2008 Nissan 350Z Owner's Manual - Page 76

2008 Nissan 350Z Manual

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Engine oil pressure warning light This light warns of low engine oil pressure. If the light flickers or comes on during normal driving, pull off the road in a safe area, stop the engine immediately and call a NISSAN dealer or other authorized repair shop. The engine oil pressure warning light is not designed to indicate a low oil level. Use the dipstick to check the oil level. See "Engine oil" in the "8. Maintenance and do-it-yourself" section. tire pressure or indicates that the TPMS is not functioning properly. After the ignition switch is turned ON, this light illuminates for about 1 second and turns off. Low tire pressure warning: If the vehicle is being driven with low tire pressure, the warning light will illuminate. When the low tire pressure warning light illuminates, you should stop and adjust the tire pressure to the recommended COLD tire pressure shown on the Tire and Loading Information label. The low tire pressure warning light does not automatically turn off when the tire pressure is adjusted. After the tire is inflated 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. For additional information, see "Tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS)" in the "5. Starting and driving" section and in the "6. In case of emergency" section. TPMS malfunction: If the TPMS is not functioning properly, the low tire pressure warning light will flash for approximately 1 minute when the ignition switch is turned ON. The light will remain on after the 1 minute. Have the system checked by a NISSAN dealer. For additional information, see "Tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS)" in the "5. Starting and driving" section. WARNING ¼ If the light does not illuminate with the ignition switch turned ON, have the vehicle checked by a NISSAN dealer as soon as possible. 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 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 pres- CAUTION Running the engine with the engine oil pressure warning light on could cause serious damage to the engine almost immediately. Turn off the engine as soon as it is safe to do so. Low tire pressure warning light Your vehicle is equipped with a Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) that monitors the tire pressure of all tires except the spare. The low tire pressure warning light warns of low Instruments and controls 2-13

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Engineoilpressurewarning
light
Thislightwarnsoflowengineoilpressure.Ifthe
lightflickersorcomesonduringnormaldriving,
pullofftheroadinasafearea,stoptheengine
immediately
andcallaNISSANdealerorother
authorizedrepairshop.
Theengineoilpressurewarninglightisnot
designedtoindicatealowoillevel.Usethe
dipsticktochecktheoillevel.
See“Engine
oil”inthe“8.Maintenanceanddo-it-yourself”
section.
CAUTION
Runningtheenginewiththeengineoil
pressurewarninglightoncouldcause
seriousdamagetotheenginealmost
immediately. Turn off the engine as
soonasitissafetodoso.
Lowtirepressurewarninglight
YourvehicleisequippedwithaTirePressure
MonitoringSystem(TPMS)thatmonitorsthetire
pressureofalltiresexceptthespare.
Thelowtirepressurewarninglightwarnsoflow
tirepressureorindicatesthattheTPMSisnot
functioningproperly.
AftertheignitionswitchisturnedON,thislight
illuminatesforabout1secondandturnsoff.
Lowtirepressurewarning:
Ifthevehicleisbeingdrivenwithlowtirepres-
sure,thewarninglightwillilluminate.
Whenthelowtirepressurewarninglightillumi-
nates,youshouldstopandadjustthetirepres-
suretotherecommendedCOLDtirepressure
shownontheTireandLoadingInformationlabel.
Thelowtirepressurewarninglightdoesnot
automaticallyturnoffwhenthetirepressureis
adjusted.Afterthetireisinflatedtotherecom-
mendedpressure,thevehiclemustbedrivenat
speedsabove16MPH(25km/h)toactivatethe
TPMSandturnoffthelowtirepressurewarning
light.Useatirepressuregaugetocheckthetire
pressure.
Foradditionalinformation,see“Tirepressure
monitoringsystem(TPMS)”inthe“5.Starting
anddriving”sectionandinthe“6.Incaseof
emergency”section.
TPMSmalfunction:
IftheTPMSisnotfunctioningproperly,thelow
tirepressurewarninglightwillflashforapproxi-
mately1minutewhentheignitionswitchis
turnedON.Thelightwillremainonafterthe1
minute.HavethesystemcheckedbyaNISSAN
dealer.
Foradditionalinformation,see“Tirepressure
monitoringsystem(TPMS)”inthe“5.Starting
anddriving”section.
WARNING
°
Ifthelightdoesnotilluminatewith
theignitionswitchturnedON,have
the vehicle checked by a NISSAN
dealerassoonaspossible.
°
Ifthelightilluminateswhiledriving,
avoidsuddensteeringmaneuversor
abruptbraking,reducevehiclespeed,
pullofftheroadtoasafelocation
andstopthevehicleassoonaspos-
sible. Driving with under-inflated
tiresmaypermanentlydamagethe
tiresandincreasethelikelihoodof
tirefailure.Seriousvehicledamage
couldoccurandmayleadtoanacci-
dentandcouldresultinseriousper-
sonalinjury.Checkthetirepressure
forallfourtires.Adjustthetirepres-
Instrumentsandcontrols
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