My Nissan Altima 2011 maintenance light for oil, oil filt...


My Nissan Altima 2011 maintenance light for oil, oil filter and tire all came on alternating as we were driving on a long trip. Is this just for maintenance or is there an immediate issue? Mechanic's Assistant: Just to cla...

My Nissan Altima 2011 maintenance light for oil, oil filter and tire all came on alternating as we were driving on a long trip. Is this just for maintenance or is there an immediate issue? Mechanic's Assistant: Just to clarify, what are the exact lights you're talking about? It says maintenance in the corner. In the middle the symbols alternated from oil can, to tire, to oil filter. Mechanic's Assistant: Are you fixing your Altima yourself? What have you tried so far? We are on road trip and immediately pulled over. Mechanic's Assistant: Anything else you want the Mechanic to know before I connect you? We just need to know whether safe to keep driving or if we need to check any issues first.

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Hello and Thank you for the question. I am Internal88 - Nissan tech. I am here to help answer your questions. **The website will prompt a phone call automatically, NOT me. So please don't let this automatic service prompt annoy you. I prefer using text-only since most of the time I am inside the shop.** It is just a reminder to service your car. This is not urgent.

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