2018 Nissan Altima Sedan | Owner's Manual and Maintenance Information
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2018 ALTIMA SEDAN OWNER’S MANUAL and MAINTENANCE INFORMATION For your safety, read carefully and keep in this vehicle. Owner’s Manual Supplement The information contained within this supplement updates the following information in the 2017 NISSAN Sentra, 2017 NISSAN Altima, 2018 NISSAN Sentra and 2018 NISSAN Altima Owner’s Manual. • “NISSAN Advanced Air Bag System (front seats)” section of the Owner’s Manual. Read carefully and keep in vehicle. Printing: November 2017 Publication No.: SU18EA 0OCSU0 NISSAN Advanced Air Bag System ∙ If a forward facing child restraint is ∙ Do not position the front passenger (front seats) installed in the front passenger seat, seat so it contacts the rear seat. If the do not position the front passenger front seat does contact the rear seat, WARNING seat so the child restraint contacts the the air bag system may determine a instrument panel. If the child restraint sensor malfunction has occurred and To ensure proper operation of the pas- does contact the instrument panel, the front passenger air bag status senger’s NISSAN Advanced Air Bag Sys- the system may determine the seat is light may illuminate and the supple- tem, please observe the following occupied and the passenger air bag mental air bag warning light may items. may deploy in a collision. Also the flash. ∙ Do not allow a passenger in the rear front passenger air bag status light seat to push or pull on the seatback may not illuminate. For additional in- This vehicle is equipped with the NISSAN pocket. formation about installing and using Advanced Air Bag System for the driver and child restraints, refer to "Child re- front passenger seats. This system is de- ∙ Do not place heavy loads heavier than straints" in this section. signed to meet certification requirements 9.1 lbs. (4 kg) on the seatback, head under U.S. regulations. It is also permitted in restraint/headrest or in the seatback ∙ Confirm the operating condition with Canada. However, all of the information, the front passenger air bag status pocket. cautions and warnings in this manual light. ∙ Make sure that there is nothing press- still apply and must be followed. ing against the rear of the seatback, ∙ If you notice that the front passenger such as a child restraint installed in air bag status light is not operating as The driver supplemental front-impact air the rear seat or an object stored on described in this section, get the oc- bag is located in the center of the steering the floor. cupant classification system checked. wheel. The front passenger supplemental It is recommended that you visit a front-impact air bag is mounted in the ∙ Make sure that there is no object NISSAN dealer for this service. dashboard above the glove box. The front placed under the front passenger air bags are designed to inflate in higher ∙ Until you have confirmed with a seat. severity frontal collisions, although they dealer that your passenger seat occu- ∙ Make sure that there is no object may inflate if the forces in another type of pant classification system is working placed between the seat cushion and properly, position the occupants in collision are similar to those of a higher center console or between the seat the rear seating positions. severity frontal impact. They may not in- cushion and the door. flate in certain frontal collisions. Vehicle damage (or lack of it) is not always an indi- about the system. If you are considering crease the risk of injury if the occupant is cation of proper front air bag system op- modification of your vehicle due to a dis- too close to, or is against, the front air bag eration. ability, you may also contact NISSAN. Con- module during inflation. tact information is contained in the front of The NISSAN Advanced Air Bag System The front air bags deflate quickly after a this Owner’s Manual. monitors information from the crash zone collision. sensor, the Air bag Control Unit (ACU), seat When a front air bag inflates, a fairly loud The front air bags operate only when the belt buckle sensors and occupant classifi- noise may be heard, followed by the re- ignition switch is placed in the ON posi- cation sensor (weight sensor). Inflator op- lease of smoke. This smoke is not harmful tion. eration is based on the severity of a colli- and does not indicate a fire. Care should be sion and seat belt usage for the driver. For taken to not inhale it, as it may cause irrita- After placing the ignition switch in the ON position, the supplemental air bag the front passenger, the occupant classifi- tion and choking. Those with a history of a warning light illuminates. The supple- cation sensor is also monitored. Based on breathing condition should get fresh air mental air bag warning light will turn off information from the sensor, only one front promptly. air bag may inflate in a crash, depending on after about 7 seconds if the system is the crash severity and whether the front Front air bags, along with the use of seat operational. occupants are belted or unbelted. Addi- belts, help to cushion the impact force on tionally, the front passenger air bag may be the face and chest of the front occupants. automatically turned off under some con- They can help save lives and reduce seri- ditions, depending on the weight detected ous injuries. However, an inflating front air on the front passenger seat and how the bag may cause facial abrasions or other seat belt is used. If the front passenger air injuries. Front air bags do not provide re- bag is OFF, the front passenger air bag sta- straint to the lower body. tus light will be illuminated. For additional Even with NISSAN Advanced Air Bags, seat information, refer to “Front passenger air belts should be correctly worn and the bag and status light” in this section. One driver and front passenger seated upright front air bag inflating does not indicate im- as far as practical away from the steering proper performance of the system. wheel or instrument panel. The front air If you have any questions about your air bags inflate quickly in order to help protect bag system, it is recommended that you the front occupants. Because of this, the visit a NISSAN dealer to obtain information force of the front air bag inflating can in- Front passenger air bag and status light Status light The front passenger seat is equipped with WARNING an occupant classification sensor (weight The front passenger air bag is designed sensor) that turns the front passenger air to automatically turn OFF under some bag on or off depending on the weight ap- conditions. Read this section carefully plied to the front passenger seat. The sta- to learn how it operates. Proper use of tus of the front passenger air bag (ON or the seat, seat belt and child restraints is OFF) is indicated by the front passenger air necessary for most effective protec- bag status light which is located on tion. Failure to follow all instructions in the instrument panel. this manual concerning the use of After the ignition switch is placed in the seats, seat belts and child restraints can "ON" position, the front passenger air bag increase the risk or severity of injury in status light on the instrument panel illumi- an accident. nates for about 7 seconds and then turns WRS0475 off or remains illuminated depending on the front passenger seat occupied status. The light operates as follows: PASSENGER AIR BAG STA- CONDITION DESCRIPTION FRONT PASSENGER AIR BAG STATUS TUS LIGHT ( ) Empty Empty front passenger seat ON (illuminated) INHIBITED Bag or Child or Child Restraint or Nobody/Somebody ON (illuminated) INHIBITED Small Adult in front passenger seat Adult Adult in the front passenger seat OFF (dark) ACTIVATED In addition to the above, certain objects For additional information related to the Front passenger air bag placed on the front passenger seat may normal operation and troubleshooting of The front passenger air bag is designed to also cause the light to operate as de- this occupant classification sensor system, automatically turn OFF when the vehicle is scribed above depending on their weight. please refer to “Normal operation” and operated under some conditions as de- “Troubleshooting” in this section. scribed below in accordance with U.S. regu- lations. If the front passenger air bag is OFF, pant takes his/her weight off the seat placed on the seat could result in air bag it will not inflate in a crash. The driver air bag cushion (for example, by not sitting upright, inflation, because of the object’s weight de- and other air bags in your vehicle are not by sitting on an edge of the seat, or by tected by the occupant classification sen- part of this system. otherwise being out of position), this could sor. Other conditions could also result in air cause the sensor to turn the air bag OFF. bag inflation, such as if a child is standing The purpose of the regulation is to help Always be sure to be seated and wearing on the seat, or if two children are on the reduce the risk of injury or death from an the seat belt properly for the most effective seat, contrary to the instructions in this inflating air bag to certain front passenger protection by the seat belt and supple- manual. Always be sure that you and all seat occupants, such as children, by requir- mental air bag. vehicle occupants are seated and re- ing the air bag to be automatically turned strained properly.