1996 Chevrolet Astro Owner's Manual - Page 77
1996 Chevrolet Astro Manual
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Leaving Your Vehicle With the Engine Running If you have to leave your vehicle with the engine running, be sure your vehicle is in PARK (P) and your parking brake is firmly setbefore you leave PARK (P) position, hold the it. After you've moved the shift lever into the regular brake pedal down. Then, see if you can move the shift leveraway from PARK (P) without first pulling toward you. If you can, it means that it the shift lever wasn't fully locked into PARK (P). Torque Lock If you are parking on a and you don't shiftyour transmission into PARK hill (P) properly, theweight of the vehicle may put too much force onthe parking pawl in the transmission.You may find it difficult to the shift pull lever out of PARK (P). This is called "torque lock." prevent torque lock, To set the parking brake and then shift intoPARK (P) properly before you To leave the driver's seat. find out how, see "Shifting IntoPARK (P)" in the Index. of When you are ready to drive,move the shift lever out PARK (P) before you release theparking brake. If "torque lock" does occur, you may need to have another vehiclepush yours a littleuphill to take some of the pressure from the transmission,so you can pull the shift lever out of PARK (P). 2-23