Jeep COMPASS Owner's Handbook Manual page 177

a gear (1st gear with the car parked
facing uphill or reverse gear with the car
parked facing downhill). On versions with
automatic transmission, place the gear
lever at P (Park).
WARNING Should the conventional
battery be faulty, to unlock the electric
parking brake the conventional battery
must be replaced.
Activation
You can engage the parking brake in two
ways:
Manually, by pulling the switch
fig. 148 on the central tunnel;
Automatically, by enabling the
electric parking brake function in the
section describing the functions that
can be programmed by the user of the
Uconnect™ settings.
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NOTE When parking on a hill, it is
important to turn the front wheels toward
the curb on a downhill grade and away
from the curb on an uphill grade. With
automatic transmission, engage the
parking brake before turning the gear
selector to P (park). Otherwise it may be
difficult to disengage the gear selector
from the P (Park) position due to the
load exerted on the transmission locking
mechanism.
The parking brake should always be
applied whenever the driver is not in the
vehicle.
The electric parking brake can be
programmed to be applied automatically
whenever the car speed is below 3 km/h
and the automatic transmission is placed
in the P (Park) position, or manual
transmission, whenever the ignition
device is turned to STOP. The electric
parking brake can be activated and
deactivated in the "Functions that can be
programmed by the user" section of the
"Uconnect settings".
Any single application of the Auto
parking brake can be bypassed by
pushing the EPB switch to the release
position while the transmission is placed
in the P (Park) position (automatic
transmission) and the ignition device is
in the ENGINE position.
Electric parking brake manual engagement
Briefly pull the switch located on the
central tunnel to manually engage the
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electric parking brake when the car is
stationary.
Noise may be heard from the rear of the
car when engaging the electric parking
brake.
A slight movement of the brake pedal
may be detected when engaging the
electric parking brake with the brake
pedal pressed.
With the electric parking brake engaged,
the warning light on the instrument
panel and the LED on the switch turn on.
The parking brake can be applied even
when the ignition device is the STOP
position (in this case the warning light
or symbol will not turn on, however,
it can only be released when the ignition
device is in the ENGINE position.
NOTE The warning light or symbol will
light up if the switch is held for longer
than 60 seconds in either the released or
applied position and switch off after the
switch is released.
Disengaging the electric parking brake
manually
The ignition device must be in the
ENGINE position to release the parking
brake manually. Rest the foot on the
brake pedal and then briefly press the
parking brake. You may hear a slight
whirring sound from the back of the car
while the parking brake disengages and
you may notice a slight brake pedal
movement. Once the parking brake is
fully disengaged, the warning light or
symbol on the instrument panel and
the LED on the switch will go off.
If the warning light on the instrument
panel remains on with the electric
parking brake disengaged, this indicates
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