2000 BMW 323Cic E46 2.5L Owners Manual

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2nP a rk in g b ra ke
s ure . Ke e p  yo ur th um b  p re s s e d  a ga ins t
th e  re le a s e  b utto n w hile  c a re fully p ull-
ing th  e  le ve r u p  to  a p p ly m od e ra te
p re s s ure .
Exc e s s ive  p re s s ure  c a n le a d  to  o ve r-
b ra kin g a nd  lo s s  o f tra c tio n (fis hta iling)
a t th e  re a r a xle .
The  b ra ke  la m p s  d o n ot c om e  o n w he n
th e  p a rkin g b ra ke  is  e nga ge d .
Ve hic le s  w ith  m a nua l tra ns m is s ion:
Alwa ys  e nga ge   th e  p a rkin g b ra ke  w he n
p a rkin g o n s lop e s  a nd  in c line d  s ur-
fa c e s , s inc e  p la c ing th e  le ve r in  1 s t
ge a r o r re ve rs e  m a y n ot p ro vid e  a d e -
q ua te  re s is ta nc e  to  ro lling.
To  e n g a g e
The  lo c k e nga ge  s  a uto m a tic a lly w he n
yo u lift th e  le ve r, a nd  th e  ind ic a to r la m p
in th e  in s tru m e nt c lus te r c om e s  o n
whe  n th e  ig nitio n ke y is  in  p os itio n 2 .
Re fe r to  p a ge  2 1.
Ve hic le s  w ith  a uto m a tic  tra ns m is s ion*:
P la c e  th e  s e le c to r le ve r in  "P a rk".<
To  a vo id  c orro s ion a nd  o ne -s id e d  b ra k-
ing, a  p p ly th e  p a rkin g b ra ke  lightly fro m
tim e  to  tim e  w he n c oa s tin g to  a  s ta nd -
s till (a t a  tra ffic  s igna l, fo r in s ta nc e ), p ro -
vid e d  th a t it is  s a fe  to  d o s o.
To  re le a s e
P ull up  s lightly o  n th  e  le ve r, p re s s  th e
b utto n a nd   lo we r th e  le ve r.
The  p a rkin g b ra ke  is  d e s igne d  p rim a rily
to  p re ve nt th e  ve hic le  fro m  ro lling w he n
it is  p a rke d . It o p e ra te s  a ga ins t th e  re a r
whe  e ls .
If in ra re  in s ta nc e s , it s  hould  b e
ne c e s s a ry to  e nga ge  th e  p a rkin g
b ra ke  w hile  th e  ve hic le  is  in  m otio n, d o
not p  ull th e  le ve r w ith  e xc e s s ive  p re s -
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