Tires, Wheels and Loading
WARNING:Donotusereplacementtireswithlowerload
carryingcapacitiesthantheoriginaltiresbecausetheymay
lowerthevehicle’sGVWRandGAWRlimitations.Replacementtires
withahigherlimitthantheoriginaltiresdonotincreasetheGVWR
andGAWRlimitations.
WARNING:Exceedinganyvehicleweightratinglimitationcould
resultinseriousdamagetothevehicleand/orpersonalinjury.
Stepsfordeterminingthecorrectloadlimit:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Locatethestatement“Thecombinedweightofoccupantsandcargo
shouldneverexceedXXXkgorXXXlb.”onyourvehicle’splacard.
Determinethecombinedweightofthedriverandpassengersthat
willberidinginyourvehicle.
Subtractthecombinedweightofthedriverandpassengersfrom
XXXkgorXXXlb.
Theresultingfigureequalstheavailableamountofcargoand
luggageloadcapacity.Forexample,ifthe“XXX”amountequals
1,400
lb.andtherewillbefive150lb.passengersinyourvehicle,the
amountofavailablecargoandluggageloadcapacityis650lb.
(5x150)=650lb.).Inmetricunits(635-340(5x68)=
(1400-750
295
kg.)
5.
6.
Determinethecombinedweightofluggageandcargobeingloaded
onthevehicle.Thatweightmaynotsafelyexceedtheavailable
cargoandluggageloadcapacitycalculatedinStep4.
Ifyourvehiclewillbetowingatrailer,loadfromyourtrailerwillbe
transferredtoyourvehicle.Consultthismanualtodeterminehow
thisreducestheavailablecargoandluggageloadcapacityofyour
vehicle.
Thefollowinggivesyouafewexamplesonhowtocalculatetheavailable
amountofcargoandluggageloadcapacity:
•
Anotherexampleforyourvehiclewith1,400lb.(635kg)ofcargoand
luggagecapacity.Youdecidetogogolfing.Isthereenoughload
capacitytocarryyou,4ofyourfriendsandallthegolfbags?Youand
fourfriendsaverage220lb.(99kg)eachandthegolfbagsweigh
approximately30lb.(13.5kg)each.Thecalculationwouldbe:1400-
(5
x220)-(5x30)=1400-1100-150=150lb.Yes,youhave
enoughloadcapacityinyourvehicletotransportfourfriendsand
yourgolfbags.Inmetricunits,thecalculationwouldbe:635kg-
(5
x99kg)-(5x13.5kg)=635-495-67.5=72.5kg.
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