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1.6 DIG-T MR16DDT

The turbocharged Juke engine, and quick enough to make the car genuinely entertaining. Direct injection means the intake valves collect deposits, so a car with no decarbonising history will feel flat.

Overview

The 1.6 DIG-T is the MR16DDT petrol version of the Nissan Juke crossover (F15), sold 2010–2019 with 190 PS and manual or automatic. Demands diligence at level 3. Intake carbon from direct injection, and the CVT on automatic cars is the larger bill. 2 failure modes are recorded against its engine, gearbox, chassis and shared components. Prices on this page are illustrative placeholders rather than a sourced market sample. See the methodology for how the bands are derived.

Nissan Juke crossover (F15) · photo Nissan Juke (F15) Washington DC Metro Area, USA (2) by OWS Photography · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Power190 PS

Torque240 Nm

Years2010–2019

Fuelpetrol

DriveFWD / AWD

EnginesMR16DDT

Biggest risks

Ranked by probability × repair cost. 2 recorded in total.

59Demands diligence

CVT fluid degradation and belt wear€1,400–€3,200partly checkable
Carbon buildup on intake valves€400–€700not checkable

Risk level −22 · Likely spend vs price −19 · all issues →

System by system9 systems reviewed · 7 with no recurring fault reported

Engine✓ clearNo recurring fault reported for this system on this engine.

Fuel system✓ clearNo recurring fault reported for this system on this engine.

Intake & airwatchCarbon buildup on intake valves, €400–€700.

Cooling✓ clearNo recurring fault reported for this system on this engine.

Emissions✓ clearNo recurring fault reported for this system on this engine.

Transmission⚠ attentionCVT fluid degradation and belt wear, €1,400–€3,200.

Electrics✓ clearNo recurring fault reported for this system on this engine.

Suspension & brakes✓ clearNo recurring fault reported for this system on this engine.

Body & interior✓ clearNo recurring fault reported for this system on this engine.

Pre-facelift or facelift, this engine spans both

The same badge either side of the changeover. Bands are split at the facelift year from the generation record.

Phase	Years	Low	Average	High	Good buy	What differs
pre Pre-facelift	2010–2013	€6,500	€10,000	€15,000	€8,250	The specification the car launched with.
LCI Facelift (LCI)	2014–2019	€7,100	€10,900	€16,350	€9,000	Revised nose and lights; Larger boot; New infotainment and personalisation options

Known issues, ranked by expected cost

Faults recorded against this engine, its components and its chassis, ranked by likelihood × repair cost. Costs are indicative ranges with a stated labour basis.

CVT fluid degradation and belt wearJatco CVT€1,400–€3,200

Hesitation as the car pulls away, engine flare with no matching acceleration, a shudder at low speed, and eventually a warning light and limp mode. The belt and pulleys depend entirely on the fluid, and the fluid degrades with heat. Owners skip the changes because the service schedules downplay them, and by the time the symptoms arrive the belt has usually worn.

Check: Drive from cold in slow traffic and feel for shudder, hesitation or flare. Then ask for the fluid-change record, and treat a car with none as carrying the full cost.

TransmissioncommonPartly detectableevidence: documented90–180k km

Carbon buildup on intake valvesdirect injection€400–€700

Rough cold idle, slow throttle response, misfires, gradual loss of low-end response. Direct injection puts no fuel over the intake valves, so crankcase vapour deposits bake on undisturbed.

Check: Not visible without a borescope. Treat it as a service item that's due unless there's a receipt. It's not a fault, it's an unbudgeted maintenance cost.

Turbo & intakeuniversalNot detectable at viewingevidence: documented80–120k km

Ranked by probability × repair cost, not by how loudly a failure is discussed. Inherited from the engine, gearbox, chassis and shared components, each written once.

Pre-purchase inspection

The same issue records, reordered into the sequence you can actually check them in: cold start, static, drive, paperwork.

2 checks · saved in this browser ·

1On the driveInclude low-speed manoeuvring, not just an open road.

CVT fluid degradation and belt wearDrive from cold in slow traffic and feel for shudder, hesitation or flare. Then ask for the fluid-change record, and treat a car with none as carrying the full cost.

2PaperworkOn these cars the folder is most of the value.

Carbon buildup on intake valvesNot visible without a borescope. Treat it as a service item that's due unless there's a receipt. It's not a fault, it's an unbudgeted maintenance cost.

Mileage and servicing

What the odometer does and doesn't tell you here, plus the service items whose neglect causes the expensive failures above.

Carbon builds on the intake valves with time and use rather than to a schedule, so a flat-feeling car may simply need cleaning. On a CVT car, fluid history is the number that predicts the big bill.

Service item	Interval	Cost
Intake valve cleaning Deposits cost power and cause misfires on a direct-injection petrol.	80,000–120,000 km	€300–550
CVT fluid, if fitted Skipped changes are the main cause of failure in this gearbox.	every 60,000–80,000 km	€180–300

What to pay

What this engine sells for, against the median of every engine in the chassis. All figures are illustrative placeholders. See the basis chips.

median €10.4k

€6.5k€8.3k€16.4k

Cheapfind the reasonGood buyif it checks outFairnormal moneyOverpricedneeds justifying

Asking price (€)Mileage (km)

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United States vs Europe

1 EUR = 1.08 USD · 2026-07

🇪🇺 Europe · EUR€8,250band €6,500–€16,350

🇺🇸 United StatesNot sold1.6 DIG-T MR16DDT was never a US-market car

What that meansNo US band exists to compare. Any car you find there's a private import, parts and specialist knowledge are thinner, and the price says more about import cost than about the market.

US figures are the EU band converted at a stated rate. No US market differential is modelled: we hold no sourced US asking prices, and inventing one would be worse than saying so. What the comparison does show for real is availability. Most of this range was never sold in the US.

ModelNissan Juke 1.6 DIG-T
ChassisF15
EngineMR16DDT
Years2010–2019
MarketCentral EU
Windowrolling 12 months to 2026-07

Good buy at or under the marker · Median asking price · bar spans the 10th to 90th percentile · dashed line is the f15 median, all 2 engines

Good buy isn't the same as cheapest. The good-buy figure assumes the known failure items are either done with receipts or verifiably not yet due. Full breakdown by facelift phase →

Buyer notes

Our judgement, kept separate from the records it's built on.

Our read, not a record

With 190 PS the Juke becomes properly rapid, and the four-wheel-drive version is a curiosity worth driving. Direct injection means the intake valves collect deposits, so ask what decarbonising work has been done if the car feels lazy. Take the manual, because the Jatco CVT is the most expensive component here and its fluid changes are widely skipped. So budget for fuel and tyres, as this engine encourages a driving style that consumes both.

Everything above this line comes from the issue and specification records. This paragraph is our judgement on top of them. See how we reach it.

Full specification

Manufacturer figures for this engine and body, as recorded in the variant and engine data.

Engine code	MR16DDT 1.6 DIG-T
Configuration	I4, turbocharged · 1618 cc
Fuel / injection	petrol · direct
Model years	2010–2019
Facelift phase	Sold either side of the 2014 facelift, 2010–2013 pre, 2014–2019 LCI
Power / torque	190 PS · 240 Nm
Transmissions	6-speed manual · CVT
Gearbox families	Jatco CVT
Drivetrain	FWD · AWD
Economy (real-world)	7.5–9.5 l/100 km mixed
Markets	EU