I get the sense that the vast majority of 4th Gen owners do not have an owner's manual, let alone the work history of their vehicle prior to buying it.

It baffles me why the previous owner(s) would not provide the owner's manual and if they aren't willing to provide the maintenance history they must be hiding something.

Comments please.

 

original owner

 

Bought used....no manual.

 

I lost mine a year or two ago.

 

I have every single paper of work done to my car and the manual

 

I got mine with the original case AND the original business card given to the first owner of the car!

 

parents bought the car new. have owners manual and diary of all maintenance history.

 

I have my owner's manul and the business card of the dealer..err..stealer who sold the car.

 

The real question is, who has the black leather/or whatever padded binder for the manual? I do I do I do.. my manual is safe and warm in the glove compartment every night.

 

Same for me, except when it's under my pillow, lol!

 

 

Black case, maint record sheet, business card . . .3rd owner too

 

bought used, didnt have one, ebayed one up and now i have one

 

Yes, I have the owners manual and the one owner previous service history.

 

2nd owner, owners manual, business cards, original bill of sale... no receipts of work done.
It was all done at the dealership, and the owner woked there, so didn't feel like keeping them I guess..

Mike

 

i have everything that came with the car brand new, business card, the sales slip that was on the car originally, every record, the little casing for the manual and guide.
glad i do too!

 

I bought my car used but I have it all, including the binder and the homelink programming instruction card. My car was owned by some lady in a rich snotty town, and the service records were all from the dealer. I also have an FSM which I bought

 

bought used with manual in black case

 

baby i gotz it all

 

still got mine, as well as my service papers in the glovebox

 

Whats an owner's manual?

 

still have it, original owner, have everything

 

Well it looks like I was wrong about the % of owner's with an owner's manual.

I guess I should have added a question: Of the owner's who have an owner's manual, have you actually opened it up and read it?

 

Bobo - you hit the nail on the head. It's no different from:

"What % of members know about the stickies?"
95%

"What % of the members that are aware of the stickies have read them?
10%

 

This may be OT, but the reason I posted this thread was because I was gettin p!ssed off with the stupidity going on in the thread relating to who warms their car up and I was trying to get a sense of how many actually have an owner's manual.

The owner's manual specifically recommends at least a 30 second warm up and then drive off slowly, particularly when its cold. Based on the responses, one would swear a great many people never read this. Yet a lot of the owner's who don't warm their car up, may well be the same one's who swear by 3,000 mile OCIs and 93 octane gas, go figure!

 

I still have the owner's manual, I was the third or fourth owner too. My car began as a leased vehicle.

 

bought my 97 used from a nissan dealer in 98 and got the owners manual, the warranty book and the black plastic pouch. the butt fu**ers wanted $80 for the remote! the salesman opened a desk drawer to show me one and he must of had 2 dozen in there so when he went to do some paperwork stuff, I became the proud owner of one.

back to the thread, i also have the owners manual as a PDF file.

 

i have mine as a .pdf file PM me if you need it

 

Well, this is for the 8.5% who don't have one. Free .pdf owner's manuals.

 

Second owner, came with an owner's manual however it's from a 96 Maxima, so I'm assuming the previous owner lost the original and bought the current one. I also have the leather pouch with the business card.

 

thanks for the link, I couldn't remember where I found it

 

bought from an auction, no manual.

 

I recently bought my 97 SE, and it came with the original owner's manual and I have actually read through parts of it.

 

I read through mine from start to finish the night I bought my car.

 

10char

 

LOL. Me too, even the section on automatics, tho mine's manual. I memorized the shift points too, but they didn't match my driving style.

Hmm... I have PDF Factory Service Manuals from 1993 to 2004, but no owners manuals.

Jae

 

first thing i bought for the max except that full tank of gas. 3rd owner i think. had all the papers from the 2nd owener but before that im lost. i have read most of the manual but its not the kind of reading im into, so i havent read it again and have probably forgotten most of it. i guess thats why they make it so you can refer back to it and not waste space on the forum

 

Me too. I even have card for the service manager. Mine is from freehold NJ.

 

Well, I have the owners manual, padded black leather flip case, original sales sticker, sales brochure, and every maintainance record since she was driven off the lot in '97. So there!

 

Why do you guys keep calling the owner's manual holder 'leather'? It is far from leather.