at a mod-
erate speed.
• Always have someone guide you
when reversing.
• Allow adequate stopping distance.
Stopping distance is increased when
you tow a trailer.
• Slow down and shift down into a
lower gear before descending steep or
long downhill grades.
• Avoid holding the brake pedal down
too long or too frequently, which will
cause the brakes to overheat and re-
sult in reduced brake efficiency.
• Always block the wheels on both
vehicle and trailer when parking.
Apply the handbrake firmly.
• Parking on a steep slope is not rec-
ommended.