Nissan Maxima Owners Manual: PFCW system limitations
Illustration A
Illustration B
WARNING
Listed below are the system limitations for the PFCW system. Failure to operate the vehicle in accordance with these system limitations could result in serious injury or death.
The PFCW system cannot detect all vehicles under all conditions.
The radar sensor does not detect the following objects:
- Pedestrians, animals or obstacles in the roadway
- Oncoming vehicles
- Crossing vehicles
(Illustration A) The PFCW system does not function when a vehicle ahead is a narrow vehicle, such as a motorcycle.
The radar sensor may not detect a vehicle ahead in the following conditions:
- Snow or heavy rain
- Dirt, ice, snow or other material covering the radar sensor.
- Interference by other radar sources.
- Snow or road spray from traveling vehicles.
- Driving in a tunnel
- (Illustration B) When the vehicle ahead is being towed.
- (Illustration C) When the distance to the vehicle ahead is too close, the beam of the radar sensor is obstructed.
- (Illustration D) When driving on a steep downhill slope or roads with sharp curves.
Illustration C
- The system is designed to automatically check the sensor's functionality, within certain limitations. The system may not detect some forms of obstruction of the sensor area such as ice, snow, stickers, etc. In these cases, the system may not be able to warn the driver properly. Be sure that you check, clean and clear the sensor area regularly.
- Excessive noise will interfere with the warning chime sound, and the chime may not be heard.
Turning the PFCW system on/off
Perform the following steps to turn the PFCW
system ON or OFF.
1. Press the button until
"Settings" displays
in the vehicle information display and
then press OK button. Use the but ...
System temporarily unavailable
Condition A
When the radar sensor picks up interference
from another radar source, making it impossible
to detect a vehicle ahead, the PFCW system is
automatically turned off.
The FEB system wa ...
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When the low tire pressure warning light is lit and
the "Tire Pressure Low-Add Air" warning appears
in the vehicle information display, one or more of
your tires is significantly under-inflated. I ...
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Warning function symptoms
Symptom Table
WARNING FUNCTION MALFUNCTION
NOTE:
Before performing the diagnosis in the following table, check
"WORK FLOW". Refer to DLK-9, "Work Flow".
Check that vehicle is under the condition shown in "Conditions
of vehicle" before starting diagnosis, and
check each sy ...
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