Adverse safety consequences of overloading on handling and stopping and on tires
Overloading could affect vehicle handling, stopping distance, and vehicle and tire performance in the following ways. This could lead to an accident and possibly result in severe personal injury.
• Vehicle stability will deteriorate.
• Heavy and/or high-mounted loads could increase the risk of rollover.
• Stopping distance will increase.
• Brakes could overheat and fail.
• Suspension, bearings, axles and other body parts could break or experience accelerated wear that will shorten vehicle life.
• Tires could fail.
• Tread separation could occur.
• Tire could separate from its rim.
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Before starting out on a trip
- Check that the vehicle and vehicle-tohitch
mounting are in good condition. If
any problems are apparent, do not tow the
trailer.
- Check that the vehicle sits horizontally
with the trailer ...
Selecting category (only when connecting iPod®)
When the “LIST” button is pressed for less than 1.5 seconds, the iPod® menu is displayed.
Each time you turn the “TUNE/TRACK/ CH” dial clockwise, the displayed category changes in the following seq ...
Examples of the types of accidents in which the SRS curtain airbag is unlikely
to deploy.
Outback models
1) The vehicle is involved in an oblique side-on impact.
2) The vehicle is involved in a side-on impact in an area outside the vicinity of
the passenger compartment.
3) The vehic ...