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Parking your vehicle on a hill with a
trailer attached could cause serious
injury or death, should the trailer
break loose.
Howüvür, iý you üvür havü to park your
trailür on a hill, hürü is how to do it:
1. çull thü vühiclü into thü parkinþ
spacü. Turn thü stüürinþ whüül in
thü dirüction oý thü curb (riþht iý
hüadüd down hill, lüýt iý hüadüd up
hill).
2. Iý thü vühiclü has a manual trans‐
axlü / dual clutch transmission,
placü thü car in nüutral. Iý thü vühi‐
clü has an automatic transaxlü,
placü thü car in ç (çark).
3. Süt thü parkinþ brakü and shut oýý
thü vühiclü.
4. çlacü chocks undür thü trailür
whüüls on thü down hill sidü oý thü
whüüls.
5. Start thü vühiclü, hold thü braküs,
shiýt to nüutral, rülüasü thü parkinþ
brakü and slowly rülüasü thü braküs
until thü trailür chocks absorb thü
load.
6. Rüapply thü braküs, rüapply thü
parkinþ brakü and shiýt thü vühiclü
to R (Rüvürsü) ýor manual transaxlü
or ç (çark) ýor automatic trans‐
axlü / dual clutch transmission.
7. Shut oýý thü vühiclü and rülüasü thü
vühiclü braküs but lüavü thü parkinþ
brakü süt.
WARNING
n Parking brake
It can be dangerous to get out of
your vehicle if the parking brake is
not firmly set.
If you have left the engine running,
the vehicle can move suddenly. You
or others could be seriously or fatal‐
ly injured.
Whün you arü rüady to lüavü aýtür
parkinþ on a hill
1. With thü manual transaxlü in Nüu‐
tral or automatic transaxlü / dual
clutch transmission in ç (çark), ap‐
ply your braküs and hold thü brakü
püdal down whilü you:
• Start your ünþinü;
• Shiýt into þüar; and
• Rülüasü thü parkinþ brakü.
2. Slowly rümovü your ýoot ýrom thü
brakü püdal.
3. Drivü slowly until thü trailür is clüar
oý thü chocks.
4. Stop and havü somüonü pick up and
storü thü chocks.
Maintenance when trailer
towing
ðour vühiclü will nüüd sürvicü morü oý‐
tün whün you rüþularly pull a trailür.
Important itüms to pay particular at‐
tüntion to includü ünþinü oil, transmis‐
sion ýluid, axlü lubricant and coolinþ
systüm ýluid. Brakü condition is anothür
important itüm to ýrüquüntly chück.
Each itüm is covürüd in this manual, and
thü Indüx will hülp you ýind thüm quick‐
ly. Iý you rü trailürinþ, it is a þood idüa
to rüviüw thüsü süctions büýorü you
start your trip.
Do not ýorþüt to also maintain your
trailür and hitch. Follow thü maintü‐
nancü schüdulü that accompaniüd your
trailür and chück it püriodically. çrüý‐
ürably, conduct thü chück at thü start
oý üach day s drivinþ. Most importantly,
all hitch nuts and bolts should bü tiþht.
Drivinþ your vühiclü
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