owners manual KIA Sorento

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BL-ENG (CAN)-5.qxd 7/28/05 5:56 PM Page 34 DRIVING TIPS TRAILER TOWING ✽✽ NOTICE This section contains many time-test-If You Do Decide to Pull a Trailer ed, important trailering tips and safe- Here are some important points if you Pulling a trailer improperly can ty rules. Many of these are important damage your vehicle and result in decide to pull a trailer: for your safety and that of your pas- costly repairs not covered by your • State, provincial, county and sengers. Please read this section warranty. To pull a trailer correct- municipal government have varying carefully before you pull a trailer. ly, follow the advice in this section. trailering laws. Make sure your Load-pulling components such as thehitch, mirrors, lights and wiring engine, transmission, wheel assem- Your vehicle can tow a trailer.To iden- arrangements are legal, not only blies, and tires are forced to work tify what the vehicle trailering capaci- where you live, but also where harder against the load of the added ty is for your vehicle, you should read you’ll be driving. A good source for weight. The engine is required to the information in “Weight of the this information is provincial or local operate at relatively higher speeds Trailer’’ that appears later in this sec- law enforcement agencies. and under greater loads. This addi- tion. Remember that trailering is dif- • Consider using a sway control.You tional burden generates extra heat. can ask a hitch dealer about sway The trailer also adds considerably to ferent than just driving your vehicle control. wind resistance, further increasing by itself. Trailering means changes in the pulling requirements. handling, durability, and fuel econo- • After your odometer indicates 800 my. Successful, safe trailering takes km or more, you can tow a trailer. correct equipment, and it has to be For the first 800 km that you tow a used properly. trailer, don’t drive over 80 km/h and don’t make starts at full throttle. This helps your engine and other parts of your vehicle “wear”in at the heavier loads. • Always drive at a safe speed (less than 100 km/h) commensurate with road conditions. • Three important considerations have to do with weight: 5-34

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