1998 Cadillac Seville Owner's Manual - Page 85

Here are examples for using THIRD (3) instead of OVERDRIVE (a): When driving on hilly, winding roads. When going down a steep hill. SECOND (2): This position gives you more power. You can use SECOND(2) on hills. It can help control your speed as yougo down steep mountain roads, but then you would also want to use your brakes and on. off 1 S 4 ' Ti):This position gives you even more power than SECOND(2). You can use it on very steep hills, or in deep snow ormud. (If the shift lever is put in FIRST (l), the transaxle won't shift into gear until the vehicle is going slowly enough.) 1 NOTICE: NOTICE: Don't shift into SECOND unless you are going (2) slower than 65 mph (105 km/h), or you can damage your engine. '' ' ~ ~~ ~~ ~ ~ If your frontwheels can't rotate, don't try to drive. This might happen you were stuck in if very deep sandor mud or were up againsta solid 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 brakes to hold your vehicle in position on ahill. 2-24