1993 Oldsmobile Bravada Owner's Manual - Page 175

r - . . u n clraaes . urmng h r* r Reduce speed and shift to lower gear a before you start down a long or 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. On a long uphill grade, shift down and reduce your speed to around45 mph (70 km/h) to rectuce the possibility of engine and transmission overheating. If your trailer weighs more than 3,000 pounds (1 350 kg), it's better not to use Overdrive. Just drive in D (Drive) instead of (Overdrive) as (or, you need to, a lower gear). This will help your transmission. When You Are Ready to Leave After Parking on Hills You really should notpark your vehicle, Parking on a Hill with a trailer attached, on a hill. If 1 Apply your regular brakes and hold something goes wrong, your rig could the pedal down while you: start to move. People can beinjured, Start your engine; and both your vehicle and the trailer can Shift into a gear; and be damaged. Release the parking brake. But if you ever have to park your rig on 2. Let up on the brake pedal. a hill, here's how to do it: 3. Drive slowly until the trailer is clear 1. Apply your regular brakes, but don't of the chocks. shift into P (Park) yet. 4. Stop and have someone pickUD and 2. Have someone place chocks under store the chocks. the trailer wheels. 3. When the wheel chocks in place, are release the regular brakes until the chocks absorb the load. 4. Reapply the regular brakes. Then apply your parking brake and then shift to P (Park). 5. Release the regular brakes. .