If The Vehicle Becomes Stuck - Lexus ES 250 Owner's Manual

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7-2. Steps to take in an emergency
WARNING
Keep hands and clothing (especially a
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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.
While the engine and radiator are hot,
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do not loosen or remove the coolant
inlet cap or coolant reservoir cap.
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 sys-
tem
Observe the following precautions:
Avoid contaminating the coolant with
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foreign matter (such as sand or dust
etc.).
● Do not use any coolant additive.

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. Set the parking
brake and shift the shift lever to P.
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 vehicle
■
Press the switch to turn off TRC.