Vehicle driving controls
Overview
Hazardous driving conditions
When hazardous driving conditions are encountered, such as water, snow, ice, mud,
sand, or similar hazards, follow these suggestions:
• Drive cautiously and allow extra distance for braking.
• Avoid sudden braking or steering.
• Do not pump the brake pedal on a vehicle equipped with ABS.
• If stalled in snow, mud, or sand, use second gear. Accelerate slowly to avoid spin
ning the drive wheels.
• Use sand, rock salt, or other nonslip material under the drive wheels to provide trac
tion when the vehicle is stuck in ice, snow, or mud.
Reducing the risk of a rollover
This multi-purpose passenger vehicle is defined as a Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV). Utili
ty vehicles have a significantly higher rollover rate than other types of vehicles. SUVs
have higher ground clearance and narrower track to make them capable of perform
ing in a wide variety of off-road applications.
Specific design characteristics give them a higher centre of gravity than ordinary
vehicles. An advantage of the higher ground clearance is a better view of the road,
which allows you to anticipate problems.
They are not designed for cornering at the same speeds as conventional passenger
vehicles, any more than low-slung sports vehicles are designed to perform satisfacto
rily in off-road conditions. Due to this risk, driver and passengers are strongly recom
mended to buckle their seat belts.
In a rollover crash, an unbelted person is significantly more likely to die than a person
wearing a seat belt. There are precautionary measures that a driver can take to re
duce the risk of rollover.
If possible, avoid sharp turns and abrupt manoeuvres, do not load your roof rack with
heavy cargo, and never modify your vehicle in any way.
WARNING
• Your vehicle is equipped with tyres designed to provide safe ride and handling ca
pability. Do not use tyres 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 tyres, be sure to equip all four tyres with the tyre and wheel of the same size,
type, tread, brand and load-carrying capacity.
• As with other Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV), failure to operate this vehicle correctly
may result in loss of control, an accident or vehicle rollover.
◦ Utility vehicles have a significantly higher rollover rate than other types of vehicles.
◦ Specific design characteristics (higher ground clearance, narrower track, etc.) give
this vehicle a higher centre of gravity than ordinary vehicles.
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