1993 GMC Suburban Owner's Manual - Page 197

Turningordrivingacrosssteep hills can be dangerous. You could lose traction, slide sideways, and possiblyroll over.You could be seriously injured orkilled.Whendrivingup hills, alwaystry to go straightup. 8 Easeup on yourspeed as youapproachthetop of the hill. 0 Attacha flag to thevehicle to make you morevisible to approaching traffic on trailsorhills. Sound the horn asyouapproachthetop know you're there. of hill to letopposingtraffic to e Useyourheadlightsevenduringtheday.Theymakeyoumorevisible oncoming traffic. Driving to the top(crest) of a hill at full speed can causean accident.There could be a drop-off,embankment,cliff,oreven anothervehicle. You could beseriously injured orkilled. As younear thetop of ahill,slow down and stayalert. 8: What should I do if my vehicle stalls, or is about to stall, and I can't make it up the hill? A: If this happens, there are somethingsyoushould do, and therearesome thingsyoumustnotdo.First, here's whatyou should do: Q Push the brake pedal to stopthevehicleandkeep backwards. Also, applythe parking brake. it from rolling Q If yourengine is still running,shift the transmission into reverse,release the parking brake, and slowlybackdownthe hill in reverse. I yourengine has stoppedrunning,you'llneed f to restartit.Withthe brake pedal depressed and the parkingbrake still applied, shift the transmission to P (Park) (or, shift to M (Neutral) if yourvehiclehas a manualtransmission) and restart the engine.Then,shift to reverse, release the parking brake, and slowlyback down the hill in reverse. 8 Q As youare backing down the hill, putyourlefthand on thesteering wheel at the 12 o'clockposition.This way, you'll be able to tell if your wheelsarestraightor turned to theleftorrightasyoubackdown. 4-29