KIA Rondo 2014 User Manual

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Driving your vehicle

Parking on hills

Generally, if you have a trailer
attached to your vehicle, you should
not park your vehicle on a hill. People
can be seriously or fatally injured,
and both your vehicle and the trailer
can be damaged if they unexpected-
ly roll downhill.
However, if you ever have to park
your trailer on a hill, here's how to do
it:

1.Pull the vehicle into the parking

space. Turn the steering wheel in
the direction of the curb (right if
headed downhill, left if headed up
hill).

2.If the vehicle has a manual

transaxle, place the vehicle in neu-
tral. If the vehicle has an automatic
transaxle, place the vehicle in P
(Park).

3.Set the parking brake and shut off

the engine.

4.Place chocks under the trailer

wheels on the down hill side of the
wheels.

5.Start the vehicle, hold the brakes,

shift to neutral, release the parking
brake and slowly release the
brakes until the trailer chocks
absorb the load.

6.Reapply the brakes, reapply the

parking brake and shift the vehicle
to R (Reverse) for manual
transaxle or P (Park) for automatic
transaxle.

7.Shut off the vehicle and release the

vehicle brakes but leave the park-
ing brake set.

CAUTION

• When towing a trailer on steep

grades (in excess of 6%) pay
close attention to the engine
coolant temperature gauge to
ensure the engine does not
overheat.
If the needle of the coolant
temperature gauge moves
across the dial towards “H”
(HOT), pull over and stop as
soon as it is safe to do so, and
allow the engine to idle until it
cools down. You may proceed
once the engine has cooled
sufficiently.

• You must decide driving

speed depending on trailer
weight and uphill grade to
reduce the possibility of
engine and transaxle over-
heating.

WARNING

- Parking on

a hill

Parking your vehicle on a hill
with a trailer attached could
cause serious injury or death,
should the trailer break loose or
brake stops working.