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Turn signals when towing a trailer 
When you tow a trailer, your vehicle
has to have a different turn signal
flasher and extra wiring. The green
arrows on your instrument pane

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Parking on hills 
Generally, if you have a trailer
attached to your vehicle, you should
not park your vehicle on a hill. People
can be seriously or fatally injured,
and both

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When you are ready to leave after
parking on a hill 
1. With the manual transaxle inNeutral or automatic transaxle in P
(Park), apply your brakes and hold
the brake pedal down

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If you do decide to pull a trail-
er  
Here are some important points if
you decide to pull a trailer:
 Consider using a sway control. You
can ask a hitch dealer about sway
c

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Weight of the trailer
What is the maximum safe weight of
a trailer? It should never weigh more
than the maximum trailer weight with
trailer brakes. But even that can be
too he

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WARNING - Trailer
 Never load a trailer with more
weight in the rear than in the
front. The front should be
loaded with approximately
60% of the total trailer load;
the rear

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Vehicle capacity weight:
5 persons : 375 kg (827 lbs.)
7 persons : 525 kg (1,157 lbs.)
Vehicle capacity weight is the maxi-
mum combined weight of occupants
and cargo. If you

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Cargo capacity:
The cargo capacity of your vehicle
will increase or decrease depending
on the weight and the number of
occupants and the tongue load, if
your vehicle is equipp