load capacity DODGE SPRINTER 2008 2.G Owner's Manual

396 OperationTires and wheels
4
GVWR (G
ross V
ehicle W
eight R
ating)
This is the maximum permissible vehicle
weight of the fully loaded vehicle (weight
of the vehicle including all options, pas-
sengers, fuel, and cargo and, if applica-
ble, trailer tongue load). It is indicated
on the certification label located below
the driver’s seat on the mounting pillar.Kilopascal (kPa)The metric unit for air pressure. There
are 6.9kPa to 1psi; another metric unit
for air pressure is bars. there are
100 kilopascals (kPa) to 1 bar.
Maximum load ratingThe maximum load in kg and pounds
that can be carried by the tire.Maximum loaded vehicle weightThe sum of curb weight, accessory
weight, vehicle capacity weight and pro-
duction options weight.Maximum tire inflation pressureThis number is the greatest amount of
air pressure that should ever be put in
the tire under normal driving conditions.
Normal occupant weightThe number of occupants the vehicle is
designed to seat, multiplied by 68 kg
(150 lbs).Occupant distributionThe distribution of occupants in a vehi-
cle at their designated seating positions.
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397 Operation
Tires and wheels
4
Production options weightThe combined weight of those installed
regular production options weighing
over 5 lbs (2.3 kg) in excess of those
standard items which they replace, not
previously considered in curb weight or
accessory weight, including heavy duty
brakes, ride levelers, roof rack, heavy
duty battery, and special trim.PSI (P
ounds per S
quare I
nch)
A standard unit of measure for air pres-
sure. Another metric unit for air pres-
sure is bar or kilopascal (kPa).
Recommended tire inflation pressureRecommended tire inflation pressure for
normal driving conditions listed on the
tire and loading information placard
1 or
on the tire inflation pressure placard lo-
cated on the driver’s door B-pillar.
Provides best handling, tread life and
riding comfort.
RimA metal support for a tire or a tire and
tube assembly upon which the tire
beads are seated.
Side wallThe portion of a tire between the tread
and the bead.TIN (T
ire I
dentification N
umber)
Unique identifier which facilitates efforts
by tire manufacturers to notify purchas-
ers in recall situations or other safety
matters concerning tires and gives pur-
chases the means to easily identify such
tires. The TIN is comprised of the “man-
ufacturer’s identification mark”, “tire
size”, “tire type code” and “date of man-
ufacture”.
1. For vehicles with a gross weight capacity less
than 10 000 lbs (4 536 kg) (USA only).
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399 Operation
Tires and wheels
4
Uniform tire quality grading stan-
dardsA tire information system that provides
consumers with ratings for a tire’s trac-
tion, temperature and treadwear. Rat-
ings are determined by tire
manufacturers using government test-
ing procedures. The ratings are molded
into the side wall of the tire.
Vehicle capacity weightRated cargo and luggage load plus 68 kg
(150 lbs) times the vehicle’s designated
seating capacity.Vehicle maximum load on the tireLoad on an individual tire that is deter-
mined by distributing to each axle its
share of the maximum loaded vehicle
weight and dividing it by two.
Rotating tiresWarning
G
Rotate front and rear wheels only if they
are of the same dimension.Changing the tire dimension for an axle could cause the tire to come into contact
with the vehicle body or axle parts. Dam-
age to the tire or the vehicle may be the
result.
Continued
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404 OperationWinter driving
4
\3 Winter drivingHave your vehicle winterproofed at the
onset of winter at an authorized Sprinter
Dealer. This service includes the follow-
ing:\4
Oil change, if the current engine oil
used has not been approved for win-
ter use
\4
The antifreeze / anti-corrosion con-
centration in the coolant is checked
\4
The addition of a concentrated
cleaning agent to the water in the
windshield washer system
\4
Battery check
\4
A tire changeYou will find information about diesel
fuel for use at low outside temperatures
in the “Technical data” section
(
\2
page 614).
Please also observe the information
about winter driving (
\2
page 406).
Winter tires should also be operated as
printed on the tire and loading informa-
tion placard
1 or on the tire inflation pres-
sure placard located on the driver’s door
B-pillar, refer to “Tires and wheels” (
\2
page 362). Not all M+S rated radial-
ply tires provide special winter perfor-
mance. Make sure the tires you use
show M+S and the mountain/snowflake
marking
.
on the tire side wall.
These tires meet specific snow traction
performance requirements of the Rub-
ber Manufacturers Association (RMA)
and the Rubber Association of Canada
(RAC) and have been designed specifi-
cally for use in snow conditions. Use of
winter tires is the only way to achieve
the maximum effectiveness of the ABS,
BAS, ASR and ESP
® in winter operation.
Winter tires1. For vehicles with a gross weight capacity less
than 10 000 lbs (4 536 kg) (USA only).
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409 Operation
Maintenance and servicing
4
\3 Maintenance and servicingWarning
G
Before carrying out maintenance opera-
tions and repairs, please make sure that
you read the relevant sections of the tech-
nical documentation, such as:Operating instructions and workshop in-
formationFamiliarize yourself in advance in particu-
lar with legal requirements, such as:Safety at work and accident prevention
regulations.
Continued
Warning (Continued)
G
You may otherwise fail to recognize dan-
gers and could injure yourself or others.When working underneath the vehicle,
you must place the vehicle on stands with
sufficient load-bearing capacity.Never use the vehicle jack instead. There
is a risk that the vehicle jack could give
way and the vehicle could drop, seriously
injuring yourself or others, or causing
damage to property.
Continued
Warning (Continued)
G
The jack is only designed to raise the ve-
hicle for a short time.Always have the maintenance work car-
ried out and checked at an authorized
Sprinter Dealer which has the necessary
specialist knowledge and tools to carry
out the work required.
Continued
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629 *Technical data
Lashing points and carrier systems
6
\3 Lashing points and carrier systems
You will find further information on the
lashing eyes in the “Controls in detail”
section (
\2
page 280).
Lashing eyesThe maximum tensile load of the lashing
eyes is:
Load rails*The maximum tensile load of the lashing
points in the load compartment is:
Lashing points!
CAUTION
Observe the data on the maximum
load-bearing capacity of the individu-
al lashing points.
During full-braking applications, for
example, forces can be involved that
are much greater than the weight
force of the load.
Always use several lashing points in
order to distribute force absorption,
and make sure that the lashing
points have an equal load.
Lashing eyes
Permissible
nominal tensile
force
Crewbus
3500 N
Panel van
5000 N
Lashing point
Permissible
nominal tensile
force
Load rails in the
load compart-
ment floor
5000 N
Lower load rail on
the side wall
2500 N
Upper load rail on
the side wall
1500 N
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636 *Technical dataVehicle identification labels
6
USA only - for vehicles with a gross
weight capacity less than 10,000 lbs
(4536 kg) only.
The tire and loading information placard
is located on the driver’s door B-pillar.
1Tire and loading information placard
For tire and loading information, see
"Loading the vehicle" (
\2
page 351).
iThe data shown on the labels is for il-
lustrative purposes only. The data is
specific to each vehicle and may vary
from the data shown in the illustra-
tion.
Refer to the label on your vehicle for
data specific to your vehicle.Tire and loading information plac-
ard
iThe data shown on the placard is for
illustrative purposes only. The load
limit data and seating data is specific
to each vehicle and may vary from
the data shown in the illustration.
Refer to the placard on your vehicle
for data specific to your vehicle.
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649 Index
K
Keybattery check lamp . . . . . . . . . . . 86
buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
changing the batteries . . . . 539
,540
lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . 446–449
problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445
Key no.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632
Key positions
Kickdown
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Kilopascal
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
L
Lamp failure monitor
. . . . . . . . . 129
Languagedisplay
(vehicles with steering wheel
buttons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166Lashing eyes
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
permissible tensile load . . . . . . . 629
Lashing eyes/rails
. . . . . . . . . . . 280
Lashing pointsmaximum load-bearing capacity . . 629Lashing points and aids
. . . . . . . 280
permissible tensile load . . . . . . . 629
LATCH type child restraint
system
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
License plate lamp
. . . . . . . 530
,531
changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534
Light-alloy wheels
. . . . . . . . . . . 420
Lighting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525
exterior – see Exterior lighting
instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
interior, front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
interior, rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
lamp failure monitor . . . . . . . . . 129
Lightsautomatic headlamp control . . . 132
front foglamp indicator lamp . . . 130
headlamp flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
low-beam headlamps . . . . . . . . 130
reading lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
rear foglamp indicator lamp . . . 130
L
K
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655 Index
fore-and-aft adjustment . . . . . . . 114
heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458
height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
suspension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
suspension lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
swivelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
vertical lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116Seat belt
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
adjusting height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425
telltale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482
wearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Seat heatingswitching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123Seating capacity
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Securing a load
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Securing tensioning straps
. . . . 280
Selector leverlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
,201
Servicecalling up the due date
vehicles with steering wheel
buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413
vehicles without steering
wheel buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . 414
indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411Service information
. . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Service lifetires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349Service products
. . . . . . . . 322
,410
capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 621
coolants, lubricants, etc. . . . . . . 616
diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 612engine oils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 606
fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610
gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610
notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604
windshield washer fluid . . . . . . . 333
Setting the blower speed
. . . . . 220
Setting the date
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
vehicles with steering wheel
buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
vehicles without steering wheel
buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Settingsresetting all (vehicles with steering
wheel buttons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162Shift rangeautomatic transmission . . . . . . . 204
display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
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659 Index
direction of rotation, spinning . . 351
driving instructions . . . . . . . . . . 195
important guidelines . . . . . . . . . 346
inflation pressure . . . . . . . . 361
,365
information placard . . . . . . . . . . 352
inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
load limit information . . . . . . . . . 355
load rating . . . . . . . . .383
,384
,398
loading Information . . . . . . . . . . 352
loading terminology . . . . . . . . . . 393
loading the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 351
low tire pressure indicator . . . . . 478
maximum load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
messages in the multifunction
display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478
ply composition and material
used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398problems under/overinflation . . 380
,
382
radial-ply tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
retreads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
rotating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
,399
seating capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
speed rating . . . . . . . 199
,386
,398
storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
temperature . . . . . . . . 363
,364
,627
terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
TIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387,397
Tire Identification Number see TIN
Tire Pressure Monitoring System
(TPMS), (USA only) . . . . . . . . . . 367
TPMS malfunction indicator . . . 478traction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
,398
tread . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . 349,405
Treadwear Indicator (TWI) . . . . . 196
Treadwear Indicators . . . . . . . . . 398
valves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
vehicle maximum load on . . . . . 399
wear pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
winter tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404
Tongue Weight Ratingsee TWRTopTether
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Tow-away protection
. . . . . . . . . . .78
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