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2.0 MR20DE

A port-injected chain-driven petrol four with no turbo and no filter. It's unhurried and thirsty for its size, and there is nothing expensive recorded against it beyond listening for the chain.

Overview

The 2.0 is the MR20DE petrol version of the Nissan Qashqai crossover (J10), sold 2007–2013 with 141 PS and manual or automatic. Manageable at level 2. A port-injected chain-driven four with no filter and no injector risk, so the chain is the only thing to listen for. 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 Qashqai crossover (J10) · photo Nissan Qashqai, Bj. 2008 - Front (2008-09-21 ret) by Spurzem - Lothar Spurzem · CC BY-SA 2.0 de · Wikimedia Commons

Power141 PS

Torque196 Nm

Years2007–2013

Fuelpetrol

DriveFWD / AWD

EnginesMR20DE

Biggest risks

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

78Solid

Rear suspension and tailgate wear€200–€600partly checkable
CVT fluid degradation€200–€350not checkable

Risk level −11 · Likely spend vs price −11 · 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 & air✓ clearNo recurring fault reported for this system on this engine.

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

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

TransmissionwatchCVT fluid degradation, €200–€350.

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

Suspension & brakeswatchRear suspension and tailgate wear, €200–€600.

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	2007–2009	€1,400	€2,450	€3,850	€1,950	The specification the car launched with.
LCI Facelift (LCI)	2010–2013	€1,550	€2,650	€4,200	€2,100	New nose and lights; Improved interior materials; Revised engines

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.

Rear suspension and tailgate wearJ10 body€200–€600

Knocking from the rear over bumps, uneven rear tyre wear, and a tailgate that no longer holds itself up. These carried families and luggage for their whole lives, so the rear bushes and the tailgate struts wear. Ordinary use rather than a design fault, but it turns up on almost every high-mileage example.

Check: On a ramp, lever the rear bushes for play and check the tailgate holds itself open. Look at the inside edges of the rear tyres.

SuspensioncommonPartly detectableevidence: documented110–200k km

CVT fluid degradationToyota Multidrive S CVT€200–€350

A gradual change in how the gearbox holds revs, occasional shunting at low speed, and in neglected cases juddering under load. Toyota specifies the fluid as a lifetime fill. Specialists widely disagree, and a change at around 100,000 km is inexpensive insurance against a gearbox that's otherwise proved dependable.

Check: There's little to see at a viewing, so ask whether the fluid has ever been changed and budget for it if the answer is no.

TransmissionoccasionalNot detectable at viewingevidence: documented100–200k 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 ·

1Static checksEngine off, ideally on a lift.

Rear suspension and tailgate wearOn a ramp, lever the rear bushes for play and check the tailgate holds itself open. Look at the inside edges of the rear tyres.

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

CVT fluid degradationThere's little to see at a viewing, so ask whether the fluid has ever been changed and budget for it if the answer is no.

Mileage and servicing

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

Listen at a cold start for the chain, and on CVT cars ask whether the fluid has ever been changed.

Service item	Interval	Cost
Timing chain The one thing worth hearing on this engine	listen at every cold start	€800–1,500
CVT fluid Called a lifetime fill, and specialists disagree	roughly 100,000 km	€200–350
Rear coupling oil Neglect kills the rear drive	on AWD cars, per schedule	€150–350

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 €2.5k

€1.4k€1.9k€4.2k

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€1,950band €1,400–€4,200

🇺🇸 United StatesNot sold2.0 MR20DE 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 Qashqai 2.0
ChassisJ10
EngineMR20DE
Years2007–2013
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 j10 median, all 3 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

The 2.0 petrol removes every diesel worry from the Qashqai: no particulate filter, no injectors to wash a bore, no EGR to coke up. In exchange it drinks noticeably more, which is why most buyers chose the diesel and why these are cheap now. The chain is worth listening for at a cold start, and the CVT wants a fluid change despite what the book says. For low annual mileage it's the sensible pick.

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	MR20DE 2.0
Configuration	I4, naturally aspirated · 1997 cc
Fuel / injection	petrol · port
Model years	2007–2013
Facelift phase	Sold either side of the 2010 facelift, 2007–2009 pre, 2010–2013 LCI
Power / torque	141 PS · 196 Nm
Transmissions	6-speed manual · CVT (Multidrive S)
Gearbox families	Toyota Multidrive S CVT
Drivetrain	FWD · AWD
Economy (real-world)	7.5–9.5 l/100 km mixed
Markets	EU