Do not tow a trailer with your vehicle.
FLAT TOWING
Towing your vehicle with all four wheels on
the ground is sometimes called flat towing.
This method is sometimes used when
towing a vehicle behind a recreational ve-
hicle, such as a motor home.
CAUTION
∙ Failure to follow these guidelines canresult in severe transmission damage.
∙ Whenever flat towing your vehicle, al- ways tow forward, never backward.
∙ Never tow your front wheel drive ve- hicle with the front tires on the
ground. Doing so may cause serious
and expensive damage to the
powertrain.
∙ DO NOT tow any continuously variable transmission vehicle with all four
wheels on the ground (flat towing).
Doing so WILL DAMAGE internal trans-
mission parts due to lack of transmis-
sion lubrication. ∙ For emergency towing procedures re-
fer to “Towing recommended by
NISSAN” in the “In case of emergency ”
section of this manual.
Manual Transmission (if so
equipped)
∙ Always tow with the manual transmis- sion in N (Neutral).
∙ Af ter towing 500 miles (805 km), start and idle the engine with the transmis-
sion in N (Neutral) for two minutes. Fail-
ure to idle the engine af ter every
500 miles (805 km) of towing may cause
damage to internal transmission parts.
Continuously Variable
Transmission (if so equipped)
To tow a vehicle equipped with a continu-
ously variable transmission, an appropriate
vehicle dolly MUSTbe placed under the
towed vehicle’s drive wheels. Alwaysfollow
the dolly manufacturer’s recommenda-
tions when using their product. DOT (Department of Transportation) Qual-
ity Grades: All passenger car tires must
conform to federal safety requirements in
addition to these grades.
Quality grades can be found where appli-
cable on the tire sidewall between tread
shoulder and maximum section width. For
example:
Treadwear 200 Traction AA Temperature A
Treadwear
The treadwear grade is a comparative rat-
ing based on the wear rate of the tire when
tested under controlled conditions on a
specified government test course. For ex-
ample, a tire graded 150 would wear one
and one-half (1 1/2) times as well on the
government course as a tire graded 100.
The relative performance of tires depends
upon the actual conditions of their use,
however, and may depart significantly from
the norm due to variations in driving habits,
service practices and differences in road
characteristics and climate.
TOWING A TRAILER
UNIFORM TIRE QUALITY GRADING
10-18Technical and consumer information
Power door lock switch..........3-5
Rearwindowdefrosterswitch.....2-22
Turn signal switch .............2-24
T
Tachometer ...................2-8
Temperature gauge Engine coolant temperature gauge . .2-9
Three-waycatalyst...............5-2
Tilting steering wheel .............3-16
Tire Flattire..................6-2,6-3
Spare tire ...............6-4,8-38
Tire and Loading Information label . .10-13
Tire chains .................8-35
Tire pressure ................8-28
Tirerotation ................8-36
Types of tires ................8-34
Uniform tire quality grading ......10-18
Wheels and tires ..........8-28,10-10
Wheel/tire size ...............10-10
Tire pressure Low tire pressure warning light .....2-15
Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) . .5-3
Towing 2-wheel drive models ...........6-14
4-wheel drive models ...........6-13
Flattowing.................10-18
Towtrucktowing .............6-12
Trailertowing...............10-18
Towingatrailer................10-18
Transmission Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT)
fluid......................8-9 Driving with Continuously Variable
Transmission (CVT)
..........5-8,5-11
Driving with manual
transmission ..............5-9,5-16
Travel (See registering a vehicle in another
country) .....................10-11
Trip computer .................2-10
Trip odometer ...............2-5,2-6
Trunk lid lock opener lever ..........3-12
Trunklight....................2-34
Turn signal switch ...............2-24
U
Uniform tire quality grading ........10-18
USBinterface..................4-33
V
Vanitymirror ..................3-17
Variablevoltagecontrolsystem......8-13
Vehicle dimensions and weights .....10-10
Vehicle Dynamic Control (VDC) OFF
switch......................2-26
Vehicle dynamic control (VDC) system . .5-27
Vehicle Dynamic Control (VDC) system . .5-27
Vehicle identification .............10-11
Vehicle identification number (VIN) . . . .10-11
Vehicle identification number (VIN)
(Chassis number) ...............10-11
Vehicle identification number (VIN)
plate.......................10-11
Vehicle loading information ........10-14
Vehiclerecovery................6-14 Ventilators
....................4-14
Visors.......................3-17
Voice Prompt Interrupt ............4-50
W
Warning Airbagwarninglight........1-60, 2-17
Anti-lock brake warning light ......2-13
Battery charge warning light ......2-14
Brakewarninglight............2-13
Door open warning light .........2-14
Engine oil pressure warning light ....2-14
Hazard warning flasher switch ......6-2
Loosefuelcapwarning..........2-7
Lowfuelwarninglight ..........2-15
Low tire pressure warning light .....2-15
Passenger air bag and status light . . .1-51
Seatbeltwarninglight .......1-13, 2-17
Supplemental air bag warning
light.................. .1-60, 2-17
Warning/indicator lights and audible
reminders ..................2-18
Warning labels (for SRS) ..........1-59
W
arning/indicator lights and audible
reminders ....................2-18
Audible reminders .............2-18
Indicatorlights...............2-18
Warninglights ...............2-18
Warninglights .................2-18
Warning lights, indicator lights and audible
reminders ....................2-12
Weights
(See dimensions and weights) .......10-10
Wheels and tires ............8-28,10-10
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