Driving through water on roads
First read and observe the introductoryinformation and safety warnings
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Introduction
Please follow these rules to help prevent damage to your vehicle when driving through water, for
example if the road is flooded:
• Check the depth of the water before driving through it. The water level must be
no higher
than
the lower edge of the vehicle body
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• Do not drive faster than walking speed.
• Never stop the vehicle, reverse or switch off the engine while in water.
• Oncoming vehicles will create waves that could increase the water level for your vehicle to such
an extent that it is not safe to drive through the water.
• Always deactivate the start/stop system manually when driving through water
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Start/stop
system
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Driving with an unlocked or open boot lid can cause serious injuries.
• Always drive with the boot lid closed.
• Always stow all items in the luggage compartment securely. Loose objects can fall out
of the luggage compartment and injure other road users.
• Always drive carefully and ensure that you think ahead.
• Avoid any abrupt or sudden driving and braking manoeuvres as this could cause the
open boot lid to move unpredictably.
• Any objects protruding from the luggage compartment must be marked to ensure that
they are visible to other road users. Comply with legal regulations.
• If items protrude out of the luggage compartment, never use the boot lid to wedge
them into place or hold them in position.
• If you drive with the boot lid open, you must remove any racks and luggage from the
boot lid.
WARNING
Poisonous exhaust fumes could enter the vehicle interior if the boot lid is open. This could
result in loss of consciousness, carbon monoxide poisoning, serious injury and
accidents.
• You should always drive with the boot lid closed in order to prevent poisonous gases
from entering the vehicle.
• If exceptional circumstances require you to drive with an open boot lid, you must do
the following to reduce the amount of poisonous exhaust fumes that could enter into
the vehicle:
- Close all windows and the glass roof.
- Switch off the air recirculation mode of the heating and fresh air system or
switch off the air conditioning system.
- Open all vents in the dash panel.
- Switch the blowers for the heating and fresh air system, or for the air
conditioning system, to the highest setting.
WARNING
The vehicle height, and possibly the length, are different when the boot lid is open.
NOTICE
