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Driving on Snow or Ice

Most of the time, those places where your tires meet

the road probably have good traction.

However, if there is snow or ice between your tires and

the road, you can have a very slippery situation. You

will have a lot less traction, or grip, and will need to be

very careful.

What is the worst time for this? Wet ice. Very cold snow

or ice can be slick and hard to drive on. But wet ice

can be even more trouble because it may offer the least

traction of all. You can get wet ice when it is about

freezing, 32°F (0°C), and freezing rain begins to fall. Try

to avoid driving on wet ice until salt and sand crews

can get there.

Whatever the condition — smooth ice, packed, blowing,

or loose snow — drive with caution.

If you have the Enhanced Traction System, keep the

transaxle shift lever in AUTOMATIC OVERDRIVE (D) so

the system will be able to improve your ability to

accelerate when driving on a slippery road. Even though

your vehicle has this system, you will want to slow

down and adjust your driving to the road conditions.

Under certain conditions, you may want to turn the

traction system off, such as when driving through deep

snow and loose gravel, to help maintain vehicle

motion at lower speeds. See Enhanced Traction

System (ETS) on page 4-8.

If you do not have the Enhanced Traction System,

accelerate gently. Try not to break the fragile traction. If

you accelerate too fast, the drive wheels will spin

and polish the surface under the tires even more.

Unless you have the anti-lock braking system (ABS),

you will want to brake very gently, too. If you do

have ABS, see Anti-Lock Brake System (ABS) on

page 4-6. This system improves your vehicle’s stability

when you make a hard stop on a slippery road.

Whether you have ABS or not, you will want to begin

stopping sooner than you would on dry pavement.

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