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Emergency Stopping
Always carry road flares or reflective warning signs. Pull off the roadway as far as possible
for emergency stopping. Turn ON your vehicle hazard warning flashers. If traveling at night,
use three red warning indicators such as flares, reflectors or lanterns as required by the Uni-
form Vehicle Code and Model Traffic Ordinance.
™ NOTE: Curves and/or hills may affect the safe placement of warning indica-
tors.
For personal safety, always stand off the road and out of the way of traffic.
Emergency Towing
Never allow anyone to go under the recreation vehicle while it is being lifted
and/or being towed.
If your recreational vehicle needs to be towed, please contact an emergency road service
provider or a qualified service facility for assistance.
Wheel Lugs
After your first trip, check the wheel lug torque periodically for safety.
Lugs should be checked:
After winter storage
After a wheel removal
Before starting a trip
Following extensive braking
Lug nuts should be tightened in two stages. Lugs should be started by hand, then torqued to
intermediate values (Stage 1) on the chart then torqued according to the final torque values
on the chart.Refer to the Wheel Lug Nut Diagram below.
Use the correct star pattern sequence to attach the recreation vehicle wheels.
Start all nuts by hand to prevent cross threading.
Tighten the nuts in the sequence shown.
™ NOTE: The proper method of tightening wheel lug nuts is with a properly
calibrated torque wrench and socket, not with an impact wrench or by hand.
Do not use a 4-way lug wrench or any other type of wrench that does not mea-
sure the actual pressure applied to the lug nut. Lug nuts should be tightened
according to the proper lug pattern on your wheels. Refer to the Wheel Lug
Nut Diagram below.
Section 4: Vehicle Operation
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