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Driving tips  
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vehicle and unstable driving situations  
may result.  
Vehicle features and options  
This chapter describes all standard, country-  
specific and optional features offered with the  
series. It also describes features that are not  
necessarily available in your car, e. g., due to  
the selected options or country versions. This  
also applies to safety-related functions and  
systems. The respectively applicable country  
provisions must be observed when using the  
respective features and systems.  
2. Determine the combined weight of the  
driver and passengers that will be riding in  
your vehicle.  
Hints  
Overloading the vehicle  
3. Subtract the combined weight of the driver  
and passengers from XXX kilograms or  
YYY pounds.  
To avoid exceeding the approved ca‐  
pacity of the tires, never overload the vehicle.  
Overloading can lead to overheating and in‐  
creases the rate at which damage develops in‐  
side the tires. This could result in a sudden  
loss of tire inflation pressure.◀  
4. The resulting figure equals the available  
amount of cargo and luggage load ca‐  
pacity.  
For example, if the YYY amount equals  
1,000 lbs and there will be four 150 lbs  
passengers in your vehicle, the amount of  
available cargo and luggage load capacity  
is 400 lbs: 1,000 lbs minus 600 lbs =  
400 lbs.  
No fluids in the cargo area  
Make sure that fluids do not leak into the  
cargo area; otherwise, the vehicle may be dam‐  
aged.◀  
Heavy and hard objects  
5. Determine the combined weight of lug‐  
gage and cargo being loaded on the vehi‐  
cle. That weight may not safely exceed the  
available cargo and luggage load capacity  
calculated in Step 4.  
Do not stow any heavy and hard objects  
in the car's interior without securing them; oth‐  
erwise, they may present a danger to occu‐  
pants, e.g., during braking and evasive maneu‐  
vers.◀  
Determining the load limit  
1. Locate the following statement on your ve‐  
hicle’s placard:  
The combined weight of occupants  
and cargo should never exceed XXX kg  
or YYY lbs. Otherwise, damage to the  
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