2023 NISSAN LEAF maintenance

SYSTEM MAINTENANCE
CAUTION
• Do not use alcohol, benzine or thin-
ner to clean the camera. This will
cause discoloration.
• Do not damage the cameras as the
monitor screen may be adversely
affected. If dirt, rain or snow accumulates on any of
the cameras
O1, the Intelligent Around
View® Monitor may not display objects
clearly. Clean the camera by wiping with a
cloth dampened with a diluted mild clean-
ing agent and then wiping with a dry cloth.
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NOTE:
The blue MOD icon will change to orange
if one of the following has occurred:
• When the system is malfunctioning.
• When the component temperaturereaches a high level (icon will blink).
• When the RearView camera has de- tected a blockage (icon will blink).
If the icon light continues to illuminate
orange, have the MOD system checked. It
is recommended that you visit a NISSAN
certified LEAF dealer for this service.
SYSTEM MAINTENANCE
CAUTION
• Do not use alcohol, benzine or thin-
ner to clean the camera. This will
cause discoloration.
• Do not damage the cameras as the
monitor screen may be adversely
affected. If dirt, rain or snow accumulates on any of
the cameras
O1, the Intelligent Around
View® Monitor may not display objects
clearly. Clean the camera by wiping with a
cloth dampened with a diluted mild clean-
ing agent and then wiping with a dry cloth.
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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 ......................5-9
NISSAN Intelligent Key® system ..............5-10
Operating range for EV start function .......5-10
Power switch operation ......................5-11
Power switch positions ......................5-12
Emergency EV shut off ......................5-12
NISSAN Intelligent Key® battery
discharge ................................... 5-12
NISSAN Vehicle Immobilizer System .........5-13
Before starting the EV system ..................5-13
Starting the EV system ......................... 5-14
Driving the vehicle .............................. 5-14
Electric shif t control system .................5-14
Parking brake .................................. 5-18
Pedal type ................................... 5-19
Switch type (models with electronic
parking brake system) ......................5-19
e-Pedal system ................................ 5-21
e-Pedal system operation ...................5-21e-Pedal system limitations
..................5-24
System malfunction ......................... 5-24
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) .................5-25
LDW system operation ......................5-26
How to enable/disable the LDW system .....5-27
LDW system limitations .....................5-27
System temporarily unavailable .............5-28
System malfunction ......................... 5-29
System maintenance .......................5-29
Intelligent Lane Intervention (I-LI) ...............5-30
I-LI system operation ........................ 5-31
How to enable/disable the I-LI system ......5-32
I-LI system limitations .......................5-33
System temporarily unavailable .............5-34
System malfunction ......................... 5-35
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ystem maintenance ....................... 5-35
Blind Spot Warning (BSW) .......................5-36
BSW system operation ......................5-37
How to enable/disable the BSW system .....5-38
BSW system limitations .....................5-39
BSW driving situations .......................5-40
System temporarily unavailable .............5-43
System maintenance .......................5-44
Intelligent Blind Spot Intervention (I-BSI) ........5-45
I-BSI system operation ......................5-47
How to enable/disable the I-BSI system .....5-48

I-BSI system limitations.....................5-49
I-BSI driving situations .......................5-50
System temporarily unavailable .............5-55
System malfunction ......................... 5-55
System maintenance .......................5-56
RearCrossTrafficAlert(RCTA) .................. 5-58
RCTA system operation .....................5-58
How to enable/disable the RCTA
system ...................................... 5-60
RCTA system limitations .....................5-61
System temporarily unavailable .............5-62
System maintenance .......................5-63
Cruise control (if so equipped) ..................5-65
Precautions on cruise control ...............5-65
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 ............................. 5-70
Vehicle-to-vehicle distance control
mode switches ............................. 5-72Vehicle-to-vehicle distance control
mode limitations
............................ 5-79
System temporarily unavailable .............5-83
System maintenance .......................5-85
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 ...................................... 5-103
Intelligent Cruise Control (ICC)
(for vehicles with ProPILOT Assist) ..........5-104
Steering Assist ............................. 5-115
Conventional (fixed speed) cruise
control mode .............................. 5-121
Rear Automatic Braking (RAB) .................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) with
Pedestrian Detection.......................... 5-130
AEB with Pedestrian Detection system
operation .................................. 5-131
Turning the AEB with Pedestrian
Detection system on/off ...................5-133
AEB with Pedestrian Detection system
limitations ................................. 5-134
System temporarily unavailable ............5-137
System malfunction ........................ 5-139
System maintenance ......................5-139
Intelligent Forward Collision Warning (I-FCW) . . 5-141 I-FCW System operation ....................5-142
Turning the I-FCW system on/off ...........5-144
I-FCW system limitations ...................5-145
System temporarily unavailable ............5-150
System malfunction ........................ 5-151
System maintenance ......................5-152
Intelligent Driver Alertness (I-DA)
(if so equipped) ................................ 5-154
I-DA system operation .....................5-154
How to enable/disable the I-DA system ....5-155
I-DA system limitations .....................5-155
ECO Mode ..................................... 5-157
ECO drive report ........................... 5-157Increasing power economy
...................5-158
Parking/parking on hills .......................5-159
Power steering system ........................ 5-161
Brake system ................................. 5-161
Brake precautions .......................... 5-161
Anti-lock Braking System (ABS) .............5-163
Brake Assist ................................ 5-164
Vehicle Dynamic Control (VDC) system ........5-164
Brake force distribution ....................5-166
Chassis control ............................... 5-167
Intelligent Trace Control (I-TC) ..............5-167
Active Ride Control (ARC) ...................5-168
Hill start assist system ........................5-168
Rear sonar system (RSS) ......................
5-169
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ystem operation .......................... 5-170
How to enable/disable the rear sonar
system ...................................... 5-171
Sonar limitations ........................... 5-172
System temporarily unavailable ............5-172
System maintenance ......................5-173
Cold weather driving .......................... 5-173
Freeing a frozen door lock ..................5-174
Antifreeze .................................. 5-174
12-volt battery .............................. 5-174

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 using 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
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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 “Malfunction: See
Owner’s Manual” will appear in the vehicle
information display. If “Malfunction: See
Owner’s Manual” appears in the vehicle in-
formation display, pull off the road to a safe
location and stop the vehicle. Push the P
(Park) position switch on the shif t lever and
the power switch in the OFF position and
restart the EV system. If “Malfunction: See
Owner’s Manual” continues to appear in
the vehicle information display, have the
system checked. It is recommended that
you visit a NISSAN certified LEAF dealer for
this service.
SYSTEM MAINTENANCE
The lane camera unitO1for 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. • Do not place reflective materials, such as
white paper or a mirror, on the instru-
ment panel. The reflection of sunlight
may adversely affect the camera unit’s
capability of detecting the lane markers.
• Do not strike or damage the areas around the camera unit. Do not touch the
camera lens or remove the screw located
on the camera unit. If the camera unit is
damaged due to an accident, it is recom-
mended that you visit a NISSAN certified
LEAF dealer.
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Temporary disabled status at high
temperature:
If the vehicle is parked in direct sunlight
under high temperature conditions (over
approximately 104°F [40°C]) and then the
I-LI system is turned on, the I-LI system
may be deactivated automatically and the
following message will appear on the ve-
hicle information display: “Unavailable: High
Cabin Temperature.” When the interior
temperature is reduced, the system will re-
sume operating automatically.
SYSTEM MALFUNCTION
If the I-LI system malfunctions, it will cancel
automatically. The I-LI indicator (orange)
will illuminate and “Malfunction: See Own-
er’s Manual” warning message will appear
in the display.
If the I-LI indicator (orange) illuminates in
the display, pull off the road to a safe loca-
tion and stop the vehicle. Turn the EV sys-
tem off and restart the EV system. If the I-LI
indicator (orange) continues to illuminate,
have the I-LI system checked. It is recom-
mended that you visit a NISSAN certified
LEAF dealer for this service.
SYSTEM MAINTENANCE
The lane camera unitO1for the I-LI system
is located above the inside mirror. To keep
the proper operation of the I-LI system 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. • Do not place reflective materials, such as
white paper or a mirror, on the instru-
ment panel. The reflection of sunlight
may adversely affect the camera unit’s
capability of detecting the lane markers.
• Do not strike or damage the areas around the camera unit. Do not touch the
camera lens or remove the screw located
on the camera unit. If the camera unit is
damaged due to an accident, it is recom-
mended that you visit a NISSAN certified
LEAF dealer.
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