Driving with a Trailer
Towing a trailer requires experience.
Get familiar with handling and braking with the added trailer weight. The vehicle is now longer and not as responsive as the vehicle is by itself.
Check all trailer hitch parts and attachments, safety chains, electrical connectors, lamps, tires and mirror adjustments. If the trailer has electric brakes, start the vehicle and trailer moving and then apply the trailer brake controller by hand to be sure the brakes are working.
During the trip, check regularly to be sure that the load is secure, and the lamps and trailer brakes are working properly.
See also:
Radio Messages
Calibration Error: The audio system has been calibrated for the vehicle from the factory.
If Calibration Error displays, it means that the radio has not been configured properly for the vehicle and i ...
Four-Wheel-Drive Light
For vehicles equipped with the four-wheel-drive light, it comes on when a vehicle with a manual transfer case is shifted into four-wheel drive and the front axle engages.
Some delay between the shi ...
Automatic Transmission
If the vehicle is a hybrid, see the hybrid supplement for more information.
Vehicles with an automatic transmission have an electronic shift position indicator within the instrument panel cluster. Th ...