2014 Dodge Durango Owner Manual - Page 450

448 STARTING AND OPERATING • Gear selection matches vehicle uphill direction (i.e., HSA vehicle facing uphill is in forward gear; vehicle back- HSA will provide assistance when starting on a grade ing uphill is in REVERSE gear). when pulling a trailer. HSA will work in REVERSE and all forward gears when WARNING! the activation criteria have been met. The system will not activate if the vehicle is placed in NEUTRAL or PARK. • If you use a trailer brake controller with your trailer, your trailer brakes may be activated and WARNING! deactivated with the brake switch. If so, when the brake pedal is released, there may not be enough There may be situations on minor hills with a loaded brake pressure to hold the vehicle and trailer on a vehicle, or while pulling a trailer, when the system hill and this could cause a collision with another will not activate and slight rolling may occur. This vehicle or object behind you. In order to avoid could cause a collision with another vehicle or object. rolling down the hill while resuming acceleration, Always remember the driver is responsible for brakmanually activate the trailer brake prior to releasing the vehicle. ing the brake pedal. Always remember the driver is responsible for braking the vehicle. (Continued)