Infiniti QX56 QXII owners manual page 418

text version of content this owner's manual page from owners manual to the vehicle Infiniti QX56, year of production 2004 - 2010:

SNOWPLOW UNIFORMTIREQUALITYGRADING CAUTION WARNING DOT (Department of Transportation) Quality Grades: All passenger car tires must conform to ● Failure to follow these guidelines canDo not use this vehicle for snowplowing.federal safety requirements in addition to these result in severe transmission damage.Installing a snowplow may affect vehiclegrades. ● Whenever flat towing your vehicle, al-handling.Thismaycausethedrivertolose waystowforward, never backward.control of the vehicle and could result inQualitygradescanbefoundwhereapplicableon seriousvehicledamageorpersonalinjury.the tire sidewall between tread shoulder and ● DO NOT tow any automatic transmis- maximumsection width. For example: sion vehicle with all four wheels on the Treadwear 200 Traction AA Temperature A ground (flat towing). Doing so WILL DAMAGE internal transmission parts Treadwear duetolackoftransmissionlubrication. The treadwear grade is a comparative rating ● Foremergencytowingproceduresrefer based on the wear rate of the tire when tested to “Towing recommended by INFINITI” under controlled conditions on a specified gov- inthe“Incaseofemergency”sectionof ernment test course. For example, a tire graded this manual. 150 would wear one and one-half (1 1/2) times Automatic Transmission aswellonthegovernmentcourseasatiregraded 100. The relative performance of tires depends To tow a vehicle equipped with an automatic upontheactualconditions of their use, however, transmission, an appropriate vehicle dolly MUST andmaydepartsignificantlyfromthenormdueto be placed under the towed vehicle’s drive variations in driving habits, service practices and wheels. Always follow the dolly manufacturer’s differences in road characteristics and climate. recommendations when using their product. Traction AA, A, B and C The traction grades, from highest to lowest, are AA, A, B, and C. Those grades represent the tire’s ability to stop on wet pavement as mea- sured under controlled conditions on specified government test surfaces of asphalt and con- crete. A tire marked C may have poor traction performance. 9-28 Technical and consumer information ZREVIEWCOPY—2008Infiniti QX56 (iwz) Owners Manual—USA_English (nna) 03/02/07—debbieX

owners manual Infiniti QX56

owners manual Infiniti QX56 - year of production: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 - Infiniti QX56 QXII owners manual EN