2019 NISSAN ALTIMA Owner´s Manual

CAUTION
∙ Keep the antenna as far away as pos-sible from the electronic control
modules.
∙ Keep the antenna wire more than 8 in (20 cm) away from the electronic con-
trol system harnesses. Do not route
the antenna wire next to any harness.
∙ Adjust the antenna standing-wave ratio as recommended by the
manufacturer.
∙ Connect the ground wire from the CB radio chassis to the body.
∙ For additional information, it is rec- ommended that you visit a NISSAN
dealer for servicing.
Monitor, climate, audio, phone and voice recognition systems4-43

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

WARNING
∙ Do not leave children or adults whowould normally require the assis-
tance of others alone in your vehicle.
Pets should also not be lef t alone.
They could accidentally injure them-
selves or others through inadvertent
operation of the vehicle. Also, on hot,
sunny days, temperatures in a closed
vehicle could quickly become high
enough to cause severe or possibly
fatal injuries to people or animals.
∙ Closely supervise children when they are around cars to prevent them from
playing and becoming locked in the
trunk where they could be seriously
injured. Keep the car locked, with the
rear seatback and trunk lid securely
latched when not in use, and prevent
children’s access to car keys.
EXHAUST GAS (carbon monoxide)
WARNING
∙ Do not breathe exhaust gases; theycontain colorless and odorless carbon
monoxide. Carbon monoxide is dan-
gerous. It can cause unconsciousness
or death. ∙ If you suspect that exhaust fumes are
entering the vehicle, drive with all
windows fully open, and have the ve-
hicle inspected immediately.
∙ Do not run the engine in closed spaces such as a garage.
∙ Do not park the vehicle with the en- gine running for any extended length
of time.
∙ Keep the rear vent windows, lif tgates, doors and trunk lids (if so equipped)
closed while driving, otherwise ex-
haust gases could be drawn into the
passenger compartment. If you must
drive with one of these open, follow
these precautions:
1. Open all the windows.
2. Set the
air recirculation but-
ton to off and the fan control dial to
high to circulate the air.
∙ If electrical wiring or other cable con- nections must pass to a trailer
through the seal on the trunk lid or the
body, follow the manufacturer’s rec-
ommendation to prevent carbon
monoxide entry into the vehicle. ∙ The exhaust system and body should
be inspected by a qualified mechanic
whenever:
a. The vehicle is raised for service.
b. You suspect that exhaust fumes are entering into the passenger
compartment.
c. You notice a change in the sound of the exhaust system.
d. You have had an accident involving damage to the exhaust system,
underbody, or rear of the vehicle.
THREE-WAY CATALYST
The three-way catalyst is an emission con-
trol device installed in the exhaust system.
Exhaust gases in the three-way catalyst
are burned at high temperatures to help
reduce pollutants.
WARNING
∙The exhaust gas and the exhaust sys-
tem are very hot. Keep people, animals
or flammable materials away from the
exhaust system components.
PRECAUTIONS WHEN STARTING AND
DRIVING
5-4Starting and driving

∙ 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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Additional information:∙ When replacing a wheel without the TPMS such as the spare tire, the TPMS
does not monitor the tire pressure of
the spare tire.
∙ The TPMS will activate only when the vehicle is driven at speeds above
16 mph (25 km/h). Also, this system may
not detect a sudden drop in tire pres-
sure (for example, a flat tire while driv-
ing).
∙ The low tire pressure warning light does not automatically turn off when the tire
pressure is adjusted on all four tires. Af-
ter all four tires are inflated to the rec-
ommended pressure, the vehicle must
be driven at speeds above 16 mph
(25 km/h) to activate the TPMS and turn
off the low tire pressure warning light.
Use a tire pressure gauge to check the
tire pressure.
∙ The “Tire Pressure Low - Add Air” warn- ing appears in the vehicle information
display when the low tire pressure
warning light is illuminated and low tire
pressure is detected. The “Tire Pressure
Low - Add Air” warning turns off when
the low tire pressure warning light turns
off. ∙ The “Tire Pressure Low - Add Air” warn-
ing appears each time the ignition
switch is placed in the ON position as
long as the low tire pressure warning
light remains illuminated.
∙ The “Tire Pressure Low - Add Air” warn- ing does not appear if the low tire pres-
sure warning light illuminates to indi-
cate a TPMS malfunction.
∙ Tire pressure rises and falls depending on the heat caused by the vehicle’s op-
eration and the outside temperature.
Do not reduce the tire pressure af ter
driving because the tire pressure rises
af ter driving. Low outside temperature
can lower the temperature of the air
inside the tire which can cause a lower
tire inflation pressure. This may cause
the low tire pressure warning light to
illuminate. If the warning light illumi-
nates, check the tire pressure for all four
tires.
∙ The Tire and Loading Information label is located in the driver’s door opening. ∙ You can also check the tire pressure of
all tires (except the spare) on the vehicle
information display screen. The order of
the tire pressure figures displayed on
the screen corresponds with the actual
order of the tire position.
For additional information, refer to “Low tire
pressure warning light” in the “Instruments
and controls” section, “Tire Pressure Moni-
toring System (TPMS)” in the “In case of
emergency” section and “Tire pressure” in
the “Do-it-yourself ” section of this manual.
WARNING
∙ Radio waves could adversely affect electric medical equipment. Those
who use a pacemaker should contact
the electric medical equipment
manufacturer for the possible influ-
ences before use.
5-6Starting and driving