NISSAN LEAF 2020 Owner´s Manual

Steps for determining correct
load limit
1. Locate the statement “The com-bined weight of occupants and
cargo should never exceed XXX kg or XXX lbs.” on your vehicle’s Tire
and Loading Information label.
2. Determine the combined weight of the driver and passengers that
will be riding in your vehicle. 3. Subtract the combined weight of
the driver and passengers from
XXX kg or XXX lbs.
4. The resulting figure equals the available amount of cargo and
luggage load capacity. For ex-
ample, if the XXX amount equals
1400 lbs. and there will be five 150
lbs. passengers in your vehicle,
the amount of available cargo
and luggage load capacity is 650
lbs. (1400 − 750 (5 x 150) = 650 lbs.)
or (640 − 340 (5 x 70) = 300 kg.)
5. Determine the combined weight of luggage and cargo being
loaded on the vehicle. That weight
may not safely exceed the avail-
able cargo and luggage load ca-
pacity calculated in Step 4.
Before driving a loaded vehicle, con-
firm that you do not exceed the
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR)
or the Gross Axle Weight Rating
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(GAWR) for your vehicle. For addi-
tional information, refer to “Measure-
ment of weights” in this section.
Also check tires for proper inflation
pressures. For additional informa-
tion, refer to “Tire and Loading Infor-
mation label” in this section.
LOADING TIPS
• The GVW must not exceed theGVWR or GAWR.
• Do not load the front and rear axle to the GAWR. Doing so will exceed
the GVWR.
WARNING
• Properly secure all cargo with
ropes or straps to help prevent
it from sliding or shif ting. Do
not place cargo higher than the
seatbacks. In a sudden stop or
collision, unsecured cargo
could cause personal injury. •
Do not load your vehicle any
heavier than the GVWR or the
maximum front and rear
GAWRs. If you do, parts of your
vehicle can break, tire damage
could occur, or it can change
the way your vehicle handles.
This could result in loss of con-
trol and cause personal injury.
• Overloading not only can
shorten the life of your vehicle
and the tire, but can cause un-
safe vehicle handling and lon-
ger braking distances. This
may cause a premature tire
failure, which could result in a
serious accident and personal
injury. Failures caused by over-
loading are not covered by the
vehicle’s warranty.
MEASUREMENT OF WEIGHTS
Secure loose items to prevent
weight shif ts that could affect the
balance of your vehicle. When the ve-
hicle is loaded, drive to a scale and
weigh the front and the rear wheels
separately to determine axle loads.
Individual axle loads should not ex-
ceed either of the Gross Axle Weight
Ratings (GAWR). The total of the axle
loads should not exceed the Gross
Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR). These
ratings are given on the vehicle cer-
tification label. If weight ratings are
exceeded, move or remove items to
bring all weights below the ratings.
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Do not tow a trailer with your vehicle.Towing your vehicle with all four wheels on
the ground is sometimes called flat towing.
This method is typically used when towing
a vehicle behind a recreational vehicle,
such as a motor home.
CAUTION
• Failure to follow these guidelines can
result in severe reduction gear
damage.
• DO NOT tow this vehicle with all four
wheels on the ground (flat towing).
• For emergency towing procedures
refer to “Towing your vehicle” in the
“In case of emergency ” section of this
manual. DOT (Department Of Transportation) Qual-
ity Grades: All passenger car tires must
conform to federal safety requirements in
addition to these grades.
Quality grades can be found where appli-
cable on the tire sidewall between tread
shoulder and maximum section width. For
example:
Treadwear 200 Traction AA Temperature
A
TREADWEAR
The treadwear grade is a comparative rat-
ing based on the wear rate of the tire when
tested under controlled conditions on a
specified government test course. For ex-
ample, a tire graded 150 would wear one
and one-half (1 1/2) times as well on the
government course as a tire graded 100.
The relative performance of tires depends
upon actual conditions of their use how-
ever, and may depart significantly from the
norm due to variations in driving habits,
service practices and differences in road
characteristics and climate.
TOWING A TRAILER
FLAT TOWINGUNIFORM TIRE QUALITY GRADING
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TRACTION AA, A, B AND C
The traction grades, from highest to low-
est, are AA, A, B and C. Those grades repre-
sent the tire’s ability to stop on wet pave-
ment as measured under controlled
conditions on specified government test
surfaces of asphalt and concrete. A tire
marked C may have poor traction perfor-
mance.
WARNING
The traction grade assigned to this tire
is based on straight-ahead braking
traction tests, and does not include ac-
celeration, cornering, hydroplaning, or
peak traction characteristics.
TEMPERATURE A, B AND C
The temperature grades A (the highest), B,
and C, representing the tire’s resistance to
the generation of heat and its ability to dis-
sipate heat when tested under controlled
conditions on a specified indoor laboratory
test wheel. Sustained high temperature
can cause the material of the tire to degen-
erate and reduce tire life, and excessive
temperature can lead to sudden tire failure.
The grade C corresponds to a level of per-
formance which all passenger car tires
must meet under the Federal Motor Ve- hicle Safety Standard No. 109. Grades B and
A represent higher levels of performance
on the laboratory test wheel than the mini-
mum required by law.
WARNING
The temperature grade for this tire is
established for a tire that is properly
inflated and not overloaded. Excessive
speed, under-inflation, or excessive
loading, either separately or in combi-
nation, can cause heat build-up and
possible tire failure. For USA
If you believe that your vehicle has a
defect which could cause a crash or
could cause injury or death, you
should immediately inform the Na-
tional Highway Traffic Safety Admin-
istration (NHTSA) in addition to noti-
f ying NISSAN.
If NHTSA receives similar complaints,
it may open an investigation, and if it
finds that a safety defect exists in a
group of vehicles, it may order a re-
call and remedy campaign. However,
NHTSA cannot become involved in
individual problems between you,
your dealer, or NISSAN.
To contact NHTSA, you may call the
Vehicle Safety Hotline toll-free at
1-888-327-4236 (TTY: 1-800-424-9153);
go to http://www.safercar.gov; or
write to: Administrator, NHTSA, 400
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, D.C.
REPORTING SAFETY DEFECTS
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20590. You can also obtain other in-
formation about motor vehicle safety
from http://www.safercar.gov.
You may notif y NISSAN by contact-
ing our Consumer Affairs Depart-
ment, toll-free, at 1-800-NISSAN-1.
For Canada
If you believe that your vehicle has a
defect which could cause a crash or
could cause injury or death, you
should immediately inform Trans-
port Canada in addition to notif ying
NISSAN.
If Transport Canada receives com-
plaints, it may open an investigation,
and if it finds that a safety defect
exists in a group of vehicles, it may
request that NISSAN conduct a recall
campaign. However, Transport
Canada cannot become involved in
individual problems between you,
your dealer, or NISSAN.You may contact Transport Cana-
da's Defect Investigations and Re-
calls Division toll free at 1-800-333-
0510. You may also report safety
defects online at: https://
wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/
PCDB-BDPP/fc-cp.aspx?lang=eng
(English speakers) or https://
wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/
PCDB-BDPP/fc-cp.aspx?lang=fra
(French speakers)
Additional information concerning
motor vehicle safety may be ob-
tained from Transport Canada's
Road Safety Information Centre at
1-800-333-0371 or online at
www.tc.gc.ca/roadsafety (English
speakers) or www.tc.gc.ca/
securiteroutiere (French speakers).
To notif y NISSAN of any safety con-
cerns please contact our Consumer
Information Centre toll free at 1-800-
387-0122.
In addition to Event Data Recorders (EDRs)
mentioned in this Owner's Manual, this ve-
hicle is equipped with electronic modules
that monitor, control and record data con-
cerning various vehicle systems, including
the motor, batteries, braking and electrical
systems. Other electronic modules record
information concerning driving conditions,
including idling, braking, acceleration, trip
and other related data, information about
your use of the car and its features such as
air conditioner or headlight usage, diag-
nostic trouble codes, vehicle charging, ve-
hicle speed, direction and/or location.
Some of this data is stored by the vehicle
for use during vehicle servicing. Other data
concerning your vehicle's operation and
performance is wirelessly transmitted by
cellular connection through the vehicle on-
board telematics system upon vehicle
start-up or at other intervals to NISSAN.
This data may be used by NISSAN for vari-
ous purposes, including: to provide you
with NissanConnect® EV & Services or
NissanConnect® Services (For additional
information, refer to “NissanConnect®
Manual (for Leaf )”.); troubleshooting; evalu-
ation of your vehicle's quality, functionality
and performance; analysis and research
by NISSAN designed to, among other
things, optimize performance of future
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with Navigation System)
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electric vehicles including improvements
in future battery life; to offer you new or
additional products or services; and as
otherwise may be required by law. Such
data may be shared with NISSAN's parents,
subsidiaries, affiliates, successors or as-
signees; authorized NISSAN certified LEAF
dealers; NISSAN's marketing partners; your
fleet company, if your vehicle is a fleet ve-
hicle; your rental company, if your vehicle is
a rental vehicle; and third party service pro-
viders such as cellular, information sys-
tems and data management providers.
State and provincial laws allow access and
use of data recorded by vehicle devices
with the consent of the vehicle owner or
pursuant to subscription agreement. While
you are not required to allow such access
and use, if you do not so agree NISSAN may
be unable under applicable law to activate
the vehicle telematics system in your ve-
hicle, and certain features of your vehicle
which are dependent on vehicle telematics
will not operate as intended or designed.
These may include features such as auto-
matic charging station map updates, re-
mote battery state of charge check, charg-
ing complete notice, remote plug in
reminder, remote charging on, remote cli-
mate control on, drive route planning, driv-
ing tips to improve range, driving history,billing simulation, ECO ranking, ECO forest,
maintenance reminders, etc. Other fea-
tures that may be developed and offered
by NISSAN in the future may also not func-
tion without telematics data transmission.
NissanConnect® EV & Services or
NissanConnect® Services telematics ser-
vices are provided by NISSAN pursuant to a
subscription services agreement covering
your vehicle. This agreement is necessary
for all owners. This agreement, and an ex-
planation of its terms and conditions, can
be found at the NISSAN Owner’s Portal
webpage. Further, the operator of the ve-
hicle must also touch [OK] on the Navi
screen to indicate assent each time he or
she starts the car. If you decide at any time
that you do not want your vehicle to trans-
mit data to NISSAN, you can deactivate the
telematics account associated with this
vehicle by canceling the subscription ser-
vices agreement by visiting the NISSAN
Owner’s Portal Webpage or calling NISSAN
at 1-877-NOGASEV (1-877-664-2738). The
service can be reactivated later upon re-
quest if you choose. Simply visit the same
website or call the number above. Alterna-
tively, you can turn off the transmission of
certain categories of data through the use
of settings found in the navigation system
under Menu, NissanConnect® EV & Servicesor NissanConnect® Services, Vehicle Infor-
mation Sharing with NISSAN. Note, turning
off “Vehicle Information Sharing with
NISSAN” will only disable the automatic
sharing of information at vehicle start-up.
Certain categories of data may still be
transmitted if vehicle telematics features
are accessed either in the vehicle or re-
motely.
Your agreement to the transmission and
use of data by NISSAN can be provided in
various ways. The vehicle is equipped with
a “pop up” screen on the vehicle navigation
system that will ask for your consent to this
data transfer. A version of the following
message will appear: “Pursuant to sub-
scription agreement, your vehicle wire-
lessly transmits recorded vehicle data to
NISSAN for various purposes, including
NissanConnect® EV & Services or
NissanConnect® Services, product evalua-
tion, research and development. By touch-
ing OK, you consent to the transmission
and use of your vehicle data. See Owner's
Manual or NISSAN Owner's portal webpage
for terms and details.” If you touch [OK],
your vehicle will transmit data as designed
in connection with the vehicle telematics
system. If you touch [Decline] your vehicle
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will not transmit data. However, the telem-
atics features referenced above, and per-
haps others, will not be available to you. The
vehicle’s static navigation system will re-
main operational, and you will be able to
access your radio and climate controls.
Telematics features are dependent on cel-
lular data transmission. Some areas may
have limited or no cellular connectivity, re-
sulting in a loss or interruption of data
transmission and, as a result, certain fea-
tures may be temporarily unavailable. Even
if areas with good signal reception, cellular
connectivity can be adversely affected by
things such as tall buildings, apartments,
tunnels, underground parking, mountain-
ous areas, etc. Even if the signal strength
bar of the in-vehicle data communication
module indicates good reception, connec-
tivity may be disrupted. This does not indi-
cate a malfunction. Operate the system
again af ter a few minutes to restore con-
nectivity.NissanConnect® EV & Services or
NissanConnect® Services telematics fea-
tures are offered as a convenience to the
vehicle owner. NISSAN is not responsible
for, and owner assumes all risk of, interrup-
tions in service or errors based on incom-
plete or inaccurate data. NissanConnect®
EV & Services or NissanConnect® Services
communications may be received at averified e-mail address or by SMS/text
messaging-enabled mobile phone. Stan-
dard text rates and/or data usage may ap-
ply depending on your carrier.
If your vehicle’s telematics account is ac-
tive, and you are not the original owner,
please contact NISSAN at the website or
phone number above as soon as possible
to update the telematics enrollment infor-
mation. Upon sale of the vehicle, please
contact NISSAN at the website or phone
number above so that NISSAN’s records
may be updated. NissanConnect® EV &
Services or NissanConnect® Services sub-
scription services will automatically termi-
nate at the end of the initial free term if you
do not wish to renew your subscription
agreement at the prices then in effect.
A. INTRODUCTION
This product Telematic Control Unit Gen2K
incorporates the following sof tware:
1. the sof tware developed by, or developed
for, Ficosa International, S.A. (“Ficosa”),
2. the sof tware owned by third party and licensed to Ficosa,
3. the sof tware licensed under the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE, Version 2
(“GPL”),
4. the sof tware licensed under the GNU LI- BRARY GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE, Ver-
sion 2.0 or the GNU LESSER GENERAL
PUBLIC LICENSE, Version 2.1 (collectively
“LGPL”), the Mozilla Public license v2
(“MPL”), the GPL-2.0 license with-
OpenSSL-exception (“GPLOpenSSL”) and
GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE, Version
3 with GCC exception (together with the
GPL sof tware, jointly “Copylef t Sof t-
ware”), and/or
5. open sourced sof tware licensed under terms and conditions other than Copyl-
ef t Sof tware.
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For the sof tware classified as (3) or (4)
above, a copy of the license text is included
with the source code in the URL indicated
below, and please also refer to the terms
and conditions of Copylef t Sof tware li-
censes at the websites listed below:
GPL: and
LGPL: and
MPL:
GPL-2.0-with-OpenSSL-exception:
GPLv3 GCC Exception:
The sof tware classified as (3) and (4) above
are copyrighted by multiple people.
Please refer to the websites below regard-
ing the copyright notices of those people.
https://www.ficosa.com/sof tware/
opensource/
The sof tware licensed under the licenses
indicated in (3) and (4) above (“Copylef t
Sof tware”) is distributed in the hope that it
will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY,
without even the implied warranty of MER-
CHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
LAR PURPOSE.
For at least three (3) years from delivery of a
device embedding the above product, Fi-
cosa will give to any third party who con-tacts us at the Contact Information pro-
vided below, for a charge no more than our
cost of physically performing source code
distribution, a complete machine-readable
copy of the source code corresponding to
the Copylef t Sof tware indicated above.
When requesting this source code, please
specif y Product: Telematic Control Unit
Gen2K and version Cx.9.
Furthermore, source code and licenses
corresponding to the Copylef t Sof tware
listed above is freely available to you and
any member of the public at the website
listed below:
https://www.ficosa.com/sof tware/
opensource/
Contact Information
For enquiries about open source sof tware
at FICOSA, please contact Ficosa’s Compli-
ance Officer by email: FOSS@ficosa.com
Please note that we are unable to answer
any queries regarding source code details,
etc.
In addition, it is necessary for end users to
provide their own internet connection.
The end user is responsible for any con-
nection or line charges incurred through
browsing websites or downloading.
B. LICENSING ANC COPYRIGHT NOTICE IN-
FORMATION
The sof tware classified as (5) above con-
tains various open sourced sof tware
(“OSS”) listed in the below website. Please
see the website indicted next for the terms
and conditions of the licenses (OSS Li-
censes) and other information regarding
the OSS contained this Product:
https://www.ficosa.com/sof tware/
opensource/
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This vehicle is equipped with an Event Data
Recorder (EDR). The main purpose of an
EDR is to record, in certain crash or near
crash-like situations, such as an air bag
deployment or hitting a road obstacle, data
that will assist in understanding how a ve-
hicle’s systems performed. The EDR is de-
signed to record data related to vehicle dy-
namics and safety systems for a short
period of time, typically 30 seconds or less.
The EDR in this vehicle is designed to re-
cord such data as:
• How various systems in your vehicle wereoperating;
• Whether or not the driver and passenger safety belts were buckled/fastened;
• How far (if at all) the driver was depress- ing the accelerator and/or brake pedal;
and,
• How fast the vehicle was traveling.
• Sounds are not recorded.
These data can help provide a better un-
derstanding of the circumstances in which
crashes and injuries occur.NOTE:
• EDR data are recorded by your vehicle only if a nontrivial crash situation oc-
curs; no data are recorded by the EDR
under normal driving conditions and
no personal data (for example, name,
gender, age and crash location) are re-
corded. However, other parties, such as
law enforcement, could combine the
EDR data with the type of personally
identif ying data routinely acquired
during a crash investigation.
• To read data recorded by an EDR, spe- cial equipment is required and access
to the vehicle or the EDR is needed. In
addition to the vehicle manufacturer
and NISSAN certified LEAF dealer, other
parties, such as law enforcement, that
have the special equipment, can read
the information if they have access to
the vehicle or the EDR. EDR data will
only be accessed with the consent of
the vehicle owner or lessee or as other-
wise required or permitted by law.
ADDITIONAL DATA RECORDING (on
vehicles equipped with optional
ProPILOT Assist)
If your vehicle is equipped with the optional
ProPILOT Assist, it will also be equipped
with supplemental data recording function
intended to assist in understanding how
ProPILOT Assist performs in certain non-
trival crash or near-crash scenarios. Spe-
cifically, supplemental recording is de-
signed to capture the following:
• Driver operational status of the accelera-tor, brakes, steering, etc.
• Detection status of a vehicle ahead and lane markers
• Vehicle information including distance to vehicle ahead and lateral position
• Information on the operation of the Pro- PILOT Assist and other crash avoidance
features
• ProPILOT Assist malfunction diagnosis information
• External images from the multi-sensing front camera (Available only when the
SRS air bag or IEB system is activated)
The ProPILOT Assist does not record con-
versations, sounds or images of the inside
of the vehicle.
EVENT DATA RECORDERS (EDR)
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To read this supplemental data, special
equipment is required and access to the
vehicle or the recording unit is needed. This
supplemental data will only be accessed
with the consent of the vehicle owner or
lessee or as otherwise required or permit-
ted by law. If downloaded, NISSAN and third
parties entrusted by
NISSAN may use the data recorded for the
purpose of improving NISSAN’s vehicle
safety performance.
NISSAN and third parties entrusted by
NISSAN will not disclose/provide the re-
corded data to a third party except:
– With the consent of the vehicle owner orwith the consent of the lessee
– In response to an official request from law enforcement, court order, govern-
mental agency, or other legally enforce-
able request.
– For research purposes af ter the data is modified such that it is no longer tied to a
specific vehicle or vehicle owner (anony-
mized)
- With the consent of the vehicle owner or
with the consent of the lessee - In response to an official request from law
enforcement, court order, governmental
agency, or other legally enforceable re-
quest.
- For research purposes af ter the data is
modified such that it is no longer tied to a
specific vehicle or vehicle owner (anony-
mized)
Genuine NISSAN Service Manuals for this
model year and prior can be purchased. A
Genuine NISSAN Service Manual is the best
source of service and repair information for
your vehicle. This manual is the same one
used by the factory trained technicians
working at a NISSAN certified LEAF dealer.
Genuine NISSAN Owner’s Manuals can also
be purchased.
For USA:
For current pricing and availability of Genu-
ine
NISSAN Service Manuals, contact:
www.nissan-techinfo.com
For current pricing and availability of Genu-
ine NISSAN Owner’s Manuals, contact:
1-800-247-5321
For Canada:
To purchase a copy of a Genuine NISSAN
Service Manual or Owner’s Manual for this
model year and prior, please contact a
NISSAN certified LEAF dealer. For the phone
number and location of a NISSAN certified
LEAF dealer in your area, call the NISSAN
Information Center at 1-800-387-0122 and
a bilingual NISSAN representative will assist
you.
OWNER'S MANUAL/SERVICE
MANUAL ORDER INFORMATION
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