Nissan Altima 2011–2017 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin NTB17-008 · NHTSA communication 10109159 · issued Jan 27, 2017
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2011–2017
model years
25
vehicle entries
Official summary
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. ACTION Replace the valve timing control solenoid valve O-ring with a new one using the Service Procedure starting on page 2.
Vehicles covered
- 2013 Nissan Altima
- 2014 Nissan Altima
- 2015 Nissan Altima
- 2016 Nissan Altima
- 2017 Nissan Altima
- 2017 Nissan Armada
- 2016 Nissan Maxima
- 2017 Nissan Maxima
- 2015 Nissan Murano
- 2016 Nissan Murano
- 2017 Nissan Murano
- 2013 Nissan Pathfinder
- 2014 Nissan Pathfinder
- 2015 Nissan Pathfinder
- 2016 Nissan Pathfinder
- 2017 Nissan Pathfinder
- 2011 Nissan Quest
- 2012 Nissan Quest
- 2013 Nissan Quest
- 2014 Nissan Quest
- 2015 Nissan Quest
- 2016 Nissan Quest
- 2017 Nissan Quest
- 2017 Nissan Titan
- 2016 Nissan Titan XD
What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.