2016 Nissan Altima Technical Service Bulletins

323 technical service bulletins (TSBs) are on record for the 2016 Nissan Altima. TSBs are notes manufacturers send to dealers about repair procedures for issues seen in the field. They are not recalls and do not by themselves mean a vehicle has a fault.

• 10123342Oct 16, 2017Electrical system. 2015-2017 ALTIMA AND 2014-2016 ROGUE; 4 CYLINDER WITH DTC P0776 AND/OR JUDDER WITH P17F0 OR P17F1 STORED This bulletin applies to Altima vehicles equipped with a 4-cylinder engine only. This bulletin has changed. You must read the entire bulletin to properly perform this repair. Please discard previous versions of this bulletin.
• 10123354Oct 11, 2017Equipment. PATHFINDER, ALTIMA, MAXIMA, MURANO; CVT JUDDER AND DTC P17F0 OR P17F1 STORED This bulletin applies to Altima vehicles equipped with a V6 engine only. This bulletin has been amended to change the parts table information on page 101. Please discard previous versions of this bulletin. IMPORTANT: You must read the entire bulletin to properly perform this repair.
• 10123353Oct 11, 2017Equipment. PATHFINDER, ALTIMA, MAXIMA, MURANO; CVT JUDDER AND DTC P17F0 OR P17F1 STORED This bulletin applies to Altima vehicles equipped with a V6 engine only. This bulletin has changed. You must read the entire bulletin to properly perform this repair. Please discard previous versions of this bulletin.
• 10118697Sep 28, 2017Equipment. TELEMATICS SERVICE INFORMATION This bulletin applies to vehicles equipped with a Telematics Communication Unit (TCU). This bulletin has been amended. Information for several 2018 models has been added. No other changes have been made. Please discard previous versions of this bulletin.
• 10118712Sep 26, 2017Suspension. 2016-2017 MAXIMA AND ALTIMA; POP/CLUNK NOISE FROM REAR WHEN DRIVING OVER BUMPS This bulletin applies to SR trim level Altima vehicles. IF YOU CONFIRM A pop or clunk noise from the rear of the vehicle, especially when driving over bumps, AND The rear suspention connecting rod nuts are found to be loose on the left and/or right side. ACTION Replace the connecting rod and nuts on the left and/or right side with the…
• 10118691Sep 25, 2017Equipment, Wheels. WHEEL BALANCING SERVICE INFORMATION This bulletin has been amended. The publication date has been revised to include the latest models and model years. No other changes have been made. Please discard previous versions of this bulletin.
• 10123157Aug 30, 2017Engine. 2015-2017 ALTIMA; 4 CYLINDER WITH DTC P0776 AND/OR JUDDER WITH P17F0 OR P17F1 STORED This bulletin applies only to Altima vehicles equipped with a 4-cylinder engine. This bulletin has been amended to change the If You Confirm, Repair Flow Chart information and Figures 10G, 3I and 4I. No other changes have been made. Please discard previous versions of this bulletin.
• 10119233Aug 25, 2017Equipment. 2013 ? 2016 ALTIMA AND 2015 ? 2016 MURANO; OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RETROFIT This bulletin has been amended. Pages 18 and 21 have been revised. No other changes have been made. Please discard all previous versions of this bulletin.
• 10119245Aug 24, 2017Equipment. 2013 ? 2017 ALTIMA AND PATHFINDER; SHIFT LOCK SOLENOID REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION This bulletin has been amended to change the PFP in the Claims Information. Please discard all previous versions of this bulletin.
• 10117400Aug 23, 2017Equipment. TELEMATICS SERVICE INFORMATION This bulletin has been amended. The Applied Vehicles section has been revised and TCU Configuration section has been added. No other changes have been made. Please discard previous versions of this bulletin.
• 10117397Aug 22, 2017Transmission and drivetrain. CVT FLUID LEVEL CHECK SERVICE INFORMATION This bulletin applies only to vehicles equipped with a Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT). This bulletin has been amended. The APPLIED VEHICLES section has been revised. No other changes have been made. Please discard all previous versions of this bulletin.
• 10119249Aug 21, 2017Brakes. NISSAN; DTC P0456 CAUSED BY EVAP LEAK AT VENT CONTROL VALVE O-RING This bulletin has been amended. The APPLIED VEHICLES and CLAIMS INFORMATION sections have been revised. No other changes have been made. Please discard previous versions of this bulletin.
• 10119236Aug 16, 2017Engine. NISSAN; OIL LEAKING AROUND VALVE TIMING CONTROL SOLENOID VALVE This bulletin applies only to Maxima, Quest, Altima Coupe, Altima Sedan, Pathfinder and Murano vehicles with a 6-cylinder engine and Titan/Titan XD vehicles with a V8 gasoline engine. This bulletin has been amended. The PARTS INFORMATION section has been revised. No other changes have been made. Please discard previous versions of this bulletin.
• 10123158Aug 10, 2017Equipment. 2013 ? 2016 ALTIMA AND 2015 ? 2016 MURANO; OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RETROFIT This bulletin has been amended. The CLAIMS INFORMATION section has been revised. No other changes have been made. Please discard all previous versions of this bulletin.
• 10119253Aug 8, 2017Brakes. 2013-2017 ALTIMA AND 2014-2017 ROGUE; MIL ON WITH DTC P2004 STORED IF YOU CONFIRM MIL is ON with P2004 (INTAKE MANIFOLD RUNNER CONTROL VALVE POSITION SENSOR) stored. And There are no drivability issues. ACTION 1. Remove the intake manifold. 2. Replace the intake manifold runner control valve position sensor. 3. Re-install intake manifold.
• 10119252Aug 8, 2017Equipment, Engine. DTC P0036 DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION This bulletin applies only to Altima and Pathfinder vehicles with a 6-cylinder engine. SERVICE INFORMATION The Electronic Service Manual (ESM) information for DTC P0036 may be inaccurate or incomplete for the Applied Vehicles. If an Applied Vehicle stores a DTC P0036, follow diagnostic procedures in the ESM for Bank 2 A/F Sensor Heater open or shorted.
• 10119221Jul 25, 2017Engine. THUNK SOUND ON FIRST FEW ACCELERATIONS OF THE DAY This bulletin applies only to Altima, Murano, and Pathfinder vehicles equipped with 6-cylinder engine. This bulletin has been amended. Changes have been made throughout. Please discard previous versions of this bulletin.
• 10120565Jul 19, 2017Body and structure. THEFT ALARM SOUNDS WHEN VEHICLE IS LOCKED, UNLOCKED, OR DOOR/TRUNK OPENED IF YOU CONFIRM Intermittently, the theft alarm triggers (horn sounds and lights flash) when one of the following occur: - Using the lock, unlock, or trunk open function on the Intelligent Key - Pushing a handle request switch (door or trunk) - Opening a door or the trunk with the vehicle unlocked and CONSULT-III plus (C-III plus) shows the…
• 10119226Jul 12, 2017Equipment. 2013-2017 ALTIMA; A/C DOES NOT BLOW COLD AND CLUTCH DOES NOT ENGAGE This bulletin has been amended. The Title and APPLIED VEHICLES section have been revised. No other changes have been made. Please discard previous versions of this bulletin.
• 10119220Jul 10, 2017Steering. 2014-2017 ALTIMA; HYDRAULIC ELECTRIC POWER STEERING SERVICE INFORMATION This bulletin has been amended. The APPLIED VEHICLES section has been revised and information on page 10 has been added. No other changes have been made. Please discard previous versions of this bulletin.
• 10116292Jun 20, 2017Transmission and drivetrain. CLICKING NOISE FROM FRONT OR REAR AXLE DURING TAKE-OFF/ACCELERATION This bulletin has been amended. The APPLIED VEHICLES section has been revised. No other changes have been made. Please discard previous versions of this bulletin.
• 10119197Jun 8, 2017Equipment. 2013 ? 2017 ALTIMA AND PATHFINDER; SHIFT LOCK SOLENOID REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION SERVICE INFORMATION If an Applied Vehicle needs the shift lock solenoid replaced for any reason, use the Service Procedure in this bulletin.
• 10116296Jun 7, 2017Equipment. 2015-2017 ALTIMA; 4 CYLINDER WITH DTC P0776 STORED This bulletin applies only to 4 cylinder models. This bulletin has been amended to add model years to Applied Vehicles, to change Figure 10G on page 53 and to change footnote 2 on page 80. No other changes have been made. Please discard previous versions of this bulletin.
• 10109253Apr 27, 2017Engine cooling. 2015-2016 ALTIMA; 4 CYLINDER WITH DTC P0776 STORED This bulletin has been amended. Parts Information has been changed to combine all control valve parts into a single kit. No other changes have been made. Please discard previous versions of this bulletin.
• 10109243Apr 27, 2017Transmission and drivetrain. PATHFINDER, QUEST, MURANO, MAXIMA, ALTIMA V6; CVT JUDDER AND DTC P17F0 OR P17F1 STORED This bulletin has been amended to remove 2013-2014 Pathfinder from applied vehicles. No other changes have been made. Please discard all previous versions of this bulletin.
• 10109240Apr 26, 2017Electrical system, Transmission and drivetrain. CVT / TCM CALIBRATION DATA "WRITE" PROCEDURE This bulletin does not apply to Pathfinder Hybrid, Murano Hybrid or Rogue Hybrid This bulletin has been amended. APPLIED VEHICLES has been updated. SERVICE INFORMATION has been amended. A REPAIR TABLE has been added. Procedural steps have been added to SERVICE PROCEDURE. Discard all previous versions of this bulletin.
• 10109242Apr 24, 2017Transmission and drivetrain. NISSAN; PROCEDURE TO CLEAN CVT TRANSMISSION FLUID COOLERS This bulletin has been amended. The APPLIED VEHICLES section has been revised. No other changes have been made. Please discard previous versions of this bulletin.
• 10109245Apr 18, 2017Transmission and drivetrain. 2013-2016 ALTIMA AND 2014-2016 ROGUE; CVT JUDDER AND DTC P17F0 OR P17F1 STORED This bulletin does not apply to Rogue Select or Altima with 6-cylinder engine. This bulletin has been amended. The PARTS INFORMATION section has been revised. No other changes have been made. Please discard all previous versions of this bulletin.
• 10120556Apr 11, 2017Suspension. REVISED WHEEL ALIGNMENT SPECIFICATIONS SERVICE INFORMATION For the Applied Vehicles, some wheel alignment specifications listed in the Front Suspension (FSU) and Rear Suspension (RSU) sections of the Electronic Service Manual (ESM) have been revised. Updated ESMs will be distributed to the field as quickly as possible. Until the updated ESMs are made available, please use the corrected specifications listed in this…
• 10109254Apr 11, 2017Engine cooling. NISSAN; OIL LEAKING AROUND VALVE TIMING CONTROL SOLENOID VALVE This bulletin applies to vehicles equipped with 6-cylinder engines. For Titan and Titan XD, this bulletin applies only vehicles equipped with gasoline engines. This bulletin has been amended in the PARTS INFORMATION and CLAIMS INFORMATION sections. Discard previous versions of this bulletin.
• 10109248Apr 11, 2017Transmission and drivetrain. CVT WITH 4 CYLINDER ENGINE VALVE BODY REPLACEMENT WITH CONFIRMED DTC This bulletin has been amended. Changes have been made throughout. Please discard previous versions of this bulletin.
• 10109205Mar 31, 2017Equipment, Electrical system. ENHANCED DIAGNOSTIC LOGIC FOR CVT This bulletin has been amended to add model years to the Applied Vehicles and part numbers to Table A. No other changes have been made. Please discard all previous versions of this bulletin.
• 10109202Mar 31, 2017Equipment. PATHFINDER, QUEST, MURANO, MAXIMA, ALTIMA V6; CVT JUDDER AND DTC P17F0 OR P17F1 STORED This bulletin has been amended to add applied vehicles and change the Parts Information. No other changes have been made. Please discard all previous versions of this bulletin.
• 10109214Mar 20, 2017Fuel system. NISSAN; FUEL TANK IS SLOW OR DIFFICULT TO FILL IF YOU CONFIRM The fuel tank is slow or difficult to fill (filling nozzle shuts off before tank is full). IMPORTANT: Make sure this incident has been duplicated at a gas station by dealer service staff. ACTION Perform the Service Procedure in this bulletin, starting on the next page.
• 10109206Mar 16, 2017Equipment, Electrical system. 20172016-2017 NISSAN CONNECT NAVIGATION SYSTEM SOFTWARE UPDATE This bulletin applies only to vehicles equipped with navigation system. This bulletin has been amended. The APPLIED VEHICLES section has been revised. No other changes have been made. Please discard previous versions of this bulletin.
• 10109170Feb 9, 2017Engine. 2015-2016 ALTIMA; 4 CYLINDER WITH DTC P0776 STORED This bulletin applies only to vehicles equipped with 4-cylinder engine. This bulletin has been amended. Minor changes have been made on pages 1, 4, 16, 19, 29, 32, 35, 40, 46, 47, 53, 56, 65, 69 and 83. No other changes have been made. Please discard previous versions of this bulletin.
• 10192854Feb 6, 2017Transmission and drivetrain, Electrical system. Nissan is conducting a voluntary service campaign to reprogram the Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT) software on specific 2014-16 L33 Altima and 2014-2016 Rogue vehicles
• 10120552Feb 6, 2017Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors). POWER MOONROOF INITIALIZATION SERVICE INFORMATION This bulletin has been amended. The APPPLIED VEHICES section and step 3 on page 3 have been revised. No other changes have been made. Please discard all previous versions.
• 10109159Jan 27, 2017Engine, Equipment. NISSAN; OIL LEAKING AROUND VALVE TIMING CONTROL SOLENOID VALVE This bulletin applies only to Maxima, Quest, Altima Coupe, Altima, Pathfinder and Murano vehicles equipped with V6 engine OR Titan/Titan XD equipped with VK56 engine IF YOU CONFIRM Engine oil is leaking from a valve timing control solenoid valve, And The valve timing control solenoid valve operates correctly and is not externally damaged.
• 10109157Jan 25, 2017Electrical system. 2013 - 2016 ALTIMA AND 2015 - 2016 MURANO OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RETROFIT SERVICE INFORMATION The information in this bulletin is provided for customers who have concerns with their Occupant Classification System (OCS) operation after all campaigns have been completed. Follow the steps in this bulletin to determine if this OCS retrofit procedure is applicable to the vehicle you are working on. DETERMINE IF…
• 10109152Jan 25, 2017Equipment, Electrical system. 20172016-2017 NISSAN CONNECT NAVIGATION SYSTEM SOFTWARE UPDATE This bulletin only applies to vehciles equipped with navigation system. This bulletin has been amended. The APPLIED VEHICLES section has been revised. No other changes have been made. Please discard previous versions of this bulletin.
• 10109167Jan 24, 2017Electrical system, Transmission and drivetrain. CVT Reprogramming Voluntary Service Campaign The announcement from December 9th, 2016 has been revised to include: - Campaign repair bulletin, NTB16-121, on ASIST has been revised to include instructions for using special tool MTS 6513. If using the attachments on NNAnet, Dealer360, or this email, please be aware that the "Click Here" function on page 2 will not link to the MTS 6513 instructions. It has been…
• 10109153Jan 23, 2017Electrical system, Transmission and drivetrain. VOLUNTARY SERVICE CAMPAIGN 2013-2016 ALTIMA AND 2014-2016 ROGUE; TCM REPROGRAMMING This bulletin has been amended. A link for using the BOSCH MTS 6513 to perform the reprogramming has been added. No other changes have been made. Please discard previous versions of this bulletin.
• 10109163Jan 20, 2017Equipment, Electrical system, Engine. ECM Reprogram Voluntary Emissions Service Campaign This bulletin applies only to vehciles equipped with 4 cylinder engine. ***** Campaign Summary***** Nissan is conducting a Voluntary Emissions Service Campaign on approximately 311,675 specific 2016-2017 model year Nissan Altima vehicles equipped with a 2.5L engine.
• 10109155Jan 19, 2017Transmission and drivetrain, Electrical system. VOLUNTARY EMISSIONS SERVICE CAMPAIGN 2016-2017 ALTIMA ENGINE CONTROL MODULE REPROGRAM This bulletin applies only to vehicles equipped with 4-cylinder engines. INTRODUCTION Nissan is conducting a Voluntary Emissions Service Campaign on certain specific model year 2016 - 2017 Altima vehicles to reprogram the Engine Control Module (ECM).
• 10109114Dec 14, 2016Equipment. PLASTIC INTERIOR TRIM PROTECTIVE COVERING REMOVAL SERVICE INFORMATION Vehicles are delivered with plastic interior trim protective covering on the front and rear seats, front and rear door panel finishers, steering wheel, and sun visors (see examples on page 2). When removing the protective covering, care must be used to avoid scuffs, scrapes, cuts, and other abrasive contact to interior trim components. DO NOT use…
• 10109117Dec 9, 2016Transmission and drivetrain, Electrical system. CVT Reprogramming Voluntary Service Campaign ***** Campaign Summary***** Nissan is conducting a voluntary service campaign on approximately 1,657,666 specific MY2013-16 Altima (L33) and MY2014-16 Rogue (T32) vehicles to reprogram the Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT) software. Under specific driving conditions, hydraulic pressure may decrease and result in belt slip within the CVT. This may result in MIL…
• 10109112Dec 8, 2016Transmission and drivetrain, Electrical system. VOLUNTARY SERVICE CAMPAIGN 2013-2016 ALTIMA AND 2014-2016 ROGUE; TCM REPROGRAMMING INTRODUCTION Nissan is conducting this voluntary service campaign to reprogram the Transmission Control Module (TCM) for the transmission on certain specific 2013-2016 Altima and 2014-2016 Rogue vehicles. This TCM reprogram will be performed at no charge for parts or labor. IDENTIFICATION NUMBER Nissan has assigned identification…
• 10109109Dec 6, 2016Engine. 2016-2017 ALTIMA; MIL ON WITH A/F RATIO SENSOR DTC(s) This bulletin applies only to models equipped with 4-cylinder engines. This bulletin has been amended. The Parts Information section has been corrected. Please discard previous versions of this bulletin.
• 10119177Dec 1, 2016Engine. 2013-2016 ALTIMA WITH QR25DE ENGINE; MIL ON WITH DTC P0101 This bulletin applies only to models equipped with 4-cylinder engines. This bulletin has been amended throughout. Discard all previous versions of this bulletin.

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