1996 Chevrolet Cavalier Owner's Manual - Page 201

f i r n Signals When Towing a Trailer The green arrows on your instrument panel will flash whenever you signal a turnor lane change. Properly hooked up, the trailer lamps will flash, telling other also drivers you're aboutto turn, change lanes or stop. Parking on Hills You really should not park your vehicle, with a trailer attached, on a hill. If something goes wrong, your rig could start to move. People can be injured, and both your vehicle and the trailer be damaged. can When towing a trailer, the green arrows your on But if you ever have to park your rigon a hill, here's instrument panel will flash turns even if the bulbs on for how to doit: the trailer are burned out. Thus, you may think drivers 1. Apply your regular brakes, but don't shift into behind you are seeing your signal when theyare not. PARK (P) yet. It's importantto check occasionally to be sure the trailer 2. Have someone place chocks under the trailer wheels. bulbs are still working. 3. When the wheelchocks are in place, release the Driving On Grades regular brakes until the chocks absorb load. the Reduce speed and shift a lower gear before you start to 4. Reapply the regular brakes. Then apply your parking down a long or steep downgrade. If you don't shift brake, and then shift PARK (P). to down, you might haveto use your brakesso much that they would get hot and no longer work well. 5. Release the regular brakes. On a long uphill grade, shift down and reduce your speed to around45 mph (70 km/h) to reduce the possibility of engine and transaxle overheating. 4-39