Driving in sand or mud

  • Maintain slow and constant speed. Operate the accelerator pedal slowly to ensure safe driving (wheel-slip prevention).

  • Use tire chains driving in mud if necessary.

  • Keep sufficient distance between your vehicle and the vehicle in front of you.

  • Reduce vehicle speed and always check the road condition.

  • Avoid speeding, rapid acceleration, sudden brake applications, and sharp turns to prevent getting stuck.

  • When the vehicle is stuck in snow, sand or mud, the tires may not operate.

  • This is to protect the transmission and not a malfunction.

NOTE

Moving the car forcibly to get out of mud or sand can cause damage/overheat of the engine or damage/breakdown of the transaxle, differential or 4WD system as well as damage to tires. If excessive wheel slip occurs after entering a sandy/muddy road, the vehicle may fall into the sand/mud. When it happens, put a stone or a tree branch under the tire, and then try to pull out the car, or try to get it unstuck by repeatedly moving forwards and backwards.

WARNING

Your vehicle is equipped with tires designed to provide safe ride and handling capability. Do not use tires and wheels that are different in size and type from the originally installed ones. It can affect the safety and performance of your vehicle, which could lead to steering failure or rollover and serious injury. When replacing the tires, be sure to equip all four tires with the tire and wheel of the same size, type, tread, brand and load-carrying capacity.

WARNING

Jacked vehicle

While the full-time AWD vehicle is being raised on a jack, never start the engine or cause the tires to rotate.

There is the danger that rotating tires touching the ground could cause the vehicle to go off the jack and to jump forward and cause serious injury or death.

  • Full-time AWD vehicles must be tested on a special four wheel chassis dynamometer.

    NOTE

    Never engage the parking brake while performing these tests.

  • A full-time AWD vehicle should not be tested on a FWD roll tester. If a FWD roll tester must be used, perform the following:

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  1. Check the tire pressures recommended for your vehicle.

  2. Place the front wheels on the roll tester (1) for a speedometer test as shown in the illustration.

  3. Release the parking brake.

  4. Place the rear wheels on the temporary free roller (2) as shown in the illustration.

WARNING

Dynamometer testing

Keep away from the front of the vehicle while the vehicle is in gear on the dynamometer. This is very dangerous as the vehicle can jump forward and cause serious injury or death.

CAUTION

  • When lifting up the vehicle, do not operate front and rear wheel separately. All four wheels should be operated.

  • If you need to operate the front wheel and rear wheel when lifting up the vehicle, you should release the parking brake.