SunnyBrook Mobile Scout Titan 2006, Руководство пользователя

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This manual presents an overview of tire safety,
including information on the following topics:
• Basic tire maintenance
• Uniform Tire Quality Grading System
• Fundamental characteristics of tires
• Tire safety tips.
Use this information to make tire safety a regular part
of your vehicle maintenance routine. Recognize that
the time you spend is minimal compared with the
inconvenience and safety consequences of a flat tire
or other tire failure.
Safety First–Basic Tire Maintenance
Properly maintained tires improve the steering,
stopping, traction, and load-carrying capability of your
vehicle. Underinflated tires and overloaded vehicles
are a major cause of tire failure.
Therefore, as mentioned above, to avoid flat tires and
other types of tire failure, you should maintain proper
tire pressure, observe tire and vehicle load limits, avoid
road hazards, and regularly inspect your tires.
Finding Your Vehicle’s Recommended Tire
Pressure and Load Limits
Tire information placards and vehicle certification
labels contain information on tires and load limits.
These labels indicate the vehicle manufacturer’s
information including:
• Recommended tire size
• Recommended tire inflation pressure
• Vehicle Capacity Weight (VCW–the maximum
occupant and cargo weight a vehicle is designed
to carry)
• Front and rear gross axle weight ratings (GAWR–
the maximum weight the axle systems are
designed to carry).
Both placards and certification labels are permanently
attached to the trailer on the forward half of the left
side, and are easily readable from outside the vehicle
without moving any part of the vehicle.
Vehicle manufacturers determine this number based
on the vehicle’s design load limit, that is, the greatest
amount of weight a vehicle can safely carry and the
vehicle’s tire size. The proper tire pressure for your
vehicle is referred to as the “recommended cold
inflation pressure.” (As you will read below, it is
difficult to obtain the recommended tire pressure if
your tires are not cold.)
Because tires are designed to be used on more than
one type of vehicle, tire manufacturers list the
“maximum permissible inflation pressure” on the tire
sidewall. This number is the greatest amount of air
pressure that should ever be put in the tire under
normal driving conditions.
Checking Tire Pressure
It is important to check your vehicle’s tire pressure
at least once a month for the following reasons:
• Most tires may naturally lose air over time.
• Tires can lose air suddenly if you drive over a
pothole or other object or if you strike the curb
when parking.
• With radial tires, it is usually not possible to
determine underinflation by visual inspection.
For convenience, purchase a tire pressure gauge to
keep in your vehicle. Gauges can be purchased at tire
dealerships, auto supply stores, and other retail outlets.
The recommended tire inflation pressure that vehicle
manufacturers provide reflects the proper psi when a
tire is cold. The term cold does not relate to the outside
temperature. Rather, a cold tire is one that has not been
driven on for at least three hours. When you drive,
your tires get warmer, causing the air pressure within
them to increase. Therefore, to get an accurate tire
pressure reading, you must measure tire pressure when
the tires are cold or compensate for the extra pressure
in warm tires.
Steps for Maintaining Proper Tire Pressure
• Step 1: Locate the recommended tire pressure on
the vehicle’s tire information placard, certification
label, or in the owner’s manual.
• Step 2: Record the tire pressure of all tires.
• Step 3: If the tire pressure is too high in any of the
tires, slowly release air by gently pressing on the tire
valve stem with the edge of your tire gauge until you
get to the correct tire pressure. These missing pounds
of pressure are what you will need to add.
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Understanding Tire Pressure and Load Limits
Tire inflation pressure is the level of air in the tire that
provides it with load-carrying capacity and affects the
overall performance of the vehicle. The tire inflation
pressure is a number that indicates the amount of air
pressure– measured in pounds per square inch (psi)–a
tire requires to be properly inflated. (You will also
find this number on the vehicle information placard
expressed in kilopascals (kPa), which is the metric
measure used internationally.)