Vehicle

Nissan Primera

The family saloon and estate that preceded the Altima in Europe, and the P12 generation is the one worth knowing: it introduced a drive-by-wire throttle and a fully digital centre display at a price point where neither was normal, and both are now the age where connector corrosion and display failure are ordinary complaints rather than exotic ones. The SR20DE and QR20DE are conventional port-injected fours and diagnose straightforwardly; the electronics around them are what generates the odd codes.

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Nissan Primera, front view — Rutger van der Maar · CC BY 2.0 (external)

Generations

P11 1995–2002

Conventional and well understood — port injection, hydraulic steering, and few electronics to complicate a fault.
- RS5F32 / RS5F50 / RS5F91 5-speed manual
Body styles

Sedan · Hatchback · Estate

Platform

Nissan FF-L
Engines
1.6 GA16DE — GA16DE · petrol

1.8 QG18DE — QG18DE · petrol

2.0 SR20DE — SR20DE · petrol

2.0 diesel — CD20T · diesel

1.6 — QG16DE · petrol

1.8 — SR18DE · petrol

2.0 — SR20VE · petrol
Transmissions

4-speed automatic · 5-speed manual - RS5F32A / RS5F32V

Drivetrain

Front-wheel drive
P12 2001–2008

Drive-by-wire and a digital centre display at a mainstream price; both are now old enough that connector corrosion is an ordinary fault.
- Belt CVT (continuously variable) CVT
Body styles

Sedan · Hatchback · Estate

Platform

Renault–Nissan C
Engines
1.6 — QG16DE · petrol

1.8 — QG18DE · petrol

2.0 QR20DE — QR20DE · petrol

1.9 dCi — diesel

2.2 dCi — diesel

2.0 — SR20VE · petrol

2.5 — QR25DD · petrol
Transmissions

5-speed manual · 6-speed manual · 4-speed automatic · Xtronic CVT · 5/6-speed manual

Drivetrain

Front-wheel drive

Service information

Nissan Technical Information (NASTF portal) (external) — Workshop literature

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