2017 KIA NIRO maintenance

899
Maintenance
Your vehicle is equipped with a cat-
alytic converter emission control
device.
Therefore, the following precautions
must be observed:
Use only UNLEADED FUEL forgasoline engines.
Do not operate the vehicle when there are signs of engine malfunc-
tion, such as misfire or a noticeable
loss of performance.
Do not misuse or abuse the engine. Examples of misuse are
coasting with the ignition off and
descending steep grades in gear
with the ignition off.
Do not operate the engine at high idle speed for extended periods (5
minutes or more).
Do not modify or tamper with any part of the engine or emission con-
trol system. All inspections and
adjustments must be made by an
authorized Kia dealer.
Avoid driving with an extremely low fuel level. Running out of fuel could
cause the engine to misfire, dam-
aging the catalytic converter. Failure to observe these precautions
could result in damage to the catalyt-
ic converter and to your vehicle.
Additionally, such actions could void
your warranties.
Perchlorate Material-special handling
may apply, See www.dtsc.ca.gov/haz-
ardouswaste/ perchlorate.
Notice to California Vehicle Dismantlers:
Perchlorate containing materials,
such as air bag inflators, seatbelt
pretensioners and keyless remote
entry batteries, must be disposed of
according to Title 22 California Code
of Regulations Chapter 67384.10
(a).
CALIFORNIA
PERCHLORATE NOTICE

915
Specifications, Consumer information, Reporting safety defects
If you believe that your vehicle has a defect which could
cause a crash or could cause injury or death, you should
immediately inform the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA) in addition to notifying Kia
Motors America, Inc.
If NHTSA receives similar complaints, it may open an
investigation, and if it finds that a safety defect exists in a
group of vehicles, it may order a recall and remedy cam-
paign. However, NHTSA cannot become involved in indi-
vidual problems between you, your dealer, or Kia Motors
America, Inc.
To contact NHTSA, you may call the Vehicle Safety
Hotline toll-free at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY: 1-800-424-
9153); go to http://www.safercar.gov; or write to:
Administrator, NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., West
Building, Washington, DC 20590. You can also obtain
other information about motor vehicle safety from
http://www.safercar.gov.The following publications are available on
www.KiaTechinfo.com
Service manual:
This manual covers maintenance and recommended pro-
cedures for repair to engine and chassis components. It
is written for the Journeyman mechanic, but is simple
enough for most mechanically inclined owners to under-
stand.
Electrical troubleshooting manual:
This manual complements the Service Manual by provid-
ing indepth troubleshooting information for each electrical
circuit in your vehicle.
Owner's manual:
This manual describes the overall features and operating
procedures for the vehicle.
REPORTING SAFETY DEFECTS
(U.S. ONLY)
ONLINE FACTORY AUTHORIZED MANUALS
(U.S. ONLY)

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Index
Driving in the rain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-83
Driving off-road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-83
Dual clutch transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14Manual mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-19
Shift-lock override . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-20
Dual clutch transmission shift indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-58
Dual clutch transmission shift indicator in sports mode . . 4-58
Economical operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-78
Electrical equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-14
Electrochromic mirror (ECM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-47
Electronic power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-42
Electronic stability control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-29
Emergency Liftgatesafety release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-26
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5 Before Jump Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7
"Method to disconnect the (-) cable for regularmaintenance" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7
Emergency while driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3
Emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-96 Crankcase emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-96
Evaporative emission control (including ORVR:Onboard Refueling Vapor Recovery) system. . . . . 8-96
Exhaust emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-97
Energy flow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-63\
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 9-2
Engine clutch actuator fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-32
Checking the Engine clutch actuator fluid level . . . 8-32
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
Engine number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-\
25 Changing the engine oil and filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-26
Checking the engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-25
Engine overheats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10
Engine start/stop button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9 Engine start/stop button position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Illuminated engine start/stop button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Starting the hybrid system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11
Engine start/stop button illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Engine start/stop button position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Engine will not start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
Evaporative emission control (including ORVR: Onboard Refueling Vapor Recovery) system . . . . . . . 8-96
Exhaust emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-97
Explanation of scheduled maintenance items . . . . . . . 8-21 Air cleaner filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-22
Air conditioning refrigerant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-24
Brake discs, pads, calipers and rotors . . . . . . . . . . . 8-24
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-24
Brake hoses and lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-23
Coolant (Engine / Inverter) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-22
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-22
E

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Index
License plate lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-84
Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-25Closing the liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25
Emergency Liftgate safety release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-26
Opening the liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25
Liftgate room lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-111
Light bulb position (Front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-76
Light bulb position (Rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-76
Light bulb position (Side) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-77
Light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-75\
Back-up lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-83
Bulb replacement precaution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-75
Fog lamp/DRL bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-80
Front turn signal lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . 8-80
Headlamp (HID type) bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . 8-77
Headlamp (High/Low beam) bulb replacement . . . . 8-78
High mounted stop lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . 8-84
License plate lamp bulb replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . 8-84
Light bulb position (Front). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-76
Light bulb position (Rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-76
Light bulb position (Side) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-77
Map lamp bulb replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-85
Room lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-86
Side repeater lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . 8-85
Stop and tail lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . 8-83
Stop and tail lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-81
Tail lamp (inside) bulb replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-82
Tailgate room lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . 8-87 Vanity mirror lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . 8-85
Lighting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-100 Auto light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-102
Battery saver function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-100
Daytime running light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-100
Front fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-104
Headlight (Headlamp) escort function . . . . . . . . . . 4-100
Headlight position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-101
High - beam operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-102
Parking light position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-101
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-103
Lubricants and capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6
Luggage box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-135
Luggage volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Maintenance Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
Explanation of scheduled maintenance items . . . . . 8-21
Maintenance services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
Owner maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
Scheduled maintenance service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8
Tire maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-48
Maintenance schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8 Maintenance Under Severe Usage Conditions. . . . . 8-20
Normal Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
Maintenance services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
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Index
10I
Owner maintenance precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
Owner’s responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
Manual mode - Dual clutch transmission . . . . . . . . . . . 6-19
Map lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11\
0
Map lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-85
"Method to disconnect the (-)cable for regular maintenance" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-46 Day/night rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-46
Electrochromic mirror (ECM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-47
Folding the outside rearview mirror. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-49
Inside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-46
Outside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-48
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-48
Non-inflation conditions(Air bags) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-65
Occupant Detection System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-49
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
57
Oil (Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-25
Online factory authorized manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-15
Outside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-48
Outside Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-57
Over view(LCD Window). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-59 Overheats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-\
10
Owner maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
Owner maintenance schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
Parking assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-94 Non-operational conditions of parkingassist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-96
Operation of the parking assist system . . . . . . . . . . 4-94
Self-diagnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-98
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-25
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-35 Checking the parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-35
Parking light position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-101
Power brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-23
Power outlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-139
Power window lock button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-30
Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28\
Pre-tensioner seat belt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25
Rear parking assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-91 Non-operational conditions of rear parking assistsystem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
92
Operation of the rear parking assist system . . . . . . . 4-91
Rear parking assist system precautions . . . . . . . . . . 4-93
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Index
Self-diagnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-93
Rear seat Folding the rear seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
Rear view camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-99
Recommended lubricants and capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6 Recommended SAE viscosity number. . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7
Reducing the risk of a rollover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-80
Refrigerant label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10
Remote control (outside rear view mirror) . . . . . . . . . . 4-48
Reporting safety defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-15
Resetting the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-40
Road warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2
Rocking the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-81
Room lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-109
Room lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-86
Rotation (Tire) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-45
Scheduled maintenance service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8 Maintenance Under Severe Usage Conditions. . . . . 8-20
Normal Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
Seat belt restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
3-19 Care of seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-30
"Driver's 3-point systemwith emergencylocking retractor" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-22 "Front passenger andrear seat 3-point system
withcombination locking retractor" . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-23
Front seat belt warning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21
Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28
Pre-tensioner seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25
Seat belt restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19
Seat warmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-136
Seatback pocket (front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . 3-4 Front seat adjustment (manual) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Front seat adjustment (power) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Headrest (rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Headrest(front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Seatback pocket (front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Service Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-66
Shift-lock override - Dual clutch transmission. . . . . . . 6-20
Side air bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-60\
Side repeater lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . . . 8-85
Sliding the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-38
Smart cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-51 Limitations of the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-61
Speed setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-52
To adjust the sensitivity of Smart Cruise Control . . 6-60
To convert to cruise control mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-60
Vehicle to vehicle distance setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-57
Smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
11 Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Loss of the smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
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Index
Armed stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
Disarmed stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
Theft-alarm stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
Tilt and telescopic steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-43
Tilting the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-39
Tire and loading information label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-89
Tire chains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-\
86
Tire Mobility Kit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-27
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12
Tire replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-47
Tire rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-45
Tire specification and pressure label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9
Tires and wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Tires and wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-43 All season tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-55
Checking tire inflation pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-44
Low aspect ratio tire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-56
Radial-ply tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-56
Recommended cold tire inflation pressures . . . . . . . 8-43
Snow tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-55
Summer tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-55
Tire care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-43\
Tire chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-55
Tire maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-48
Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-44
Tire replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-47
Tire rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-45
Tire sidewall labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-48 Tire terminology and definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-52
Tire traction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-48
Wheel alignment and tire balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-46
Wheel replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-47
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 7-37 Emergency towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-39
Removable towing hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-38
Towing service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-37
Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-88
Transmission - Dual clutch transmission . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14
Trip information (Trip computer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-59
Turn signals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-103
USB charger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-140
User settings mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-67
Vanity mirror lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-111
Vanity mirror lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-85
Vehicle break-in process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Vehicle certification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8
Vehicle data collection and event data recorders . . . . . . 1-6
Vehicle identification number (VIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8
Vehicle Load Limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-89 Certification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-92
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