I just seen this on Instagram and was wondering what this alert could be also?

 

It is an alert to let you know that you have been driving for X amount of time.
For example, this one is set to go off every two hours.

The timer starts the moment the car is started, is reoccurring, and is settable in increments of 30 minutes up to 6 hours max I think.

 

Very good to know. Thanks for the input

 

And what would the point of that be?

 

It could be for a number of things really, all up to the user.
I have mine set on every 30 minutes so I can check on myself to see if I am slowly falling asleep at the wheel or not.

Alternatively, one could use as crude way to keep track of time, or on long distances, have the timer go off when it is time to switch drivers or take a break.










You could even use it to keep track of long you have been listening to your VQ idling and purring...

 

Kinda looks like the ejection seat ugly date alert warning. Two hours too long, exit the vehicle.....poof>

 

^^^^ Hahaha

 

Nice!

 

Nissan engineers can think up silly stuff. what ever it takes to sell cars.

 

What you say is, generally speaking, true of ALL car manufacturers. But every one of these seemingly strange options that look to be useless to most folks can be useful to those who use it, like I do.

There were folks on this site who used to laugh at heated steering wheels, but, due to the very poor circulation in my hands, without that option, I would not be able to drive my Maxima the cooler half of the year. And before anyone suggest gloves, gloves do no good whatsoever with my condition.

Nissan put a handle just inside the bottom of the trunk lid in the '09 Maxima for use in pulling the lid down for closing. Many folks did not even know it was there, and others laughed at it. So Nissan took it out in later year 7th gen models. Since my wife and I always have a large cooler in our trunk, and use that cooler almost every day, we use that handle an average of three or four times a day. But when we get our 8th gen 2015 Maxima, we will no longer have use of that very handy handle.

I have had options in cars in the past that I found useful, but, due to customer indifference, are no longer on the Maxima. I liked both the voice warnings such as 'low on fuel' and 'lights are on' (when exiting vehicle), etc, and the turn signal controlled turning lights we had on the 2nd generation Maxima. I even liked the buzzer I had on my 1966 Olds Delta 88, where I could set it to go off very softly if I reached a speed I had preset, with the buzzer getting louder as I exceeded that speed by a greater MPH.

I sometimes get questionaires from Nissan, probably as a result of suggestions I have made in the past (especially back when I drove Datsuns, a product of Nissan). Nissan does care about what the customer wants. Things that may seem like fancy bells and whistles to some folks can be very useful to other folks.

But I ramble, as we old codgers sometimes do.

 

I miss the closing assist handle on the trunk. Had it on my 09; it's gone on my '12. The mounting holes are in the trunk, but I can't find it in any parts catalog.

 

I just got a 2013 max sv premium tech and asked the dealer where the handle was, he said they don't do it anymore. But I had test driven a 2013 sv sport tech and it had a handle in it. I love those handles without them I have to find a weird way to close it.

Mike

 

I use the little handle in my trunk almost daily. Having a small child and always having a stroller in the trunk, it comes in handy.

 

I use that handle almost every time I close the trunk. So does my daughter when getting her backpack out. The rear temperature and audio controls come in handy too.

 

rear temp and audio?? Still trying to figure everything out on this car. I love it so far!

 

If I'm not mistaken, I think the 2010 model was the last year they did the rear temperature & audio controls in the rear center armrest.

 

I'm a newbie here -- I have been getting this strange message since getting 2007 Altima hybrid serviced about a month ago, first got it two weeks ago, once. Then once again about three days ago. Nissan service said it could mean something is wrong with hybrid battery or regular battery. But looks like on this forum, it's some strange thing that tracks how long you've been driving? This is scary, because I already replaced the overpriced hybrid battery several years ago, and the regular one a few months ago. Thanks for any response.

 

If I'm not mistaken, I think that is Nissan's REST alert feature, somehow someone turned it on. Supposedly you set it with a timer when you are driving long distances, it reminds you to pull over to take a rest from driving. For me, it's just a reminder to keep going.. Lol. I was vacationing in Florida and visited a dealer for an oil change, I got the message a short while after I got the car back, seem the technician turned in on accidentally or intentionally.