Complete JF016E control valve body with solenoids for 2013-2017 Nissan Altima 2.5L and 2014-2017 Rogue, replacing 31705-28X0D and 28X2B.
A Nissan Altima that shudders under light throttle around town, a Rogue that hesitates and won't drop out of a high ratio, or an X-Trail that drops into a fixed "failsafe" ratio on the highway all point to the same part: the valve body inside the JF016E (RE0F10D) CVT. This listing is the complete valve body assembly for that transmission - the solenoid pack, the stepper motor and the pressure control solenoids come already mounted to the casting, so it bolts onto the transmission as one finished unit instead of a bare body you have to rebuild from your old core.
The JF016E doesn't have fixed gears to lock into the way a planetary automatic does. Instead the valve body routes regulated line pressure to the primary and secondary pulley actuators and to the forward and lockup clutch circuits, while the stepper motor physically repositions a control valve to set how far the primary pulley closes. The computer reads that position along with pressure sensor feedback and continuously adjusts the pulley ratio and the torque converter lockup through the valve body's solenoids. When the bores wear or a solenoid screen loads up with clutch material, that control loop gets sloppy and the transmission starts hunting, slipping, or holding a ratio it has no business sitting on.
Pull the stored codes and check fluid condition first - a plugged filter screen or fluid loaded with clutch material produces every symptom on this list without the valve body itself being at fault, so drop the pan and check the magnet before you spend money here. Sonnax's technical documentation for this transmission family ties a worn lockup control plunger bore to torque converter clutch codes and converter shudder, and ties a worn pulley control valve to slipping and ratio complaints. If your codes and symptoms match one of those patterns and the fluid and filter are already in good shape, the valve body is the next real suspect.
This assembly replaces OE numbers 31705-28X0D, 31705-28X2B, 31705-28X0A, 31705-28X0B and 31705-28X0C, and covers the 2013-2017 Altima with the QR25DE four-cylinder, the 2014-2017 Rogue QR25DE, the 2017-2019 Rogue Sport with CVT assembly 31020-70X9E only, and the 2017-2018 X-Trail with CVT assembly 31020-70X9C or 70X9D only. Jatco ran more than one casting behind the same model year, so check the CVT assembly number stamped on your case, not just the model year, before ordering. If your Altima or Rogue falls outside this casting, we also carry the earlier 2012-2014 valve body assembly and the rest of the lineup on our CVT parts collection.
The valve body mounts to the underside of the CVT with the pan off. Line the case-to-body dowels up before any bolts go in, and torque them down in a criss-cross pattern to the factory spec rather than working around the perimeter. Keep the harness connector clean and fully seated, fill with genuine Nissan NS-3 CVT fluid, and run the TCM's adaptive relearn with a scan tool before the road test - skipping the relearn leaves the computer compensating for the old unit and the shudder can come right back. Change the filter at the same time, and if you're already this deep, our JF016E master rebuild kit and CVT filter cover the rest of what typically needs attention at the same time.
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Doing this repair right usually means replacing these at the same time. Same transmission, ships together.
Yes. The solenoid pack, stepper motor and pressure control solenoids are already mounted to the casting, so it installs as one complete unit rather than a bare body you have to populate from your old core.
2013-2017 Nissan Altima with the QR25DE, 2014-2017 Rogue QR25DE, 2017-2019 Rogue Sport with CVT assembly 31020-70X9E only, and 2017-2018 X-Trail with CVT assembly 31020-70X9C or 70X9D only.
Check the CVT assembly number stamped on the transmission case against the numbers listed in the fitment section. Jatco used more than one casting within the same model year, so the model year alone is not enough to confirm fit.
Shudder under light throttle, hesitation or slip on takeoff, the CVT holding a high ratio and not coming down, failsafe mode, or stored codes like P0847, P0841 or P17F0.
Genuine Nissan NS-3 CVT fluid. Running NS-2 or a generic multi-vehicle CVT fluid is likely to bring the shudder back.
Reset the CVT's learned values with a scan tool before the road test, and change the filter at the same time so debris from the old unit does not circulate through the new valve body.
