Using the brakes
Avoid resting your foot on the brake pedal while driving. This will cause overheating of the brakes, wearing out the brake and pads faster and reduce gas mileage.
To help reduce brake wear and to prevent the brakes from overheating, reduce speed and downshift to a lower gear before going down a slope or long grade. Overheated brakes may reduce braking performance and could result in loss of vehicle control.
- While driving on a slippery surface, be careful when braking, accelerating or downshifting. Abrupt braking or accelerating could cause the wheels to skid and result in an accident.
- If the engine is not running or is turned off while driving, the power assist for the brakes will not work.
Braking will be harder.
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Headlight beam select
1 To select the high beam function, push the
lever forward. The high beam lights come on
and the light illuminates.
2 Pull the lever back to select the low beam.
3 Pulling and releasing the lev ...
Windshield wiper blades. Replacing
Replace the wiper blades if they are worn.
1. Lift the wiper arm away from the windshield.
2. Push the release tab, then move the wiper
blade down the wiper arm to remove.
3. Remove the wiper bla ...
Secondary trunk lid release
To open the trunk lid from the rear seat: (1)
- Fold down the center arm rest.
- Insert the mechanical key into the trunk compartment
access lid lock. Fold down the
trunk compartment access l ...