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2016 Nissan P17F1 Code? - unexpected, no physical evidence


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ConfidentJoy
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Jun 15, 2022, 11:30 AM

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2016 Nissan P17F1 Code? - unexpected, no physical evidence Sign In

- 2016
- Nissan Juke
- Mileage: 66263
- Size: 1.6L
- Type: CVT

SITUATION: No engine or dash lights lit, no performance issue. Took it in for an oil change and due diligence regarding a grinding issue two weeks prior. Assumed it was wheel bearings, but it has performed fine since. At that time, it made a grinding noise while turning after a long (8 hr) drive, including heavy rain. Instead we walked out with a $5,000 quote to replace the whole transmission. Help us understand? We purchased used a year ago.

QUESTION 1: Can you get the P17F1 Judder error code and it NOT be "You now need a whole transmission"? The car is performing fine, we went in for an unrelated issue.

QUESTION 2: Reading online CVTs are mostly terrible transmissions. Should we jump ship and trade-in? Will anyone besides other naive people want a Nissan Juke? What cars ARE reliable?

FIRST MECHANIC SHOP: (chain oil/body store) said they could not replicate the grinding, they believe it's the axel. Their machine to do the fix is down, to take it to a transmission shop. Before leaving, another guy said "his friend from another shop also looked at it and thinks the transmission is going. He revved it hard and it was slipping gears". We've had no issues with this location, they have given us our cars back multiple times saying they cannot find an issue and have not upsold us on anything.

SECOND MECHANIC SHOP: (local place, well reviewed, in business for 60 years) is a transmission only shop. He said he was unable to replicate the grinding noise. He DID say he found a CVT Engine Code. He said when he drove the vehicle he felt slight slippage/judder (?) at times and that it went past the "red line" on the rpm once before switching gears. It has not done that for us. He advised us to get other opinions if we wanted, said we could still drive it until it did fail, or to trade it in somewhere (didn't offer where, just gave it as an option). He additionally said Nissan CVT's are known to be crap. He can replace it and it could last 100k or need to be replaced again in 14 months.


Hammer Time
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Jun 15, 2022, 12:10 PM

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Re: 2016 Nissan P17F1 Code? - unexpected, no physical evidence Sign In

I'm no trans expert but here's what the factory service manual says about it.



Gary, our trans expert will be along eventually. I'm sure he will have some expert advice.



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gsferraro
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Jun 15, 2022, 5:41 PM

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Re: 2016 Nissan P17F1 Code? - unexpected, no physical evidence Sign In

That code usually shows up because the belt is slipping, there actually is a TSB on this code. Gary Usually trans has to be replaced






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