Nissan Murano: Towing safety / Weight carrying hitches

Nissan Murano 2015-2024 Owners Manual / Technical and consumer information / Towing a trailer / Towing safety / Weight carrying hitches

A weight carrying or “dead weight” ball mount is one that is designed to carry the whole amount of tongue weight and gross weight directly on the ball mount and on the receiver.

Ball mount

The hitch ball is attached to the ball mount and the ball mount is inserted into the hitch receiver. Choose a proper class ball mount based on the trailer weight...

Weight distribution hitch

This type of hitch is also called a “loadleveling” or “equalizing” hitch. A set of bars attach to the ball mount and to the trailer to distribute the tongue weight (hitch weight) of your trailer...

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Nissan Murano 2015-2024 Owners Manual: Warning and indicator lights

Nissan Murano 2015-2024 Owners Manual: System temporarily unavailable

If the vehicle is parked in direct sunlight under high temperature conditions (over approximately 104°F [40°C]) and then started, the LDW system may be deactivated automatically and the following message will appear in the vehicle information display: “Unavailable: High Cabin Temperature...