WARNING
•
It is extremely dangerous to ride
in the cargo area inside the ve-
hicle. In a collision, people riding
in these areas are more likely to
be seriously injured or killed.
•Do not allow people to ride in
any area of your vehicle that is
not equipped with seats and
seat belts.
•Be sure everyone in your ve-
hicle is in a seat and using a
seat belt properly.
TERMS
It is important to familiarize yourself
with the following terms before
loading your vehicle:
• Curb Weight (actual weight of your vehicle) - vehicle weight including:
standard and optional equipment,
fluids and emergency tools. This
weight does not
include passengers
and cargo.
• GVW (Gross Vehicle Weight) - curb weight plus the combined weight
of passengers and cargo.
•
GVWR (Gross Vehicle Weight Rating) -
maximum total combined weight of
the unloaded vehicle, passengers,
luggage, hitch, trailer tongue load
and any other optional equipment.
• GAWR (Gross Axle Weight Rating) - maximum weight (load) limit speci-
fied for the front or rear axle.
•This information is located on the
F.M.V.S.S./C.M.V.S.S. label.
•
GCWR (Gross Combined Weight
Rating) - The maximum total weight
rating of the vehicle, passengers,
cargo, and trailer.
• Vehicle Capacity Weight, Load limit, Total load capacity - maximum to-
tal weight limit specified of the load
(passengers and cargo) for the ve-
hicle. This is the maximum com-
bined weight of occupants and
cargo that can be loaded into the vehicle. If the vehicle is used to tow
a trailer, the trailer tongue weight
must be included as part of the
cargo load. This information is lo-
cated on the Tire and Loading Infor-
mation label.
•
Cargo capacity - permissible weight
of cargo, the subtracted weight of
occupants from the load limit.
VEHICLE LOAD CAPACITY
Do not exceed the load limit of your
vehicle shown as “The combined
weight of occupants and cargo” on
the Tire and Loading Information
label. Do not exceed the number
of occupants shown as “Seating
Capacity” on the Tire and Loading
Information label.
To get “the combined weight of occu-
pants and cargo”, add the weight of all
occupants, then add the total lug-
gage weight. Examples are shown in
the following illustration.
VEHICLE LOADING INFORMATION
9-10Technical and consumer information
Do not tow a trailer with your vehicle.Towing your vehicle with all four wheels on
the ground is sometimes called flat towing.
This method is typically used when towing
a vehicle behind a recreational vehicle,
such as a motor home.
CAUTION
• Failure to follow these guidelines can result in severe reduction gear
damage.
• DO NOT tow this vehicle with all four wheels on the ground (flat towing).
• For emergency towing procedures refer to “Towing your vehicle” in the
“In case of emergency ” section of
this manual. DOT (Department Of Transportation) Qual-
ity Grades: All passenger car tires must
conform to federal safety requirements in
addition to these grades.
Quality grades can be found where appli-
cable on the tire sidewall between tread
shoulder and maximum section width. For
example:
Treadwear 200 Traction AA Temperature A
TREADWEAR
The treadwear grade is a comparative rat-
ing based on the wear rate of the tire when
tested under controlled conditions on a
specified government test course. For ex-
ample, a tire graded 150 would wear one
and one-half (1 1/2) times as well on the
government course as a tire graded 100.
The relative performance of tires depends
upon actual conditions of their use how-
ever, and may depart significantly from the
norm due to variations in driving habits,
service practices and differences in road
characteristics and climate.
TOWING A TRAILER
FLAT TOWINGUNIFORM TIRE QUALITY GRADING
Technical and consumer information9-13
Towing...................6-14, 9-13
Towing a trailer .................9-13
TPMS, Tire Pressure Monitoring System . . .5-4
TPMS, Tire pressure warning system .....6-3
Traction motor ..................9-8
Traction motor serial number .........9-8
Trailer towing ..................9-13
Transceiver ...................2-75
Transceiver, HomeLink® Universal ......2-75
Transmitter, With Intelligent Key system
(Refer to Intelligent Key system) .......3-14
Trickle charge .........CH-11, CH-17, CH-25
Turn signal switch ...............2-59
Type of charge and how to charge the Li-ion
battery .....................CH-5
Types of tires ..................8-36
U
Underbody cleaning ...............7-3
Uniform tire quality grading ..........9-13
Unplugged status ..............CH-50
USB (Universal Serial Bus) connection
port........................4-61
V
Vanity mirror ..................3-24
Vehicle ..........2-48, 5-150, 9-6, 9-7, 9-10
Vehicle dynamic control (VDC) system . .5-150
Vehicle identification number (VIN) ......9-7
Vehicle information display .........2-28
Vehicle security system ............2-48
Vents .......................4-30
W
Warning ........2-15, 2-17, 2-37, 5-4, 6-2, 6-3
Warning and indicator lights .........0-12
Warning labels, Air bag warning labels . . .1-61
Warning light .........1-61, 2-18, 2-19, 2-20,
2-21, 2-23, 2-24
Warning lights ..................2-17
Warning lights, indicator lights and audible
reminders ....................2-15
Washer switch ..............2-50, 2-52
Washing ......................7-2
Waxing .......................7-2 Weights (Refer to Dimensions and
weights)
......................9-6
Wheel/tire size ..................9-5
Wheels and tires ..............7-3, 8-30
When starting and driving ...........5-4
When traveling or registering your vehicle in
another country .................9-7
Window(s) ..................2-70, 7-3
Windshield wiper and washer switch . . . .2-50
Windshield-washer fluid ............8-11
Wiper ..........2-50, 2-52, 8-15, 8-16, 8-17
Wiper blades ...............8-15, 8-16
With Intelligent Key system
(Refer to Intelligent Key system) .......3-14
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