Removing the Dipstick

• 1). Open the hood and find the continuously variable transaxle dipstick, the black-capped stick on the near the front of the engine compartment on the driver’s side of the engine.
  
  
• 2). Look at the front of the CVT dipstick’s cap and find the small hole in the cap. Insert a small straight O-ring pick, or other small pick-like tool, into the hole, then press and hold inward to disengage the locking tab
  
  
• 3). Pull the dipstick from the CVT dipstick tube and wipe the old fluid from the dipstick with a clean, lint-free cloth.
  
  

Checking the Fluid level

• 1). Start the Altima’s engine and drive it for about 10 minutes. Park the Altima on a flat and level surface. Shift the gear shifter through every gear, pausing for about two seconds at each gear. Place the shifter back into “Park.”
  
  
• 2). Follow steps 1 through 3 in the section titled “Removing the dipstick.”
  
  
• 3). Rotate the dipstick roughly 180 degrees from its original mounting position. Reinsert the CVT dipstick into the tube until the cap contacts the dipstick tube.
  
  
• 4). Remove the dipstick and check that the fluid level is within the crosshatched area on the CVT dipstick. If the fluid is low, insert a funnel into the CVT dipstick tube and add Nissan CVT Fluid NS-2 until the level is correct.
  
  

Reinstalling the Dipstick

• 1). Rotate the dipstick to its original mounting position.
  
  
• 2). Insert the CVT dipstick into its tube. Press down on the CVT tube, while keeping the protrusion on the dipstick’s cap aligned with the metal tab on the dipstick tube.
  
  
• 3). Rotate the cap left and right slightly until you hear the locking tab click into place. Pull upward on the CVT dipstick's cap to assure it is locked. Repeat this step as needed.