1996 Pontiac Bonneville Owner's Manual - Page 80

Leaving Your Vehicle With the Engine Running Torque Lock If you are parking a hill and you don'tshift your on transaxle intoBARK (P) properly, the weight the of in vehicle may put too much force on the parking pawl the transaxle. You may find it difficult to pull the shift lever outof PARK (P). This is called "torque lock." To 1 the shift It can be dangerous to leave your vehicle with the prevent torque lock, set parking brake and then into PARK (P)properly before you leave the driver's engine running.Your vehicle couldmove seat. To find out how, see "ShiftingInto PARK (P)" in suddenly if the shift lever not fully in is PARK (P) the Index. with the parking brake firmly set. And, if you When you are ready to drive, move the shift leverof out leave the vehicle with the engine running, it could PARK (P)before you release' parking brake. the overheat and even catch fire. or others could You If torque lock does dccur, you may need to have anot be injured. Don't leave your vehicle with the vehicle pushyours a little uphill to some of the take engine running unless have to. you pressure from transaxle, so you can pull the shift the I I lever outof PARK (P). If you have to leave your vehicle the engine with running, be sure your vehicle in PARK (P) and your is parking brakeis firmly set before you leave it. After you've movedthe shift lever into thePARK (P) position, holdthe regular brake pedal down. Then, see if you can move the lever away from PARK (P) shift without first pulling toward you (or, if you have it the If console shift lever, withoutfirst pushing the button). you can,it means that the shift lever wasn't fully locked into PARK (P c- I .?..?e,:,a " .I -i . . ' !_. g ; . .- , ,/ -_. , , ,, i _ ... ,, , .. , *, ..-., - . e:. ? , ' . ' I$ ' I '.* . . , '. . . -r. * . ,. - 1 . .,. , -;-:;: i 1 ,.x,-.2 - -(...-. . :< , I , ' ., ' . . ,... , . ~ 2-29