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wear indicators arevisible, the
tire(s) should bereplaced.
.
Tires degrade withageand use.
Have tires,including thespare,
over 6years oldchecked bya
qualified technician, because
some tiredamage maynotbe
obvious. Replacethetires as
necessary toprevent tirefailure
and possible personal injury.
.
Improper serviceofthe spare
tire may result inserious perso-
nal injury. Ifitis necessary to
repair thespare tire,contact a
NISSAN dealer.
.
For additional information re-
garding tires,refertoªImportant
Tire Safety Informationº (US)or
ªTire Safety Informationº (Cana-
da) inthe Warranty Information
Booklet.
Replacing wheelsandtires
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When replacing atire, usethesame size,tread
design, speedratingandload carrying capacity
as originally equipped. (SeeªSpecificationsº
(P .9-8) forrecommended typesandsizes of
tires andwheels.)
WARNING
. The useoftires other thanthose
recommended orthe mixed useof
tires ofdifferent brands,construc-
tion (bias, bias-belted orradial) ,or
tread patterns canadversely affect
the ride, braking, handling, ground
clearance, body-to-tire clearance,
tire chain clearance, speedometer
calibration, headlightaimand bum-
per height. Someofthese effects
may lead toaccidents andcould
result inserious personal injury.
. For Two-Wheel Drive(2WD) models,
if your vehicle wasoriginally
equipped with4tires thatwere the
same sizeandyouareonly repla-
cing 2of the 4tires, install thenew
tires onthe rear axle. Placing new
tires onthe front axlemay cause
loss ofvehicle control insome driving
conditions andcause an
accident andpersonal injury.
. Ifthe wheels arechanged forany
reason, alwaysreplace withwheels
which havethesame off-set dimen-
sion. Wheels ofadifferent off-set
could cause premature tirewear,
degrade vehiclehandling character-
istic sand/or interference withthe
brake discs/drums. Suchinterfer-
ence canlead todecreased braking
efficiency and/orearlybrake pad/
shoe wear. SeeªWheels andtiresº
(P .9-9) ofthis manual forwheel off-
set dimensions.
. When aspare tireismounted ora
wheel isreplaced, theTPMS willnot
function andthelow tirepressure
warning lightwillflash forapproxi-
mately 1minute. Thelight will
remain onafter 1minute. Contact
your NISSAN dealerassoon as
possible fortire replacement and/
or system resetting.
. Replacing tireswiththose notori-
ginally specified byNISSAN could
affect theproper operation ofthe
TPMS.
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. With theTEMPORAR YUSE ONLY
spare tireinstalled donot drive your
vehicle atspeeds fasterthan50
MPH (80km/h) .
. When driving onroads covered with
snow orice, theTEMPORAR YUSE
ONL Yspare tireshould beused on
the rear wheels andoriginal tire
used onthe front wheels (drive
wheels) .Use tirechains onlyon
the front (original) tires.
. Tire tread ofthe TEMPORAR YUSE
ONL Yspare tirewill wear atafaster
rate than thestandard tire.Replace
the spare tireassoon asthe tread
wear indicators appear.
. Do not use thespare tireonother
vehicles.
. Donot use more thanonespare tire
at the same time.
CAUTION
. Do not use tirechains onaTEM-
PORAR YUSE ONLYspare tire.Tire
chains willnotfitproperly andmay
cause damage tothe vehicle. .
Because theTEMPORAR YUSE
ONL Yspare tireissmaller thanthe
original tire,ground clearance is
reduced. To avoid damage tothe
vehicle, donot drive overobstacles.
Also donot drive thevehicle
through anautomatic carwash
since itmay getcaught.
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