Nissan Sentra Owners Manual: 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, emergency tools, and spare tire assembly. 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. This information is located
on the F.M.V.S.S./C.M.V.S.S.
certification label.
- GAWR (Gross AxleWeight Rating) - maximum weight (load) limit specified for the front or rear axle. This information is located on the F.M.V.S.S./C.M.V.S.S. certification 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 total
weight limit specified of the load
(passengers and cargo) for the vehicle.
This is the maximum combined 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 located on the Tire and Loading Information label.
- Cargo capacity - permissible weight of cargo, the subtracted weight of occupants from the load limit.
Vehicle loading information
WARNING
It is extremely dangerous to ride
in a cargo area inside a vehicle. In
a collision, people riding in these
areas are more likely to be seriously
injured or killed.
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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
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Other materials:
Additional service when removing battery negative terminal
Description
When the battery negative terminal is disconnected, the initialization is
necessary for normal operation of
power window system.
CAUTION:
The following specified operations can not be performed under the
non-initialized condition.
Auto-up operation
Anti-pinch function
Wo ...
Easy fill tire alert does not activate
Description
The Easy Fill Tire Alert does not function while inflating a tire when the
select lever position is in P-range with
the ignition switch ON. Refer to WT-8, "TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM : Easy
Fill Tire Alert Function".
Diagnosis Procedure
1. LOCATION CHANGE
Move the ...
Optical sensor
Description
The optical sensor measures ambient light and transmits the optical sensor
signal to the bcm.
Component function check
1.Check optical sensor signal by consult
Consult
Turn the ignition switch ON.
Select opti sen of bcm (head lamp) data monitor item.
Turn the lighting swit ...