2008 Nissan 350Z Owner's Manual - Page 215

2008 Nissan 350Z Manual

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FLAT TIRE TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM (TPMS) This vehicle is equipped with the Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS). It monitors tire pressure of all tires except the spare. When the low tire pressure warning light is lit, one or more of your tires is significantly under-inflated. If the vehicle is being driven with low tire pressure, the TPMS will activate and warn you of it by the low tire pressure warning light (in the meter panel). This system will activate only when the vehicle is driven at speeds above 16 MPH (25 km/h). For more details, refer to "Warning/indicator lights and audible reminders" in the "2. Instruments and controls" section and "Tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS)" in the "5. Starting and driving" section. 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 injury. Check the tire pressure for all four tires. Adjust the tire pressure to the recommended COLD tire pressure shown on the Tire and Loading Information label to turn the low tire pressure warning light OFF. If you have a flat tire, replace it with a spare tire as soon as possible. ¼ When a spare tire is mounted or a wheel is replaced, the TPMS will not function and the low tire pressure warning light will flash for approximately 1 minute. The light will remain on after 1 minute. Contact your NISSAN dealer as soon as possible for tire replacement and/or system resetting. ¼ Replacing tires with those not originally specified by NISSAN could affect the proper operation of the TPMS. ¼ Do not inject any tire liquid or aerosol tire sealant into the tires, as this may cause a malfunction of the tire pressure sensors. CHANGING A FLAT TIRE If you have a flat tire, follow the instructions below. Stopping the vehicle 1. Safely move the vehicle off the road away from traffic. 2. Turn on the hazard warning flashers. 3. Park on a level surface and apply the parking brake. Shift the manual transmission into R (Reverse) position (automatic transmission in P (Park) position). 4. Turn off the engine. 5. Raise the hood to warn other traffic, and to signal professional road assistance personnel that you need assistance. 6. Have all passengers get out of the vehicle and stand in a safe place, away from traffic and clear of the vehicle. WARNING ¼ If the light illuminates while driving, avoid sudden 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 6-2 In case of emergency

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TIREPRESSUREMONITORING
SYSTEM(TPMS)
ThisvehicleisequippedwiththeTirePressure
MonitoringSystem(TPMS).Itmonitorstirepres-
sureofalltiresexceptthespare.Whenthelow
tirepressurewarninglightislit,oneormoreof
yourtiresissignificantlyunder-inflated.Ifthe
vehicleisbeingdrivenwithlowtirepressure,the
TPMSwillactivateandwarnyouofitbythelow
tirepressurewarninglight(inthemeterpanel).
Thissystemwillactivateonlywhenthevehicleis
drivenatspeedsabove16MPH(25km/h).For
moredetails,referto“Warning/indicatorlights
andaudiblereminders”inthe“2.Instruments
andcontrols”sectionand“Tirepressuremoni-
toringsystem(TPMS)”inthe“5.Startingand
driving”section.
WARNING
°
Ifthelightilluminateswhiledriving,
avoidsuddensteeringmaneuversor
abruptbraking,reducevehiclespeed,
pullofftheroadtoasafelocation
andstopthevehicleassoonaspos-
sible. Driving with under-inflated
tiresmaypermanentlydamagethe
tiresandincreasethelikelihoodof
tirefailure.Seriousvehicledamage
couldoccurandmayleadtoanacci-
dentandcouldresultinseriousper-
sonalinjury.Checkthetirepressure
forallfourtires.Adjustthetirepres-
suretotherecommendedCOLDtire
pressure shown on the Tire and
LoadingInformationlabeltoturnthe
lowtirepressurewarninglightOFF.
Ifyouhaveaflattire,replaceitwitha
sparetireassoonaspossible.
°
Whenasparetireismountedora
wheelisreplaced,theTPMSwillnot
functionandthelowtirepressure
warninglightwillflashforapproxi-
mately1minute.Thelightwillremain
on after 1 minute. Contact your
NISSANdealerassoonaspossible
fortirereplacementand/orsystem
resetting.
°
Replacingtireswiththosenotorigi-
nallyspecifiedbyNISSANcouldaf-
fect the proper operation of the
TPMS.
°
Donotinjectanytireliquidoraerosol
tiresealantintothetires,asthismay
causeamalfunctionofthetirepres-
suresensors.
CHANGINGAFLATTIRE
Ifyouhaveaflattire,followtheinstructions
below.
Stoppingthevehicle
1.Safelymovethevehicleofftheroadaway
fromtraffic.
2.Turnonthehazardwarningflashers.
3.Parkonalevelsurfaceandapplytheparking
brake.ShiftthemanualtransmissionintoR
(Reverse)position(automatictransmissionin
P(Park)position).
4.Turnofftheengine.
5.Raisethehoodtowarnothertraffic,andto
signalprofessionalroadassistanceperson-
nelthatyouneedassistance.
6.Haveallpassengersgetoutofthevehicle
andstandinasafeplace,awayfromtraffic
andclearofthevehicle.
FLATTIRE
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Incaseofemergency