2014 Nissan Rogue Owner's Manual - Page 330

2014 Nissan Rogue Manual

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CHASSIS CONTROL ● Do not modify the vehicle's suspension. If suspension parts such as shock absorbers, struts, springs, stabilizer bars, bushings and wheels are not NISSAN recommended for your vehicle or are extremely deteriorated, the VDC system may not operate properly. This could adversely affect vehicle handling perindicator may formance, and the and indicaflash or both the tor lights may illuminate. ● If brake related parts such as brake pads, rotors and calipers are not NISSAN recommended or are extremely deteriorated, the VDC system may not operate properly and both the and the indicator lights may illuminate. ● If engine control related parts are not NISSAN recommended or are extremely and deteriorated, both the indicator lights may illuminate. ● When driving on extremely inclined surfaces such as higher banked corners, the VDC system may not operate propindicator may flash or erly and the and indicator both the lights may illuminate. Do not drive on these types of roads. ● When driving on an unstable surface such as a turntable, ferry, elevator or indicator may flash or ramp, the and indicator both the lights may illuminate. This is not a malfunction. Restart the engine after driving onto a stable surface. ● If wheels or tires other than the NISSAN recommended ones are used, the VDC system may not operate properly and indicator may flash or both the and indicator lights may the illuminate. ● The VDC system is not a substitute for winter tires or tire chains on a snow covered road. The chassis control is an electric control module that includes the following functions: ● Active Trace Control ● Active Engine Brake ● Active Ride Control ACTIVE TRACE CONTROL This system senses driving based on the driver's steering and acceleration/braking patterns, and controls brake pressure at individual wheels to aid tracing at corners and help smooth vehicle response. The Active Trace Control can be set to ON (enabled) or OFF (disabled) through the Vehicle Information Display "Settings" page. See "Vehicle Information Display" in "Instruments and Controls" for more information. When the VDC OFF switch is used to turn off the VDC system, the Active Trace Control is also turned off. Starting and driving 5-45

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Donotmodifythevehicle’ssuspension.
Ifsuspensionpartssuchasshockab-
sorbers,struts,springs,stabilizerbars,
bushingsandwheelsarenotNISSAN
recommendedforyourvehicleorare
extremelydeteriorated,theVDCsystem
maynotoperateproperly.Thiscould
adverselyaffectvehiclehandlingper-
formance,andthe
indicatormay
flashorboththe
and
indica-
torlightsmayilluminate.
Ifbrakerelatedpartssuchasbrake
pads, rotors and calipers are not
NISSANrecommendedorareextremely
deteriorated,theVDCsystemmaynot
operate properly and both the
and the
indicator lights may
illuminate.
Ifenginecontrolrelatedpartsarenot
NISSANrecommendedorareextremely
deteriorated,boththe
and
indicatorlightsmayilluminate.
Whendrivingonextremelyinclinedsur-
facessuchashigherbankedcorners,
theVDCsystemmaynotoperateprop-
erlyandthe
indicatormayflashor
both the
and
indicator
lightsmayilluminate.Donotdriveon
thesetypesofroads.
Whendrivingonanunstablesurface
suchasaturntable,ferry,elevatoror
ramp,the
indicatormayflashor
both the
and
indicator
lightsmayilluminate.Thisisnotamal-
function.Restarttheengineafterdriv-
ingontoastablesurface.
IfwheelsortiresotherthantheNISSAN
recommendedonesareused,theVDC
systemmaynotoperateproperlyand
the
indicatormayflashorboth
the
and
indicatorlightsmay
illuminate.
TheVDCsystemisnotasubstitutefor
wintertiresortirechainsonasnow
coveredroad.
Thechassiscontrolisanelectriccontrolmodule
thatincludesthefollowingfunctions:
ActiveTraceControl
ActiveEngineBrake
ActiveRideControl
ACTIVETRACECONTROL
Thissystemsensesdrivingbasedonthedriver’s
steeringandacceleration/brakingpatterns,and
controlsbrakepressureatindividualwheelsto
aidtracingatcornersandhelpsmoothvehicle
response.
TheActiveTraceControlcanbesettoON(en-
abled)orOFF(disabled)throughtheVehicle
InformationDisplay“Settings”page.See“Ve-
hicleInformationDisplay”in“Instrumentsand
Controls”formoreinformation.
WhentheVDCOFFswitchisusedtoturnoffthe
VDCsystem,theActiveTraceControlisalso
turnedoff.
CHASSISCONTROL
Startinganddriving
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