Ah yes, the Renault dipstick trick. I worked with a fleet of Renault minibuses with a two-foot long dipstick made entirely of plastic which followed a winding route into the sump. Because we had to check the oil every day, the bottom nine inches or so regularly snapped off and vanished into the sump. Some of those buses must still have four or five broken dipsticks floating about in the sump....
@@dan_6915 Nope. Renault vans/minibuses have had electronic oil check on startup for at least 15 years. Renault cars have had that function on start up since at least 1989.
To those of you wondering why we're a replacement society and nobody bothers to fix/rebuild things anymore, this is why right here. Imagine if this was your car and you brought it to the shop. It's your only car, you're making payments on it, and you have to get to work. You wouldn't be very happy to have to wait 6 months to get it repaired, would you? This is why most shops would quote you an engine, whether it "needs" one or not.
I used to own a Nissan 300ZX. I needed a power window switch for the passenger side.Went to the dealer and bought one. Went home and discovered that I was sold a driver's side switch assembly. Went back and swapped it for another one. Went home and found that the replacement was also for the driver's side. Went back to the dealer, who was starting to think I was crazy. This time the dealer ordered one directly from the Nissan central parts warehouse. It was also incorrect. The main parts warehouse then pulled and checked their entire inventory. all were wrong. Someone in japan had packaged the switch for a right hand drive vehicle with the part number for a left hand drive Z. Nissan overnight air freighted the correct part directly to my home. I always wonder how much trouble the poor guy back in Japan got into.
I had a 2014 Nissan Juke Nismo with the 6-speed. I LOVED that car. I had it until last October. A lady failed to yield for her left turn and I T-Boned the passenger's side of her car doing 45mph. Total loss. The following week I bought a 2021 Nissan Kicks SR. It's nice, but it's just not the same.
It's amazing that a staple could do that and im not surprised that someone would say fake but we all know their are some folks who are unable to learn because they think they know it, ALL they don't.
You really came through, it's good to get this vehicle back on the road. Such perseverance, and skill. This model has a place, it's an ok daily driver. Kool.
I once bought a '72 Marquis that was dead. Turns out the oil pump had something in it which locked it up. The engine was completely unharmed because the shear pin for the oil pump drive had broken and stopped the distributor's rotor. Replaced the oil pump and shear pin and I had a good running car.
Wizard you should sell it to Hoovie now, he'll lift it 6 inches and give it 37 inch tires and paint it the color orange his daughter likes. 😀 One million views!!
so wise , Thank You . I have a 2002 Nissan Frontier that I have has for several years . Fortunatly I know a Farmer level Mechanic , for example i had him change the trans. oil and filter , he found a part inside that was almost broken , so he welded it back togather . that was about 110.000 miles ago still works . when the rear bumper broke , He built me a new one out of REAL 1/4 inch steel. Also when the ignition fob broke , his son was able to bypass it so now I have a pushbutton start, and NO fob thing
Car Wizard, just to let you know, every renault and nissan made in argentina, mexico and brasil are now using the HR16DE engine for most their B-segment cars, so if you need to, you can buy any spares from Mexico
While that's true, the Juke here in the US and Canada used the MR16DDT, a much different engine family from the HR16DE. Parts interchangeability is minimal, I would guess.
Speaking of that staple, something similar happened to my dad back in college with his hot-rod 70 camero. Sliver of metal got sucked up and locked the pump. Engine was fine because it happened at startup and not on the highway.
Another Aussie here, Wizard. I was going to ring around when I saw the first video as there are many Nissan Jukes still on the road here, and plenty of aftermarket stores that do a great job sourcing oddball bearings. Next time I won’t procrastinate and just call around. 👍
It's so awesome that Wizard has a guy like Daniel-san to help out on these projects... and that Wizard repeatedly recognizes those contributions on the "side project" things.
We had a sign in the engine room of a ship I was on saying that Heaven has German Engineering, French cooking, and British Police, and Hell has French Engineering, British Cooking, and German Police. Having experienced French Engineering I thought that you would find that humorous.
Late to finding your channel and I love it! I bought two used 2012 jukes (at 40K miles) for each of my kids. We love them. Of course the cvt is changed as I preach every 40k. I miss driving their jukes since they have moved out. These cars are great for all kinds of weather driving. The turbo really makes it extra fun zipping around. The jukes now have over 120k on each of them and my kids still love them. I'm the Nissan "Z" driver in the family. :)
Found out on Nissan CVT Internet Form: that when you place Nissan CVT in drive position, it should not do anything, until throttle up engagement... !! If CVT is placed in drive position and gets a jerk or a clunk, it needs to be serviced... The Car Wizzard has a previous video on complete & comprehensive maintenance of a Nissan CVT... !!
This engine has found its way on many cars in Europe including Mercedes A class, Gla and others. Also, Dacia. Crazy to think that a Mercedes shares engines with a Dacia
The one nice thing about the Juke is that in the US market, it has the engine of a vehicle a size-class larger. Most subcompact crossovers at the time had 130-140 hp engines while the Juke had 188hp.
Even the rental-spec Jukes have that engine in the US too. Meanwhile in Australia the base spec has a naturally aspirated 1.6 with the CVT or a 1.2T 4cyl with the 6 speed manual. And the new generation that we get only has a 1.0T 3cyl in all trim levels (with the power of the old base models).
I went through the same thing with my Durango. The transmission pressure sensor I got through amazon was wrong 3 times. I gave up and went to ebay and that was the right one. Took a lot longer than it should have.
I stopped recommending Nissan years ago, and hated doing it. I loved the company since it was Datsun here! Honda is right behind them. My oldest son and I prefer 2002 back for most of our projects in general. We like a few all through newer years, but we're very careful. Always good info.
Nissan used to be a great and innovative car company producing reliable cars until the Renault takeover in the late 90´s. All Nissan's after that era are mostly crap.
Car Wizard, that engine sounds beautiful. Alot of people love exhaust racket but to me that hood open , stock smooth engine running sound with no clicking ,rattling ,whistling or belt slipping is magic. Nice job to you and your whole crew.
My wife has a '13 Murano, we've kept the CVT maintained well. It's a really nice vehicle, regardless of the crappy CVT keeping me on pins and needles. It's easily her favorite car, it's infuriatingly nice.
Back in the early 1970s a college classmate suffered a similar catastrophic engine failure. Her parents had gifted her a Mustang II at her high school graduation and at just over 2,000 miles (and on an interstate) the engine bit the big one. Needless to say, my classmate had to walk several miles to a pay phone (Yes Karen, there was a day when cell phones were not a thing.) to call her Dad for help. Dad, and a wrecker arrived a couple of hours later, and the Mustang was towed to the originating Ford dealership. Long story short, after a complete engine tear down, an aluminum clip, similar to the one visible in your shirt pocket, was found in the oil pump. How did it get there? Apparently at the factory. Thankfully the Ford dealership in her hometown did not make excuses or expect her parents to come off the hip for even more money and replaced the engine on their dime. My classmate drove that car for almost twenty years before she traded it for a Ford F-250 which she drives to this day.
I had a 2012 Nissan Juke great little car for the price switch the tires to Continentals DWS.. fantastic little beast in the snow! Got T-boned in a snowstorm, a Subaru and it was still Running!
Thanks for this. My 2011 is at 113k and never changed the cvt fluid. I’m going to do that ASAP at a diy shop. Hopefully it lasts a long time. So far I only changed the fuel pump and just did maintenance. I can tell it’s slowly changing and realizing it’s louder and need to really step up to make it last longer.
Thx for explaining the reason for not getting hold of the bearings in the US. Heads up: Anytime you need European parts, let me know, I might be able to assist you.
I’ve bought a 1 litre bottle of oil to top up my engine. It came in a plastic bag which was stapled at the top. I opened the bag and undid the bottle but I didn’t remove it from the bag. Thankfully the staples didn’t fall into the engine but I can see how the could.
A lot of owners switch out the transmission “beehive” cooler from the 08-13 Rogue. This lets you add a better transmission fin cooler that can be mounted in front of the radiator. And I think Nissans drain/fill service schedule is every 60k miles. I do mine 30-40k since these CVTs are notorious. By the way, the manual Nismo/Nismo RS version is the way to go.
@@themanthemyththebanger Also, the hardest thing I had to deal with was calculating the extra amount of fluid to use. Once you install the external cooler and hoses, you’ve technically increased the cars fluid capacity. Some Nissans don’t even have a transmission fluid dipstick.
@@jaywhite1850 when I looked into this upgrade or possibly installing an air cooler in-line, that was what gave me pause -- knowing how much extra fluid I'd need. Plus I know the CVT in my car prefers to be up to operating temperature rather than running cold, so I kind of scrapped the air cooler idea in favor of maybe upgrading the factory heat exchanger instead. But I didn't know if that was even possible until now! Your note here has excited me. My cube does have a dipstick on the trans, but you need a tool to release it because it's got a lock on its head. I've never done the CVT service myself at home, always at the dealership. But after a bad experience the last couple of visits, I'm starting to think I'll go to a good transmission shop next time (for its seventh trans service at 210k!) and ask if they would know how to do the upgrade.
@@themanthemyththebanger I would suggest find a shop that does a lot of truck repairs/upgrades. Newer trucks don’t have this problem but older ones weren’t setup for towing and didn’t have transmission coolers. They were 3rd party installed or diy until manufacturers started making them standard equipment. Only issue might be a shade tree mechanic that doesn’t know ctv transmissions use specific fluid. ABSOLUTELY don’t want that. Good luck!
It is a strong little engine and a fun car. Only problem going forward will be, as you found out, parts availability, as it shares very few parts with other car/engine in the US.
Glad to hear you finally got the right parts! Just went through this on my own vehicle and was getting quite annoyed as they kept sending the wrong parts.
I almost bought one of these back in the day before the CVT issues were commonly known. No regrets in avoiding it. I never see these on the road anymore despite the last model year being 2017. Pre CVT I had a Sentra 1.8 I bought at 60k miles and put 120k miles on with nothing more than a fuel pump and a crankshaft sensor. It was still going strong when I sold it. Mom had an 01 Maxima she put 240,000 miles on with it still running great. I hope one day they return to that build quality. Everything we have now is Toyota for obvious reasons
I think a lot depends on how you drive and especially how you service modern Nissans. I have a cube at 182,000 miles that's just now suffering its first mechanical problem with visible coolant loss around the water outlet. I suspect the $3 fiber gasket has finally let go. I'll pay to have it replaced later this week, probably put the $20 upper thermostat in there while it's apart because why not, and put it back in service. Our last car before this was a 2004 Sentra. Great little car with a slightly different 1.8. You can definitely see the Renault influence in the engines that started going in Nissan's smaller cars in the 2007-up years, but they're not necessarily bad engines if they get serviced regularly.
Had a 2015 on lease. Thanks Wiz did not know the engine was Renault and dealers not stocking. Bought a Corolla for retirement. Glad now. Was thinking of buying Joke. Loved mine
Hi, I bought a new bolt(w/magnet) for my '08 Acura TL oil pan . I took it out of the package and somehow the staple from the bolt package ended up on the magnet of the bolt which I found a year later. Luckily after a year I found the washer on the next oil change.
I love my juke nismo rs. To the people that bash on the cvt either dont own one or dont keep up with maintenance. Ive had nothing but goodluck on mine just drove it on a 3146 mile trip with no issues.
From memory in Australia the Juke was UK built for Australia and for RHD markets we got a 1.2 Turbo manual base and the auto base initially had a Nissan NA 1.6 with the CVT only then upper spec got the 1.6 with a turbo in man/CVT?
I had a friend who worked at a BMW Renault dealer early 70s. He quit solely because the Results were so poorly desk designed for maintenance. He quit in the spot and returned to school and got a master's in physics and ran a tunneling electron microscope for Motorola for a decade and a half.
Great mini series. Just saying Renault engines are normally pretty good. They seem to hold up well. These are used in mercedes too. I bet it's really good on fuel as petrol/gas/essence is expensive in France
I would change the cvt fluid every 30k. The fluid looks black after 30k. I work at a nissan dealer now and I've condemned 3 transmission dead this week so far. I also have had some time on the juke. They get really sludge up. They need the oil to be fully synthetic (they were putting in semi synthetic at the start) and be changed every 3000 miles. The turbos do okay with failure at around the 150k area. If you change the oil every 3,000 it will help prolong life. Nissan doesn't really support the motor anymore. There are a lot of tech line cases with replacing the long block. There was a recall early on to replace everything associated with the timing chains.
This guy knows what he's talking about, folks. I have 30k CVT service intervals to thank for my original CVT making it 12 years and 182k, and still going. I never put synthetic in my cube, but the MR18DE is a lot lower-stress engine than the MR16DDT. I've had nothing but good service from that powertrain. Can't complain about it.
Im holding my breath on my 2011 Juke. I bought it with around 92,000 miles. Its got the 1.6 engine and CVT transmission. I bought it from a used car sales in 2018. The biggest expense was replacing the Alternator so far. The belt clutch went bad on the old one. I try to baby it knowing that launching it hard could cause things to go bad sooner. It has 98,000 miles on it now. So dont know how long it will hang in there but its paid for and gets us around the KC area well. Thanks for the video. Hopefully. We wont have that bearing go out.
I bought a used 2011 SL awd drive with 89k and now at 113k. I feel terrible I didn’t really take care of it and was late on oil changes. Had to replace the fuel pump and now I’m trying to get real quick on all the other maintenance like cvt, alternator, all little things I can do myself and save the big things for a shop in the future. I hope it lasts a long time. I’m trying to learn how to do the intake valve cleaning too.
@@slysimon8533learn to do it yourself. Just buy the part I’d find a person who loves working on cars. I paid a friend of mine some weed and a sandwich to change my fuel pump.
Maybe the wrong bearings were for the gasoline 1.6 Juke. I believe the petrol 1.6 version is made by Nissan, but the diesel version was sourced from Renault. Just like with a 2014 Suzuki Vitara I had, was equipped with a 2.4 Gasoline engine and to my knowledge there was a 1.9 DSL(which was also sourced from Renault) version in other countries, but we didn't get the DSL version here in the PH.
The US only ever got one engine for the Juke, the 1.6T. That said, there was a revision of the engine design for the 2015 model year, and those incorrect bearings are probably for that version.
You probably already know this Car Wizard. There's 2 different 1.6L engines. One is a 3 cylinder and one is a 4 cylinder. Those 4 extra wrong sets of bearings are probably for the 1.6L 3 Cyl.
In America the only 1.6-liter engines Nissan has sold are all four-cylinder models. There is another popular 1.6 used in the Versa, Kicks, and a few other models in the last decade or so known as the HR16DE. The new three-cylinder, so far the only one they're selling here at the time of this comment, is the new KR15DDT, at 1.5 liters of displacement. If you add one more cylinder to the KR15DDT, you get KR20DDET currently sold as the "VC Turbo" optional engine in the Nissan Altima midsize sedan.
I had a Nissan Juke junk with cvt, I had no issues even with the cvt. But, at 139000 my catalytic converter failed and they said that it damaged the engine. I still had payments due on the vehicle and warranty was not covering the problem. I miss the fun driving that little car. I would like another one but with a 5 spd
Wizard, my cube (and your cube, if you still have one) has the older, slower cousin to this engine, the MR18DE. And I've learned this week that some vital parts are permanently out of stock for that engine. So your story does not surprise me. I discovered a coolant leak on my cube's engine this week, and I believe it's coming from the water outlet at the back of the engine. Probably just the gasket going out. Thankfully the gasket still exists and is still listed at $3 in the Nissan parts catalog online, but if by some chance I find the water outlet is damaged when I get in there to change the gasket, my only option is to source one from a junkyard. It's not bad, sourcing spares from junkyards, but it does make a man think how much longer he might get to enjoy his car.
Car Wizard, why don't you give a Dent Wizard in your area a try to remove the dent on the rear door? Save you the time and cost of repairing the door. Also, your subscribers want to see Mrs. Wizard driving her red Ferrari.
I had a guy from my high school class that had a 1970 Boss 302 Mustang. He installed the intake manifold package for the inline 4 barrel carburetor. As they installed it they found one manifold bolt missing. They found it on the first roadtest. Stuck in a piston.
The US only got one engine for the Juke, the 1.6T of which there is a revised version that was rolled out for 2015 and later model which is most likely what those "wrong" bearings are for.
Funny. Bought a Nismo RS juke few months ago. Now replacing OEM origional clutch at 102,000 miles. Typically good till 100k. Though $4k estimate from dealership. Clutch 2,500, flywheel 1,500. Flywheel side surprisingly contains the springs and what not. Cheaper options but no warranty.
I've owned Nissan for a long time and never had problems but this car matches the quality of cars build today Nissan isn't the only one producing junk there is a lot of junk out there from all manufacturers and we won't mention EV's
List the “junk” features to be precise, maybe? I had this car for 7 years and never had any issues with it. No rattles, no oil consumption, good mpg. With the turbo and the very quick CVT, it’s actually one of the fastest cars for overtaking or quick maneuvers on the road!
How pathetic the engineering staff at Nissan has become to not even have control over categorization of something as fundamental as a main bearing. It's just sad.
I tried to get a seat belt for the drivers seat of a 2005 Toyota Camry, gave the dealer the VIN and came back when they got it shipped in. According to my mechanic, they gave me the rear passenger seat belt but dealer insisted it was the drivers seat belt. My mechanic said the rear passenger belt winder is larger than for the drivers so it was no way they gave me the right one. So Toyota makes mistakes too. Thankfully the dealer gave me my money back and when my mechanic took the old one out to try and swap in the new one he discovered it was just twisted and was able to fix the original.
Honestly, japanese are pathetic at cataloguing. Say what you will about GM cars, but their catalogues are very precise and convenient, you can find every nut and bolt in a minute.
My Mercedes B class also has a CVT transmission (it's the only model that had one), and the transmission service at the dealer is made every 60.000 KM (37.500 miles). Maybe even 50K is too much
Heck even Honda, amy CVT Is bound to collapse by design on my 2016 Civic Ive replace the fluid 2 times going on my third soon and she shifts smooth as new
I remember there were two or three different states of tune for this engine. The automatic made slightly less power, if I'm remembering it correctly. And then they had the NISMO edition that was pumped up a bit, and a NISMO RS version in the last year or two of the model's run in the US got yet another small power bump. So I'm guessing maybe an issue with that. Or maybe a confusion in Nissan's parts warehouse, where they're putting HR16DE bearings in a box marked for MR16DDT.
Seems strange to me a Japanese company would look to a French company to source engines from. It’s not like Datsun made lousy engines 40 years ago. Why would they sub out the quality? It must have been strictly about $. With it being such a PITA to work in the engine compartment, seems like a bad car to own. It does have pluses though.
@@tennnis498 Because Renault and Nissan formed an Alliance when Nissan were near Bankrupt, Renualt used to own 43% of Nissan until 2023, they now own less. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan
Wizard, if you want that turbo to survive, get an after market turbo oil supply tube. Either Mba, of Fast Religion males one that will live the life of the motor and won't suffer from heat shrink and close off and starve off the oil supply to the turbo. Plus, I would add a trans cooler and beehive to it a d for sure do a trans service every 30k. It'll live well passed 200k if you do this and oil changes every 3k miles using only quality oil. Plus on the trans service only use Nissan branded CVT fluid.
There's starting to be an After market for these cars.. There's 2 different Tuning software's that work really well, ECTek, and UpRev.. Both can turn a stock juke into 250/300 HP beast depending on Bolt ons and Cat back..
This car is product of Renault Nissan Common Module Family (CMF). Basically, renault platform with nissan styling. 1.5dci (diesel engined) ones are nice in EU market. But surely they are not suitable for American market.
My wife test drove a Juke when new and entertained the thought of getting one. I’m so glad we didn’t. Nissan sure didn’t stand behind these and why would they use an engine from Renault?
Don't fergit there's a whole other transmission filter inside the CVT oil warmer. It's serviceable through the left inner fender. Nobody ever tells anyone about it. It's very similar to an oil filter cartridge.
I think we had a lemon. 5 transmissions ( all with the same failure ) turbo, cooling fans and relays, ac compressor, timing chain issue and a few other odd things, all before 100k miles.
you would probably get the bearing in the uk they are built in the uk well we build jukes over here anyway not sure about us market. there is thousands of these 1.6 jukes over here so im sure parts would be readily available.
The multi turn stop valve on my guest bath toilet would never shut the water off. When I put a new quarter turn valve on, I took the old valve apart to see what the problem was. There was a screw, identical to the screw that held the handle on, inside the valve body. I'm guessing it came that way from the factory.
I drove a friend across country in one of those with 156,000 mi on it. We got about a hundred miles in on our 2400 mi trip, as soon as we hit a small incline it started chugging. The transmission was rapidly going out, we made it for a check engine light finally triggered it wouldn't hold speed and kept slowing down turn it off wait and did it again. Went to AutoZone and reset the light and drove it 2 miles to a dealership and got $3,500 for it. The transmission's are totally irreparable
20 years old? The las Renault vehicles in the USA were sold in 1987...a few Renaults survived the AMC merger (e.g. Renault Premier) and soldiered on into the 1990's. The last Renault part I'm aware of that Chrysler used is the Premier transaxle which was used in the first generation Chrysler LH cars. That's why they're front wheel drive but have longitudinal engine mounting (the way front wheel drive should be!)
"These engines are not really design very well." Maybe for mechanics... This engine is still sold. The 1.8 variant is in the Megane RS with 300hp. And the diesel version(same spaghetti) was even put in Mercedes vehicles. It's one of the most commercially successful engines ever.
Ah yes, the Renault dipstick trick. I worked with a fleet of Renault minibuses with a two-foot long dipstick made entirely of plastic which followed a winding route into the sump. Because we had to check the oil every day, the bottom nine inches or so regularly snapped off and vanished into the sump. Some of those buses must still have four or five broken dipsticks floating about in the sump....
My God what a stupid design!
Renault minibuses have the electronic dipstick that comes on every time you start the vehicle
@@bigjml
Maybe he is reffering about some old models
@@dan_6915 Nope. Renault vans/minibuses have had electronic oil check on startup for at least 15 years. Renault cars have had that function on start up since at least 1989.
To those of you wondering why we're a replacement society and nobody bothers to fix/rebuild things anymore, this is why right here. Imagine if this was your car and you brought it to the shop. It's your only car, you're making payments on it, and you have to get to work. You wouldn't be very happy to have to wait 6 months to get it repaired, would you? This is why most shops would quote you an engine, whether it "needs" one or not.
I used to own a Nissan 300ZX. I needed a power window switch for the passenger side.Went to the dealer and bought one. Went home and discovered that I was sold a driver's side switch assembly. Went back and swapped it for another one. Went home and found that the replacement was also for the driver's side. Went back to the dealer, who was starting to think I was crazy. This time the dealer ordered one directly from the Nissan central parts warehouse. It was also incorrect. The main parts warehouse then pulled and checked their entire inventory. all were wrong. Someone in japan had packaged the switch for a right hand drive vehicle with the part number for a left hand drive Z. Nissan overnight air freighted the correct part directly to my home. I always wonder how much trouble the poor guy back in Japan got into.
Knife to the abdomen should absolve him of the shame
@@vueport99 That was my first thought.
I had a 2014 Nissan Juke Nismo with the 6-speed. I LOVED that car. I had it until last October. A lady failed to yield for her left turn and I T-Boned the passenger's side of her car doing 45mph. Total loss. The following week I bought a 2021 Nissan Kicks SR. It's nice, but it's just not the same.
I own a 2017 Juke and like it a lot more than its cousin Kicks!👍👌👍
It's amazing that a staple could do that and im not surprised that someone would say fake but we all know their are some folks who are unable to learn because they think they know it, ALL they don't.
Calm down.
Seems like people are calling everything fake these days that is outside their chosen worldview.
I had one. Wizard, you are right on. I got 155k of trouble free miles from mine.. less the CVT that crapped out at 87k.
You really came through, it's good to get this vehicle back on the road. Such perseverance, and skill. This model has a place, it's an ok daily driver. Kool.
runs really nice, congratulations on getting it working again.
I once bought a '72 Marquis that was dead. Turns out the oil pump had something in it which locked it up. The engine was completely unharmed because the shear pin for the oil pump drive had broken and stopped the distributor's rotor. Replaced the oil pump and shear pin and I had a good running car.
Wizard you should sell it to Hoovie now, he'll lift it 6 inches and give it 37 inch tires and paint it the color orange his daughter likes. 😀 One million views!!
Thanks Ian, f..king love that your Aussie fans are helping the Wizard repair cars in Kansas, Rj in Oz
so wise , Thank You . I have a 2002 Nissan Frontier that I have has for several years . Fortunatly I know a Farmer level Mechanic , for example i had him change the trans. oil and filter , he found a part inside that was almost broken , so he welded it back togather . that was about 110.000 miles ago still works . when the rear bumper broke , He built me a new one out of REAL 1/4 inch steel. Also when the ignition fob broke , his son was able to bypass it so now I have a pushbutton start, and NO fob thing
So we're did you get the timing chain parts and other stuff you replaced locally or overseas?
Car Wizard, just to let you know, every renault and nissan made in argentina, mexico and brasil are now using the HR16DE engine for most their B-segment cars, so if you need to, you can buy any spares from Mexico
While that's true, the Juke here in the US and Canada used the MR16DDT, a much different engine family from the HR16DE. Parts interchangeability is minimal, I would guess.
Hello from Melbourne, Australia.. Aussies happy to help 😁
Speaking of that staple, something similar happened to my dad back in college with his hot-rod 70 camero. Sliver of metal got sucked up and locked the pump. Engine was fine because it happened at startup and not on the highway.
Another Aussie here, Wizard. I was going to ring around when I saw the first video as there are many Nissan Jukes still on the road here, and plenty of aftermarket stores that do a great job sourcing oddball bearings.
Next time I won’t procrastinate and just call around. 👍
Good work Wizard!
The Juke is certainly a weirdly styled car.
Thanks for posting.
It's so awesome that Wizard has a guy like Daniel-san to help out on these projects... and that Wizard repeatedly recognizes those contributions on the "side project" things.
“Help out”? You mean get paid overtime to do.
I would stop calling him Daniel-san and use his real name and show a little more respect for people he employees. He is getting paid to work right?
We had a sign in the engine room of a ship I was on saying that Heaven has German Engineering, French cooking, and British Police, and Hell has French Engineering, British Cooking, and German Police. Having experienced French Engineering I thought that you would find that humorous.
Late to finding your channel and I love it! I bought two used 2012 jukes (at 40K miles) for each of my kids. We love them. Of course the cvt is changed as I preach every 40k. I miss driving their jukes since they have moved out. These cars are great for all kinds of weather driving. The turbo really makes it extra fun zipping around. The jukes now have over 120k on each of them and my kids still love them. I'm the Nissan "Z" driver in the family. :)
Found out on Nissan CVT Internet Form: that when you place Nissan CVT in drive position, it should not do anything, until throttle up engagement... !! If CVT is placed in drive position and gets a jerk or a clunk, it needs to be serviced... The Car Wizzard has a previous video on complete & comprehensive maintenance of a Nissan CVT... !!
I have a 2012 Juke and i love it, hasn't given me any problems.
How many miles? Better change that cvt fluid at least!
Take care of your juke. My wife and I agree it was the best car we've ever owned. Damn CVTs!!!
@@jeedwards1981 About 88k. I was thinking about having the cvt fluid and filter changed next year.
Yet. Lol.
@@EvilFandango do it now
Thanks so much for bringing back "welcome back to the wizard's shop". Love it!
This engine has found its way on many cars in Europe including Mercedes A class, Gla and others. Also, Dacia. Crazy to think that a Mercedes shares engines with a Dacia
Facts. I was going to make this point. I think that engine is in my mercedes c180.
It is
The one nice thing about the Juke is that in the US market, it has the engine of a vehicle a size-class larger. Most subcompact crossovers at the time had 130-140 hp engines while the Juke had 188hp.
Even the rental-spec Jukes have that engine in the US too. Meanwhile in Australia the base spec has a naturally aspirated 1.6 with the CVT or a 1.2T 4cyl with the 6 speed manual.
And the new generation that we get only has a 1.0T 3cyl in all trim levels (with the power of the old base models).
@@JulianKapa bless your hearts. I suppose you know to avoid these like a disease. They will have a lot of issues.
There was even a company in the UK that made them into a GTR by transplanting the running gear/drive train ,
Are there non-turbo USA Jukes? Looks like NA ones have 93hp/115hp
The nice thing about the juke”Joke” is smart people don’t buy them. 😉
I went through the same thing with my Durango. The transmission pressure sensor I got through amazon was wrong 3 times. I gave up and went to ebay and that was the right one. Took a lot longer than it should have.
I stopped recommending Nissan years ago, and hated doing it. I loved the company since it was Datsun here! Honda is right behind them. My oldest son and I prefer 2002 back for most of our projects in general. We like a few all through newer years, but we're very careful. Always good info.
Not even close. I wouldn’t even compare these two auto manufactures to each other haha
Honda: sets the bar high
Nissan: sets the bar with 💩
Nissan used to be a great and innovative car company producing reliable cars until the Renault takeover in the late 90´s. All Nissan's after that era are mostly crap.
Car Wizard, that engine sounds beautiful.
Alot of people love exhaust racket but to me that hood open , stock smooth engine running sound with no clicking ,rattling ,whistling or belt slipping is magic.
Nice job to you and your whole crew.
We can thank Carlos Ghosn for that engine and its bearing: He was the driving force behind the Renault Nissan Alliance.
He's certainly destroyed Nissan we've all loved over the past few decades, sad really.
My Rogue has been a great car. Japanese built. Japanese motor.
My wife has a '13 Murano, we've kept the CVT maintained well.
It's a really nice vehicle, regardless of the crappy CVT keeping me on pins and needles.
It's easily her favorite car, it's infuriatingly nice.
Back in the early 1970s a college classmate suffered a similar catastrophic engine failure. Her parents had gifted her a Mustang II at her high school graduation and at just over 2,000 miles (and on an interstate) the engine bit the big one. Needless to say, my classmate had to walk several miles to a pay phone (Yes Karen, there was a day when cell phones were not a thing.) to call her Dad for help. Dad, and a wrecker arrived a couple of hours later, and the Mustang was towed to the originating Ford dealership. Long story short, after a complete engine tear down, an aluminum clip, similar to the one visible in your shirt pocket, was found in the oil pump. How did it get there? Apparently at the factory. Thankfully the Ford dealership in her hometown did not make excuses or expect her parents to come off the hip for even more money and replaced the engine on their dime. My classmate drove that car for almost twenty years before she traded it for a Ford F-250 which she drives to this day.
I had a 2012 Nissan Juke great little car for the price switch the tires to Continentals DWS.. fantastic little beast in the snow! Got T-boned in a snowstorm, a Subaru and it was still Running!
Thanks for this. My 2011 is at 113k and never changed the cvt fluid. I’m going to do that ASAP at a diy shop. Hopefully it lasts a long time. So far I only changed the fuel pump and just did maintenance. I can tell it’s slowly changing and realizing it’s louder and need to really step up to make it last longer.
i thought wizard was gonna go crazy for a sec telling us about how he got the bearings 😂 always a good show, and very educational
Thx for explaining the reason for not getting hold of the bearings in the US. Heads up: Anytime you need European parts, let me know, I might be able to assist you.
It's like Dewalt, "Made in USA with globally sourced parts". Those "parts" are available only in OZ.
I’ve bought a 1 litre bottle of oil to top up my engine. It came in a plastic bag which was stapled at the top. I opened the bag and undid the bottle but I didn’t remove it from the bag. Thankfully the staples didn’t fall into the engine but I can see how the could.
A lot of owners switch out the transmission “beehive” cooler from the 08-13 Rogue. This lets you add a better transmission fin cooler that can be mounted in front of the radiator. And I think Nissans drain/fill service schedule is every 60k miles. I do mine 30-40k since these CVTs are notorious. By the way, the manual Nismo/Nismo RS version is the way to go.
Good advice
Solid advice. I'm studying how to make that cooler upgrade in my cube!
@@themanthemyththebanger Also, the hardest thing I had to deal with was calculating the extra amount of fluid to use. Once you install the external cooler and hoses, you’ve technically increased the cars fluid capacity. Some Nissans don’t even have a transmission fluid dipstick.
@@jaywhite1850 when I looked into this upgrade or possibly installing an air cooler in-line, that was what gave me pause -- knowing how much extra fluid I'd need. Plus I know the CVT in my car prefers to be up to operating temperature rather than running cold, so I kind of scrapped the air cooler idea in favor of maybe upgrading the factory heat exchanger instead. But I didn't know if that was even possible until now! Your note here has excited me.
My cube does have a dipstick on the trans, but you need a tool to release it because it's got a lock on its head. I've never done the CVT service myself at home, always at the dealership. But after a bad experience the last couple of visits, I'm starting to think I'll go to a good transmission shop next time (for its seventh trans service at 210k!) and ask if they would know how to do the upgrade.
@@themanthemyththebanger I would suggest find a shop that does a lot of truck repairs/upgrades. Newer trucks don’t have this problem but older ones weren’t setup for towing and didn’t have transmission coolers. They were 3rd party installed or diy until manufacturers started making them standard equipment. Only issue might be a shade tree mechanic that doesn’t know ctv transmissions use specific fluid. ABSOLUTELY don’t want that. Good luck!
It is a strong little engine and a fun car.
Only problem going forward will be, as you found out, parts availability, as it shares very few parts with other car/engine in the US.
I had a Chevy Spectrum. When I needed parts I told the parts store they were for an Isuzu I-Mark because that's what it was.
Glad to hear you finally got the right parts! Just went through this on my own vehicle and was getting quite annoyed as they kept sending the wrong parts.
I had 2002 Dodge Ram and could not get a wiper motor. I was told that they don’t make them. Love the Mopar feeling.
Try JC Whitney out of LaSalle IL
I almost bought one of these back in the day before the CVT issues were commonly known. No regrets in avoiding it. I never see these on the road anymore despite the last model year being 2017.
Pre CVT I had a Sentra 1.8 I bought at 60k miles and put 120k miles on with nothing more than a fuel pump and a crankshaft sensor. It was still going strong when I sold it. Mom had an 01 Maxima she put 240,000 miles on with it still running great. I hope one day they return to that build quality. Everything we have now is Toyota for obvious reasons
I think a lot depends on how you drive and especially how you service modern Nissans. I have a cube at 182,000 miles that's just now suffering its first mechanical problem with visible coolant loss around the water outlet. I suspect the $3 fiber gasket has finally let go. I'll pay to have it replaced later this week, probably put the $20 upper thermostat in there while it's apart because why not, and put it back in service.
Our last car before this was a 2004 Sentra. Great little car with a slightly different 1.8. You can definitely see the Renault influence in the engines that started going in Nissan's smaller cars in the 2007-up years, but they're not necessarily bad engines if they get serviced regularly.
Had a 2015 on lease. Thanks Wiz did not know the engine was Renault and dealers not stocking. Bought a Corolla for retirement. Glad now. Was thinking of buying Joke. Loved mine
Hi, I bought a new bolt(w/magnet) for my '08 Acura TL oil pan . I took it out of the package and somehow the staple from the bolt package ended up on the magnet of the bolt which I found a year later. Luckily after a year I found the washer on the next oil change.
I love my juke nismo rs. To the people that bash on the cvt either dont own one or dont keep up with maintenance. Ive had nothing but goodluck on mine just drove it on a 3146 mile trip with no issues.
50,000 mile interval on CVT oil isn't frequent enough. You should do 30,000 miles.
Our friend Ian from Australia shall from this point be known as the Wizard of Oz. Cheers, mate!🍺
From memory in Australia the Juke was UK built for Australia and for RHD markets we got a 1.2 Turbo manual base and the auto base initially had a Nissan NA 1.6 with the CVT only then upper spec got the 1.6 with a turbo in man/CVT?
I was waiting for this update. Thank you! :)
I had a friend who worked at a BMW Renault dealer early 70s. He quit solely because the Results were so poorly desk designed for maintenance. He quit in the spot and returned to school and got a master's in physics and ran a tunneling electron microscope for Motorola for a decade and a half.
Great mini series. Just saying Renault engines are normally pretty good. They seem to hold up well.
These are used in mercedes too.
I bet it's really good on fuel as petrol/gas/essence is expensive in France
I would change the cvt fluid every 30k. The fluid looks black after 30k. I work at a nissan dealer now and I've condemned 3 transmission dead this week so far. I also have had some time on the juke. They get really sludge up. They need the oil to be fully synthetic (they were putting in semi synthetic at the start) and be changed every 3000 miles. The turbos do okay with failure at around the 150k area. If you change the oil every 3,000 it will help prolong life. Nissan doesn't really support the motor anymore. There are a lot of tech line cases with replacing the long block. There was a recall early on to replace everything associated with the timing chains.
This guy knows what he's talking about, folks.
I have 30k CVT service intervals to thank for my original CVT making it 12 years and 182k, and still going.
I never put synthetic in my cube, but the MR18DE is a lot lower-stress engine than the MR16DDT. I've had nothing but good service from that powertrain. Can't complain about it.
Mexico has Renault and Peugeot dealerships.. if you have this issue again you might be able to get some from there, would be closer to you than AU.
Im holding my breath on my 2011 Juke. I bought it with around 92,000 miles. Its got the 1.6 engine and CVT transmission. I bought it from a used car sales in 2018. The biggest expense was replacing the Alternator so far. The belt clutch went bad on the old one. I try to baby it knowing that launching it hard could cause things to go bad sooner. It has 98,000 miles on it now.
So dont know how long it will hang in there but its paid for and gets us around the KC area well. Thanks for the video. Hopefully. We wont have that bearing go out.
How much did it cost to fix the alternator?? I have a bad one I’m going to get quoted for soon
I bought a used 2011 SL awd drive with 89k and now at 113k. I feel terrible I didn’t really take care of it and was late on oil changes. Had to replace the fuel pump and now I’m trying to get real quick on all the other maintenance like cvt, alternator, all little things I can do myself and save the big things for a shop in the future. I hope it lasts a long time. I’m trying to learn how to do the intake valve cleaning too.
@@slysimon8533learn to do it yourself. Just buy the part I’d find a person who loves working on cars. I paid a friend of mine some weed and a sandwich to change my fuel pump.
Maybe the wrong bearings were for the gasoline 1.6 Juke. I believe the petrol 1.6 version is made by Nissan, but the diesel version was sourced from Renault. Just like with a 2014 Suzuki Vitara I had, was equipped with a 2.4 Gasoline engine and to my knowledge there was a 1.9 DSL(which was also sourced from Renault) version in other countries, but we didn't get the DSL version here in the PH.
The US only ever got one engine for the Juke, the 1.6T. That said, there was a revision of the engine design for the 2015 model year, and those incorrect bearings are probably for that version.
Great to see the update. Was wondering about it lately
As far as I know all our Aussie Jukes are assembled in the UK.
I have a nissan qashqai (rogue there) and yes, it is a renault mechanically (engine, gearbox, diff...)
You probably already know this Car Wizard. There's 2 different 1.6L engines. One is a 3 cylinder and one is a 4 cylinder. Those 4 extra wrong sets of bearings are probably for the 1.6L 3 Cyl.
In America the only 1.6-liter engines Nissan has sold are all four-cylinder models. There is another popular 1.6 used in the Versa, Kicks, and a few other models in the last decade or so known as the HR16DE.
The new three-cylinder, so far the only one they're selling here at the time of this comment, is the new KR15DDT, at 1.5 liters of displacement. If you add one more cylinder to the KR15DDT, you get KR20DDET currently sold as the "VC Turbo" optional engine in the Nissan Altima midsize sedan.
I had a Nissan Juke junk with cvt, I had no issues even with the cvt. But, at 139000 my catalytic converter failed and they said that it damaged the engine. I still had payments due on the vehicle and warranty was not covering the problem. I miss the fun driving that little car. I would like another one but with a 5 spd
Wizard, my cube (and your cube, if you still have one) has the older, slower cousin to this engine, the MR18DE. And I've learned this week that some vital parts are permanently out of stock for that engine. So your story does not surprise me.
I discovered a coolant leak on my cube's engine this week, and I believe it's coming from the water outlet at the back of the engine. Probably just the gasket going out. Thankfully the gasket still exists and is still listed at $3 in the Nissan parts catalog online, but if by some chance I find the water outlet is damaged when I get in there to change the gasket, my only option is to source one from a junkyard. It's not bad, sourcing spares from junkyards, but it does make a man think how much longer he might get to enjoy his car.
Car Wizard, why don't you give a Dent Wizard in your area a try to remove the dent on the rear door? Save you the time and cost of repairing the door. Also, your subscribers want to see Mrs. Wizard driving her red Ferrari.
You sound sick buddy, hope you get to feeling better soon!
I had a guy from my high school class that had a 1970 Boss 302 Mustang. He installed the intake manifold package for the inline 4 barrel carburetor. As they installed it they found one manifold bolt missing. They found it on the first roadtest. Stuck in a piston.
My neighbor had a Juke about the era yours is. Bought it new. I think she kept it for 2 or 3 years and traded it in on a Toyota.
The problem is part of the jukes came with Nissan engines which is probably the bearings that the Nissan dealer has. The rest had Renault engines.
The US only got one engine for the Juke, the 1.6T of which there is a revised version that was rolled out for 2015 and later model which is most likely what those "wrong" bearings are for.
Funny. Bought a Nismo RS juke few months ago. Now replacing OEM origional clutch at 102,000 miles. Typically good till 100k.
Though $4k estimate from dealership. Clutch 2,500, flywheel 1,500. Flywheel side surprisingly contains the springs and what not. Cheaper options but no warranty.
I've owned Nissan for a long time and never had problems but this car matches the quality of cars build today Nissan isn't the only one producing junk there is a lot of junk out there from all manufacturers and we won't mention EV's
List the “junk” features to be precise, maybe?
I had this car for 7 years and never had any issues with it. No rattles, no oil consumption, good mpg.
With the turbo and the very quick CVT, it’s actually one of the fastest cars for overtaking or quick maneuvers on the road!
@@pepeshopping well how about putting the transmission cooler inside the radiator that was a fiasco
How pathetic the engineering staff at Nissan has become to not even have control over categorization of something as fundamental as a main bearing. It's just sad.
The pathetic people are the parts “experts” that don’t know anything about this Nissan-Renault car that was designed for the European market!
I tried to get a seat belt for the drivers seat of a 2005 Toyota Camry, gave the dealer the VIN and came back when they got it shipped in. According to my mechanic, they gave me the rear passenger seat belt but dealer insisted it was the drivers seat belt. My mechanic said the rear passenger belt winder is larger than for the drivers so it was no way they gave me the right one. So Toyota makes mistakes too. Thankfully the dealer gave me my money back and when my mechanic took the old one out to try and swap in the new one he discovered it was just twisted and was able to fix the original.
Honestly, japanese are pathetic at cataloguing. Say what you will about GM cars, but their catalogues are very precise and convenient, you can find every nut and bolt in a minute.
Go own a GM, Ford or Chrysler and get back to us!!
Not a fan of nissan at all!
My Mercedes B class also has a CVT transmission (it's the only model that had one), and the transmission service at the dealer is made every 60.000 KM (37.500 miles). Maybe even 50K is too much
Most of this is Renault. Including the cvt. Keep your contact in Melbourne (Mel Burn) we have plenty of Renault dealers.
Heck even Honda, amy CVT Is bound to collapse by design on my 2016 Civic Ive replace the fluid 2 times going on my third soon and she shifts smooth as new
Happy for you glad u got it running
I wonder if they changed the crank/bearings at some point during production and those other bearings would fit an earlier/later build.
I remember there were two or three different states of tune for this engine. The automatic made slightly less power, if I'm remembering it correctly. And then they had the NISMO edition that was pumped up a bit, and a NISMO RS version in the last year or two of the model's run in the US got yet another small power bump. So I'm guessing maybe an issue with that. Or maybe a confusion in Nissan's parts warehouse, where they're putting HR16DE bearings in a box marked for MR16DDT.
The Wizard had to leave Kansas and go to Oz to find a new heart for his engine.
Seems strange to me a Japanese company would look to a French company to source engines from. It’s not like Datsun made lousy engines 40 years ago. Why would they sub out the quality? It must have been strictly about $. With it being such a PITA to work in the engine compartment, seems like a bad car to own. It does have pluses though.
@@tennnis498 Because Renault and Nissan formed an Alliance when Nissan were near Bankrupt, Renualt used to own 43% of Nissan until 2023, they now own less. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan
Well us down in Melbourne, we do luv this show
Wizard, if you want that turbo to survive, get an after market turbo oil supply tube. Either Mba, of Fast Religion males one that will live the life of the motor and won't suffer from heat shrink and close off and starve off the oil supply to the turbo. Plus, I would add a trans cooler and beehive to it a d for sure do a trans service every 30k. It'll live well passed 200k if you do this and oil changes every 3k miles using only quality oil. Plus on the trans service only use Nissan branded CVT fluid.
There's starting to be an After market for these cars.. There's 2 different Tuning software's that work really well, ECTek, and UpRev.. Both can turn a stock juke into 250/300 HP beast depending on Bolt ons and Cat back..
oh, so thats the mr16DDT engine, which is also the renault M5Mt engine. DId you try looking for parts using the renault engine code?
This was great to see. Was hoping to see an update
This car is product of Renault Nissan Common Module Family (CMF). Basically, renault platform with nissan styling. 1.5dci (diesel engined) ones are nice in EU market. But surely they are not suitable for American market.
My wife test drove a Juke when new and entertained the thought of getting one. I’m so glad we didn’t. Nissan sure didn’t stand behind these and why would they use an engine from Renault?
Maybe they are for a 1.6 Nissan March / Livina / Sentra / Tiida... in Brazil they share many components with Renault. Great work wizard!
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Don't fergit there's a whole other transmission filter inside the CVT oil warmer. It's serviceable through the left inner fender. Nobody ever tells anyone about it. It's very similar to an oil filter cartridge.
You mean you don't have to drop the trans pan to get that paper cartridge filter off the CVT? I need to look into this!
So the Wizard now really has a Juke Joint!
I think we had a lemon. 5 transmissions ( all with the same failure ) turbo, cooling fans and relays, ac compressor, timing chain issue and a few other odd things, all before 100k miles.
you would probably get the bearing in the uk they are built in the uk well we build jukes over here anyway not sure about us market. there is thousands of these 1.6 jukes over here so im sure parts would be readily available.
In the UK 1.6 Turbo MR16DDT is fairly uncommon. Most petrol jukes are 1.2 Turbo or 1.6 non turbo - possibly they gave you parts for one of them
The multi turn stop valve on my guest bath toilet would never shut the water off. When I put a new quarter turn valve on, I took the old valve apart to see what the problem was. There was a screw, identical to the screw that held the handle on, inside the valve body. I'm guessing it came that way from the factory.
My buddy bought one. Came with a 60 thousand mile transmission warranty. He got lucky and it went at 58. It was shot. Needed a whole trans.
i'm new to this channel but I love the way at 3:38 he says "no it's not" 😆
I drove a friend across country in one of those with 156,000 mi on it. We got about a hundred miles in on our 2400 mi trip, as soon as we hit a small incline it started chugging. The transmission was rapidly going out, we made it for a check engine light finally triggered it wouldn't hold speed and kept slowing down turn it off wait and did it again. Went to AutoZone and reset the light and drove it 2 miles to a dealership and got $3,500 for it. The transmission's are totally irreparable
The sound pad under the hood deserves replacing !
Nice to see it fixed, but what a mess of an engine !
20 years old? The las Renault vehicles in the USA were sold in 1987...a few Renaults survived the AMC merger (e.g. Renault Premier) and soldiered on into the 1990's. The last Renault part I'm aware of that Chrysler used is the Premier transaxle which was used in the first generation Chrysler LH cars. That's why they're front wheel drive but have longitudinal engine mounting (the way front wheel drive should be!)
"These engines are not really design very well." Maybe for mechanics... This engine is still sold. The 1.8 variant is in the Megane RS with 300hp. And the diesel version(same spaghetti) was even put in Mercedes vehicles.
It's one of the most commercially successful engines ever.
Really enjoy your presentations, thanks very much for the great information.
I'd say I didn't know they even made Renault anymore, except when I go to Europe they are all over the place. Each one smaller than the last.