Mercedes-Benz SL-Class 2009 Owners Manual - Manual (Page 216)

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vehicle. That weight may not safely exceed
the available cargo and luggage load
capacity calculated in step 4.
X Step 6 (if applicable): If your vehicle will
be towing a trailer, load from your trailer
will be transferred to your vehicle. Consult
this manual to determine how this reduces
the available cargo and luggage load
capacity of your vehicle (
Y page 215).
The following table shows examples on how
to calculate total and cargo load capacities
with varying seating configurations and num-
ber and size of occupants. The following
examples use a load limit of 1
500 lbs. This
is for illustration purposes only. Make sure
you are using the actual load limit for your
vehicle stated on the vehicle’s Tire and Load-
ing Information placard (
Y page 213).
Example Combined weight
limit of occupants and
cargo from Tire and
Loading Information
placard
Number of
occupants
(driver and
passengers)
Occupants weight Combined
weight of all
occupants
Available cargo/luggage and
trailer tongue weight (total load
limit from Tire and Loading Infor-
mation placard minus combined
weight of all occupants)
1 1 500 lbs 1 Occupant 1: 175 lbs 175 lbs 1 500 lbs - 175 lbs = 1 325 lbs
2 1 500 lbs 2 Occupant 1: 175 lbs
Occupant 2: 195 lbs 370 lbs 1 500 lbs - 370 lbs = 1 130 lbs
The higher the weight of all occupants, the
less cargo and luggage load capacity is avail-
able.
For more information, see “Trailer tongue
load” (
Y page 215).
Certification label
Even after careful determination of the com-
bined weight of all occupants, cargo and the
trailer tongue load (if applicable)
(
Y page 215) as to not exceed the permissi-
ble load limit, you must make sure your vehi-
cle never exceeds the Gross Vehicle Weight
Rating (GVWR) and the Gross Axle Weight
Rating (GAWR) for either the front or rear axle.
You can obtain the GVWR and GAWR from the
certification label. The certification label can
be found on the driver’s door B-pillar, see the
“Technical data” section (
Y page 339).
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR): The
total weight of the vehicle, all occupants, all
cargo, and the trailer tongue load must never
exceed the GVWR.
Gross Axle Weight Rating (GAWR): The total
allowable weight that can be carried by a sin-
gle axle (front or rear).
To assure that your vehicle does not exceed
the maximum permissible weight limits
(GVWR and GAWR for front and rear axle),
have the loaded vehicle (including driver, pas-
sengers and all cargo and, if applicable, trailer
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