2015 Dodge Durango Owner Manual - Page 580

578 WHAT TO DO IN EMERGENCIES CAUTION! (Continued) the vehicle's battery will discharge sufficiently to degrade battery life and/or prevent the engine from starting. Use the least amount of accelerator pedal pressure that will maintain the rocking motion without spinning the wheels or racing the engine. NOTE: Press the ЉESC OffЉ switch, to place the Electronic Stability Control (ESC) system in ЉPartial OffЉ mode, before rocking the vehicle. Refer to "Electronic Brake FREEING A STUCK VEHICLE Control" in "Starting And Operating" for further inforIf your vehicle becomes stuck in mud, sand or snow, it mation. Once the vehicle has been freed, press the ЉESC can often be moved using a rocking motion. Turn the OffЉ switch again to restore ЉESC OnЉ mode. steering wheel right and left to clear the area around the front wheels. Then shift back and forth between DRIVE CAUTION! and REVERSE while gently pressing the accelerator. Racing the engine or spinning the wheels may lead to NOTE: Shifts between DRIVE and REVERSE can only be transmission overheating and failure. Allow the enachieved at wheel speeds of 5 mph (8 km/h) or less. gine to idle with the transmission in NEUTRAL for at Whenever the transmission remains in NEUTRAL for least one minute after every five rocking-motion more than two seconds, you must press the brake pedal cycles. This will minimize overheating and reduce to engage DRIVE or REVERSE. the risk of transmission failure during prolonged efforts to free a stuck vehicle.