Parking Your Vehicle; Parking Brake (Models Without Electronic Parking Brake System); Electronic Parking Brake (Models With Electronic Parking Brake System) - Subaru WRX 2021 Owner's Manual

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Starting and operating/Parking your vehicle

Parking your vehicle

WARNING
. Never leave unattended children
or pets in the vehicle. They could
accidentally injure themselves or
others through inadvertent op-
eration of the vehicle. Also, on
hot or sunny days, the tempera-
ture in a closed vehicle could
quickly become high enough to
cause severe or possibly fatal
injuries to them.
. Do not park the vehicle over
flammable materials such as dry
grass, waste paper or rags, as
they may burn easily if they come
near hot engine or exhaust sys-
tem parts.
. Be sure to stop the engine if you
take a nap in the vehicle. If engine
exhaust gas enters the passen-
ger compartment, occupants in
the vehicle could die from carbon
monoxide (CO) contained in the
exhaust gas.
& Parking brake (models with-
out electronic parking brake
system)
To set the parking brake, depress the
brake pedal firmly and hold it down until
the parking brake lever is fully pulled up.
To release the parking brake, perform the
following procedure.
1. Pull the lever up slightly.
2. Press the release button.
3. Lower the lever while keeping the
button pressed.
When the parking brake is set while the
engine is running, the parking brake
warning light illuminates. Be sure that the
warning light is turned off before driving off.
Refer to "Parking brake indicator (models
without electronic parking brake system)"
F3-21.
CAUTION
Never drive while the parking brake
is set because this will cause un-
necessary wear on the brake linings.
Make sure that the parking brake has
been fully released before driving
off.
& Electronic parking brake
(models with electronic park-
ing brake system)
1) Parking brake switch
2) Indicator light
3) Release the electronic parking brake
4) Apply the electronic parking brake