1999 Oldsmobile Intrigue Owner's Manual - Page 190

Turn Signals When Towing a Trailer When you tow a trailer, your vehicle may need a different turn signal flasher and/or extra wiring. Check with your Oldsmobile retailer. The green arrows on your instrument panel will flash whenever you signal a turn or lanechange. Properly hooked up, the trailer lamps will also flash, telling other driversyou're about to turn, change lanes orstop. When towing a trailer, the green arrows on your instrument panel will flash for turns even if the bulbs on the trailer are burned out. Thus, you may think drivers behind you are seeing your signal when they are not. It's important to check occasionally to be sure the trailer bulbs are still working. If you have overdrive, you may have to drive in THIRD (3) instead of DRIVE (D) (or , as you need to a lower gear). 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 can be damaged. But if you ever have to park your rig ona 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. Driving On Grades Reduce speed and shift toa lower gear before you start down a long or steep downgrade. If you don't shift down, you might have to useyour brakes so much that they would get hot and no longer work well. On a long uphill grade, shift down and reduce your speed to around 45 mph (70 M h ) to reducethe possibility of engine and transaxle overheating. 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