2020 KIA K900 maintenance

Maintenance
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Do not operate the engine in con-
fined or closed areas (such as
garages) any more than what is
necessary to move the vehicle in or
out of the area.
When the vehicle is stopped in an open area for more than a short
time with the engine running,
adjust the ventilation system (as
needed) to draw outside air into the
vehicle.
Never sit in a parked or stopped vehicle for any extended time with
the engine running.
When the engine stalls or fails to start, excessive attempts to restart
the engine may cause damage to
the emission control system.Operating precautions for catalyt-
ic converters (if equipped)
WARNING- Catalytic converter
Keep away from the catalytic
converter and exhaust system
while the vehicle is running or
immediately thereafter. The
exhaust and catalytic systems
are very hot and may burn you.
WARNING- Fire
Do not park, idle or drive the vehicle over or near flamma-
ble objects, such as grass,
vegetation, paper, leaves, etc.
A hot exhaust system can
ignite flammable items under
your vehicle.
Also, do not remove the heat sink around the exhaust sys-
tem, do not seal the bottom of
the vehicle or do not coat the
vehicle for corrosion control.
It may present a fire risk under
certain conditions.

795
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 K900 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

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; download the
SaferCar mobile application; or write to: Administrator,
NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., 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)
816
Specifications, Consumer information, Reporting safety defects

Index
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Air bag - advanced supplemental restraint system . . . . 3-50How does the air bag system operate. . . . . . . . . . . . 3-51
Air bag warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-53
SRS components and functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-54
Occupant Detection System (ODS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-57
Driver's and passenger's front air bag . . . . . . . . . . . 3-65
Side air bag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-67
Curtain air bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-69
SRS Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-75
Adding equipment to or modifying your air bag-equipped vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-76
Air bag warning label. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-76
Air cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-28\
Replace the filter according to the Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-28
Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
All Wheel Drive (AWD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-26 Using All Wheel Drive (AWD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-26
Emergency precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-27
Appearance care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-84 Exterior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-84
Interior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-89
Audio system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-168 Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-168
USB port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-169
How vehicle radio works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-169 Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-132
Automatic heating and air conditioning. . . . . . . . . 4-133
Manual heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . 4-135
System operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-142
Climate control air filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-144
Checking the amount of air conditioner refrigerant and compressor lubricant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-144
Air Conditioning refrigerant label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-145
Automatic transmission (shift-by-wire) . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11 Automatic transmission operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-\
18
LCD display messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18
Good driving practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 7-34 Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-34
Recharging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-36
Reset items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-37
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5 Before entering vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Necessary inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Before starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Blind spot view monitor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-113
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Index
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Driver Attention Warning (DAW) system . . . . . . . . . . 5-94System setting and activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-94
Resetting the system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-96
System disabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-97
System malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-97
Economical operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-161
Electrical equipment (U.S. only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-15 Installation of a mobile two-way radio system . . . . 8-15
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5 Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Push-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-92 Crankcase emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-92
Evaporative emission control (including ORVR:Onboard Refueling Vapor Recovery) system. . . . . 7-92
Exhaust emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-93
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 8-2
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6, 7-4
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-23 Checking the coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-23
Changing the coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-25
Engine number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-\
21 Checking the engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-21
Changing the engine oil and filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-22 Engine start/stop button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Illuminated engine start/stop button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Engine start/stop button position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Starting the engine with a smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Explanation of scheduled maintenance items . . . . . . . 7-17 Engine oil and filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-17
Drive belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-17
Fuel filter (for gasoline) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-17
Fuel lines, fuel hoses and connections . . . . . . . . . . . 7-17
Vapor hose and fuel filler cap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-17
Vacuum crankcase ventilation hoses . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-18
Air cleaner filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-18
Spark plugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-18
Valve clearance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-18
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-18
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-\
18
Automatic transmission fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-18
Brake hoses and lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-19
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-19
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
Brake discs, pads, calipers and rotors . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
Exhaust pipe and muffler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
Suspension mounting bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
Steering gear box, linkage & boots/lower arm ball joint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
Drive shafts and boots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
Air conditioning refrigerant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
Exterior overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
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Index
Lane Following Assist (LFA) system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-135LFA system operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-137
Limitations of the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-140
Lane Keeping Assist (LKA) system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-71 LKA system operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-73
LKA system malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-78
LKA system function change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-79
LCD windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-76 Over view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-76
Trip information (Trip computer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-76
LCD modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-80
Distance to empty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-84
Set up mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-84
Warning messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-85
Leading Vehicle Departure Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-119 System setting and system standby . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-119
Light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-77\
Lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-77
Light bulb position (Front). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-79
Light bulb position (Rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-79
Light bulb position (Side) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-80
Headlamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . 7-80
Rear combination lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-80
High mounted stop lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-81 License plate lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . 7-81
Rear fog lamp (LED type) bulb replacement. . . . . . 7-81
Side repeater lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . 7-82
Map lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . 7-82
Vanity mirror lamp (front)(LED type) bulb
replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-82
Room lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . . . . . . . 7-83
Glove box lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . . . 7-83
Trunk lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . . . . . . . 7-83
Lighting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-114 Battery saver function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-114
Daytime running light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-114
Lighting control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-114
High beam operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-116
High beam assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-117
Turn signals and lane change signals . . . . . . . . . . . 4-120
Headlight leveling device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-121
Dynamic Bending Light (DBL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-122
Luggage volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
Maintenance services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5 Owner’s responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
Owner maintenance precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-58 Inside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-58
Outside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-66
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Index
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Navigation-based Smart Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . 5-121System setting and operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-121
Online factory authorized manuals (U.S. only) . . . . . . 8-16 Service manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-16
Electrical troubleshooting manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-16
Owner's manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-16
Owner maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8 Owner maintenance schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8
Parking Distance Warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-106 Operation of the Parking Distance Warning system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10\
6
Non-operational conditions of parking distance warning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-108
Self-diagnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-110 Rear Cross-Traffic Collision Warning (RCCW) system/
Rear Cross-Traffic Collision-Avoidance Assist (RCCA)
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-\
149
System description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-149
System setting and activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-150
Warning message and system control . . . . . . . . . . 5-151
Rear view monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-111
Recommended lubricants and capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7 Recommended SAE viscosity number. . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
Refrigerant label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11
Reporting safety defects (U.S. only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-16
Road warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2 Hazard warning flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Scheduled maintenance service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10
Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . 3-4 Driver’s seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Front passenger’s seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Rear seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-\
5
Front seat adjustment - power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Front seat position memory system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Headrest (For front seat) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
Seatback pocket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
Rear seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21
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Theft-alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14Armed stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Theft-alarm stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Disarmed stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8 Check tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8
Low tire pressure telltale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10
Changing a tire with TPMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12
Tire specification and pressure label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11
Tires and wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-38, 8-4 Tire care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-38\
Recommended cold tire inflation pressures . . . . . . . 7-38
Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-39
Checking tire inflation pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-39
Tire rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-40
Wheel alignment and tire balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-41
Tire replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-42
Wheel replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-43
Tire traction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-43
Tire maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-43
Tire sidewall labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-43
All season tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-50
Summer tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-50
Snow tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-50
Tire chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-51
Radial-ply tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-51
Low aspect ratio tire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-52 Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 6-23
Towing service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-23
Removable towing hook. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-25
Emergency towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-26
Trailer Towing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-171
Trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 4-23 Non-power trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
Power trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25
Vehicle break-in process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Vehicle certification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10
Vehicle data collection and event data recorders . . . . . . 1-6
Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10
Vehicle load limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-172 Tire and loading information label. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-172
Certification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-175
Vehicle weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-176 Base curb weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-176
Vehicle curb weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-176
Cargo weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-176
GAW (Gross Axle Weight). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-176
GAWR (Gross Axle Weight Rating) . . . . . . . . . . . 5-176
GVW (Gross Vehicle Weight) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-176
GVWR (Gross Vehicle Weight Rating) . . . . . . . . . 5-176
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