DIY nissan tiida automatic transmission repair

Story: Fishing trip, vydovy nissanchik, mud. They kneaded for a long time and thoughtfully. At some point, the box refused to quickly turn the wheels back. Attempts were made, but sluggish, and at increased engine speeds. As a result, the car was dug up and pulled out, but even after the box cooled down, the reverse gear did not appear. It was, but only on a flat road and it feels like the box is skidding a lot Everything was normal with the movement.

Theory: During the excavations and the subsequent trip, that just did not think. The most suitable option is overheating of the automatic transmission fluid. However, this option assumes, in the same way, the axle boxes of the box when moving forward. And of course, the thought came to me about the automatic transmission breaking down, well, you never know everything that can break down.

Repair Attempt 1: Replacing the automatic transmission fluid. It gave a result - the reverse gear became more pronounced, but again only on a flat surface and if you press the accelerator pedal. In general, replacing the slurry did not give anything.

Search in manuals and forums: All searches, as before, led to the conclusion that the reverse friction discs had become unusable as a result of oil overheating or other factors (looking ahead - others).

A decision was made to extract, disassemble, troubleshoot and repair the automatic transmission right in the garage.

Organized with a relative, and flooded, the car on a half-meter bakulka with a jack. The garage is equipped with a pit, so it rushed: there is no photo, but in short, everything is according to the manual, all the hoses, all the wires were disconnected, from below everything that could be disconnected, the cardan shaft and everything in general. There is no hook in the garage, so we thought that we would wake up and put the box with our hands, we thought that it weighs 50 kilograms, maximum 70, and together we can definitely remove and short-circuit it back. They intended to shoot on a jack and a board across the pit. Oh, I'll tell you, shooting without hanging is still a pleasure. They squirmed for a long time, hard, the box was lowered on a jack, initially it was held on pillows and a pair of engine bolts.

After they jacked up the engine and the box with two jacks, they began to unscrew the pillow and the box from the engine (the flywheel was unscrewed in advance, there are technological holes, in general - all according to the manual ). They unscrewed, but no, something prevents the box from sinking into them - according to the manual, it is simply taken out downward. as a result, they found 2 more bolts for the engine and 1 motor - gearbox. Unscrewed - somehow it is all the same bad, probably stuck - and indeed, and on the guides it sits to the engine. Tugged. the box is unstuck, removed from the guides, we tensed. We pulled ourselves together, compensated for the box with the weight of the jack and began to lower it. It was a huge mistake not to remove the drives from the hubs - although they were not in the boxes, they interfered and resisted a lot and did not allow the box to be lowered and there was nowhere to put them. We tried to unscrew the hub nut in the process, it did not work, one - not from the hand. As a result, one of us held the box on a jack, the second unscrewed the hub from the rack so that by tilting the steering knuckle we could remove the drive to the side so that it would not interfere.

The drive was removed only one, the second was supposed to be pulled out in the process. Yeah. They unscrewed one rack (the steering tips had already been dismantled), tilted the entire hub and removed the entire drive from the box, then again the descent and recess of the second drive, the second sat deep in the box and to take it out of the box, the entire box was also moved towards the arch. In general, they barely took out a long drive, a box on a piece of wood, and it weighs a lot together with a gearbox.

Then they carried the box to the street and, with the help of a mini-washer, washed it at least a little, plugging the holes with rags.Then a box on a specially prepared table for parsing.

The manual assumes 88 points for disassembling the box, but what we need is a large-knot disassembly to gears with clutches. At first, they did not start according to the manual, in the end it turned out to be the wrong side, only one bolt was broken off (I did not want to unscrew, then the wrong side was grabbed by a couple of bolts until the moment of collection)

Unscrewed the oil pan, photo from this moment. Some comments along the way of the photos:

4-speed automatic transmission RL4F03A / V RE4F03A / B developed by a Japanese concern Jatco (owned in the 20th century by the Nisssan corporation with the participation of Mazda) in 1990 for front-wheel drive Nissan Primera with engines up to 2 liters (according to Jatko's classification - small & medium). Replaced the previous version RL4F02A with hydraulic control.

RL4F03A / V: L - hydraulic shift control. E - (RE4F03A) - electric, using solenoids.

4 (RL4F03A / V) - number of speeds.

F (RL4F03A / V) - front-wheel drive,

03 - class in terms of transmitted torque. This family is called the “03rd Nissan”.

A (RL4F03A / V) - sub-modifications adapted for different cars, different requirements, later versions.

Since 2000, a new sub-modification of this 4-speed gearbox with reinforced packages and a new valve body has been installed even on some cars of the premium segment of Nissan (Maxima, Sentra) and Infiniti (I30 - I35, G20). But these cars in our repair are rare due to the fact that this automatic machine is too brooding for 3 liters, is rare in our market and runs too reliably until the old age of the car.

In 1994, another design update was made, and in 2000, another re-release, which was named RE4F03B ... RE4F03A turned out to be quite successful in terms of price-reliability ratio and after 2000 they began to actively put it on the entire Nissan model range from Note, Almera and Tiida to Teana. Now this reliable and unpretentious family of automatic transmissions is still installed in most Nissan factories around the world.

Related to the design of the automatic transmission JF403.

Typical automatic transmission repair points

Pick up repair kits - press the button on the left.

In each overhaul RE4F03A, a set of gaskets and seals No. 314002 is replaced, the rubber of which may still look good, but after 8-10 years of operation with overheating it can crack and break at any time, but much more important is the replacement of the rings, the wear of which affects the oil pressure in clutch packages. Recently, craftsmen have chosen Precision Repair Kit more often.

A metal filter with an open mesh No. 314010 is usually replaced during overhaul, and not blown out, since heavily neglected machines with burnt oil come to the repair.

Usually all clutches 314003 are also replaced, less often - burnt steel discs (set - 314004).

The brake band (up to 1999 - 314020) in 2000 was modified - 314020C (on right).

Repairs most often consist in cleaning and overhauling the valve body, replacing gaskets, consumables, springs (shock absorbers), repairing the torque converter-314001. For a complete bulkhead, order Masterkit - 314007.

Long-term operation with worn out torque converter consumables leads to vibrations on the pump shaft, wear of the pump sleeve 314034, the oil seal and then the pump itself - 314500. The pumps only have to be installed on the control unit.

If you start this disease, then the bushings of the remaining nodes are produced. Full set of bushings - 314030,

Of the packages, the most often burned discs of the LowRev package are 314114 and 314134.

In every second overhaul, the Solenoid Block (No. 314420), which has exhausted its resource, is also changed (the resource of solenoids is measured by the number of on-off cycles - several hundred thousand and is reduced when working in a dirty oil environment and should be changed after 10-12 years, without waiting for sudden death on the road). And the problem with exhausted solenoids leads to an unpredictable lack of pressure in the clutch packs and, as a consequence, slipping of the clutches, burning oil, and then along the chain of all the other packs.

Since 2000, the RE4F03 solenoid set is its own - 315420B.

Hydraulic plates of modifications 93-99 years and after 99 have different sets of solenoids!

Jatko has consistently improved the oil used on these boxes following the market. Each time changing the letter in his "Nissan Matic - D".

Then, when the computer began to use the slip of the blocking clutches - “Matic J“, Analogous to synthetic oils such as Dexron 6. The latest synthetic oils withstand modern oil temperatures (130-150º), and therefore it is impossible to downgrade the oil when changing. Later, following the competitors (Toyota WS), they switched to the next generation of synthetics - “Matic S”, which has a reduced viscosity when working in a cold state. To the oil level, this unkillable box is not very whimsical, but it loves clean oil, especially when the wear of the rings and bushings is 10-30 hundredths of a mm higher than the factory values.

The hardware is very reliable. Except for oil leaks from under the pump oil seal (much later than 150 tkm), which usually indicates wear of the torque converter consumables and the pump bushing, otherwise this box can be considered unkillable. Provided that the oil is changed on time. It is recommended to change the oil not by time, but by transparency.

In 2007, a new sub-modification of RE4F03 was released for the Nissan Tiida with a modified pallet. The pan gasket (# 314300) is different for these.

Of the "iron" in an age-related automatic transmission that has survived a long "oil starvation" sometimes fail (in order):

- Drum (Reverse) No. 314556 with a piston, surface wear by a brake band - 314020.

- Drum (High Clutch) 314555. The shaft turns, various types of wear on the surface of the shaft, drum. Here the most frequently burning clutches are Reverse - 314110.

All "hardware" is most often ordered second-hand, since the cost of the used device is much lower than the original, and the quality of Jatko's metal is usually good.

- Drum (Forward) 314554. General wear of surfaces, bushings.

- In very old cars with the maximum engine for this family, the rear planetary row 314584A fails.

If you monitor the purity of the oil in this automatic transmission and change the solenoids in time, then it will run as long as the car itself. The repair statistics are complicated by the fact that the box runs for a long time and the owners often prefer to shoot a “sick horse” than to call a veterinarian to him. Although owners with skillful hands successfully restore this unpretentious, uncomplicated and hard-to-kill box.

Price (retail), availability or delivery time can be viewed and ordered in the online store by clicking on the part number on an orange background.

On which cars this automatic transmission family was installed:

Good afternoon, dear members of the forum. For a couple of hours I honestly dug up topics that I found similar only 10 years ago, so I apologize if I missed a fresh one.

The problem is as follows. Nissan Tiida 2008 1.6 automatic transmission, Mexican, mileage 115 thousand. I bought the car 2 months ago to replace the Opel Corsa AT 2007 (God forbid, once again, get into a mess !!). The car is in excellent condition (at first and second glance). There was a problem - it skidded heavily in the snow and rain slurry, after which the characteristic sound began when picking up speed (trolleybus hum / breeze), after switching to 2nd gear, the sound disappears. The sound appeared after skidding just.

But this is half the trouble, she began to twitch perceptibly, there are (not always) strong jolts when I lower the speed, and then I increase the gas. And plus it is very dull when switching to the 4th - the revs grow, it roars, but the box does not switch. When accelerating from 60 km / h to 75 km / h, the speed reaches 3000 sometimes, although in the normal state after 2200 it switches.

The oil is in good condition, purple, the smell is ok (but has not changed in 10 years).

Please help, who can do anything - advice, contacts of an automatic transmission specialist. Moved to St. Petersburg recently (by nickname it is clear - from Nizhny Novgorod). It is clear, girl, but I love cars and I try to understand my own as much as I can, at least I stand next to (above my soul) with any intervention of the master. Judging by other topics, St. Petersburg craftsmen in 99% of cases do not want to understand, they recommend changing the box (an unrealistic amount for me, all the more I don’t believe that I stalled SO much and killed the box).By so-so feminine intuition, I sense that the matter is in the electrics, mb solenoids. I know that there are a couple of St. Petersburg guards - Fred_Spb, Medved and durgie, I really hope for their help too.

In general, help the girl, I have good karma!

Most drivers in the last ten to fifteen years have tried to choose an automatic transmission when buying a car. It cannot be said that Nissan Tiida has big problems with it, but not a single motorist is immune from malfunctions. The whole point is not only in the factory durability of the box, but also in its care and careful operation.

If you feel jerky when driving a Nissan Tiida when shifting gears, do not be alarmed. It's all about their intensity. So, the automatic transmission on Tiida is equipped with a hydromechanical system. When changing gears, traction is lost, respectively, the revolutions are also dropped, the gear is engaged and the speed is picked up again. Therefore, a light jerk is a normal result. If at the same time the car gets a thorough shake, then, no doubt, you will have to go to the service station for diagnostics.

Sometimes inexperienced car enthusiasts argue that a variator gearbox will be an excellent replacement for automatic transmissions in terms of reliability and functionality. True, they forget that repairing variators is much more expensive than repairing automatic transmissions, and there are also problems with it, and sometimes considerable ones. But back to the automatic transmission malfunctions.

Symptoms of a Nissan Tiida automatic transmission breakdown may include slipping, the appearance of an emergency mode signal on the instrument panel, vibration or strong shocks, especially when driving on uneven roads, noise, etc. Offhand, it is not always easy to determine the affected mechanism, detailed diagnostics are needed, and it is better to do this on a computer stand.

For your part, try to periodically check the oil level in the box, change the ATF and filters in time, do not drive a cold automatic transmission in winter, sometimes flush the valve body. Believe me, replacing it will take much more money from you.

Examples of our work on the repair of automatic transmissions and variators Nissan

Good evening, today on the pages of our blog Nissan Teana, which required CVT repair JF016E .

This car came to us on a tow truck, the reason that the car did not move under its own power was a variator malfunction, namely JF016e , the official dealer, as usual, threw up his hands, despite the fact that the warranty ended a month ago, we said we were sorry and offered to replace the box for 640 thousand rubles, the amount is surprising.

In our technical center, the owner of the car received competent advice and electronic diagnostics of the automatic transmission after which we were able to identify a presumptive malfunction associated with slipping of the variator belt.

During troubleshooting, our assumptions were confirmed:

The main problem was in the torque converter, its temperature was so high that the body changed color, as a result, the belt slipped and damaged the cone quite seriously.

The chips have entered the pump and pressure relief valve stuck .

Further, how along the chain, everything led to the fact that jf016e completely refused to work, and the car just stopped , further movement was possible only on a tow truck, however, this is how the car came to us.

Unfortunately, such repairs do not belong to simple and budgetary ones, but we did everything possible so that the owner could continue to enjoy his car, and also gave a guarantee for our work for 1.5 years.

If something bothers you in the operation of your automatic transmission or you just want to make sure that it works perfectly for you and continue to sleep peacefully, sign up for a free diagnosis and come and get acquainted!

Classic renovation JF015E with groove of cones, valve body repair, belt, pump and all consumables.

The mileage of the car is 97.000 km, problems: the car is not moving. On the cold there are attempts to go, but then slipping follows, and emergency mode.

We will tell you about the Nissan Juke of the year of manufacture, with the installed CVT JF015 .

More precisely, a kind of hybrid between a variator and a two-stage gearbox, which made it possible to reduce the cones, thereby increasing the gear ratio using two forward gears, but now not about the device of this automatic transmission, but about its problems, and how we solved them!

The car came to us with the "childhood disease" of these variators, namely: it suddenly stopped moving forward, while driving backward perfectly =)

Our craftsmen already knew the ways of repairing this variator, so the owner was almost immediately assigned the amount of repair, and we began to remove, make defects, and also so as not to waste time, which is never superfluous, to repair the gearbox.

During the troubleshooting, the same childhood disease was discovered, namely:

- Breakage of the input shaft bearing

Unfortunately, on these types of transmissions, the input shaft bearing is a flaw, and the weak point of the entire gearbox, because the shaft skews due to heavy loads, vibrations occur, and unfortunately all this leads to the imminent death of the rest of the gearbox assemblies, as happened in this case.

As a result of a bearing failure, the chips got into the pump, then along the chain into the cone and the variator belt.

Also at this checkpoint, we found and eliminated another “childhood disease”, namely the broken sun gear which you can see below in the photo.

Such a breakdown occurs due to heavy loads , and abrupt starts from a place.

Our masters carried out the CVT repair in a short time, and within a couple of days the car was handed over to the owner, along with warranty papers for repairs.

Many owners are faced with the choice of what to install, automatic transmission, or repair their own?

In fact, making repairs, you get a new unit, and installing a used automatic transmission is a lottery and, unfortunately, not always with a positive outcome.

Our guest Nissan qashqai with variator JF015E and his problems.

The car came to us under its own power, but unfortunately with a very bad move =), we can say that it did not travel at all, a hum came from the transmission, a rattle at the first signs appeared that there was nothing alive in the box at all.

After the diagnostics, it was decided to remove the variator, open it and make troubleshooting. So we did it, after removal and troubleshooting, a malfunction was established that prevented the variator from working correctly: The input shaft bearing collapsed (Let's just say a childhood illness for these variators).

And if the owners did not try to drive the way from the Belarusian border to Moscow, then most of the amount for repairs could have been avoided, namely, replacing the pump, grinding the cones and replacing the belt.

Therefore, we strongly recommend that when the first faults appear in the automatic transmission, do not delay the diagnosis of problems.

Our technical center gave this car a new life, and the owners a guarantee in a year and a half!

Come to us for a free diagnosis of the operation of your automatic transmission.

Within the walls of our service Nissan X-Trail '08 with a 2.5-liter engine, variator JF011 .

The car came to us with a problem typical for these cars, namely: it did not accelerate when the gas pedal was pressed sharply, the diagnostics did not reveal any errors, therefore, as often happens, it was decided to remove the variator for troubleshooting.

After troubleshooting, it was revealed that the bearings fell apart in the cones, and they wedged as a result, a kind of slipping occurred, as if the car was choking. Verdict - the variator requires repair.

Our craftsmen repaired the variator of this car, changed the oil and all the parts that needed to be replaced: a spacer kit, grinding cones, bearings. After 3 days, the car left our service, already under its own power with its satisfied owner.

Today we have Nissan Juke 2012 onwards., with an unusual appearance.

The problem was the hum, which is very typical of these boxes. There was also an impact on the “R”, the mileage of the car was 60.000 km. We proceeded to remove the box.

As a result, as the analysis showed, the problem is:

- Defective input shaft bearing.

As we wrote earlier, this is a childhood disease of variators. JF015 ... Also in this case, it was necessary to change the driven shaft due to a malfunction of which the gearbox and got up into emergency mode. At the same time, consumables were replaced: spacer kit, starter motor serviced, valve body.

Namely, we will talk about JF015E , she is well known to you from past blogs.

This time again, everything is almost the same, although this time the car arrived on its own, but there were problems with the torque converter, during troubleshooting I saw malfunctions on other nodes and it was decided to service the JF015e variator.

As you can see from the photo, the cones are already heavily worn:

Plus, you can also see signs of wear on the variator belt:

In addition, it is possible to note pump malfunctions that provoked severe wear on the seizure valve on which you can see in the photo.

As a result, the variator got a new life, and the owner can forget about problems with it for a long time, and not guess about the next repair as in the case of installing a "contract box"

And if you are worried about the state of your automatic transmission, we invite you to a free diagnostics to our service, we will be glad to see you all week, well, except for weekends, of course, these days we have a rest 🙂

Automobile Nissan almera, 2014 onwards, mileage 140.000km, came to us on its own, but when driving, the box "fell" into an accident and she clearly needed in-depth diagnostics (troubleshooting).

After agreement with the client, we began the process of removing the box from the car, after a couple of hours the gearbox was already in the box, we immediately did not like the fact that the box was all covered in oil ...

Next, we began the troubleshooting process, where we disassembled the gearbox step by step and checked the parts for defects.

The first brake band was found, followed by another brake band.

Both burned-out brake bands, the further troubleshooting process also revealed burnt friction discs to us.

Therefore, after agreement with the client, we offered an option to replace all defective parts, gasket kits, filters and provide guarantees for repair 1.5 years, of course, this option is better than any contract box!

And finally, we want to remind you: Always monitor the quality and level of the transmission fluid, service your automatic transmission in a timely manner, and when the first symptoms of a malfunction appear, do not delay the visit to the service!

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