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your vehicle to clear will damage and may disable the vehicle if you try to drive over it. You
could be stranded far away from help. Never let large obstacles pass under the vehicle. If
there is no way around them and they are too large to drive over, back up and 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. Such obstacles are especially dangerous
when the ground around them is soft or there is a dip right in front of or behind them. They are
also dangerous if you drive over them too quickly and the shock absorbers are compressed.
Driving through water
Read and follow the introductory information and safety information first⇒ Introduction to the
subject
Important factors when deciding whether to drive through water:
Water depth.
Strength of the current.
Firmness of stream bed and bank.
Shape of the bank.
Objects in the water.
Maximum ground clearance of the vehicle ⇒Dimensions .
Driving through standing and slow-moving water
Driving through water can damage the vehicle.
The water must not be any higher than the bottom of the vehicle body. Always drive carefully
through water depths lower than the vehicle body ⇒ .
Never exceed maximum ground clearance ⇒Dimensions .
Only drive through water where the ground under the water is firm enough ⇒ .
Also pay attention to information about driving through water on roads ⇒Driving through water on
roads .
Driving through fast-moving water
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