1996 Pontiac Grand Am Owner's Manual - Page 187

Turn Signals When Towing Trailer a The greenarrows on your instrument panel will flash whenever you signal a turn lane change. Properly or hooked up, the trailer lampswill also flash, telling other turn, change lanesor stop. drivers you're about to Parking on Hills You really should not park your vehicle, with a trailer hill. rig attached, on a If something goes wrong, your could start to move. People be injured, and both can your vehicle and trailer can be damaged. the But if you ever have to park your rig on a hill, here's When towing a trailer, the green arrows on your '. how to do it: instrument panel will flash turns evenif the bulbson for 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 they are not. PARK (P) yet, or into a gear for a manual transaxle. It's important to check occasionally to be sure the trailer 2. Have someone place chocks under the trailer wheels. bulbs are still working. Driving On Grades Reduce speed and shift to a lower gear before you start down a long or steep downgrade. If you don't shift so down, you might have to use your brakes much that well. they would get hot and no longer work On a long uphill grade,use the highest gear possible. If you cannot maintain postedspeeds, driving at a lower speed may help avoid overheating your engine bxmsaxle. and If you have a manual transaxle with FWTH ( 5 ) gear, in it's better not to FIFTH (5) gear. Just drive use FOURTH (4) gear (or- vou need to, a lower gear). as 3. When the wheel chocksare in place, release the regular brakes until the chocks absorb load. the 4. Reapply the regular brakes. Then apply your parking brake, and then shift to PARK (P), or REVERSE (R) for a manual transaxle. 5. Release the regular brakes. 4-39