Change intervals
The oil and oil filter change intervals for
your engine are based on the use of the
specified quality oils and filters. Using en-
gine oil and filters that are not of the speci-
fied quality, or exceeding recommended oil
and filter change intervals could reduce
engine life. Damage to the engine caused
by improper maintenance or use of incor-
rect oil and filter quality and/or viscosity is
not covered by the NISSAN New Vehicle
Limited Warranty.
Your engine was filled with a high-quality
engine oil when it was built. You do not have
to change the oil before the first recom-
mended change interval. Oil and filter
change intervals depend upon how you
use your vehicle.
Operation under the following conditions
may require more frequent oil and filter
changes:∙ repeated short distance driving at cold outside temperatures
∙ driving in dusty conditions
∙ extensive idling
∙ stop and go commuting For additional information, refer to the
“Maintenance and schedules” section of
this manual.
AIR CONDITIONER SYSTEM
REFRIGERANT AND OIL
RECOMMENDATIONS
The air conditioner system in your
NISSAN vehicle must be charged with the
refrigerant HFC-134a (R-134a) and
NISSAN A/C system oil Type ND-OIL11 or
the exact equivalents.
CAUTION
The use of any other refrigerant or oil
will cause severe damage to the air con-
ditioning system and will require the re-
placement of all air conditioner system
components.
The refrigerant HFC-134a (R-134a) in your
NISSAN vehicle does not harm the earth’s
ozone layer. Although this refrigerant does
not affect the earth’s atmosphere, certain
government regulations require the recov-
ery and recycling of any refrigerant during
automotive air conditioner system service.
A NISSAN dealer has the trained techni-
cians and equipment needed to recover
and recycle your air conditioner system re-
frigerant.
It is recommended that you visit a NISSAN
dealer when servicing your air conditioner
system.
10-8Technical and consumer information
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.
Traction AA, A, B and C
The traction grades, from highest to low-
est, are AA, A, B, and C. Those grades repre-
sent the tire’s ability to stop on wet pave-
ment as measured under controlledconditions on specified government test
surfaces of asphalt and concrete. A tire
marked C may have poor traction perfor-
mance.
WARNING
The traction grade assigned to this tire
is based on straight-ahead braking
traction tests, and does not include ac-
celeration, cornering, hydroplaning, or
peak traction characteristics.
Temperature A, B and C
The temperature grades are A (the high-
est), B, and C, representing the tire’s resis-
tance to the generation of heat, and its
ability to dissipate heat when tested under
controlled conditions on a specified indoor
laboratory test wheel. Sustained high tem-
perature can cause the material of the tire
to degenerate and reduce tire life, and ex-
cessive temperature can lead to sudden
tire failure. The grade C corresponds to a
level of performance which all passenger
car tires must meet under the Federal Mo-
tor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 109. Grades
B and A represent higher levels of perfor-
mance on the laboratory test wheel than
the minimum required by law.
WARNING
The temperature grade for this tire is
established for a tire that is properly in-
flated and not overloaded. Excessive
speed, under-inflation, or excessive
loading, either separately or in combi-
nation, can cause heat build-up and
possible tire failure.
UNIFORM TIRE QUALITY GRADING
Technical and consumer information10-19
This vehicle is equipped with an Event Data
Recorder (EDR). The main purpose of an
EDR is to record, in certain crash or near
crash-like situations, such as an air bag
deployment or hitting a road obstacle, data
that will assist in understanding how a ve-
hicle’s systems performed. The EDR is de-
signed to record data related to vehicle dy-
namics and safety systems for a short
period of time, typically 30 seconds or less.
The EDR in this vehicle is designed to re-
cord such data as:∙ How various systems in your vehicle were operating;
∙ Whether or not the driver and passen- ger safety belts were buckled/fastened;
∙ How far (if at all) the driver was depress- ing the accelerator and/or brake pedal;
and,
∙ How fast the vehicle was traveling.
∙ Sounds are not recorded. These data can help provide a better un-
derstanding of the circumstances in which
crashes and injuries occur. NOTE: EDR data
are recorded by your vehicle only if a non-
trivial crash situation occurs; no data are
recorded by the EDR under normal driving
conditions and no personal data (e.g.
name, gender, age and crash location) are
recorded. However, other parties, such as
law enforcement, could combine the EDR
data with the type of personally identif ying
data routinely acquired during a crash in-
vestigation.
To read data recorded by an EDR, special
equipment is required and access to the
vehicle or the EDR is needed. In addition to
the vehicle manufacturer and NISSAN
dealer, other parties, such as law enforce-
ment, that have the special equipment, can
read the information if they have access to
the vehicle or the EDR. EDR data will only be
accessed with the consent of the vehicle
owner or lessee or as otherwise required or
permitted by law. Genuine NISSAN Service Manuals for this
model year and prior can be purchased. A
Genuine NISSAN Service Manual is the best
source of service and repair information for
your vehicle. This manual is the same one
used by the factory-trained technicians
working at NISSAN dealerships. Genuine
NISSAN Owner’s Manuals can also be pur-
chased.
For USA
For current pricing and availability of Genu-
ine
NISSAN Service Manuals, contact:
www.nissan-techinfo.com
For current pricing and availability of Genu-
ine NISSAN Owner’s Manuals, contact:
1-800-247-5321
For Canada
To purchase a copy of a Genuine NISSAN
Service Manual or Owner’s Manual, for this
model year and prior, please contact the
nearest NISSAN dealer. For the phone num-
ber and location of a NISSAN dealer in your
area, call the NISSAN Information Center at
1-800-387-0122 and a bilingual NISSAN rep-
resentative will assist you.
EVENT DATA RECORDERS (EDR) OWNER’S MANUAL/SERVICE
MANUAL ORDER INFORMATION
10-22Technical and consumer information
Meters and gauges...............2-4
Instrument brightness control .....2-51
Mirror Automatic anti-glare inside mirror. . .3-36
Outsidemirrors..............3-38
Rearview...................3-36
Vanitymirror................3-35
Mirrors......................3-36
Moonroof ..................2-70,7-5
Moving Object Detection (MOD) ......4-24
N
NissanConnect® Owner's Manual ......4-2
NISSAN Intelligent Key® ..........3-2,3-7
NISSAN Intelligent Key® battery discharge
indicator.....................5-16
NISSAN PURE DRIVE® Hybrid System . .HEV-2
NISSAN Vehicle Immobilizer
System ..................2-42,5-17
O
Octane rating (See fuel octane rating) . .10-6
Odometer ....................2-5
Oil Capacities and recommended
fuel/lubricants...............10-2
Changing engine oil ............8-8
Changing engine oil filter .........8-10
Checking engine oil level .........8-7
Engine oil ...................8-7
Engine oil and oil filter
recommendation .............10-7 Engine oil viscosity
.............10-7
Operation of the hybrid system .....HEV-5
Outsidemirrors................3-38
Overhead sunglasses holder ........2-62
Owner's manual order form ........10-22
Owner's manual/service manual order
information..................10-22
P
Parking Parking brake operation .........5-24
Parking/parkingonhills.........5-109
Parkingbrake .................5-24
Personal lights .................2-73
Power Power door locks ..............3-6
Poweroutlet................2-57
Powerrearwindows...........2-69
Power steering system .........5-109
Powerwindows..............2-67
Rearpowerwindows...........2-69
Powermeter...................2-7
Poweroutlet..................2-57
Powersteering................5-109
Precautions Maintenance precautions .........8-2
On-pavement and off-road driving
precautions .................5-9
Precautions on booster
seats............1-23, 1-30, 1-36, 1-41
Precautions on child
restraints .........1-23, 1-30, 1-36, 1-41
Precautions on seat belt usage .....1-11Precautions on supplemental restraint
system
....................1-45
Precautions when starting and
driving ..................5-4,5-12
Push starting ..................6-14
R
Radio Car phone or CB radio ..........4-35
Readiness for inspection maintenance
(I/M) test ....................10-21
Rear Automatic Braking (RAB) .......5-98
RearCrossTrafficAlert(RCTA)........5-47
Rear Door Alert .............2-39,2-56
Rearpowerwindows............ .2-69
Rear Sonar System (RSS) ..........5-119
Rearviewmirror................3-36
RearViewMonitor................4-3 Adjustingthescreen............4-9
Rear window and outside mirror defroster
switch......................2-45
Rear window wiper and washer
switches .....................2-44
Recommended Fluids ............10-2
Recorders EventData.................10-22
Refrigerant recommendation ........10-8
Regenerative brake ............HEV-10
Registering a vehicle in another
c ountr
y.....................10-11
Remote Hybrid Start .............5-18
Remote Start ..................3-20
Reporting safety defects (US only) . . . .10-20
11-5
Road accident cautions..........HEV-3
Roofrack....................2-66
S
Safety Child safety rear door lock ........3-7
Childseatbelts......1-23, 1-30, 1-36, 1-41
Reporting safety defects (US only) . .10-20
Seat adjustment Front manual seat adjustment ......1-3
Front power seat adjustment ......1-4
Seatback pockets ...............2-60
Seat belt Childsafety.................1-20
Infants and small children ........1-21
InjuredPerson............... .1-14
Largerchildren.............. .1-21
Precautions on seat belt usage .....1-11
Pregnant women ..............1-14
Seat belt extenders ............1-19
Seat belt maintenance ..........1-20
Seatbelts................1-11, 7-7
Shoulder belt height adjustment . . . .1-18
Three-pointtypewithretractor.....1-14
Seat belt extenders ..............1-19
Seatbeltwarninglight.........1-14, 2-16
Seats Adjustment ..................1-2
Armrests ...................1-5
Automatic drive positioner ....3-39,3-41
Frontseats..................1-2
Heatedseats................2-53
Manual front seat adjustment ......1-3
Seats/floormats................7-6 Security indicator light
............2-19
Security system (NISSAN Vehicle Immobilizer
System), engine start ..........2-42,5-17
Security systems Vehicle security system .........2-40
Self-adjustingbrakes.............8-19
Service manual order form .........10-22
Servicing air conditioner ...........4-34
Shoulder belt height adjustment ......1-18
Sonar Rear system ................5 -119
Spark plug replacement ...........8-14
Spark plugs ...................8-14
Specifications ..................10-9
Speedometer ..................2-4
Speedometer and odometer ........2-4
SPORT mode switch .............5-25
Spotlights(Seemaplight)..........2-73
SRS warning label ...............1-63
Standard maintenance ............9-8
Starting Ju
mpstarting............6-12,8-14
Precautions when starting and
driving..................5-4,5-12
Push starting ................6-14
Starting the NISSAN PURE DRIVE® Hybrid
System......................5-18
Steering Powersteeringsystem.........5-109
Steering wheel .................3-34
Stoplight....................8-25
Storage.....................2-60
Storagebin...................2-64
Sunglasses case ................2-62
Sunglasses holder ..............2-62 Sunroof
...................2-70, 7-5
Sunroof (see Moonroof ) ...........2-70
Sunvisors................... .3-34
Supplemental air bag warning labels . . .1-63
Supplemental air bag warning
light.....................1-64, 2-16
Supplemental front impact air bag
system......................1-52
Supplemental restraint system Information and warning labels . . . .1-63
Precautions on supplemental restraint
system ....................1-45
Supplemental restraint system
(Supplemental air bag system) .......1-45
Switch Autolightswitch..............2-46
Automatic power window switch . . .2-69
Foglightswitch..............2-52
Hazard warning flasher switch ......6-2
Headlight and turn signal switch ....2-46
Headlightcontrolswitch.........2-46
Instrument brightness control .....2-51
Power door lock switch ..........3-6
Rear window and outside mirror
defrosterswitch..............2-45
Rear window wiper and washer
switches ...................2-44
Turn signal switch .............2-51
T
Tachometer ...................2-6
Thef t (NISSAN Vehicle Immobilizer System),
engine start ...............2-42, 5-17
Three-waycatalyst...............5-5
11-6