Loading Onto Car Carrier Truck

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When carrying the vehicle onto a car carrier truck, observe the following precautions.

CAUTION:

When carrying the vehicle onto a car carrier truck, perform the operation being careful with the gap between the height of the carrier's floor and the vehicle lower side because of little clearance under the front bumper.

Fig 1: Locating Gap Between Carrier Floor Height And Vehicle Lower Side
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Use a supporting board (rubber) where the clearance is too small.
Perform the operation being careful with the position shown in the Fig 2 below.

Fig 2: Locating Ramp Clearance
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Before lowering the vehicle from the carrier car, perform the following operations.

CAUTION: Always perform the following operations before lowering the vehicle from the carrier car. Otherwise, the power unit will rotate reversely, which may cause the damage to the engine, vacuum pump, and transmission.

Start the engine.
Set the transmission shift position into driving direction of the vehicle. (When the vehicle drives forward, do not set the transmission into R range. When the vehicle drives rearward, do not set the transmission into 1 - 6 speed.)

CAUTION: Be sure to perform 2) mentioned above even if the engine cannot be started in some reasons.