Nissan Maxima Owners Manual: Towing a trailer
Flat towing
Towing your vehicle with all four wheels on the ground is sometimes called flat towing. This method is sometimes used when towing a vehicle behind a recreational vehicle, such as a motor home.
CAUTION
- Failure to follow these guidelines can result in severe transmission damage.
- Whenever flat towing your vehicle, always tow forward, never backward.
- Never tow your front wheel drive vehicle with the front tires on the ground. Doing so may cause serious and expensive damage to the powertrain.
- DO NOT tow any continuously variable transmission vehicle with all four wheels on the ground (flat towing). Doing so WILL DAMAGE internal transmission parts due to lack of transmission lubrication.
- For emergency towing procedures refer to "Towing recommended by NISSAN" in the "In case of emergency" section of this manual.
Continuously Variable Transmission
To tow a vehicle equipped with a continuously variable transmission, an appropriate vehicle dolly MUST be placed under the towed vehicle's drive wheels. Always follow the dolly manufacturer's recommendations when using their product.
Measurement of weights
Secure loose items to prevent weight
shifts that could affect the balance of your
vehicle. When the vehicle is loaded, drive
to a scale and weigh the front and the rear
wheels separately to determ ...
Uniform tire quality grading
DOT (Department of Transportation) Quality
Grades: All passenger car tires must conform to
federal safety requirements in addition to these
grades.
Quality grades can be found where applicable o ...
Other materials:
Harness
Harness Layout
HOW TO READ HARNESS LAYOUT
The following Harness Layouts use a map style grid to help locate
connectors on the drawings:
Main Harness, Console Sub-harness and Console Switch Subharness
Engine Room Harness and Front End Module Harness
Engine Room Harness (Passenger Comp ...
Trunk room trim & trunk lid finisher
Exploded View
Trunk forward carpet (if equipped)
Upper trunk finisher
Trunk side finisher (LH)
Trunk net side
Trunk floor carpet
Spacer
Spare tire cover
Trunk net rear (if equipped)
Trunk rear finisher
Trunk net side
Box assembly
Trunk side finisher (RH)
Trunk li ...
Center speaker
Removal and Installation
REMOVAL
Remove the center speaker grille, using a suitable tool.
Remove the center speaker screws (A).
Pull out the center speaker (1), disconnect the harness connector
from the center speaker and remove.
INSTALLATION
Installation is in the reverse order ...
Nissan Maxima Owners Manual
- Illustrated table of contents
- Safety-Seats, seat belts and supplemental restraint system
- Instruments and controls
- Pre-driving checks and adjustments
- Monitor, climate, audio, phone and voice recognition systems
- Starting and driving
- In case of emergency
- Appearance and care
- Do-it-yourself
- Maintenance and schedules
- Technical and consumer information
Nissan Maxima Service and Repair Manual
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