My ‘23 S did not come with one. I inquired and they said it doesn’t come with one. Funny though that the pictures on the online listing showed it with a cover. Could’ve been a different pathfinder in the pictures. I didn’t bother fighting about it too much.

 

talk about cheaping out by Nissan

 

Honda did the same thing with the 2011 Accord we bought, it was the 4 cylinder K24 engine and no engine cover like our 06 CRV had. I thought about swapping it over but never did get it done.

 

My 2022 SV without premium package (purchased in August 2021) had that engine cover. My 2024 SV with Premium package doesn't have it either. Nissan is saving money

 

Salesman isn’t lying. I had on my 22 plat and have on my 24 plat. I’ve read exactly what salesman told you. If you want one I believe you can find on eBay.

 

They serve little purpose other than giving rodents a nice place to hide and gives them nest building materials (foam on the underside). I pop mine off on my 2019 every time I do an engine oil change because you have better access to the oil fill with it off. I may just leave it off at some point.

 

Better to not have it, just traps heat and causes the wiring and vacuum tubing to deteriorate faster.

 

We just got my 2019 back from the collision shop tonight. $8700 worth of damage due to a deer strike. The shop was closed, so I had to pick it up after hours. Guess what was missing? The engine cover. It can't remember if it was broken or not due to the collision. Even though I don't care about the thing, it P's me off that they "forgot" about it. They also filled it up with some type of universal yellow coolant. That irritates me too.

 

Hey @PoManzPathy - I didn't realize you had a 'deer strike' - sorry this happened to you. Are you okay?
I guess you are going to reach out for the body shop during regular hours to find out what happened. It'll be interesting to hear what they have to say!!
Even if you don't really care about the engine cover, if it was there to begin with, the shop needs to make it right.
As for the mystery coolant - that requires an explanation as well.
Good luck!!

 

Thank you Sir! Yes, my wife was rattled, but not physically. We're used to taking precautions for deer, having lived where we do our whole lives. In ~35yrs of driving, this would be the first hit that required major work. She hit that sucker dead center, where it went kind of over the bumper, through the grille and did a lot of damage. It happened just a few miles from the house, so she was able to drive it home. It only had a slow coolant leak and the headlamps were still working even though they were all over the place. LOL $8700 damage when the vehicle is worth maybe $16K tops.

At ~100K miles, I don't care about the engine cover. I pop it off constantly anyway to check over everything. I've gotten over the coolant thing too. I'm more happy I got a "free" coolant service and A/C service at this mileage. Those two maintenance items alone would have probably been ~$500 charge alone. My ins. deductible was $500.

The car was repaired with mostly LKQ aftermarket parts. Lots of genuine Nissan parts as well 3-4 pages of parts/services. They use what ever they can get quickly. We had lots of nicks and dings and some broken plastic on the front before any of this happened. It's better than what it was before the deer hit.

 

Just got into a '24 Rock Creek and likewise no cover. Looked at others on dealer lot with it missing. Looks a bit strange but how often does a normal owner even pop the hood?

 

This was removed from most trims for the 2023 model year. What bothers me more on the Rock Creek is the plastic trim panels on the rear doors instead of matching leather wrapped panels like what is on the front doors. All the interior pictures of the prerelease model had leather trim with orange stitching on all the doors. And don't even get me started on the puddle lights and rear power outlet.

 

My 2024 S 4x4 did not have one. I refer to it as a heat retainer. Living in South Texas, I don't need anything to retain heat on my engine.😁

 

My new Rock Creek (2024) does not have the plastic engine cover although the plug things are installed. Dealer service mgr. says that it's redundant and not provided.

 

Hey @matty - I'm not sure I believe (trust) the service manager's reply. One good way to check out his explanation would be to check out other new 2024 Pathfinder Rock Creek vehicles and see if they have the shroud in place. You can check out the different trim levels to see if it installed based on trim or, not at all.

 

What I'm seeing is that the cover is not included with the Rock-Creek edition. It's really only aesthetic and not required for any mechanical reason. I anyone notices that it is not mounted on the engine, simply reply that it's absence makes the engine run cooler.

 

Thanks for your reply, @matty - I guess it's a personal choice. I like the (aesthetic) look of the shroud and don't think it has any significant impact on engine operating temperature. But, I like your angle on it too!!

 

I picked one up from eBay for Less than $40…

 

Good for you, @Rxdawg215 - I guess you and I think similarly!!!

 

No I didn't get an engine cover either on my 2024 rock creek...just another thing to add to the growing list of how they cheapened even basic things out...my beef is the fact that there isn't even a button on dash to push to release the trunk...and more frustrating is that nissan won't remedy most of these things even if u r the one paying

 

All that weight they saved helped the MPGs lol

 

We just bought a 2025 Pathfinder Platinum. No engine cover on ours. If Nissan was trying to reduce cost why not go all the way and remove the hardware that is in place that cover mounts to? We bought the car 3 weeks ago I will ask the dealer about it.

 

Please do check back, @NomoreZ, and let us know how this all turns out for you. Good luck!!

 

Picked up my 2023 Rock Creek in the fall of 2022. It was the 1st model year affected by these omissions but it had yet to become general knowledge and I was able to get the dealer to replace it. 😆

The bigger loss in my opinion was the rear auxiliary power outlet which would have been handy.

 

I was just reading your post and I bought a 2024 and it didn’t come with a cover either. I was gonna go to the dealer and ask but now that you say that maybe they don’t come with them. I believe mine is just an SV model.

 

Follow up on engine cover. When I asked the dealer the service advisor didn't know jack which is typical. The technician said they don't come with a engine cover. What's more, I read the 2026 Pathfinder is switching to the 4 cylinder turbo charged engine that is currently in the Infiniti version of the Pathfinder. I believe it is the Q50. I'm betting/speculating since the V6 is getting obsoleted from the Pathfinder Nissan is cutting cost by doing away with the engine cover. We only considered the Pathfinder because Nissan finally woke up and replaced the POS CVT with a regular geared transmission and it has a normally aspirated V6. Sorry for the CVT dig on 2013 to 2021 Pathfinder owners. I'll keep you in my prayers. Now it seems Nissan is going to undo this smart move by going to the smaller turbo charged engine. As we all know small high compression engines have more pep but a shorter life span. IMO this is another example of planned obsolescence.

 

If it helps justify your purchase, we were close to buying a Toyota Highlander which had pretty much all the same features as the Pathfinder, but it was pricing out nearly $20k more, so we ended up with the Nissan. So yes, Nissan did do a lot of annoying cost cutting, but value wise, you can't beat it for what you get. And I'm happy to have $20k extra that is in the market making more money. 🙂