Using the brakes
Avoid resting your foot on the brake pedal while driving. This will cause overheating of the brakes, wearing out the brake and pads faster and reduce gas mileage.
To help reduce brake wear and to prevent the brakes from overheating, reduce speed and downshift to a lower gear before going down a slope or long grade. Overheated brakes may reduce braking performance and could result in loss of vehicle control.
- While driving on a slippery surface, be careful when braking, accelerating or downshifting. Abrupt braking or accelerating could cause the wheels to skid and result in an accident.
- If the engine is not running or is turned off while driving, the power assist for the brakes will not work.
Braking will be harder.
See also:
Warning lights
For additional information on warnings and indicators,
see Vehicle information display later in
this section.
Anti-lock Braking
System (ABS)
warning light
When the ignition switch is pla ...
Horn
To sound the horn, push the center pad area of
the steering wheel.
WARNING:
Do not disassemble the horn. Doing so
could affect proper operation of the
supplemental front air bag system. Tamp ...
Child safety rear door lock (Sedan only)
Child safety locks help prevent the rear doors
from being opened accidentally, especially when
small children are in the vehicle.
The child safety lock levers are located on the
edge of the rear ...