1993 Chevrolet Lumina Owner's Manual - Page 153

Torque Lock If you are parkingon a hilland you don't shift your transaxleinto P (Park) Winter Driving properly, the weight of the vehicle may Here are some tips for winter driving: put too much force on theparking pawl Have your Chevrolet in good shape in the transaxle. You may findit for winter.Be sure your engine difficult to pull the shift lever out of coolant mix is correct. P (Park). This is called"torque lock." Snow tirescan help in loose snow, To prevent torque lock, always besure but they may give you less traction on to shift into P (Park) properly before ice than regular tires. If you do not you leave the driver's seat.To find out expect to be driving in deep snow,but how, seethe Index under Shifting Into may have to travel over ice, you may P (Park). not want to switch to snow tiresat all. When youare ready to drive, move the shift lever out of P (Park) before you release the parking brake. If torque lock does occur, you may need to have another vehicle push yours a little uphillto take some of the pressure from the transaxle, so you can pull the shift lever out of P (Park). You may want to put winter emergency supplies in your trunk. Include an ice scraper, a small brush or broom, a supply windshield of washer fluid, a rag, some winter outer clothing, a small shovel, a flashlight, a red cloth, and a couple reflective of warning triangles. And, you willbe if driving under severe conditions, include a small bag sand, a pieceof of old carpet or a couple burlap bags of to help provide traction. Be sure you properly secure these items in your vehicle. 151