1996 Cadillac Eldorado Owner's Manual - Page 83

FIRST (lji This positiongives you even morepower than SECOND (2). You can use it on verysteep hills, or in deep snow or mud. (If the shift lever isput in FIRST (l),the transaxle won't shift into gear until the vehicle isgoing slowly enough.) Parking Brake Hold the regular brake pedal down with yourright foot and push,down the parking brake pedal with your left footto set the parking brake. If the ignition is on, the PARK BRAKE indicator light will come ,on. NOTICE: - - - If your frontwheels can't rotate, don't try to dri.ve. This-might happeh you were stuck in if or very.deep sand or mud were up against asolid object. You could damageyour transaxle. Also, if you stop when going uphill,don't hold your vehicle there withonly the accelerator pedal. This could cause overheating and damage the transaxle.Use your brakes to hold your vehicle in position on hill. a If you try todrive off with the parking brake on, the PARK BRAKE indicator light stays on. See "Parking in Brake Indicator Light" the Index formore information. When you move out PARK (P) or NEUTRAL.(N),*if of the engine is running, the p&king brake should release.f I it doesn't, you can manually release the parking brake.