maintenance KIA CADENZA 2018 Owners Manual

Your vehicle is equipped with a cat-
alytic converter emission control
device.
Therefore, the following precautions
must be observed:
Use only UNLEADED FUEL forgasoline engines.
Do not operate the vehicle when there are signs of engine malfunc-
tion, such as misfire or a noticeable
loss of performance.
Do not misuse or abuse the engine. Examples of misuse are
coasting with the ignition off and
descending steep grades in gear
with the ignition off.
Do not operate the engine at high idle speed for extended periods (5
minutes or more).
Do not modify or tamper with any part of the engine or emission con-
trol system. All inspections and
adjustments must be made by an
authorized Kia dealer.
Avoid driving with an extremely low fuel level. Running out of fuel could
cause the engine to misfire, dam-
aging the catalytic converter. Failure to observe these precautions
could result in damage to the catalyt-
ic converter and to your vehicle.
Additionally, such actions could void
your warranties.
Perchlorate Material-special handling
may apply, See www.dtsc.ca.gov/haz-
ardouswaste/ perchlorate.
Notice to California Vehicle Dismantlers:
Perchlorate containing materials,
such as air bag inflators, seatbelt
pretensioners and keyless remote
entry batteries, must be disposed of
according to Title 22 California Code
of Regulations Chapter 67384.10
(a).
CALIFORNIA
PERCHLORATE NOTICE
7100
Maintenance

Specifications, Consumer information, Reporting safety defects
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8
If you believe that your vehicle has a defect which could
cause a crash or could cause injury or death, you should
immediately inform the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA) in addition to notifying Kia
Motors America, Inc.
If NHTSA receives similar complaints, it may open an
investigation, and if it finds that a safety defect exists in a
group of vehicles, it may order a recall and remedy cam-
paign. However, NHTSA cannot become involved in indi-
vidual problems between you, your dealer, or Kia Motors
America, Inc.
To contact NHTSA, you may call the Vehicle Safety
Hotline toll-free at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY: 1-800-424-
9153); go to http://www.safercar.gov; download the
SaferCar mobile application; or write to: Administrator,
NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., West Building,
Washington, DC 20590. You can also obtain other infor-
mation about motor vehicle safety from http://www.safer-
car.gov. The following publications are available on
www.KiaTechinfo.com
Service manual:
This manual covers maintenance and recommended pro-
cedures for repair to engine and chassis components. It
is written for the Journeyman mechanic, but is simple
enough for most mechanically inclined owners to under-
stand.
Electrical troubleshooting manual:
This manual complements the Service Manual by provid-
ing indepth troubleshooting information for each electrical
circuit in your vehicle.
Owner's manual:
This manual describes the overall features and operating
procedures for the vehicle.
REPORTING SAFETY DEFECTS
(U.S. ONLY)
ONLINE FACTORY AUTHORIZED MANUALS
(U.S. ONLY)

Index
6I
Explanation of scheduled maintenance items . . . . . . . 7-20Engine oil and filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
Drive belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
Fuel filter (for gasoline) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
Fuel lines, fuel hoses and connections . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
Vapor hose and fuel filler cap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
Vacuum crankcase ventilation hoses . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-21
Air cleaner filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-21
Spark plugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-21
Valve clearance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-21
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-21
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-\
21
Automatic transaxle fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-21
Brake hoses and lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-22
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-23
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-23
Brake discs, pads, calipers and rotors . . . . . . . . . . . 7-23
Exhaust pipe and muffler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-23
Suspension mounting bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-23
Steering gear box, linkage &boots/lower arm ball joint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-23
Drive shafts and boots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-23
Air conditioning refrigerant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-23
Exterior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-89
Exterior overview (Front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Exterior overview (Rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 Flat tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 6-15
Jack and tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15
Removing and storing the spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-16
Changing tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-17
Compact spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-21
Floor mat anchor(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-150
Fluid Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-29
Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-30
Fog light (front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-111
Folding the outside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-63
Front fog lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . . . . . . 7-81
Front seat adjustment (power) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Front turn signal lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . 7-80
Fuel filler lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-38 Emergency fuel filler lid release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-39
Fuel Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-67\
Fuel requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 7-58 Inner panel fuse replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-59
Engine compartment fuse replacement . . . . . . . . . . 7-61
Fuse/relay panel description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-64F

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Index
Light bulb position (Rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-77
Light bulb position (Side) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-77
Headlamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . . . . . . . 7-78
Headlamp (Low beam) bulb replacement . . . . . . . . 7-78
Headlamp (High beam) bulb replacement . . . . . . . . 7-79
Front turn signal lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . 7-80
Front fog lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . . . . 7-81
Position lamp + DRL (LED type) bulb replacement . . 7-81
Side repeater lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-82
Rear turn signal lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . 7-82
Stop and tail lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . 7-83
Back-up lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-84
License plate lamp bulb replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . 7-84
High mounted stop lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-85
Map lamp bulb replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-85
Vanity mirror lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . 7-86
Room lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-86
Personal lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-87
Glove box lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-87
Trunk lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . . . . . . . 7-88
Lighting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-106 Battery saver function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-106
Parking & Tail light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-106
Auto light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-107
Headlight position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-107
High - beam operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-108
High Beam Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-108 Turn signals and lane change signals . . . . . . . . . . . 4-110
Front fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-111
Check headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-111
Headlight leveling device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-112
Lubricants and capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
Luggage net (holder) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-153
Luggage volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
Maintenance Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3
Maintenance services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
Owner maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6
Scheduled maintenance service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8
Explanation of scheduled maintenance items . . . . . 7-20
Tire maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-48
Maintenance schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8 Normal Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9
Maintenance Under Severe Usage Conditions. . . . . 7-19
Maintenance services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4 Owner’s responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
Owner maintenance precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
Manual mode - Automatic transaxle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
Map lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11\
8
Map lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-85
Mechanical key operations (Smart key) . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
M

Index
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Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-52Inside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-52
Day/night rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-52
"Electric chromic mirror (ECM)with HomeLink
®
system and compass" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-53
Outside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-61
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-62
Folding the outside rearview mirror. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-63
Occupant Detection System (ODS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-46
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
68
Oil (Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-24
Online factory authorized manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-14
Outside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-61
Outside Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-68
Overheats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
6-7
Owner maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6 Owner maintenance schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6
Panorama sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-41 Sunroof open warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-42
Sunshade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-43\
Sliding the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-43
Tilting the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45 Closing the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45
Resetting the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-46
Parking & Tail light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-106
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19 Checking the parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-31
Personal lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-87
Position lamp + DRL (LED type) bulb replacement . . 7-81
Power brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
Power outlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-145
Power window lock button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34
Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25\
Pre-tensioner seat belt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-23
Rear curtain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-151
Rear parking assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-100 Type of warning sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-101
Rear seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Rear turn signal lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-82
Rear view camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-104
Recommended lubricants and capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6 Recommended SAE viscosity number. . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7
Record your key number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Refrigerant label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
Remote control (outside rear view mirror) . . . . . . . . . . 4-62
Remote keyless entry system operations . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Reporting safety defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-14
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Resetting the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-46
Restrictions in Handling Keys(Smart key) . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Road warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Rocking the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-94
Room lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-117
Room lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-86
Rotation (Tire) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-45
Scheduled maintenance service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8Normal Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9
Maintenance Under Severe Usage Conditions. . . . . 7-19
Seat belt restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18
Seat belt warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
3-18 Seat belt restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18
Seat belt warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19
Lap/shoulder belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
Pre-tensioner seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-23
Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25
Care of seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27
Seat warmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-142
Seatback pocket (Front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . 3-4 Front seat adjustment (Power) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Driver position memory system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Headrest (Front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12 Seatback pocket (Front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Rear seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Headrest (Rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Securing a child restraint seat with "Tether Anchor" system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
3-35
Securing a child restraint with a lap belt or lap/ shoulder belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-36
Securing a child restraint with the LATCH anchors system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
3-34
Service Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-76
Shift-lock override - Automatic transaxle . . . . . . . . . . 5-15
Side air bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-56\
Side curtain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-151
Side repeater lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-82
Sliding the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-43
Smart Blind Spot Detection System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-84 Limitations of the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-85
Smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-5 Record your key number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Smart key functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Remote keyless entry system operations . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Transmitter precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Mechanical key operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Restrictions in Handling Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Immobilizer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Smart key functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
SMART mode (Drive mode integrated control system) . . 5-70
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Tires and wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-43Tire care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-43\
Recommended cold tire inflation pressures . . . . . . . 7-43
Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-44
Checking tire inflation pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-44
Tire rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-45
Wheel alignment and tire balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-46
Tire replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-47
Wheel replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-48
Tire traction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-48
Tire maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-48
Tire sidewall labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-48
Tire terminology and definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-52
All season tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-55
Summer tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-55
Snow tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-55
Tire chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-55
Radial-ply tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-56
Low aspect ratio tire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-56
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 6-24 Removable towing hook. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-25
Emergency towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-26
Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-101
Transaxle - Automatic transaxle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Transaxle shift indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-69
Transmitter precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Trip information (Trip computer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-70
Trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 4-20 Non-powered trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
Power trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
Emergency trunk safety release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25
Trunk lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . 7-88
Trunk room lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-119
Turn By Turn Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-75
Turn signals and lane change signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-110
User settings mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-77
Vanity mirror lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-119
Vanity mirror lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-86
Vehicle break-in process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Vehicle certification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8
Vehicle data collection and Event Data Recorders. . . . . 1-6
Vehicle identification number (VIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8
Vehicle load limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-102 Tire and loading information label. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-102
Certification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-105
Vehicle stability management (VSM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-34
Vehicle weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-106
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