How to handle when the car dies due to flooding

In the rainy season, streets in Vietnam are prone to flooding, causing many vehicles to die when traveling. Find out what causes and how to fix it and handle when the car is flooded in the rainy season.

Whether it is a car or a train, but passing through the flooded areas often suffers death. Motorbikes that die due to flooding are at high risk of failure.

Car number

For the number of cars that died when passing through the flooded area, after taking the car out of the flooded area, remove the plug to clean, try to drain all the water in the pipe . Meanwhile, the car can restart temporarily. However, to ensure a stable long-term operation of the vehicle, the operator should bring the vehicle to the nearest dealer for assistance. Because when moving in flooded areas, machine parts, oil, electric systems are all water, so need to be cleaned again.

Scooter

For scooters that are drowning due to flooding, the driver should not try to restart the vehicle , which could cause the vehicle to deteriorate further. The thing to do is to take the car out of the flooded area and find the nearest car repair agent to be repaired, because when the car is flooded, the restart of the car will make the water deeper into the engine, causing corrosion later.

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Motorbikes are very susceptible to death when passing through flooded areas, whether they are cars or train cars.

Some experience when riding the rainy season

  1. Try to find high roads and less flooding to go home even if you have to go around, farther than usual.
  2. Always ride in a small number, exactly 2 for a car , because if you go 1 car you will be jerked, take the number 3 or 4 car you will not be strong enough to cross the flooded puddle.
  3. Try not to get too close to the curb because if it is raining, you will be easily hit by people who try to get in and wear raincoats. And after a period of heavy rain, these are places where the water is deeper, potentially more dangerous. If possible, try to walk in the middle of the lane to limit flooding.
  4. Maintaining the proper distance for the vehicles ahead, do not go too close to the big vehicles in case the car brakes suddenly or you cannot see the obstacles that the previous vehicle encountered. You should not run in parallel with cars, especially buses and large vehicles because you are prone to falling due to the power of the waves created by these vehicles.
  5. Try to keep the throttle steady when traveling on flooded roads as the braking and braking will make your car more deadly. Do not try to overcome when you are unsure about your vision and acceleration.
  6. If you want to increase or decrease the speed, change the adjustment of hand brake and brake instead of increasing or decreasing the gas, your car will pass the flooded area immediately.
  7. Avoid air intake areas such as between high-rise buildings and away from big trees to prevent the original.