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Section .2
Here you can lem about the many standard and optional features on your vehicle, and inform\
ation on starting,
shifting and braking. Also explained are the instrument panel and the warning systems that teII you if everything is
working properly -- and what to do if you have a problem,
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Keys
Door Locks
Keyless Entry System (If Equipped)
Tailgate
Theft
Passlock@
New Vehicle “Break-In”
Ignition Positions Starting
Your Engine
Engine Coolant Heater (If Equipped)
Automatic Transmission Operation
Manual Transmission Operation
Parking Brake Shifting
Into PARK (P) (Automatic
Transmission
Only)
Shifting Out of PARK (P) (Automauc
Transmission) Parking Over
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I .NOTICE’: I
.Shifthg to REVE-RSE (R) -while your vehicle
is moving fwward could. damage your
transmi&n. Shift-to
REVERSE [Rj Drily
after-your. vehicle is-stopped. S-hifting-aut
of PARK-(P) oi. Nk JTRAL (N)
while .your engine.: i$ “racing” (Wnning, .at high
speed)
is dangerous. Unless your foot is firmly-an
the brake pedal,
your vehkle cau1d.mot.e very
rapidly.
You could lose control and hit: people or
objects, Don’t
shift QU~ of PARK (P) or
.NEUTRAL (N) while your engine is racing.
I NOTICE:.
Damage.to your transmission caused by shifting,
out of PARK (PI or NEUTRAL (N) with the
engine: racing isn’.t covered
by .your warranty.
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DRIVE (D); This .pasixion: is for: normal dsiving . If you.
need morepower for passing, and you.’re:
Gbing less Thanlabout 35 mph (55 kmh), push your
r) G6hg about 3.5 .m.h (55 km/h) of more, push the
:accelerator pedal abo.ut halfway down.
accelerator all the way down.
FIRST (I): This, psition gives YOU -even more power-
(but lower fuel-economy) than SECOND (2). You-cm.
.use:i;t on very Steep hills, or in deep $now;or mud. If the
-seke.ctoT lever is$ut in FIRST (1.)- while ;the vehicle is
moving forward,. the transmission. won’t shift..into-
FIRST (€) until ,the vehicle is going. slowly enough.
I€ your- rear wheels can’t rotate, don’t. try to
drive. This might. happen if you :were stuck in
very
deep sand or mud or were up againsit a solid
object.
Yau could.darnage- your t.ransmission.
Also, if you stop when goin.guphill, don’t hold
your -vehicle there with only ;the. .accelerator
~ -pedal. Thts- could overheat and damage the
1 transmission. Use your brakes or shift into.
~ ..a:biu,
PARK (PI to hold your .vehicle in pasition on
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.Parking Brake
To .set the-parkirig brake,: hold the- regular brake pedal
down with- your right foot. -Push dowb- thparking brake
p&al:with your left €oat. If the ignition is on, the brake
system wslrining light will come on.
To:release the parking brake hold the regular b.rake
pedal down.
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NOTICE:
Driving with the parking, brake. on can cause
your rear brakes. to overheat. You may have to
replace them, and you could also damage.other
parts:
of your vehicle,
If you are towing. a trailer and you must p-ark.-on.-a-hill,
see
“Towing a Tiailer” in the 1nde.x. That section.:shows.
what to do;first to keep the trailer from moving.
Pull the BRAICE RELEASE lever. It is lo.cated .on the
bottom of the driver ’S side gf the instrument panel,
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Parking Your Vehicle
(Manual Transmission Models Only)
Before yo,u get: out of your vehicle, turn off yautiengi.ne,
.pat your manual. transmission in REVERSE (R) and
Brm1y:'apply he parking:brake.
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Parking Over ' lings Burn
Thi--,s that can burmould touch hot exhaust-
parts under your vehicle and ignite. Don't park-
over papers, leaves, dry-grass os other thingsthat
can burn.
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Your brake system may not be working praperly
if the brake.ayst.em
warning..light ison. Driving
with the. brake system warning ligjht .on can lead
to- an accident.
If the light is -stM ion-after youJ've-
pulled off the road and stc)pped carefully; have
the vebicie tawed €@r-.service.
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Anti-L0c.k Brakes (ABS)
Your vehicle has anti-lock bfakes..(ABS). ABS is an
advanced. electronic braking
system that :will help
prevent a braking: skid.
When you start your engine. and begin to drive away;
yaw anti-lock brake syxiem. will check itself. You may
he’& a-momentary motor or c1icking noise whikthis test;
is goi on. This is-nomal.
I€,there.’s a problem with the
mti-lock
brake system, this
warfiing light -will :stay 13wr.
System. Warning Light’%
the
Index.
I See. “Anti-Lo-ckBrake
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