Parking Brake; When Driving; Setting the parking brake- Page 193

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Wear shoes appropriate for driving in
order to avoid your shoe contacting the
brake pedal when depressing the
accelerator pedal.

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Parking Brake

CAUTION

Driving with the parking brake on will
cause excessive wear of the brake parts.

NOTE

For parking in snow, refer to Winter
Driving (page 3-48) regarding parking
brake use.

Setting the parking brake

Depress the brake pedal and then firmly
pull the parking brake lever fully upwards
with sufficient force to hold the vehicle in
a stationary position.

Releasing the parking brake

Depress the brake pedal and pull the
parking brake lever upwards, then press
the release button. While holding the
button, lower the parking brake lever all
the way down to the released position.

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Electric Parking Brake (EPB)

The EPB equipment applies the parking
brake using an electric motor. When the
EPB is applied, the EPB switch indicator
light turns on.

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