2015 Volkswagen Tiguan - Off-road driving situations (11 pages)
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Manual Description
In this section you'll find information about, driving off-road: Drive at a crawl; don't speed! Even harmless-looking areas can be dangerous ⇒ , volkswagen recommends that you get out of the vehicle and explore terrain personally before, safety practices use common sense.
The examples discussed in this chapter are intended to help you drive safely off-road, the wide range of terrain you can come up against, as well the risks and dangers it may hide, make it, impossible to deal with every conceivable situation in this Manual, only general guidelines to help you drive safely off-road.
Dangers before you try to drive over difficult or unfamiliar terrain, driver assistance systems were designed only for driving paved roads, areas that look harmless can, in fact, be very dangerous, be partially or fully covered by water, grass, branches, or other things.
Terrain can cause accidents severe injuries, before crossing an unknown area, carefully explore the route you plan take foot, never choose a risky route or run a risk that will endanger you your passengers, you have any doubts as to whether the route is safe, turn around use different route.
Always adapt driving speed and style to load, terrain, visibility, weather conditions, Please first read and note the introductory information heed WARNINGS, different kinds of terrain require different gears, before driving over a difficult section, think carefully about which gear you should select.
You will learn which gear is best for various types terrain, when driving down slopes - the engine will brake the vehicle, when the braking power of the engine not enough, never accelerate more than necessary when driving off-road.
Wheels could lose traction and you could lose control vehicle, never disengage the clutch or change gears in difficult terrain, wheels, the vehicle can come to standstill if the clutch is disengaged in mud or deep sand an, use first or second gear when driving up down steep slopes.
On soft surfaces drive with appropriate speed and highest possible gear, use selector lever position (D) when driving ordinary level areas, use Tiptronic mode and put the vehicle in 2nd or 3rd gear when driving through moderately, difficult off-road terrain, for example mud, sand, water, hills.
Use Tiptronic mode and shift into 1st gear when driving up or down steep hills 1st, on soft or slippery surfaces, drive at an appropriate speed and in highest possible driving, drive no faster than a crawl over rocky sections, drive around obstacles such as rocks wherever possible.
Carefully advance until one front wheel is on the rock and then slowly drive over it ⇒ , straight over it or to climb over it with just 2 wheels, for your vehicle to clear will damage and may disable the vehicle if you try to drive over it, could be stranded far away from help.
Is no way around them and they are too large to drive over, back up find another route, even obstacles that are lower than your vehicle's ground clearance can come into contact, with the underbody and damage or disable your vehicle, dangerous when the ground around them is soft or there is a dip right in front behind.
Leaking engine oil and brake fluid can pollute the environment, and dispose of them properly in accordance with applicable environmental laws regulations, important factors when deciding whether drive through water, firmness of stream bed bank.
Measure water depth from one side to the other, of the vehicle body (see Dimensions ), make sure it is possible to enter and exit water safely, check the angle of the embankment and the firmness of the ground each bank.
Driving through standing slow-moving water, the vehicle can drive through standing water if the ground under the water firm enough ⇒ , drive slowly into a river in the direction of the flow.
Manual Description
In this section you'll find information about, driving off-road: Drive at a crawl; don't speed! Even harmless-looking areas can be dangerous ⇒ , volkswagen recommends that you get out of the vehicle and explore terrain personally before, safety practices use common sense.
The examples discussed in this chapter are intended to help you drive safely off-road, the wide range of terrain you can come up against, as well the risks and dangers it may hide, make it, impossible to deal with every conceivable situation in this Manual, only general guidelines to help you drive safely off-road.
Dangers before you try to drive over difficult or unfamiliar terrain, driver assistance systems were designed only for driving paved roads, areas that look harmless can, in fact, be very dangerous, be partially or fully covered by water, grass, branches, or other things.
Terrain can cause accidents severe injuries, before crossing an unknown area, carefully explore the route you plan take foot, never choose a risky route or run a risk that will endanger you your passengers, you have any doubts as to whether the route is safe, turn around use different route.
Always adapt driving speed and style to load, terrain, visibility, weather conditions, Please first read and note the introductory information heed WARNINGS, different kinds of terrain require different gears, before driving over a difficult section, think carefully about which gear you should select.
You will learn which gear is best for various types terrain, when driving down slopes - the engine will brake the vehicle, when the braking power of the engine not enough, never accelerate more than necessary when driving off-road.
Wheels could lose traction and you could lose control vehicle, never disengage the clutch or change gears in difficult terrain, wheels, the vehicle can come to standstill if the clutch is disengaged in mud or deep sand an, use first or second gear when driving up down steep slopes.
On soft surfaces drive with appropriate speed and highest possible gear, use selector lever position (D) when driving ordinary level areas, use Tiptronic mode and put the vehicle in 2nd or 3rd gear when driving through moderately, difficult off-road terrain, for example mud, sand, water, hills.
Use Tiptronic mode and shift into 1st gear when driving up or down steep hills 1st, on soft or slippery surfaces, drive at an appropriate speed and in highest possible driving, drive no faster than a crawl over rocky sections, drive around obstacles such as rocks wherever possible.
Carefully advance until one front wheel is on the rock and then slowly drive over it ⇒ , straight over it or to climb over it with just 2 wheels, for your vehicle to clear will damage and may disable the vehicle if you try to drive over it, could be stranded far away from help.
Is no way around them and they are too large to drive over, back up find another route, even obstacles that are lower than your vehicle's ground clearance can come into contact, with the underbody and damage or disable your vehicle, dangerous when the ground around them is soft or there is a dip right in front behind.
Leaking engine oil and brake fluid can pollute the environment, and dispose of them properly in accordance with applicable environmental laws regulations, important factors when deciding whether drive through water, firmness of stream bed bank.
Measure water depth from one side to the other, of the vehicle body (see Dimensions ), make sure it is possible to enter and exit water safely, check the angle of the embankment and the firmness of the ground each bank.
Driving through standing slow-moving water, the vehicle can drive through standing water if the ground under the water firm enough ⇒ , drive slowly into a river in the direction of the flow.
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