MEASUREMENT OF WEIGHTS
Secure loose items to prevent
weight shif ts that could affect the
balance of your vehicle. When the ve-
hicle is loaded, drive to a scale and
weigh the front and the rear wheels
separately to determine axle loads.
Individual axle loads should not ex-
ceed either of the gross axle weight
ratings (GAWR). The total of the axle
loads should not exceed the gross
vehicle weight rating (GVWR). These
ratings are given on the vehicle cer-
tification label. If weight ratings are
exceeded, move or remove items to
bring all weights below the ratings.
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.
TOWING A TRAILER
10-18Technical and consumer information
Headlight and turn signal switch....2-40
Headlightcontrolswitch.........2-40
Ignition switch ................5-9
Instrument brightness control .....2-44
Power door lock switch ..........3-6
Rear window and outside mirror
defrosterswitch..............2-40
Turn signal switch .............2-44
T
Tachometer ...................2-7
Temperature gauge Engine coolant temperature gauge. . .2-7
Thef t (NISSAN Vehicle Immobilizer System),
engine start.............2-37,5-10,5-14
Three-waycatalyst...............5-2
Tilt Telescopicsteering............3-30
Tire Flattire..................6-3,6-3
Spare tire ...............6-4,8-45
Tire and Loading Information label . .10-13
Tire chains .................8-41
Tire pressure ................8-34
Tirerotation ................8-42
Types of tires ................8-40
Uniform tire quality grading ......10-19
Wheels and tires ..............8-34
Wheel/tire size ...............10-10
Tire pressure Low tire pressure warning light .....2-16
Tire Pressure Monitoring System
(TPMS)....................2-6,5-3 Towing
2-wheel drive models ...........6-14
4-wheel drive models ...........6-13
Flattowing.................10-18
Trailertowing...............10-18
Towingatrailer................10-18
Towingyourvehicle..............6-12
Transceiver HomeLink® Universal Transceiver . . .2-62, 2-63, 2-64, 2-65, 2-65, 2-66
Transmission Continuously Variable Transmission
(CVT) fluid ..................8-11
Driving with Continuously Variable
Transmission (CVT) ..........5-9,5-17
Driving with manual
transmission .............5-10,5-23
Travel (See registering a vehicle in
another country) ...............10-11
Trip computer ..................2-9
Trip odometer ...............2-4,2-5
Trunk access through the rear seat ....3-27
Trunklid.....................3-26
Trunk lid lock opener lever ..........3-26
Trunklight....................2-62
Turn signal switch ...............2-44
U
Uniform tire quality grading ........10-19
USBinterface..................4-40 V
Vanitymirror..................3-31
Variablevoltagecontrolsystem......8-16
Vehicle dimensions and weights .....10-10
Vehicle Dynamic Control (VDC) OFF
switch......................2-47
Vehicle Dynamic Control (VDC) system . .5-74
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 immobilizer system . . .2-37, 5-10, 5-14
Vehicleinformationdisplay........ .2-24
Vehicle loading information ........10-14
Vehiclerecovery................6-14
Vehicle security system ........2-35,2-35
Vehicle security system
(NISSAN Vehicle Immobilizer System),
engine start.............2-37,5-10,5-14
Vents.......................4-15
Visors ......................3-30
Voice Prompt Interrupt ........4-57,4-58
W
Warning Airbagwarninglight........1-62, 2-19
Anti-lock brake warning light ......2-14
Battery charge warning light ......2-15
Brakewarninglight............2-14
Door
open warning light .........2-15
Engine oil pressure warning light ....2-15
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