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Hydraulic Brakes
If your vehicle has hydraulic brakes, it has a parking
brake lever or an electric/hydraulic parking brake. The
lever is below the instrument panel to the left of the
steering column. The electric/hydraulic parking brake
knob is to the right of the steering column.
Your vehicle may also be equipped with an automatic
transmission which has a steering column shift lever.
This lever will have a PARK (P) position on the shift
indicator. When the PARK (P) position is selected with
the shift lever, the parking brake is
automatically applied.
Propshaft Brake Burnish Procedure
It is recommended that the transmission
parking brake be burnished as part of the new vehicle
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in. The parking brake will work best after it has
been burnished following these instructions.
Make 10 stops, using the parking brake hand lever, from
20 mph (32 km/h) about 2 1/2 miles (4 km) apart.
Between stops, drive the vehicle at 20 mph (32 km/h).
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Lever Operated Parking Brake
To apply the parking brake, pull the lever all the way up.
The PARK BRAKE light will come on when the parking
brake is applied. Then shift the transmission to
NEUTRAL (N) or PARK (P). The vehicle must be
stationary when applying the parking brake, except
while burnishing the parking brake linings (see
"Propshaft Brake Burnish Procedure" in the Index).
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