- Industry: Automotive
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A feature that helps prevent power-operated windows, sliding doors and moonroofs from closing when an object is in the way.
Industry:Automotive
Required in all new passenger cars by the federal government, these are steel beams inside the door that deflect certain types of side impacts. They may help protect passengers from intrusion in certain types of side collisions.
Industry:Automotive
Uses lower anchors and tethers in the rear seats to secure child safety seats instead of seatbelts for improved safety and ease of use.
Industry:Automotive
Plates located on the underside of a vehicle to protect vital components from damage when driving off road or through rugged terrain.
Industry:Automotive
A leaf spring is a flat band of steel, curved into an arc, that usually mounts a solid axle to the vehicle. Most leaf springs have several bands of steel (a multi-leaf spring). Used in the rear suspension of Toyota trucks, leaf springs are simple, flexible and very rugged suspension components.
Industry:Automotive
An advanced computerized system that uses sensors to automatically unlock the doors and start the vehicle without the use of a traditional key. Also see keyless entry, keyless start and push-button start.
Industry:Automotive
A contract between lessor and lessee for a specified time period and a specific payment. The title to the vehicle remains in the name of lessor as owner unless and until the lessee exercises his/her purchase option. Or, in layman's terms: A contract for a specified time period and a specific payment. The title to the car is in the name of the lessor, unless the lessee exercises the purchase option to take ownership of the car.
Industry:Automotive
The electrical component in the engine's combustion chamber that ignites the air/fuel mixture.
Industry:Automotive
You, the customer, who signs a lease with the lessor, and pays for the use of the vehicle according to the regulations of the lease.
Industry:Automotive
A designation of the sustained high-speed capability of the tire. Special compounds and construction enable these tires to withstand the increase in pressure that comes at higher speeds. The speed rating is the letter on the sidewall in the tire's size (e.g., P205/65HR15, H=130 mph-rated).
Industry:Automotive
