Vehicle
Nissan Altima
The North American mid-size volume seller, and the car most associated with Jatco CVT diagnostics: shudder, overheat-and-derate behaviour, and ratio codes that mean something entirely different on a belt-and-pulley gearbox than the torque-converter pages assume.
Generations
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U13 and L30 1992–2001
The KA24DE era before the QR25 arrived — a chain-driven engine with none of the later car's catalyst history.
- Body styles
- Sedan
- Platform
- Nissan FF-L
- Engines
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- 2.4 four-cylinder — KA24DE · petrol · 201–217 Nm (148–160 lb-ft)
- Transmissions
- 5-speed manual · 4-speed automatic
- Drivetrain
- Front-wheel drive
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L31 2002–2006
QR25 four with its early catalyst-failure history — a P0420 here has a well-known root cause.
- Body styles
- Sedan
- Platform
- Nissan FF-L
- Engines
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- 2.5 — QR25DE · petrol
- 3.5 V6 — VQ35DE · petrol · 170–232 kW (228–311 hp) · 333–363 Nm (246–268 lb-ft)
- Transmissions
- 5-speed manual · 6-speed manual · 4-speed automatic · 5/6-speed manual · 5-speed AF33 manumatic
- Drivetrain
- Front-wheel drive
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L32 2007–2012
CVT becomes standard; the modern Altima diagnostic era begins.
- Body styles
- Sedan · Coupé
- Platform
- Nissan D
- Engines
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- 2.5 — QR25DE · petrol
- 3.5 V6 — VQ35DE · petrol · 170–232 kW (228–311 hp) · 333–363 Nm (246–268 lb-ft)
- 2.5 hybrid — QR25 · hybrid
- Transmissions
- 6-speed manual · CVT
- Drivetrain
- Front-wheel drive
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L33 2013–2018
High-volume CVT years; judder complaints peak here.
- MR16DDT (DIG-T, 1.0–1.6) 1.6 L
- MR20 2.0 L
- QR25 (QR family, 2.0 and 2.5) 2.5 L
- VQ35 (VQ family, 2.0–3.8) 3.5 L
- Body styles
- Sedan
- Platform
- Nissan D
- Engines
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- 2.5 — QR25DE · petrol
- 3.5 V6 — VQ35DE · petrol · 170–232 kW (228–311 hp) · 333–363 Nm (246–268 lb-ft)
- 1.6 — MR16DDT · petrol · 210–285 Nm (155–210 lb-ft)
- 2.0 — MR20DE · petrol · 187–200 Nm (138–148 lb-ft)
- Transmissions
- CVT
- Drivetrain
- Front-wheel drive
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L34 2019–present
Variable-compression turbo on some trims — a genuinely novel engine with genuinely novel codes.
- Body styles
- Sedan
- Platform
- Renault–Nissan CMF-C/D
- Engines
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- 2.5 — PR25DD · petrol
- 2.0 VC-Turbo — KR20DDET · petrol · 352–388 Nm (260–286 lb-ft)
- 2.0 — MR20DD · petrol · 160–210 Nm (118–155 lb-ft) · China
- Transmissions
- CVT · Jatco CVT8 Xtronic CVT
- Drivetrain
- Front-wheel drive · Four-wheel drive
Service information
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