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Driving your vehicle
Parking brake
Applying the parking brake
Foot type
To engage the parking brake, first
apply the foot brake and then
depress the parking brake pedal
down as far as possible.
Hand type
To engage the parking brake, first
apply the foot brake and then pull up
the parking brake lever as far as pos-
sible.
In addition it is recommended that
when parking the vehicle on a
incline, the shift lever should be in a
low gear on manual transaxle vehi-
cles or in the P (Park) position on
automatic transaxle vehicles.
CAUTION
• Driving with the parking brake
applied will cause excessive
brake pad and brake rotor
wear.
• Do not operate the parking
brake while the vehicle is
moving except in an emer-
gency situation. It could dam-
age the vehicle system and
make endanger driving safety.
OCM050015
OCM050015R
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Type A
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Type B
ODM052015
ODM052015/V
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Type A
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Type B