2020 NISSAN LEAF Owner´s Manual

When installing a CB, ham radio or car
phone in your vehicle, be sure to observe
the following precautions; otherwise, the
new equipment may adversely affect the
EV control system and other electronic
parts.
WARNING
• A cellular phone should not be used
for any purpose while driving so full
attention may be given to vehicle op-
eration. Some jurisdictions prohibit
the use of cellular phones while
driving.
• If you must make a call while your
vehicle is in motion, the hands free
cellular phone operational mode is
highly recommended. Exercise ex-
treme caution at all times so full at-
tention may be given to vehicle
operation.
• If you are unable to devote full atten-
tion to vehicle operation while talk-
ing on the phone, pull off the road to
a safe location and stop your vehicle.
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
control 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
certified LEAF dealer. “Made for iPod”, “Made for iPhone” and
“Made for iPad” mean that an electronic
accessory has been designed to connect
specifically to iPod, iPhone or iPad, respec-
tively, and has been certified by the devel-
oper to meet Apple performance stan-
dards. Apple is not responsible for the
operation of this device or its compliance
with safety and regulatory standards.
Please note that the use of this accessory
with iPod, iPhone or iPad may affect wire-
less performance.
iPad, iPhone, iPod classic, iPod nano, iPod
shuffle and iPod touch are trademarks of
Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other
countries. Lightning is a trademark of
Apple Inc.
CAR PHONE OR CB RADIO
iPod®/IPHONE®
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5 Starting and driving
Precautions when starting and driving..........5-4
Tire Pressure Monitoring System
(TPMS) .......................................5-4
Avoiding collision and rollover ................5-7
Off-roadrecovery ............................5-8
Rapid air pressure loss .......................5-8
Drinking alcohol/drugs and driving ...........5-9
Push-button power switch .....................5-10
NISSAN Intelligent Key® system ..............5-10
Operating range for EV start function .......5-10
Power switch operation .....................5-12
Power switch positions ......................5-13
Emergency EV shut off ......................5-13
NISSAN Intelligent Key® battery
discharge ................................... 5-13
NISSAN Vehicle Immobilizer System .........5-14
Before starting the EV system ..................5-14
Starting the EV system ......................... 5-15
Driving the vehicle .............................. 5-15
Electric shif t control system .................5-15
Parking brake .................................. 5-19
Pedal type ................................... 5-20
Switch type (models with electronic
parking brake system) ......................5-20
e-Pedal system ................................ 5-22
e-Pedal system operation ...................5-22e-Pedal system limitations
..................5-24
System malfunction ......................... 5-25
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) .................5-26
LDW system operation ......................5-27
How to enable/disable the LDW system .....5-28
LDW system limitations .....................5-28
System temporarily unavailable .............5-29
System malfunction ......................... 5-30
System maintenance .......................5-30
Intelligent Lane Intervention (I-LI) ...............5-31
I-LI system operation ........................ 5-32
How to enable/disable the I-LI system ......5-33
I-LI system limitations .......................5-34
System temporarily unavailable .............5-35
System malfunction ......................... 5-36
S
ystem maintenance ....................... 5-36
Blind Spot Warning (BSW) .......................5-37
BSW system operation ......................5-38
How to enable/disable the BSW system .....5-40
BSW system limitations .....................5-41
BSW driving situations .......................5-42
System temporarily unavailable .............5-45
System maintenance .......................5-46
Intelligent Blind Spot Intervention (I-BSI) ........5-47
I-BSI system operation ......................5-49
How to enable/disable the I-BSI system .....5-50

I-BSI system limitations.....................5-51
I-BSI driving situations .......................5-52
System temporarily unavailable .............5-57
System malfunction ......................... 5-57
System maintenance .......................5-58
RearCrossTrafficAlert(RCTA) .................. 5-59
RCTA system operation .....................5-60
How to enable/disable the RCTA
system ...................................... 5-62
RCTA system limitations .....................5-63
System temporarily unavailable .............5-65
System maintenance .......................5-65
Cruise control (if so equipped) ..................5-66
Precautions on cruise control ...............5-66
Cruise control operations ...................5-67
Intelligent Cruise Control (ICC) (for vehicles
without ProPILOT Assist) (if so equipped) .......5-69
How to select the cruise control mode ......5-70
Vehicle-to-vehicle distance control
mode ....................................... 5-70
Vehicle-to-vehicle distance control
mode operation ............................. 5-71
Vehicle-to-vehicle distance control
mode switches ............................. 5-73Vehicle-to-vehicle distance control
mode limitations
............................ 5-80
System temporarily unavailable .............5-84
System maintenance .......................5-86
Conventional (fixed speed) cruise
control mode ............................... 5-87
ProPILOT Assist (if so equipped) ................5-92
ProPILOT Assist system operation ...........5-94
Turning the conventional (fixed speed)
cruise control mode on .....................5-97
Operating ProPILOT Assist ...................5-98
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
Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) with
Pedestrian Detection .......................... 5-125
AEB with Pedestrian Detection system
operation .................................. 5-126
Turning the AEB with Pedestrian
Detection
system on/off ................... 5-128

AEB with Pedestrian Detection system
limitations................................. 5-129
System temporarily unavailable ............5-131
System malfunction ........................ 5-132
System maintenance ......................5-133
Rear Automatic Braking (RAB) .................5-134
RAB system operation ......................5-135
Turning the RAB system on/off .............5-136
RAB system limitations .....................5-137
System malfunction ........................ 5-138
System maintenance ......................5-139
Intelligent Forward Collision Warning (I-FCW) . . 5-139 I-FCW System operation ....................5-140
Turning the I-FCW system on/off ...........5-142
I-FCW system limitations ...................5-143
System temporarily unavailable ............5-147
System malfunction ........................ 5-148
System maintenance ......................5-148
Intelligent Driver Alertness (I-DA)
(if so equipped) ................................ 5-150
I-DA system operation .....................5-150
How to enable/disable the I-DA system ....5-151
I-DA system limitations .....................5-152
ECO Mode ..................................... 5-152
Increasing power economy ...................5-153ECO drive report
.............................. 5-154
Parking/parking on hills .......................5-155
Power steering system ........................5-156
Brake system ................................. 5-157
Brake precautions .......................... 5-157
Anti-lock Braking System (ABS) .............5-159
Brake Assist ................................ 5-160
Vehicle Dynamic Control (VDC) system ........5-160
Chassis control ............................... 5-162
Intelligent Trace Control ....................5-162
Intelligent Ride Control .....................
5-163
R

ear sonar system (RSS) ......................5-163
System operation .......................... 5-164
How to enable/disable the rear sonar
system ..................................... 5-166
Sonar limitations ........................... 5-167
System temporarily unavailable ............5-167
System maintenance ......................5-167
Hill start assist system ........................5-168
Cold weather driving .......................... 5-169
Freeing a frozen door lock ..................5-169
Antifreeze .................................. 5-169
12-volt battery .............................. 5-169
Draining of coolant water ..................5-170

Tire equipment............................. 5-170
Special winter equipment ..................5-170
Driving on snow or ice ......................5-170Freeing a frozen charge port lid
............5-170
Parking brake ............................... 5-171

WARNING
• Do not leave children or adults who
would normally require the support
of others alone in your vehicle. Pets
should not be lef t alone either. They
could accidentally injure themselves
or others through inadvertent opera-
tion of the vehicle. Also, on hot, sunny
days, temperatures in a closed ve-
hicle could quickly become high
enough to cause severe or possibly
fatal injuries to people or animals.
• Properly secure all cargo with ropes
or straps to help prevent it from slid-
ing or shif ting. Do not place cargo
higher than the seatbacks. In a sud-
den stop or collision, unsecured
cargo could cause personal injury.
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 power 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 oneminute 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.
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 ve- hicle is driven at speeds above 16 mph (25
km/h). Also, this system may not detect a
sudden drop in tire pressure (for example,
a flat tire while driving).
PRECAUTIONS WHEN STARTING AND
DRIVING
5-4Starting and driving

• The low tire pressure warning light doesnot automatically turn off when the tire
pressure is adjusted. Af ter the tire is in-
flated to the recommended 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” warning also appears on the vehicle information
display when the low tire pressure warn-
ing light is illuminated and low tire pres-
sure 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” warning appears each time the power switch is
placed in the ON position as long as the
low tire pressure warning light remains
illuminated.
• The “Tire Pressure Low - Add Air” warning does not appear if the low tire pressure
warning light illuminates to indicate a
TPMS malfunction. • Tire pressure rises and falls depending on
the heat caused by operation of the ve-
hicle and the outside temperature. Do
not reduce the tire pressure af ter driving
because the tire pressure rises af ter driv-
ing. 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 illuminates in low ambient
temperature, check the tire pressure for
all four tires.
• The pressure of all tires can also be checked on the display screen. The order
of the tire pressure figures displayed on
the screen does not correspond with the
actual order of the tire position.
For additional information, refer to “Low tire
pressure warning light” in the “Instruments
and controls” section and “Tire Pressure
Monitoring System (TPMS)” in the “In case of
emergency” 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.
• If the low tire pressure warning light
illuminates while driving, avoid sud-
den steering maneuvers or abrupt
braking, reduce vehicle speed, pull
off the road to a safe location and
stop the vehicle as soon as possible.
Driving with under-inflated tires may
permanently damage the tires and
increase the likelihood of tire failure.
Serious vehicle damage could occur
and may lead to an accident and
could result in serious personal in-
jury. Check the tire pressure for all
four tires. Adjust the tire pressure to
the recommended COLD tire pres-
sure shown on the Tire and Loading
Information label to turn the low tire
pressure warning light off. If the tire is
flat, repair it as soon as possible. (For
additional information, refer to “Flat
tire” in the “In case of emergency ”
section of this manual.)
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