Nissan Frontier (2019 year). Instruction - part 31

∙ When making a turn, your trailer wheels

will be closer to the inside of the turn
than your vehicle wheels. To compen-
sate for this, make a larger than normal
turning radius during the turn.

∙ Crosswinds and rough roads will ad-

versely affect vehicle/trailer handling,
possibly causing vehicle sway. When
being passed by larger vehicles, be pre-
pared for possible changes in cross-
winds that could affect vehicle han-
dling.

Do the following if the trailer begins to
sway:

1. Take your foot off the accelerator pedal

to allow the vehicle to coast and steer
as straight ahead as the road condi-
tions allow. This combination will help
stabilize the vehicle

– Do not correct trailer sway by steer-

ing or applying the brakes.

2. When the trailer sway stops, gently ap-

ply the brakes and pull to the side of the
road in a safe area.

3. Try to rearrange the trailer load so it is

balanced as described in this section.

∙ Be careful when passing other vehicles.

Passing while towing a trailer requires
considerably more distance than nor-
mal passing. Remember, the length of
the trailer must also pass the other ve-
hicle before you can safely change
lanes.

∙ Downshift the transmission to a lower

gear for engine braking when driving
down steep or long hills. This will help
slow the vehicle without applying the
brakes.

∙ Avoid holding the brake pedal down too

long or too frequently. This could cause
the brakes to overheat, resulting in re-
duced braking efficiency.

∙ Increase your following distance to al-

low for greater stopping distances
while towing a trailer. Anticipate stops
and brake gradually.

∙ NISSAN recommends that the cruise

control not be used while towing a
trailer.

∙ Some states or provinces have specific

regulations and speed limits for ve-
hicles that are towing trailers. Obey the
local speed limits.

∙ Check your hitch, trailer wiring harness

connections, and trailer wheel lug nuts
after 50 miles (80 km) of travel and at
every break.

∙ When launching a boat, don’t allow the

water level to go over the exhaust tail
pipe or rear bumper.

∙ Make sure you disconnect the trailer

lights before backing the trailer into the
water or the trailer lights may burn out.

When towing a trailer, final drive gear oil
should be replaced and transmission
oil/fluid should be changed more fre-
quently. For additional information, refer
to the “Do-it-yourself ” section in this
manual.

FLAT TOWING – 4WD WITH
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

Towing a vehicle behind a recreational ve-
hicle, such as a motor home, is sometimes
called flat towing.

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CAUTION

∙ DO NOT flat tow a 4WD vehicle

equipped with an automatic trans-
mission. Flat towing or using a vehicle
dolly WILL DAMAGE internal transmis-
sion parts due to lack of lubrication.

∙ For emergency towing procedures re-

fer

“Towing

recommended

NISSAN” in the “In case of emergency”
section of this manual.

FLAT TOWING – 2WD WITH
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

Towing a vehicle behind a recreational ve-
hicle, such as a motor home, is sometimes
called flat towing.

CAUTION

∙ Failure to follow these guidelines can

result in severe transmission damage.

∙ Whenever flat towing your vehicle, al-

ways tow forward, never backward.

∙ DO NOT tow any automatic transmis-

sion vehicle with all four wheels on the
ground. Doing so WILL DAMAGE inter-
nal transmission parts due to lack of
transmission lubrication.

∙ For emergency towing procedures re-

fer

“Towing

recommended

NISSAN” in the “In case of emergency”
section of this manual.

To tow a vehicle equipped with an auto-
matic transmission, an appropriate vehicle
dolly MUST be placed under the towed ve-
hicle’s drive wheels. Always follow the dolly
manufacturer’s recommendations when
using their product.

FLAT TOWING – 2WD/4WD WITH
MANUAL TRANSMISSION

Towing a vehicle behind a recreational ve-
hicle, such as a motor home, is sometimes
called flat towing.

CAUTION

∙ Failure to follow these guidelines can

result in severe transmission damage.

∙ Whenever flat towing your vehicle, al-

ways tow forward, never backward.

∙ For emergency towing procedures re-

fer

“Towing

recommended

NISSAN” in the “In case of emergency”
section of this manual.

∙ Always tow with the manual transmis-

sion in Neutral.

∙ For 4WD vehicles, always flat tow with

the transfer case in the 2 HI position.

∙ Your

vehicle

should

never

exceed

60 mph (97 km/h) when flat towing your
vehicle.

∙ After towing 500 miles (805 km), start

and idle the engine with the transmis-
sion in Neutral for two minutes. Failure
to idle the engine after every 500 miles
(805 km) of towing may cause damage
to the transmission’s internal parts.

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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

measured

under

controlled

conditions 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 Safety Standard No. 109. Grades B and A
represent higher levels of performance on
the laboratory test wheel than the mini-
mum 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

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Your NISSAN vehicle is covered by the fol-
lowing emission warranties:

For USA

1. Emission Defects Warranty

2. Emissions Performance Warranty

Details of this warranty may be found with
other vehicle warranties in your Warranty In-
formation Booklet which comes with your
NISSAN vehicle. If you did not receive a War-
ranty Information Booklet, or it is lost, you
may obtain a replacement by writing to:

∙ Nissan North America, Inc.

Consumer Affairs Department
P.O. Box 685003
Franklin, TN 37068-5003

For Canada

Emission Control System Warranty

∙ Nissan Canada Inc.

5290 Orbitor Drive
Mississauga, Ontario, L4W 4Z5

For USA

If you believe that your vehicle has a
defect which could cause a crash or
could cause injury or death, you
should immediately inform the Na-
tional Highway Traffic Safety Admin-
istration (NHTSA) in addition to noti-
fying NISSAN.

If NHTSA receives similar complaints,
it may open an investigation, and if it
finds that a safety defect exists in a
group of vehicles, it may order a re-
call and remedy campaign. However,
NHTSA cannot become involved in
individual problems between you,
your dealer, or NISSAN.

To contact NHTSA, you may call the
Vehicle Safety Hotline toll-free at
1-888-327-4236 (TTY: 1-800-424-9153);
go to http://www.safercar.gov; or
write to: Administrator, NHTSA, 400
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, D.C.
20590. You can also obtain other in-
formation about motor vehicle safety
from http://www.safercar.gov.

You may notify NISSAN by contact-
ing our Consumer Affairs Depart-
ment, toll-free, at 1-800-NISSAN-1.

For Canada

If you believe that your vehicle has a
defect which could cause a crash or
could cause injury or death, you
should immediately inform Trans-
port Canada in addition to notifying
NISSAN.

If Transport Canada receives com-
plaints, it may open an investigation,
and if it finds that a safety defect
exists in a group of vehicles, it may
request that NISSAN conduct a recall
campaign.

However,

Transport

Canada cannot become involved in
individual problems between you,
your dealer, or NISSAN.

You may contact Transport Canada’s
Defect Investigations and Recalls Divi-
sion toll free at 1-800-333-0510. You
may also report safety defects online
at:

https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-

Sec-Sur/7/PCDB-BDPP/fc-

EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM
WARRANTY

REPORTING SAFETY DEFECTS

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cp.aspx?lang=eng (English speakers)
or

https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-

Sec-Sur/7/PCDB-BDPP/fc-
cp.aspx?lang=fra (French speakers)

Additional information concerning
motor vehicle safety may be ob-
tained

from

Transport

Canada’s

Road Safety Information Centre at
1-800-333-0371

online

www.tc.gc.ca/roadsafety

(English

speakers)

www.tc.gc.ca/securiteroutiere
(French speakers).

To notify NISSAN of any safety con-
cerns please contact our Consumer
Information Centre toll free at 1-800-
387-0122.

WARNING

A vehicle equipped with Four-Wheel
Drive (4WD) should never be tested us-
ing a two wheel dynamometer (such as
the

dynamometers

used

some

states for emissions testing), or similar
equipment. Make sure you inform the
test facility personnel that your vehicle
is equipped with 4WD before it is placed
on a dynamometer. Using the wrong
test equipment may result in transmis-
sion damage or unexpected vehicle
movement which could result in serious
vehicle damage or personal injury.

Due to legal requirements in some states
and Canadian Provinces, your vehicle may
be required to be in what is called the
“ready

condition”

for

Inspection/Maintenance (I/M) test of the
emission control system.

The vehicle is set to the “ready condition”
when it is driven through certain driving
patterns. Usually, the ready condition can
be obtained by ordinary usage of the ve-
hicle.

If a powertrain system component is re-
paired or the battery is disconnected, the
vehicle may be reset to a “not ready” condi-
tion. Before taking the I/M test, check the
vehicle’s

inspection/maintenance

test

readiness condition. Place the ignition
switch in the ON position without starting
the engine. If the Malfunction Indicator
Light (MIL) comes on steady for 20 seconds
and then blinks for 10 seconds, the I/M test
condition is “not ready”. If the MIL does not
blink after 20 seconds, the I/M test condi-
tion is “ready”. It is recommended that you
visit a NISSAN dealer to set the “ready con-
dition” or to prepare the vehicle for testing.

READINESS FOR INSPECTION/
MAINTENANCE (I/M) TEST

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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 identifying
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 your
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

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