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GB/T 40494-2021: Instructions for the use of power-driven vehicles
GB/T 40494-2021
Instructions for the use of power-driven vehicles
ICS 01.110
CCST01
National Standards of People's Republic of China
Motor vehicle product manual
Released on 2021-08-20
2022-03-01 implementation
State Administration for Market Regulation
Issued by the National Standardization Management Committee
Motor vehicle product manual
1 Scope
This document specifies the basic requirements, content requirements, and compilation and printing requirements of the user manual for motor vehicle products.
This document is applicable to automobiles, motorcycles (including mopeds), trailers, trolleybuses, and tractors that form a tractor transport unit, and wheeled vehicles.
Special machinery vehicles, special motor vehicles and other vehicles.
2 Normative references
The contents of the following documents constitute the indispensable clauses of this document through normative references in the text. Among them, dated quotations
Only the version corresponding to that date is applicable to this document; for undated reference documents, the latest version (including all amendments) is applicable to
This document.
GB/T 3730.1 Terms and definitions for types of cars and trailers
GB/T 5359.1 Terminology for motorcycles and mopeds Part 1.Vehicle types
GB 7258 Safety technical conditions for motor vehicle operation
GB/T 19678.1 Compilation composition, content and presentation method of instructions for use Part 1.General rules and detailed requirements
3 Terms and definitions
The following terms and definitions defined in GB/T 3730.1, GB/T 5359.1, GB 7258, and GB/T 19678.1 apply to this document.
3.1
Instruction for the use of power-driven vehicles
Distributed by the vehicle manufacturer to convey to users how to use motor vehicle products correctly, safely and effectively, and avoid reasonably foreseeable misuse,
And technical data related to functions, performance, and characteristics of motor vehicle products.
4 Basic requirements
4.1 The vehicle manufacturer shall issue a motor vehicle product instruction manual (hereinafter referred to as. description
Book), its content should be adapted to the actual state of the vehicle.
4.2 The vehicle manufacturer shall distribute the instructions in both the printed version and the electronic version (if available). The electronic version of the manual should be the full version of the manual,
And should be distributed through the vehicle display terminal or the official website of the vehicle manufacturer.
4.3 The printed manual issued with the vehicle should at least contain the relevant content specified in Chapter 5.If the printed manual is not the full version
In the case of a written manual, the public way to obtain the full version of the manual should be indicated in the printed manual. The basic requirements of the printed manual include.
--- It can be combined and compiled according to the model series, and the manual should use text to indicate the structural parameters and technical characteristics consistent with the model (vehicle model)
If necessary, illustrations should be used to help explain; for the differences between different configurations, prompts and obvious distinctions should be made, and there should be no
Configurations not available in this model series;
---The cover has the words "Instruction Manual" and the name that can accurately identify the product type;
--- In an eye-catching place, it is marked "Read this instruction manual carefully before use, and keep it properly after reading" or similar text;
---The user should be reminded in a prominent position to prohibit illegal modification of the vehicle;
---Indicate the name of the vehicle manufacturer, the URL and contact information of the official website, and the publication date, version number, etc.;
---Indicate the reasonable responsibility statement, legal statement and instructions of the vehicle manufacturer, but it should not be used to cover up product defects.
If the content of the printed manual changes, it can be revised by inserting pages.
4.4 After the sale of motor vehicle products, if it is necessary to revise the safety instructions, the vehicle manufacturer should go through the official website of the vehicle manufacturer.
Station or other effective means to inform the owner.
4.5 The vehicle manufacturer shall properly keep the printed version and electronic version (if any) of the manual of all versions of the motor vehicle product for traceability, and shall pass the
The official website of the vehicle manufacturer publicly provides search, query and download services.
5 Requirements for the content of the printed manual
5.1 The printed instructions should at least include the following.
---Preparation and inspection before using the vehicle;
---The most commonly used vehicle operating instructions and the graphical symbols and their meanings of related controls, indicators and signal devices;
---Warning and safety instructions related to the use of vehicles and related graphic symbols, warning texts, safety signs and their meanings;
--- For reasonably foreseeable incorrect operations that may lead to danger, as well as different times (seasons), different road conditions, and different environmental conditions.
Description of possible use restrictions under the file;
---Description of reasonably foreseeable failures and related failure indications, alarm signals and their meanings;
---Describe possible abnormalities and emergencies, and give emergency guidance suggestions;
---Vehicle maintenance related information;
---Instructions on waste disposal, environmental protection and cooperation in the implementation of recalls;
--- Related content stipulated by mandatory national standards (see Appendix A).
5.2 For electric vehicles, electric motorcycles and electric mopeds, the printed instructions should also include at least the following content.
---Operation instructions for charging, hydrogenation, and external power supply;
---Charging, hydrogenation, and external power supply equipment performance and parameter description;
---Recycling instructions for power batteries.
5.3 For vehicles with driving automation (including driving assistance and automatic driving) functions, the printed manual should also include at least the following
content.
---Driving automation functions and corresponding design operating conditions [including design operating range, vehicle status, driver status (such as
Have)];
---The meaning of various visual, acoustic, tactile and other signals related to the driving automation system;
--- The operation method of the driving automation function is explained, and at least it should be supplemented by illustrations;
---Dynamic driving tasks performed by the driver in different working states of the driving automation system and the driver taking over the dynamic driving tasks
The role in;
---Description of the possible risks of using the driving automation function;
---Emergency handling of accidents when using driving automation functions.
6 Editing requirements
6.1 Principles of expression
6.1.1 The instructions should be written in simplified Chinese characters. When instructions in more than one language are required, the Chinese instructions should be placed in other languages.
Before the language, the Chinese should be eye-catching and prominent, and the description of each language should be clearly separated.
6.1.2 The description of the contents of the manual should be scientific, reasonable, and in accordance with the operating procedures.
Understand, complete and accurate, easy for ordinary users to read, understand and operate, avoid the use of engineering and technical professional terms, if it is unavoidable, there should be a fixed
Righteousness and explanation.
6.1.3 A sentence in the specification should contain only one requirement, or at most several closely related requirements, and should meet the following requirements.
--- The active voice of the verb should be used instead of being dynamic (such as. "turn off the power" instead of "make sure the power is interrupted");
---Requirements should be decisive and strong, but not vaguely weak (such as. "Do not use bracelets" and should not be expressed as "Bracelets should not be passive);
--- Behavior verbs should be used instead of abstract nouns (such as. "avoid accidents" and should not be expressed as "avoidance of accidents");
--- The expression is straightforward, not euphemistic (eg. "pull back the joystick" and should not be expressed as "the user pulls the joystick back from the machine").
6.1.4 The safety warning information in the manual should be based on the different danger levels, using the classification method and the corresponding warning words, and should adopt the comparative
Large font size or different fonts to represent or use special symbols, colors to emphasize.
6.1.5 In order to achieve the best results, the format and writing of safety warnings should consider the following points.
---The content and illustrations should be concise;
---The location, content and form of the safety warning should be eye-catching;
---Explain the nature of the hazard (if necessary, explain the cause of the hazard);
---Give clear guidance on how to operate correctly;
---Give clear instructions on how to avoid danger;
---The language, graphic symbols and illustrations used should be clear and accurate;
---Remember that repeated warnings and wrong warnings too frequently will weaken the effectiveness of the necessary warnings.
6.1.6 The instructions should use concise titles to help users quickly query the required content. For the same manual or from multiple
The related information of important parts of the instruction manual of this composition should be clearly guided for easy query.
6.2 Illustrations, tables, symbols, terminology
6.2.1 For complex operating procedures, illustrations, tables, or operating procedures diagrams are required for description.
6.2.2 The illustrations and tables should be compiled together with the main text and match the content; when quoting the figures in the preceding text, the figure number and its number should be indicated.
The location when it appears once.
6.2.3 The illustrations should be clear and intuitive, of moderate size, and should only provide information related to related function descriptions, and avoid excessive amounts in the illustrations.
information.
6.2.4 Symbols, codes, terms, and measurement units should comply with the relevant national standards and be consistent.
6.2.5 Illustrations, symbols, abbreviations, and names or units using English letters or abbreviations should be collectively
There are corresponding notes or full Chinese names to facilitate users' understanding.
6.3 Table of Contents and Index
6.3.1 The manual should have a catalog or index (or other retrieval methods for users to quickly query the required information).
6.3.2 The catalog structure requires a clear hierarchy, the level of the catalog at all levels is logically clear, the title description is concise, concise and easy to understand; the index should be in Chinese
The phonetic order is given.
6.4 Printing requirements
6.4.1 The printing of the manual should be clear and easy to read.
6.4.2 The manual shall ensure that it is frequently used within the expected life of the motor vehicle product and under the expected use environment.