Great photo Dave
Rich 2008 G4 D3 TDV6 BG08 VGY
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End result was a smooth backward recovery by Craig! Thanks!! 2008 G4 TDV6
If you want to test it it is easy:
Park on a firm ground (parking lot, driveway) Leave engine running.
Put it in Off-road Height
Put an axle stand or Jack under crossmember under the gearbox.
You can then or jack it up and it will go in extended mode or you can select normal height and then the D3 will try to lower and senses that it bottums out and will raise to extended mode.
I cannot get my 2005 manual into super extended mode. I tried severall times.
If have had very high stands after being recovered.
If you get stuck and dig in on a steep soft sand hill the D3 will go in extended mode. If you then get recovered backwards by pulling you D3 up you will get additional clearance. RoelBN55 WPT G4 D3 LHD Team Greece. Now on Dutch license.
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I should add that there is no real practical advantage to forcing the vehicle to go extended as the suspension is then so firm that very little articulation is available.
Treat it as a "get out of jail free card" so that you can reverse away from the problem and re asses the situation. If you use it to make progress you could end up VERY stuck.
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There are a number of extended modes, to do with stopping the car from lowering or raising if it in contact with anything and stopping it if you open a door.
You can invoke the extended mode you are looking for. To make it happen the vehicle needs to be grounded out with wheelspin as I understand it. So if you want to get to extended you lower the car purposly to ground it and get some wheel spin, that should make the first extended work. The other trick will not always work. sometimes there is just no more lift available once it has done the first lift.
The important thing however, once you get extended with the flashing off road hight light, sensible folks reverse off, stupid ones drive on.
And yes, re-set it as soon as possible. you will find the ride is rather on the firm side.
To re-visit the first post.
If you let an auto roll back it will indeed stall.
This can sometimes happen when the vehicle changes up.
And yes, good progressive acceleration is the way to go.
Best practice for slippery climbs, drive up in the highest practical gear, in other words engage the command shift side of the box and use 3rd or even force it up higher, depends on your risk assesment. Also a good plan to turn DSC off, use a combination of momentum and the available traction. And always remember a good safe failed hill proceedure.
This was going to be a quick answer. Never mind, hope it helps.