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Nissan Versa 2018–2019technical service bulletin

Bulletin NTB20-036 · NHTSA communication 10176249 · issued May 19, 2020

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2018–2019
model years
4
vehicle entries

Official summary

2018-2019 VERSA SEDAN AND VERSA NOTE; CVT JUDDER IF YOU CONFIRM The customer reports a transmission judder (shake, shudder, single or multiple bumps or vibration), hesitation on acceleration, lack of power or RPM flare. ACTION Refer to the Repair Overview on pages 2 and 3.

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.