1994 Buick Skylark Owner's Manual - Page 176

When You Are Ready to Leave After Parking on a Hill attached,-on a hill. something goes wrong, your rig If could start to move. People can be injured, and both your vehicle and the trailer can be damaged. But if you ever have park your rig on a hill, here's to how to do it: 1. Apply your regular brakes and hold the pedal down while you: Start your engine; Shift into a gear; and Release the parking brake. 1. Apply your regular brakes, but don't shift i,nto ''P" (ParkJ yet. 2. Let up on the brake pedal. 2. Have someone place chocks under the trailer wheels. 3. Drive slowly until the trailer clear of the chocks. is are 3. When the wheel chocks in place, release the 4. Stop and have someone pick and store the chocks. up regular brakes until the chocks absorb the load. 4. Reapply the regular brakes. Then apply your parking Maintenance When Trailer Towing brake, and then shift "P" (Park). to 5. Release the regular brakes. Your vehicle will need service more often when you're pulling a trailer.See the Maintenance Schedule for more in on this. Things that especially important trailer are operation are automatic transaxle fluid (don't overfill), engine oil, belt, cooling system, and brake adjustment. Each of these is covered in this manual, and the Index will If help you find them quickly. you're trailering, it's a good start idea to review these sections before you your trip. Check periodically to see that all hitch nuts and are bolts tight. P174