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owners manual KIA Sorento - year of production: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 - Kia Sorento I 1 owners manual EN
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DRIVING TIPS
Stalling downhill Driving across an incline • Surface conditions can be a prob-
lem when you drive across a hill.
Stalling is much more likely to hap-Sooner or later, an off-road trail will
Loose gravel, muddy spots, or even
pen going uphill. But if it happensprobably go across the incline of a
wet grass can cause your tires to
going downhill, here’s what to do.hill.If this happens, you have to
slip sideways. If the vehicle slips
decide whether or not to try to drive
• Stop your vehicle by applying the sideways, it can hit something that
across the incline. Here are some
brakes. Then apply the parking will tip it (a rock, a rut, etc.) and
brake. things to consider: cause it to roll over.
• A hill that can be driven straight up
• Move the shift lever to P (Park) in • Hidden obstacles can make the
or down may be too steep to drive
automatic transmissions or shift to steepness of the incline even
across.When you go straight up or
N (Neutral) in manual transmis- worse. If you drive across a rock
down a hill, the length of the wheel
sions and, while still braking,
with the uphill wheels, or if the
restart the engine. base (the distance from the front
wheels to the rear wheels) reduces downhill wheels drop into a rut or
• Shift back to a low gear, release thethe likelihood the vehicle will tumbledepression, your vehicle can tilt
parking brake, and drive straight even more.
down. end over end. But when you drive
across an incline, the much narrow-For reasons like these, you need to
• If the engine won’t start, get out decide carefully whether or not to try
er track width (the distance
and seek help. Exit on the uphill to drive across an incline. Just
side of the vehicle and stay clear ofbetween the left and right wheels)
because the trail goes across the
the path the vehicle would take if it may not prevent the vehicle from
incline doesn’t mean you have to
rolled downhill. tilting and rolling over. Also, driving
drive it.
across an incline puts more weight
on the downhill wheels. This could
cause a downhill slide or a rollover.
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