1995 Buick Roadmaster Owner's Manual - Page 183

Turn Signals When Towing a Trailer When you tow a trailer, your vehicle has to have a different turn signal flasher and extra wiring. green The arrows on your instrument panel will whenever flash you signal a turn or change. Properly hooked up, lane the trailer lamps will also flash, telling other drivers you're about to turn, change lanes or stop. If you are towing a trailer that weighs more than 2,000 pounds (900 kg), you should drive in THIRD (3) instead of OVERDRIVE or, as you need to, a lower gear. This will help your transmission. (a) Parking onHills You really should not park your vehicle, with a trailer attached, on a hill. something goes wrong, your rig If could start to move. People be injured, and both can your vehicle and the trailer can be damaged. When towing a trailer, the green arrows on your instrument panel will flash for turns even if bulbs on the the trailer are burned out. Thus, you may think drivers behind you are seeing your signal when they are not. It's But if you ever have to park your rig on a hill, here's how to doit: important tocheck occasionally to be sure the trailer bulbs are still working. 1. Apply your regular brakes, but don't shift into PARK (P) yet. Driving On Grades Reduce speed and shift to a lower gear you start before down a longor steep downgrade.If you don't shift down, you might have to use your brakes so much that they would get hot and no longer work well. On a long uphill grade, shift down and reduce your speed to around45 mph (70 km/h) to reducethe possibility of engine and transmission overheating. 2. Have someone place chocks under the trailer wheels. 3. When the wheel chocks are in place, release the regular brakes until chocks absorbthe load. the 4. Reapply the regular brakes. Then apply your parking brake, and then shift to PARK (P). 5. Release the regular brakes. 4-37