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Load Limits
The maximum load for your vehicle
is 675 lbs (308 kg). This figure
includes the total weight of all
occupants, cargo, and accessories,
and the tongue load if you are towing
a trailer.
Overloading or improper
loading can affect handling and
stability and cause a crash in
which you can be hurt or killed.
Follow all load limits and other
loading guidelines in this
manual.
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Steps for determining correct load
limit:
1.
Locate the statement, ''the
combined weight of occupants and
cargo should never exceed 675
lbs'' on your vehicle's placard.
[The placard is on the driver's
doorjamb.]
2.
Determine the combined weight
of the driver and passengers that
will be riding in your vehicle.
3.
Subtract the combined weight of
the driver and passengers from
675 pounds or 308 kilograms.
4.
The resulting figure equals the
available amount of cargo and
luggage load capacity.
For example, if the maximum load
is 675 lbs and there will be four
150 lb. passengers in your vehicle,
the amount of available cargo and
Carrying Cargo
luggage load capacity is 75 lbs.
(675
600 (4
150) = 75 lbs.)
5.
Determine the combined weight
of luggage and cargo being loaded
on the vehicle. That weight may
not safely exceed the available
cargo and luggage load capacity in
step 4.
6.
If your vehicle will be towing a
trailer, the load from your trailer
will be transferred to your vehicle.
Consult this manual to determine
how this reduces the available
cargo and luggage load capacity of
your vehicle (see page
149
).
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