Hyundai ix55 Veracruz owners manual page 307

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Driving your vehicle An authorized HYUNDAI dealer can assist you in installing the wiring harness.CAUTION WARNING - Parking on a • When towing a trailer on steep hill grades (in excess of 6%) pay WARNING Parking your vehicle on a hill with a close attention to the engine Failure to use an approved trailer trailer attached could cause seri- coolant temperature gauge to wiring harness could result in dam- ous injury or death,should the trail- ensure the engine does not over- age to the vehicle electrical system er break loose. and/or personal injury. heat. If the needle of the coolant temperature gauge moves across However, if you ever have to park your the dial towards “H” (HOT), pull E140406AUN over and stop as soon as it is safetrailer on a hill, here's how to do it: to do so, and allow the engine to Driving on grades 1. Pull the vehicle into the parking space. idle until it cools down.You may Reduce speed and shift to a lower gear Turn the steering wheel in the direction proceed once the engine has before you start down a long or steep of the curb (right if headed down hill, cooled sufficiently. left if headed up hill). downgrade. If you don’t shift down, you • You must decide driving speed might have to use your brakes so much 2. If the vehicle has a manual transaxle, depending on trailer weight and that they would get hot and no longer place the car in neutral. If the vehicle uphill grade to reduce the possi- operate efficiently. has an automatic transaxle, place the bility of engine and transaxle On a long uphill grade, shift down and car in P (Park). reduce your speed to around 45 mph (70overheating. 3. Set the parking brake and shut off the km/h) to reduce the possibility of engine vehicle. and transaxle overheating. 4. Place chocks under the trailer wheels If your trailer weighs more than the max-E140407BUN on the down hill side of the wheels. imum trailer weight without trailer brakes Parking on hills 5. Start the vehicle, hold the brakes, shift Generally, if you have a trailer attached to and you have an automatic transaxle, to neutral, release the parking brake your vehicle, you should not park your you should drive in D (Drive) when tow- and slowly release the brakes until the ing a trailer. vehicle on a hill. People can be seriouslytrailer chocks absorb the load. Operating your vehicle in D (Drive) whenor fatally injured, and both your vehicle 6. Reapply the brakes, reapply the park- towing a trailer will minimize heat build upand the trailer can be damaged if unex- pectedly roll down hill. ing brake and shift the vehicle to R and extend the life of your transaxle. (Reverse) for manual transaxle or P (Park) automatic transaxle. 549

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