1995 Buick Century Owner's Manual - Page 77

SECOND GEAR (2): This position gives you more power but lowerfuel economy. You can use SECOND (2) on hills. It can help control your speedas you go down steep mountain roads, but then you would also want to use your brakesoff and on. FIRST GEAR (1): This position gives you even more power (but lower fuel economy) than SECOND ( 2 ) .You can use it on very steep hills, or in deep snow or mud. If the selector leveris put in FIRST (l), the transaxle won't shift into first gear until the vehicle is going slowly enough. NOTICE: Don't drive in SECOND for more than (2) 5 miles (8 km), orat speeds over 55 mph (88 k m k ) , o r you can damage your transaxle. Use OVERDRIVE @ DRIVE (D) (if your vehicle has Overdrive) as much as possible. Don't shift intoSECOND (2) unless you are going slower than 65 mph (105 k h ) , or you can damage your engine. NOTICE: If your frontwheels can't rotate, don't try to drive. This might happen you were stuck in if very deep sandor mud orwere up against a solid object. You could damage your transaxle. Also, if you stop when going uphill, don't hold your vehicle there with only the accelerator pedal. This could overheat and damage the transaxle. Use your brakes to hold your vehicle in position on a hill. 2-19