9-8 Driving and Operating{ WARNINGHeavy braking when going downa hill can cause your brakes tooverheat and fade. This couldcause loss of control and you orothers could be injured or killed.Apply the brakes lightly whendescending a hill and use a lowgear to keep vehicle speed undercontrol.If the vehicle stalls on a hill:1. Apply the brakes to stop thevehicle, and then apply theparking brake.2. Shift into P (Park) and thenrestart the engine.. If driving uphill when thevehicle stalls, shift toR (Reverse), release theparking brake, and backstraight down.. Never try to turn the vehiclearound. If the hill is steepenough to stall the vehicle,it is steep enough to causeit to roll over.. If you cannot make it up thehill, back straight downthe hill.. Never back down a hill inN (Neutral) using only thebrake.. The vehicle can rollbackward quickly and youcould lose control.. If driving downhill when thevehicle stalls, shift to alower gear, release theparking brake, and drivestraight down the hill.3. If the vehicle cannot be restartedafter stalling, set the parkingbrake, shift an automatictransmission into P (Park), andturn the vehicle off.3.1. Leave the vehicle andseek help.3.2. Stay clear of the path thevehicle would take if itrolled downhill.. Avoid turns that take the vehicleacross the incline of the hill.A hill that can be driven straightup or down might be too steep todrive across. Driving across anincline puts more weight on thedownhill wheels which couldcause a downhill slide or arollover.. Surface conditions can be aproblem. Loose gravel, muddyspots, or even wet grass cancause the tires to slip sideways,downhill. If the vehicle slipssideways, it can hit somethingthat will trip it – a rock, a rut, etc.– and roll over.. Hidden obstacles can make thesteepness of the incline moresevere. If a rock is driven acrosswith the uphill wheels, or if thedownhill wheels drop into a rutor depression, the vehicle can tilteven more.
