Maserati Quattroporte, Owner'S Manual

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In an Emergency
Freeing the Stuck Vehicle
If your vehicle is stuck in mud, sand,
or snow, it can probably be moved
backward and forward by a simple
rocking motion.
Steer the wheel right and left to clear
the area around the front wheels.
Shift then between D (Drive) or M +/-
(Manual) and R (Reverse) (see chapter
"Automatic Transmission” in section
"Starting and Driving"). Shifting to
M +/- (Manual), try to free the car
starting in second gear.
At low speed motion of the vehicle,
you can switch quickly from D (Drive)
to R (Reverse), and vice versa, just by
pressing the release button on the
shift lever.
For more effectiveness press lightly on
the accelerator pedal in order to avoid
wheel slippage.
If unable to release the vehicle in one
of the previously described ways,
enter the low-grip driving mode, by
pressing the "I.C.E." button, and
completely exclude the yaw and slip
control system, by pressing the button
for at least 3 seconds. Moving the
shift lever between D (Drive) and R
(Reverse) to start.
Notes for AWD Vehicle Version
On these vehicles slippage produced
by low grip conditions, automatically
activates the AWD mode. Using
the shifting mode M +/- (Manual),
the insertion of AWD will happen
immediately when engaging a forward
gear.
CAUTION!
Racing the engine or spinning the
drive wheels may lead to transmission
overheating and failure. Allow the
engine to idle with the shift lever in
N (Neutral) for at least one minute
after every five rocking-motion cycles.
This will minimise overheating and
reduce the risk of transmission failure
during prolonged efforts to free a
stuck vehicle.
WARNING!
Fast spinning tires can be dangerous.
Forces generated by excessive drive
wheel speeds may cause damage, or
even failure, of the drivetrain and
tires. A tire could explode and injure
someone. Do not spin your vehicle's
wheels continuously without stopping
when you are stuck and do not let
anyone near a spinning wheel, no
matter what the speed.