Rocking the vehicle
If you must rock the vehicle to free it from snow, sand, or mud, depress the accelerator pedal slightly and move the shift lever/select lever back and forth between “1”/“D” and “R” repeatedly. Do not race the engine. For the best possible traction, avoid spinning the wheels when trying to free the vehicle.
When the road surface is extremely slippery, you can obtain better traction by starting the vehicle with the transmission in 2nd than 1st (both for MT and AT).
If your vehicle is an AT model, for information about holding the transmission in the 2nd position, refer to “Selection of manual mode”.
See also:
Checking the fluid level
The automatic transmission fluid expands
largely as its temperature rises; the fluid
level differs according to fluid temperature.
Therefore, there are two different scales
for checking the lev ...
Sounding a panic alarm
Sounding a panic alarm
A “PANIC” button is located on the back of the transmitter.
To activate the alarm, press the “PANIC” button once.
The horn will sound and the turn signal lights will flash.
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Vehicle Dynamics Control operation indicator light
The indicator light flashes during activation
of the skid suppression function and
during activation of the traction control
function.
NOTE
- The light may remain illuminated for
a short pe ...