1993 Buick Century Owner's Manual - Page 182

Driving on Grades Reduce speed and shift to a lower gear before you start down a longor steep downgrade.If you don't shift down, you might have to use your brakesso much that they would get hot and no longer work well. 4. Reapply the regular brakes. Then, apply your parking brake, and then shift to "P" (Park). 5. Release the regular brakes. When You are Ready to Leave After Parking ona Hill On a long uphill grade, shift down and reduce your speed 1. Apply your regular brakes and hold the pedal down while you: to around 45 mph (70 M h ) to reduce the possibility of engine and transaxle overheating. S a t your engine; tr Shift into a gear; and If you are towing a trailer that weighs more thanO O 1O , pounds (450 kg) and you have an automatic transaxle Release the parking brake. with Overdrive, you may prefer to drive in "D" instead 2. Let up on the brake pedal. of Overdrive. 3. Drive slowly until the traileris clear of the chocks. Parking on Hills You really should not park your vehicle, with a trailer 4. Stop and have someone pick up and store chocks. the 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 on hill, here's how a to do it: 1. Apply your regular brakes, but don't shift into "P" (Park) yet. 2. Have someone place chocks under the trailer wheels. 3. When the wheel chocksare in place, release the regular brakes until the chocks absorb the load.