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firn Signals When Towing a Trailer

When you tow a trailer, your vehicle may need a

different turn signal flasher and/or extra wiring. Check

with your Geo dealer. The green arrows on your

instrument panel will flash whenever you signal a turn

or lane change. Properly hooked up, the trailer lamps

will also flash, telling other drivers you’re about

turn,

change lanes or stop.

When towing a trailer, the green arrows on your

instrument panel will flash for turns even if the bulbs on

the trailer are burned

out.

Thus, you may think drivers

behind you are seeing your signal when they are not. It’s

important to check occasionally to be sure the trailer

bulbs are still working.

Driving On Grades

Reduce speed and shift to

lower gear

before

you start

down a long or steep downgrade.

you don’t shift

down, you might have to use your brakes

so much that

they would get hot and no longer work well.

On a long uphill grade, shift down and reduce your

speed to 45 mph

(70

km/h)

to reduce the possibility of

engine and transaxle overheating.

you are towing a trailer that weighs more than

1,000

lbs. (450 kg), and you have an automatic transaxle

with overdrive, you may prefer to drive

DRIVE

(D)

rather than OVERDRIVE (or, as you need to, a

lower gear). Or,

you have a manual transaxle with

FIFTH

(5),

it’s better not to use FIFTH

(5).

Just drive

in FOURTH (4) (or, as you need

to, a lower gear).

Parking on Hills

You really should not park your vehicle, with a trailer

attached, on a hill. If something goes wrong, your rig

could start to move. People can be injured, and both

your vehicle and the trailer can be damaged.

But if you ever have to park your rig on a hill, here’s

how to do it:

Apply your regular brakes, but don’t shift into

PARK (P) yet, or into gear for a manual transaxle.

Have someone place chocks under the trailer wheels.

When the wheel chocks are in place, release the

regular brakes until the chocks absorb the load.

Reapply your regular brakes. Then apply your

parking brake, and then shift to PARK (P), or

REVERSE (R) for a manual transaxle.

Release the regular brakes.

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