Tires, Wheels and Loading
WARNING:Donotusereplacementtireswithlowerload
carryingcapacitiesthantheoriginaltiresbecausetheymay
lowerthevehicle’sGVWRandGAWRlimitations.Replacementtires
withahigherlimitthantheoriginaltiresdonotincreasetheGVWR
andGAWRlimitations.
WARNING:Exceedinganyvehicleweightratinglimitationcould
resultinseriousdamagetothevehicleand/orpersonalinjury.
Stepsfordeterminingthecorrectloadlimit:
1.
Locatethestatement“Thecombinedweightofoccupantsandcargo
shouldneverexceedXXXkgorXXXlbs.”onyourvehicle’splacard.
2.
Determinethecombinedweightofthedriverandpassengersthatwill
beridinginyourvehicle.
3.
SubtractthecombinedweightofthedriverandpassengersfromXXX
kgorXXXlbs.
4.
Theresultingfigureequalstheavailableamountofcargoandluggage
loadcapacity.Forexample,ifthe“XXX”amountequals1,400lbs.and
therewillbefive150lb.passengersinyourvehicle,theamountof
availablecargoandluggageloadcapacityis650lbs.(1400-750(5x150)
=
650lb.).Inmetricunits(635-340(5x68)=295kg.)
5.
thevehicle.Thatweightmaynotsafelyexceedtheavailablecargoand
luggageloadcapacitycalculatedinStep4.
Determinethecombinedweightofluggageandcargobeingloadedon
Thefollowinggivesyouafewexamplesonhowtocalculatetheavailable
amountofcargoandluggageloadcapacity:
•
Anotherexampleforyourvehiclewith1400lb.(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-(5x
99
kg)-(5x13.5kg)=635-495-67.5=72.5kg.
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2011
Fiesta(fie)
OwnersGuide,3rdPrinting
USA(fus)
Product Specification
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