Lada GRANTA, User Manual

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«Passengers' Compartment Venti-
lation and Heating Systems»).
14 – cigarette lighter.
15 – front seat heating switch-
es (in the design variant) (see
Section «Seats»).
16 – parking brake lever. The
rear brake pads are actuated when
moving the lever up. To return the
lever to initial position press the but-
ton on the handle end, holding it
down, and release the lever.
ATTENTION!
To avoid the brake pads stick-
ing and freezing onto the drums
(especially in spring and in
autumn), do not park the vehicle
with the parking brake switched
on for a long time.
Warning
If, in extraordinary circum-
stances, you have to use the
parking brake while driving, do
not tighten it too much and con-
stantly hold down the button
pressed on the lever. Otherwise,
the rear wheels may be locked
and the vehicle may be skidded.
17 – gear change lever. In the
design variant, in addition to me-
chanical transmission, the auto-
matic transmission is installed on the
vehicle. For additional information
about the gear change lever control
see Section «gear change Lever».
18 – accelerator pedal.
19 – brake pedal.
20 – clutch pedal.
21 – bonnet lock actuator lever.
22 – trunk lid latch actuator
switch (in the design variant). To
unlock the lock press the switch but-
ton. After hand withdrawal the button
returns to its initial position.
23 – dipped beam adjuster.
INSTRUMENT CLUSTER
The instrument panel is shown in
Figure 29.
1 – tachometer . It indicates the
engine shaft rotation speed (x1000
min
-1 ).
The tachometer needle location in
the red scale area warns of the
increased engine rotation speed. To
prevent damage to the engine its
maximum speed is limited with elec-
tronic engine control system pro-
gramme. When the rotation speed
exceeds approximately 6200 min
-1 ,
the fuel supply will be limited.
Possible engine conks and traffic
blows in this case, are not consid-
ered as a failure. After reducing the
rotation speed the fuel supply will be
resumed.
Do not either allow the engine to
run with the rotation speed below
800 min
-1 when starting and driving.
ATTENTION!
The engine operation in the
hazardous mode is not allowed.
2 – «Engine» signal indicator.
When switching the ignition on it
flashes orange and after the engine
starting it goes out.
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