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Driving and Driving Safety
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The vehicle requires a particularly thorough check
after driving through water.
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Remove mud from the tire tread.
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Briefly “brake” the brake pads dry after driving
through water.
Crossing obstacles
Risk of damage to the underbody and chassis
parts.
These parts can be damaged if you do not drive
properly over obstacles.
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Always check the ground clearance of your
vehicle.
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Slowly drive over the middle of tree stumps,
boulders or other obstacles with one of the
front wheels.
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Cross the obstacle with the rear wheel in the
same way.
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Activate the off-road driving program and
engage differential lock(s) if necessary.
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Get your passenger to direct you if necessary.
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Avoid high engine speeds.
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Drive slowly.
Driving on sand
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Activate the off-road driving program and
engage differential lock(s) if necessary.
Loose sand is an especially tricky surface for
off-road driving.
You can often become stuck in sand within
minutes if you do not drive correctly in such
situations.
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Drive rapidly and do not stop under any
circumstances. Otherwise, the vehicle will
become bogged down.
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Follow existing tracks – provided they have not
been covered by blown sand, are not too deep
and the vehicle’s ground clearance is
sufficient.
Pay attention to the ground clearance of the
vehicle.
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If you need to stop the vehicle on sand, choose
a downward slope if possible to allow you to
drive off again more easily.
When driving on slopes with soft sand on vehicles
with Tiptronic S:
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To achieve a high engine speed, use the
manual selection mode
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as well as the
off-road driving program if necessary.
If your vehicle still gets stuck:
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Do not spin the wheels. Instead, use branches,
mats or similar items to provide adequate
traction so that you can drive out of the
critical area.
Off-road driving on track ruts
Other vehicles leave ruts on many off-road tracks
or gravel roads.
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Pay attention to the ground clearance of the
vehicle.
Risk of damage to the vehicle floor.
The vehicle floor could be damaged when driving
through track ruts that are too deep.
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Always bear in mind the vehicle’s ground
clearance.
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Do not drive through ruts that are too deep.
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Activate the off-road driving program and
engage differential lock(s) if necessary.
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If in doubt, drive with one wheel on the strip of
grass between the ruts.
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Avoid high engine speeds.
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Drive slowly.
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