Parking; Electric Parking Brake; (Epb) - Jeep COMPASS Owner's Handbook Manual

IMPORTANT
37) Never use non-detergent oil or
straight mineral oil in the engine or
damage may result.

PARKING

223)
Always remove the key from the ignition
device when leaving the car.
When parking and leaving the car,
proceed as follows:
engage the gear (on a slope, engage
1st gear if the vehicle is facing uphill or
reverse if it is facing downhill) and leave
the wheels steered;
stop the engine and engage the

electric parking brake;

always take the key with you.
If the vehicle is parked on a steep slope,
it is also recommended to block the
wheels with chocks or stones.
On versions equipped with dual clutch
automatic transmission, wait for the
letter P to be displayed before releasing
the brake pedal.
WARNING NEVER leave the car with
the gearbox in neutral (or, on versions
equipped with dual clutch automatic
transmission, before putting the shift
lever in the P position).
WARNING
223) Never leave children unattended in
the car. Always remove the key from the
ignition device when leaving the car and
take it with you.
ELECTRIC PARKING
BRAKE (EPB)
The vehicle is fitted with an electric
parking brake (EPB), which is easier to
use and offers better performance than a
manual parking brake.
The parking brake is primarily intended
to prevent the vehicle from rolling while
parked. Before leaving the vehicle, make
sure that the park brake is applied. Also
verify that the dual clutch automatic
transmission is in the P (Park) position.
WARNING Before leaving the vehicle,
make sure that the electric parking brake
is fully applied.
WARNING In addition to always parking
the car with the parking brake engaged,
the steering wheel turned, chocks or
stones positioned in front of the wheels
(when on a steep slope), always engage a
gear (1st gear with the car parked facing
uphill or reverse gear with the car parked
facing downhill). On versions with dual
clutch automatic transmission, place the
gear lever at P (Park).
WARNING Should the vehicle battery
be faulty, to unlock the electric parking
brake the battery must be replaced.
If You Wish To Manually Lock The Steering
Wheel:
You can engage the park brake in two
ways;
Manually, by pulling the switch fig. 92
on the central tunnel;
Automatically, by enabling the auto
parking brake feature in the customer
programmable features paragraph of the
Uconnect™ settings.
92
NOTE When parking on a hill, it is
important to turn the front wheels toward
the curb on a downhill grade and away
from the curb on an uphill grade. Apply
the parking brake before moving the dual
clutch automatic transmission lever to
position P (Park). Otherwise it may be
difficult to disengage the lever from the
P (Park) position due to the load exerted
on the transmission locking mechanism.
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