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Turn 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 Buick 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 to 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
a lower gear
before
you
start
down a long
or
steep downgrade. If
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 around
45
mph
(70
km/h)
to reduce the
possibility of engine and transaxle overheating.
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:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Apply your regular brakes, but don’t shift into
PARK (P) yet.
Have someone place chocks under the
trailer’s wheels.
When the wheel chocks are
in
place, release
the
regular brakes until the chocks absorb the load.
Reapply the regular brakes. Then apply your parking
brake, and shift
to
PARK
(P).
Release the regular brakes.
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