Suzuki VITARA Series Manual page 210

WARNING
• Always set the parking brake fully
before leaving your vehicle or it
may move, causing injury or dam-
age. When parking, make sure the
gearshift lever for manual transaxle
vehicles is in 1st gear or "R"
(Reverse) and the gearshift lever
for automatic transaxle vehicles is
in "P" (Park). Remember, even
though the transaxle is in gear or in
Park, you must set the parking
brake fully.
• Vehicle with strong hybrid system
has less engine noise and vibration
than normal vehicle and you may
not aware the ready state of the
vehicle running. To avoid unex-
pected accident, it is necessary to
apply parking brake with the select
lever in "P" (Park).
WARNING
When parking the vehicle
extremely cold weather, the following
procedure should be used:
1) Set the parking brake.
2) Manual transaxle – turn off the
engine, then shift into reverse or
first gear.
Automatic transaxle or Auto Gear
Shift – shift into "P" (Park) and
turn off the engine or the strong
hybrid system.
3) Get out of the vehicle and put
chocks under the wheels.
4) Release the parking brake.
When you return to your vehicle,
first set the parking brake, and
then remove the wheel chocks.
WARNING
Do not leave cigarette lighters, spray
cans, soft drink cans or plastic arti-
cles (such as glasses, CD cases, etc.)
in sun-heated vehicle. The tempera-
ture inside the vehicle may cause as
follows:
• Gas may leak from a cigarette
lighter or spray can and may lead
to a fire.
• The glasses, plastic cards or CD
cases, etc. may deform or crack.
• Soft drink cans may fracture.
OPERATING YOUR VEHICLE
Parking brake reminder buzzer
A buzzer sounds intermittently to remind
in
you to release the parking brake if you
start the vehicle without releasing the park-
ing brake. Check that the parking brake is
fully released and the brake system warn-
ing light turns off.
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