Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine CONSUMER INFORMATION -
VEHICLE STOPPING DISTANCES
INTRODUCTION
This table contains information on stopping distances as required by the
Consumer Information Regulations issued by the National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration of the United States Department of Transportation, As permitted by the regulation, data for various models with differing options and
accessories are grouped in a single table, Since the regulations require that
the least favorable figures for any specific model in the group be
reported for the entire group, the actual performance of most vehicles in
the group will be better than the figures reported.
Data for stopping distances is derived from tests conducted with new
vehicles
under optimum road conditions by highly skilled test drivers and are not necessarily representative data for a used vehicle, for many road conditions. or for the abilities of most drivers.
STOPPING DISTANCE DATA
This table indicates braking performance that can be met or exceeded by
the vehicles to which it applies under different conditions of loading and
with
partial failures of the brakingsy"tl>l)'I, TI)e information prl>S8nted represents results obtainable by skilled drivers under controlled road
and
vehicle conditions, and the information may not be. !1e!!~t under
other conditions. " --"M.v,,>_.
APPLIES TO ALL MODELS OF CAVALIER
A. FUllY GPERATIGNAl SERVICE BRAKE
~170 light Load Maximum Load 204 B. EMERGENCY SERVICE BRAKE (with Partial Service Brake System Failure) 446 C. BRAKE PGWER UNIT FAilURE Maximum Load I 284 ,
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800
Stopping Distance in Feet from 60 mph
SERVICE STATION INFORMATION
Refer 10 "Service and Mainlenance," Section 5, for Further
Details.
Fuel Cap -Located behind Ii hinged door on the right rea. quarter panel. To
remove the fuel cap, see fuel cap removal procedure in "Service and
Maintenance," Section 5 of this manual.
Fuel
Requirements -Use unleaded gasoline only. See "Fuel Requirements"
in "Starting
and Operating," Section 2 of this manual.
6·7
