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WARNING
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When inspecting under the hood
of your vehicle
Observe the following precautions.
Failure to do so may result in serious
injury such as burns.
●
If steam is seen coming from under
the hood, do not open the hood
until the steam has subsided. The
engine compartment may be very
hot.
●
Keep hands and clothing (espe-
cially a tie, a scarf or a muffler)
away from the fan and belts.
Failure to do so may cause the
hands or clothing to be caught,
resulting in serious injury.
●
Do not loosen the radiator cap and
the coolant reservoir cap while the
engine and radiator are hot.
High temperature steam or coolant
could spray out.
NOTICE
■
When adding engine coolant
Add coolant slowly after the engine
has cooled down sufficiently. Adding
cool coolant to a hot engine too
quickly can cause damage to the
engine.
■
To prevent damage to the cooling
system
Observe the following precautions:
●
Avoid contaminating the coolant
with foreign matter (such as sand or
dust, etc.).
●
Do not use any coolant additive.
7-2. Steps to take in an emergency
If the vehicle becomes
stuck
Carry out the following proce-
dures if the tires spin or the
vehicle becomes stuck in mud,
dirt or snow:
Recovering procedure
1
Stop the engine. Shift the shift
lever to P and set the parking
brake.
2
Remove the mud, snow or sand
from around the front wheels.
3
Place wood, stones or some
other material under the front
wheels to help provide traction.
4
Restart the engine.
5
Shift the shift lever to D or R and
release the parking brake. Then,
while exercising caution,
depress the accelerator pedal.
■
When it is difficult to free the vehi-
cle
Press
to turn off TRC.
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