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:
Vehicle jerks during vdc/tcs/abs
control
Diagnosis Procedure
1.SYMPTOM CHECK
Check if the vehicle jerks during VDC/TCS/ABS control.
Is the inspection result normal?
YES >> Inspection End.
NO >> GO TO 2
2.CHECK SELF DIAGNOSTIC RESULT
Perform self diagnostic result of ABS actuator and electric unit
(control unit). Re ...
Precaution
Precaution for supplemental restraint system (srs) "air bag" and "seat
belt pre-tensioner"
The Supplemental Restraint System such as “AIR BAG” and “SEAT BELT PRE-TENSIONER”,
used along
with a front seat belt, helps to reduce the risk or severity of injur ...
Diagnosis system (bcm) (with intelligent key system)
Common item
Common item : consult function (bcm - common item)
Application item
Consult performs the following functions via can communication with bcm.
Direct diagnostic mode
Description
ECU identification
The BCM part number is displayed.
Self diagnostic result
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