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Nissan Pathfinder 2018technical service bulletin

Bulletin NTB18-016 · NHTSA communication 10130502 · issued Feb 27, 2018

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2018
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

2018 PATHFINDER; MIL ON WITH DTC P34A5, AND/OR P34A9 STORED IF YOU CONFIRM MIL is ON with one or both of the following DTCs: -P34A5 (A camshaft posi actuator temp sens B1) -P34A9 (A camshaft posi actuator temp sens B2) And Outside ambient temperature was near or below freezing (32°F) when the DTCs were stored. NOTE: If any VTC DTCs other than P34A5 and/or P34A9 are also stored (example: P0011, P0021), those DTCs should be diagnosed and resolved first. ACTION Replace the electric intake valve timing control module (see Figure 1 on Page 2). -Electric intake valve timing control module is listed

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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.