2003 Chevrolet Avalanche Owner's Manual - Page 303
2003 Chevrolet Avalanche Manual
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If you drive regularly in steep country, or if you're planning to visit there, here are some tips that can make your trips safer and more enjoyable. See Off-Road Driving with Your Four-Wheel-Drive Vehicle on page 4-19 for information about driving off-road. Keep your vehicle in good shape. Check all fluid levels and also the brakes, tires, cooling system and transmission. These parts can work hard on mountain roads. Know how to go down hills. The most important thing to know is this: let your engine do some of the slowing down. Shift to a lower gear when you go down a steep or long hill. If you don't st ..., down, l-dr brakes c o u L Jet so hot that they wouldn't work well. You would then have poor braking or even none going down a hill. You could crash. Shift down to let your engine assist your brakes on a steep downhill slope. ~ Coasting downhill in NEUTRAL (I or with the ignition off is dangerous. Your brakes will have to do all the workof slowing down. They could well. You get so hot that they wouldn't work would then have poor braking or even none going down a hill. You could crash. Always have your engine running and your vehicle in gear when you go downhill. 4-40