Usethelowbeamlightswhendriv鄄
inginalowvisibilitycondition.
Towingandtrailing
Ifyoucannotdeterminethemethodof
towing,firstcheckrelevantregulations
ontowinginyourareabeforedeter鄄
minethetowingmethod,asdifferent
lawsareappliedforthepersonnel,ve鄄
hicleordevicesusedfortowingindif鄄
ferentareas.ConsulttheJACdealer
fordetailedproceduresoftowing.
Hooking
Selectanappropriatehook,deter鄄
minetheaccuratepositionofhook鄄
ing,uselateralcontrolhookandbal鄄
ancetheweightofthetrailer.The
hookmustbefirmlyfastenedwith
vehicles,andshouldbeinstalledby
technical personnel. Never use a
disposablehookorahookthatcan
onlybeusedonthebumper.
Trailerbrakingsystem
Ifyourtrailerisprovidedwithabrake
system,readtheinstructionsofthe
trailerbrakesystemcarefullyandob鄄
servethem,tocorrectlyfitandoper鄄
atethissystem.
Caution院
音 Neverattempttotowavehi鄄
cleduringthefirst2,000kmof
yourvehicle,astheengineisin
run-inperiod.Towingmayseri鄄
ouslydamagetheengineorthe
transmission.
Note院
音 Ifahookisusedfortowing,
the vehicle should be main鄄
tainedfrequentasperrelevant
lawsandregulations.
Caution院
音 Neverconnectthebrakeof
thetrailerwiththatofyourvehi鄄
cle.
音 Whentowingupasteep
slope,checktheenginewater
temperature thermometer and
theengineforoverheating.Ifthe
thermometerindicates"H"(hot),
keep space and immediately
parkatasafeplace.
Drivingyourvehicle
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Safetychains
Safetychainsmustbefittedbetween
yourvehicleandthetrailer.
Thesesafetychainsmustbecross
lockedbelowthetongueofthetrail鄄
er,sothatthetonguewillnotdropon
theroadevenifitisdisengaged
fromthehook.
Weightoftrailer
Theweightofthetrailerisadjusted
byaddingorreducingthenumberof
tongues.
Checkthetotalweightofthetrailer
andtheweightofthetongues.
Weightoftongues
Totalweightoftrailer
Note院
音 1.Theweightoftherearpart
ofthevehiclemustnotexceed
thatofthefrontpart.Over60%
oftheweightmustbeonthe
fronthalfoftrailerandthere鄄
maining40%ontherearhalf.
2.Thetotalweightoftheadded
trailer must not exceed the
gross vehicle weight ratio
(GVWR). The total weight in鄄
cludestheweightofthevehicle,
thedriverandallpassengers,
goods,hook,tonguesandother
equipment.
3.Theweightofthefrontand
rearaxlesmustnotexceedthe
grossaxleweightratio(GAWR).
Under normal conditions, the
trailed goods cannot exceed
GVWRbutcanexceedGAWR.
Impropertrailerweightandex鄄
cessive load of goods can
causeoverloadingoftherear
axle.Distributetheweightagain
andchecktheaxleweighta鄄
gain.
4.Themaximumvehicleweight
limitatstaticconditionis:
Gasoline2.0:80kg
5.Thehighestheightofsuspen鄄
sioncouplingpointis1092mm.
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