Nissan Altima: General maintenance
During the normal day-to-day operation of the vehicle, general maintenance should be performed regularly as prescribed in this section. If you detect any unusual sounds, vibrations or smells, be sure to check for the cause or have a NISSAN dealer do it promptly. In addition, you should notify a NISSAN dealer if you think that repairs are required.
When performing any checks or maintenance work, closely observe the “Maintenance precautions” later in this section.
Maintenance requirements
Your NISSAN has been designed to have minimum
maintenance requirements with long service
intervals to save you both time and money.
However, some day-to-day and regular maintenance
is essential to ...
Explanation of general maintenance items
Additional information on the following
items with “ * ”is found later in this section.
Outside the vehicle
The maintenance items listed here should be
performed from time to time, unless othe ...
See also:
Vehicle Phonebook
This vehicle has two phonebooks available for your use. Depending on your phone,
the system may automatically download your entire cell phones phonebook into the
Handset Phonebook . For the deta ...
Switch off any functions that
are not currently needed
Functions such as seat heating and the rear window
defroster require a lot of energy and consume
additional fuel, especially in city and stopand-
go traffic.
Therefore, switch off these functio ...
Types of collisions that may not deploy the SRS airbags
(SRS side and curtain shield airbags)
The SRS side and curtain shield airbags may not activate if the vehicle is
subjected to a collision from the side at certain angles, or a collision to the
side of the vehicle body other than the p ...
