Nissan Automatic Transmission - Auto Repair Codes

Scan Tool for Codes and Live Data for your Nissan Transmission from $199 USD

The information below may apply to Nissan Frontier and many other models

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Nissan Trans Code Reading

Connector Diagram

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Auto Repair Manual - How to read codes (No Special Tools Needed)

1 Drive the vehicle until transmission reaches operating temperature.

2 Stop the vehicle, place in park, or neutral and leave vehicle running

3 Link terminals with your own wire link, (Click here for details) ,for 2 secondsas shown in the diagram to your left.

Note:Only do this once with ignition ON. (twice will erase fault codes)
Note 2:The fault codes may be either shown on a Check Engine Light, or an Exhaust Light.

4 Turn ignition ON.

5 Read codes as described in the Code Format Description below.

6 Press the continue button to enter the code numbers and get the code description.

Code Format Diagram

Code Format Description

• The code is made up of four groups of flashes each representing a digit.

• A long flash indicates the 'thousands' digit.

• 'Hundreds' 'Tens' and 'Ones' are groups of short flashes respectively.

• A long pause separates each trouble code.

• A shorter pause separates each group of flashes

• Upper Code Format Diagram A shows code No. 1132

• Please note: A '0' digit is indicated by 10 flashes with this system.

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Note on Example Model(s): Nissan Frontier
The example model(s) shown, Nissan Frontier for this auto repair service are only an indication to help you. There may be many other models that apply to this connector. Click above link to see the complete vehicle coverage list.