Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine c If you drive regularly  in steep  country,  or if you’re planning  to visit  there, 
here  are  some tips that  can  make  your trips  safer  and  more  enjoyable. 
Keep your vehicle  in good  shape.  Check all fluid  levels and also  the 
brakes,  tires,  cooling system  and transmission.  These  parts can work 
hard  on mountain  roads. 
0 Know  how  to go  down  hills.  The most  important  thing to know  is  this: 
let  your engine  do some 
of the  slowing  down. Don’t  make  your brakes 
do  it all. Shift  to a lower  gear when  you go down  a  steep  or  long hill. 
That  way,  you  will  slow  down  without excessive  use 
of your brakes. 
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I A CAUTION: 
If you  don’t  shift down,  your brakes  could get so hot  that  they 
wouldn’t  work well. You would  then have  poor braking  or  even 
none  going  down a hill.  You could  crash.  Shift  down to  let your 
engine  assist your brakes  on 
a steep  downhill  slope. 
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A CAUTION: 
- I Coasting  downhill in “N” (Neutral)  or  with the ignition off is 
dangerous.  Your brakes 
will have to do  all the  work  of slowing 
down.  They  could get 
so hot  that they  wouldn’t  work well. You 
could  crash.  Always  have your engine  running  and your vehicle 
in  gear  when  you  go  downhill. 
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Know  how to go uphill.  You  may want to shift down  to a lower  gear. 
The  lower  gears  help  cool your engine  and transmission,  and you  can 
e.-- climb  the hill better. 
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Stay  in your  own lane  when  driving  on two-lane  roads  in hills or 
mountains.  Don’t  swing wide or cut  across  the  center  of the  road. 
Drive  at  speeds  that  let you stay  in your  own lane.  That way,  you  won’t 
be surprised  by a vehicle coming toward  you  in the  same  lane.