1995 Oldsmobile 88 Owner's Manual - Page 194

Turn Signals When Towing a Trailer When you tow a trailer, your vehicle hashave a to different ~I signal flasher and extra wiring. green L U I The arrows on your instrument panel will flash whenever you signala turn or lane change. Properly hooked up, the trailer lamps will also flash, telling other drivers you're aboutto turn, change lanes or stop. When towing a trailer, the green arrows your on flash for turns evenif the bulbs on instrument panel will the trailerare burned out. Thus, you think drivers may behind you are seeing your signal when they not. It's are important to check occasionally to be sure the trailer bulbs are still working. Your vehicle may have bulb warning messages. When you plug a trailer lighting system into your vehicle's lighting system,its bulb warning messages may not let you knowif one of your lamps goes out. when you So, have a trailer lighting system plugged be sure to in, check your vehicle and trailer lamps time to time from to be sure they're all working. Once you disconnect the trailer lamps, the bulb warning messages again tell can you if one of your vehiclelamps is out. Driving On Grades Reduce speed and shift tolower gear before you start a down a long or steep downgrade. you don't shift If down, you might have use your brakesso much that to they wouldget hot and no longer work well. On a long uphill grade, shift down to THIRD and (3) reduce your speed to around mph (70 km/h) to reduce 45 the possibilityof engine and transaxle overheating. Parking on Hills You really should not park your vehicle, with a trailer attached, on a hill. something goes wrong, your rig If could startto move. People can injured, and both be your vehicle and the trailer be damaged. can But if you ever have to park your rig on a hill, here's how to do it: 1. Apply your regular brakes, but don't shift into Park (P) yet. 2. Have someone place chocks under the trailer wheels. 3. When the wheel chocks are in place, release the regular brakes until the chocks absorb the load. 4. Reapply the regular brakes. Then apply your parking brake, and then shift to PARK (P). 5. Release the regular brakes. 4-36