1998 Cadillac DeVille Owner's Manual - Page 97

FIRST (1):This position gives you even more power than SECOND (2). You can useit on very steep hills, shft or in deep snow or mud. (If the lever is put in FIRST (l),the transaxle won't shift gear until the into vehicle is going slowly enough.) Parking Brake Hold the regular brake pedal down with your right foot and push down the parking brake pedal with your leftfoot to set the parking brake.If the ignition is on, thePARK BRAKE indicator light If should come on. it doesn't, you need to have your vehicle serviced. If the parking brake has not been fully released and you try to drive off with the parking brake on, PARK the BRAKE indicator light comes on and stays on. See "Parking Brake Indicator Light" in the Index for more information. I NOTICE: ~~ If your frontwheels can't rotate,don't try to drive. This might happen you were stuck in if very deepsand or mud or were up against asolid object. You could damage yourtransaxle. Also, if you stop when going uphill, don't hold your vehicle there with only the accelerator pedal. This could cause overheating damage and the transaxle. Use your brakesto hold your vehicle in position on ahill. (P) When you move out of PARK or NEUTRAL(N), if the engineis running, the parking brake should release. If it doesn't, you can manually release the parking brake. 2-26