TOWING YOUR VEHICLE
When towing your vehicle, local regulations for towing
must be followed. Incorrect towing equipment could
damage your vehicle. To assure proper towing and to
prevent accidental damage to your vehicle, NISSAN
recommends that you have professional road assis-
tance personnel tow your vehicle. It is advisable to
have the professional road assistant carefully read the
following precautions.
TOWING RECOMMENDED BY NISSAN
Two-Wheel Drive (2WD) models
TOWING PRECAUTIONS
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Be sure that the transmission, steering system,
and drivetrain are in working condition before
towing. If any units are damaged, the vehicle must
be towed using a dolly or flatbed tow truck.
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NISSAN recommends that your vehicle be towed
with the driving (front) wheels off the ground.
Two-wheel drive models
Always attach safety chains before towing.
NISSAN recommends that your vehicle be towed with
the driving (front) wheels off the ground or place the
vehicle on a flat bed truck as illustrated.
4. Release the parking brake.
5. Attach safety chains whenever towing.
Rear wheels on the ground:
Front wheels on the ground:
CAUTION:
1. Place the ignition switch in the “OFF” position.
2. Move the shift lever to the “N” (Neutral) position.
3. Release the parking brake.
Never tow Continuously Variable Transmission
(CVT) model with front wheels on the ground.
Doing so will cause serious and expensive
damage to the transmission.
4. Attach safety chains whenever towing.
All four wheels on the ground:
NISSAN recommends that the vehicle be placed on a
flatbed tow truck as illustrated.
Manual Transmission (MT) models:
If you have to tow a MT vehicle with front wheels on the
ground, perform the following procedures.
CAUTION:
Never tow Continuously Variable Transmission
(CVT) model with all four wheels on the ground.
Doing so will cause serious and expensive
damage to the transmission.
1. Place the ignition switch in the “OFF” position.
2. Secure the steering wheel in a straight-ahead
position with rope or a similar device.
3. Move the shift lever to the “N” (Neutral) position.
Manual Transmission (MT) models:
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