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8-2. Steps to take in an emergency
If the vehicle becomes
stuck
WARNING
●Keep hands and clothing (espe-
cially a tie, a scarf or a muffler)
away from the fan. Failure to do
so may cause the hands or
clothing to be caught, resulting
in serious injury.
Carry out the following pro-
cedures if the tires spin or
the vehicle becomes stuck
in mud, dirt or snow:
●Do not loosen the coolant reser-
voir cap while the EV system
and radiator are hot. High tem-
perature steam or coolant could
spray out.
Recovering procedure
1 Stop the EV system. Set the
parking brake and shift the
shift position to P.
NOTICE
■When adding coolant
2 Remove the mud, snow or
sand from around the stuck
tire.
Add coolant slowly after the EV
system has cooled down suffi-
ciently. Adding cool coolant to a
hot EV system too quickly can
cause damage to the EV system.
3 Place wood, stones or some
other material under the front
wheels to help provide trac-
tion.
■To prevent damage to the
cooling system
Observe the following precau-
tions:
4 Restart the EV system
●Avoid contaminating the coolant
with foreign matter (such as
sand or dust, etc.).
5 Shift the shift position to D or
R and release the parking
brake. Then, while exercising
caution, depress the acceler-
ator pedal.
●Do not use water or any other
coolant when refilling coolant.
Also, do not use any additive
agents for the coolant.
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■When it is difficult to free the
vehicle
Press
to turn off TRAC.
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