Safe Driving Techniques; Electric Parking Brake - Mitsubishi XPANDER HEV 2023 Manual

Safe driving techniques

Driving safety and protection against injury
cannot be fully ensured. However, we recom-
mend that you pay extra attention to the fol-
lowing:
Seat belts
Before starting the vehicle, make sure that
you and your passengers have fastened your
seat belts.
Floor mats
WARNING
 Keep floor mats clear of the pedals by cor-
rectly laying floor mats that are suitable
for the vehicle.
To prevent the floor mats from slipping
out of position, securely retain them using
the hook etc.
Note that laying a floor mat over a pedal
or laying one floor mat on top of another
can obstruct pedal operation and lead to a
serious accident.
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Carrying children in the vehicle
 Never leave your vehicle unattended with
the key and children inside the vehicle.
Children may play with the driving con-
trols and this could lead to an accident.
 Make sure that infants and small children
are properly restrained in accordance with
the laws and regulations, and for maxi-
mum protection in case of an accident.
 Prevent children from playing in the lug-
gage compartment. It is quite dangerous
to allow them to play there while the vehi-
cle is moving.
Loading luggage
When loading luggage, be careful not to load
above the height of seats. This is dangerous
Safe driving techniques
not only because rearward vision will be
obstructed, but also the luggage may be pro-
jected into the passenger compartment under
hard braking.

Electric parking brake

The Electric parking brake is the system that
applies the parking brake by the electric
motor.
To park the vehicle, first bring it to a com-
plete stop, apply the Electric parking brake to
hold the vehicle.
NOTE
 You may hear an operation noise from the
vehicle body when operating the Electric
parking brake. This does not indicate a mal-
function and the Electric parking brake is
operating normally.
 When the auxiliary battery is weak or dead,
the Electric parking brake cannot be applied
or released. Refer to "Emergency starting"
on page 8-2.
 You may feel the brake pedal moving when
operating the Electric parking brake.
This does not indicate a malfunction.
Starting and driving
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