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Parking your vehicle, Parking over things that burn, Caution – GMC 2004 Sierra User Manual

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Parking Your Vehicle

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CAUTION:

Shifting the transfer case to NEUTRAL can
cause your vehicle to roll even if the manual
transmission is in gear. Your or someone else
could be seriously injured. Be sure to set the
parking brake before placing the transfer case
in NEUTRAL. See

Parking Brake” in the Index.

Before you get out of your vehicle, move the shift lever
into REVERSE (R), and firmly apply the parking
brake. Once the shift lever has been placed into
REVERSE (R) with the clutch pedal pressed in, you can
turn the ignition key to LOCK, remove the key and
release the clutch.

If you are parking on a hill, or if you are pulling a trailer,
see

Towing a Trailer on page 4-70.

Parking Over Things That Burn

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CAUTION:

Things that can burn could touch hot exhaust
parts under your vehicle and ignite. Do not
park over papers, leaves, dry grass or other
things that can burn.

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