2019 NISSAN ALTIMA maintenance

5 Starting and driving
Precautions when starting and driving..........5-4
Exhaust gas (carbon monoxide) ..............5-4
Three-way catalyst ...........................5-4
Tire Pressure Monitoring System
(TPMS)........................................5-5
Avoiding collision and rollover ................5-9
Off-roadrecovery ............................5-9
Rapid air pressure loss .......................5-9
Drinking alcohol/drugs and driving ..........5-10
Driving safety precautions ....................5-11
Push-button ignition switch ....................5-13
Operating range ............................. 5-14
Push-button ignition switch positions .......5-14
Emergency engine shut off ..................5-15
NISSAN Intelligent Key® battery
discharge ................................... 5-15
NISSAN Vehicle Immobilizer System .........5-16
Before starting the engine ......................5-16
Starting the engine ............................. 5-17
Remote Engine Start (if so equipped) ........5-18
Driving the vehicle .............................. 5-18
Continuously Variable Transmission
(CVT) ........................................ 5-18Parking brake
.................................. 5-25
Pedal type ................................... 5-26
Switch type (models with electronic
parking brake system) .......................5-26
Automatic brake hold (if so equipped) ..........5-28
How to activate/deactivate the
automatic brake hold function ..............5-29
How to use the automatic brake hold
function ..................................... 5-30
Traffic Sign Recognition (TSR) (if so equipped) . . . 5-31 System operation ........................... 5-32
Turning the Traffic Sign Recognition
(TSR) system on and off .....................5-33
System temporarily unavailable .............5-33
System malfunction ......................... 5-33
System maintenance ........................ 5-34
Lane Departure Warning (LDW)
(if so equipped) ................................. 5-34
LDW system operation ......................5-35
How to enable/disable the LDW system .....5-36
LDW system limitations ......................5-36
S
ystem temporarily unavailable .............5-37
System malfunction ......................... 5-38

System maintenance........................ 5-38
Intelligent Lane Intervention (I-LI)
(if so equipped) ................................. 5-39
I-LI system operation ........................ 5-40
How to enable/disable the I-LI system .......5-41
I-LI system limitations .......................5-42
System temporarily unavailable .............5-43
System malfunction ......................... 5-44
System maintenance ........................ 5-44
Blind Spot Warning (BSW) (if so equipped) .......5-45
BSW system operation ......................5-46
How to enable/disable the BSW system .....5-48
BSW system limitations ......................5-48
BSW driving situations .......................5-49
System temporarily unavailable .............5-53
System maintenance ........................ 5-54
Rear Cross Traffic Alert (RCTA) (if so equipped) . . 5-55 RCTA system operation ......................5-56
How to enable/disable the RCTA
system ...................................... 5-58
RCTA system limitations .....................5-59
System temporarily unavailable .............5-62
System maintenance ........................ 5-62
Cruise control (if so equipped) ..................5-64Precautions on cruise control
................5-64
Cruise control operations ....................5-65
Intelligent Cruise Control (ICC) (for vehicles
without ProPILOT Assist) (if so equipped) ........5-67
How to select the cruise control mode ......5-69
Vehicle-to-vehicle distance control
mode ....................................... 5-69
Vehicle-to-vehicle distance control
mode operation ............................. 5-71
Vehicle-to-vehicle distance control
mode switches .............................. 5-72
Vehicle-to-vehicle distance control
mode limitations ............................ 5-79
System temporarily unavailable .............5-83
System maintenance ........................ 5-85
Conventional (fixed speed) cruise
c
ontrol mode ................................ 5-86
ProPILOT Assist (if so equipped) .................5-91
ProPILOT Assist system operation ...........5-93
Turning the conventional (fixed speed)
cruise control mode on ......................5-96
Operating ProPILOT Assist ...................5-97
How to enable/disable the Steering
Assist ...................................... 5-102

Intelligent Cruise Control (ICC)
(for vehicles with ProPILOT Assist)...........5-103
Steering Assist ............................. 5-114
Conventional (fixed speed) cruise
control mode ............................... 5-121
Rear Automatic Braking (RAB)
(if so equipped) ................................ 5-125
RAB system operation ......................5-126
Turning the RAB system on/off .............5-127
RAB system limitations .....................5-128
System malfunction ........................ 5-129
System maintenance ....................... 5-130
Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB)
(if so equipped) ................................ 5-130
AEB system operation ......................5-132
Turning the AEB system on/off .............5-134
AEB system limitations .....................5-135
System temporarily unavailable ............5-136
System malfunction ........................ 5-137
System maintenance ....................... 5-137
Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) with
Pedestrian Detection (if so equipped) ..........5-139
AEB with Pedestrian Detection system
operation ................................... 5-140Turning the AEB with Pedestrian
Detection system ON/OFF
.................5-142
AEB with Pedestrian Detection system
limitations .................................. 5-143
System temporarily unavailable ............5-145
System malfunction ........................ 5-146
System maintenance ....................... 5-147
Intelligent Forward Collision Warning (I-FCW) . . . 5-148 I-FCW system operation ....................5-151
Turning the I-FCW system on/off ...........5-152
I-FCW system limitations ...................5-153
System temporarily unavailable ............5-158
System malfunction ........................ 5-159
System maintenance ....................... 5-159
Intelligent Driver Alertness (I-DA) ...............5-160
Intelligent Driver Alertness system
operation ................................... 5-161
How

to enable/disable the Intelligent
Driver Alertness (I-DA) system ..............5-162
Intelligent Driver Alertness (I-DA)
system limitations .......................... 5-163
Break-in schedule ............................. 5-164
Fuel efficient driving tips .......................5-164
Increasing fuel economy ......................5-165

All-Wheel Drive (AWD) (if so equipped)..........5-166
Parking/parking on hills .......................5-168
Power steering ................................ 5-169
Brake system .................................. 5-170
Brake precautions .......................... 5-170
Anti-lock Braking System (ABS) ..............5-171
Brake Assist ................................ 5-172
Vehicle Dynamic Control (VDC) system ........5-172
Brake force distribution .....................5-174
Chassis Control ............................... 5-175
Intelligent Trace Control (I-TC) ...............5-175
Active Ride Control (ARC) ...................5-175
Hill start assist system ......................... 5-176
Rear Sonar System (RSS) (if so equipped) ......5-176
System operation .......................... 5-177
How to enable/disable the sonar
system ..................................... 5-179Sonar limitations
........................... 5-180
System temporarily unavailable ............5-180
System maintenance ....................... 5-181
Cold weather driving .......................... 5-181
Freeing a frozen door lock ..................5-181
Antifreeze .................................. 5-181
Battery..................................... 5-181
Draining of coolant water ...................5-182
Tire equipment ............................. 5-182
Special winter equipment ..................5-182
Driving on snow or ice ......................5-182
Engine block heater (if so equipped) ........5-183
Active noise cancellation/Active sound
enhancement (if so equipped) .................5-184
Active noise cancellation ...................5-184
Active sound enhancement ................5-184

∙ Do not stop or park the vehicle overflammable materials such as dry
grass, waste paper or rags. They may
ignite and cause a fire.
CAUTION
∙ Do not use leaded gasoline. Depositsfrom leaded gasoline will seriously re-
duce the three-way catalyst’s ability
to help reduce exhaust pollutants.
∙ Keep your engine tuned up. Malfunc- tions in the ignition, fuel injection, or
electrical systems can cause overrich
fuel flow into the three-way catalyst,
causing it to overheat. Do not keep
driving if the engine misfires, or if no-
ticeable loss of performance or other
unusual operating conditions are de-
tected. Have the vehicle inspected
promptly. It is recommended that you
visit a NISSAN dealer for this service.
∙ Avoid driving with an extremely low fuel level. Running out of fuel could
cause the engine to misfire, damag-
ing the three-way catalyst.
∙ Do not race the engine while warming it up.
∙ Do not push or tow your vehicle to start the engine.
TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING
SYSTEM (TPMS)
Each tire, including the spare (if provided),
should be checked monthly when cold and
inflated to the inflation pressure recom-
mended by the vehicle manufacturer on
the vehicle placard or tire inflation pressure
label. (If your vehicle has tires of a different
size than the size indicated on the vehicle
placard or tire inflation pressure label, you
should determine the proper tire inflation
pressure for those tires.)
As an added safety feature, your vehicle
has been equipped with a Tire Pressure
Monitoring System (TPMS) that illuminates
a low tire pressure telltale when one or
more of your tires is significantly under-
inflated. Accordingly, when the low tire
pressure telltale illuminates, you should
stop and check your tires as soon as pos-
sible, and inflate them to the proper pres-
sure. Driving on a significantly under-
inflated tire causes the tire to overheat and
can lead to tire failure. Under-inflation also
reduces fuel efficiency and tire tread life,
and may affect the vehicle’s handling and
stopping ability. Please note that the TPMS is not a substi-
tute for proper tire maintenance, and it is
the driver’s responsibility to maintain cor-
rect tire pressure, even if under-inflation
has not reached the level to trigger illumi-
nation of the TPMS low tire pressure telltale.
Your vehicle has also been equipped with a
TPMS malfunction indicator to indicate
when the system is not operating properly.
The TPMS malfunction indicator is com-
bined with the low tire pressure telltale.
When the system detects a malfunction,
the telltale will flash for approximately one
minute and then remain continuously illu-
minated. This sequence will continue upon
subsequent vehicle start-ups as long as
the malfunction exists. When the malfunc-
tion indicator is illuminated, the system
may not be able to detect or signal low tire
pressure as intended. TPMS malfunctions
may occur for a variety of reasons, includ-
ing the installation of replacement or alter-
nate tires or wheels on the vehicle that
prevent the TPMS from functioning prop-
erly. Always check the TPMS malfunction
telltale af ter replacing one or more tires or
wheels on your vehicle to ensure that the
replacement or alternate tires and wheels
allow the TPMS to continue to function
properly.
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∙ Do not grip the inside or spokes of thesteering wheel when driving off-road.
The steering wheel could move sud-
denly and injure your hands. Instead
drive with your fingers and thumbs on
the outside of the rim.
∙ Before operating the vehicle, ensure that the driver and all passengers
have their seat belts fastened.
∙ Always drive with the floor mats in place as the floor may become hot.
∙ Lower your speed when encountering strong crosswinds. With a higher cen-
ter of gravity, your NISSAN is more af-
fected by strong side winds. Slower
speeds ensure better vehicle control.
∙ Do not drive beyond the performance capability of the tires, even with AWD
engaged.
∙ For AWD equipped vehicles, do not at- tempt to raise two wheels off the
ground and shif t the transmission to
any drive or reverse position with the
engine running. Doing so may result
in drivetrain damage or unexpected
vehicle movement which could result
in serious vehicle damage or personal
injury. ∙ Do not attempt to test an AWD
equipped vehicle on a 2-wheel dyna-
mometer (such as the dynamometers
used by some states for emissions
testing) or similar equipment even if
the other two wheels are raised off the
ground. Make sure you inform test fa-
cility personnel that your vehicle is
equipped with AWD before it is placed
on a dynamometer. Using the wrong
test equipment may result in drive-
train damage or unexpected vehicle
movement which could result in seri-
ous vehicle damage or personal
injury.
∙ When a wheel is off the ground due to an unlevel surface, do not spin the
wheel excessively.
∙ Accelerating quickly, sharp steering maneuvers or sudden braking may
cause loss of control.
∙ If at all possible, avoid sharp turning maneuvers, particularly at high
speeds. Your NISSAN vehicle has a
higher center of gravity than a pas-
senger car. The vehicle is not de-
signed for cornering at the same
speeds as passenger cars. ∙ Failure to operate this vehicle cor-
rectly could result in loss of control
and/or a rollover accident.
∙ Always use tires of the same type, size, brand, construction (bias, bias-
belted, or radial), and tread pattern on
all four wheels. Install tire chains on
the front wheels when driving on slip-
pery roads and drive carefully.
∙ Be sure to check the brakes immedi- ately af ter driving in mud or water. For
additional information, refer to “Brake
precautions” in this section.
∙ Avoid parking your vehicle on steep hills. If you get out of the vehicle and it
rolls forward, backward or sideways,
you could be injured.
∙ Whenever you drive off-road through sand, mud or water as deep as the
wheel hub, more frequent mainte-
nance may be required. For additional
information, refer to “Maintenance
under severe operating conditions” in
the “Maintenance and schedules” sec-
tion of this manual.
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SYSTEM MAINTENANCE
The TSR system uses the same multi-
sensing front camera unit that is used by
the Lane Departure Warning (LDW) system,
located in front of the interior rearview mir-
ror. For additional information, refer to ”Sys-
tem maintenance” in the “Lane Departure
Warning (LDW)” section.
WARNING
Failure to follow the warnings and in-
structions for proper use of the LDW
system could result in serious injury or
death.
∙ This system is only a warning deviceto inform the driver of a potential un-
intended lane departure. It will not
steer the vehicle or prevent loss of
control. It is the driver’s responsibility
to stay alert, drive safely, keep the ve-
hicle in the traveling lane, and be in
control of the vehicle at all times. The LDW system will operate when the ve-
hicle is driven at speeds of approximately
37 mph (60 km/h) and above, and only
when the lane markings are clearly visible
on the road.
The LDW system monitors the lane mark-
ers on the traveling lane using the camera
unit
Alocated above the inside mirror.
The LDW system warns the driver that the
vehicle is beginning to leave the driving
lane with an indicator and a steering wheel
vibration. For additional information, refer
to “LDW system operation” in this section.
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LANE DEPARTURE WARNING (LDW) (if
so equipped)
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When the interior temperature is reduced,
the LDW system will resume operating au-
tomatically.
The LDW system is not designed to warn
under the following conditions:∙ When you operate the lane change sig- nal and change traveling lanes in the
direction of the signal. (The LDW system
will become operable again approxi-
mately 2 seconds af ter the lane change
signal is turned off.)
∙ When the vehicle speed lowers to less than approximately 37 mph (60 km/h).
Af ter the above conditions have finished
and the necessary operating conditions
are satisfied, the LDW functions will resume.
SYSTEM MALFUNCTION
If the LDW system malfunctions, it will can-
cel automatically and “Not Available Sys-
tem Malfunction” will appear in the vehicle
information display. If “Not Available Sys-
tem Malfunction” appears in the vehicle in-
formation display, pull off the road to a safe
location and stop the vehicle. Place the
shif t lever in the P (Park) position and the ignition switch in the OFF position and re-
start the engine/motor. If “Not Available
System Malfunction” continues to appear
in the vehicle information display, have the
system checked. It is recommended that
you visit a NISSAN dealer for this service.
SYSTEM MAINTENANCE
The lane camera unit1for the LDW sys-
tem is located above the inside mirror. To
keep the proper operation of the LDW sys-
tem and prevent a system malfunction, be
sure to observe the following:
∙ Always keep the windshield clean.
∙ Do not attach a sticker (including trans- parent material) or install an accessory
near the camera unit.
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