2022 Nissan Frontier Oil Change Guide 

Using a wrench for a mic = instant like

The sad part is I don’t trust the dealership to do as awesome of a job as you did.

Wish all techs took the care that you do for an oil change.

Never trust the dealership to do it right like this. This is the most thorough oil change I have ever seen. Nice

Probably the best oil change video I have ever seen .......... and the camera work is over the top. Keep up the great work !!

excellent video showing how to deal with an absolutely horrendous design for filter location. I thought some of the GM engineers were evil, but those Nissan guys are something else

Great straight forward instruction. Thanks for your time and effort in making this video. You ROCK !!!

The oil filter drain trick with water bottle was awesome. Made this a drip free experience. Kudos!

I’ve used this video twice now on my pro4X! Best one on the internet! 🎉🎉

Excellent video! I wish I had someone as conscience as you to service my vehicles! Love the wrench microphone!

Great Video! Nice attention to detail. Impressive to see someone who cares about quality work.

Just want to say what an awesome video. It was straight to the point and did my oil change using the information that was provided. Again thanx for the upload!

Loved that you put the mic on the end of the wrench. I've got a 2020 with the same engine. It's almost time so this is good.

Watched the video, did the water bottle trick, it worked well! Thank you!

Shawn that was a solid professional video with clear and important points made throughout. Well done sir 👍

Extremely informative! Thank you man

Holy crap! Thank you so much for the clean oil filter drain trick! I’ve made so many messes with that!

Awesome video, thank you!

Great tutorial! Thanks

I see an oil filter relocation adapter in the future....Great Vid-Thanks!

Wow! Good job! Good teaching video.

good video- explains things well

Great video. Thorough job!

Yes, very good video. Thank you.

Very good presentation!

Nice video. FYI that the 5.3 quarts spec on the new nissan engine is including the filter.... so adding a flat 5qts up top after loading the filter gets me spot on perfect.

Nice! Thanks a lot. I had to laugh at the wrench microphone until I noticed you had an actual microphone wrapped around it. 😁👍

Wonderful video. Going to do my next oil change myself.

Excellent video thanks

Awesome video, thank you for the info 🙏

The best video ever! Great information.

Nice how-to video. You guys aren't playin around using Motul oil. I've been using Motul in my Subarus for years. It's some of the best oil you can buy and because it's 100% synthetic ester based oil, you can safely run it for longer intervals.

Good basic video!!!!!!!!! Im ready now.

Good video. Thank you.

Damn Good Job Thanks for doing it right

Great job very nice

Nicely done sir! Great detail on kind of a PITA process (for the oil filter).

Great video, can you make the video to drain auto gearbox and replace filter from a Nissan D23 and Jatco 7AT RE7R01A ?. Thx

Nice work .

Grea Job !

Excelent video

4th oil change done on my pro4X ‘23! 40k on her and 0 issues 😊

Ur a good dude....u can tell u enjoy ur profession.

Great video. Esp like the fact that you're wearing gloves.

Shawn, thanks for the great video! Very high quality production and super informative. I'm about to do my first oil change and this video is PERFECT! Hoping you can do a video to drain and fill the transmission. I tow with my 2022 Frontier so the trans fluid must be changed every 30K. The dealer wants $400 to perform the service!! I would like to perform the service myself :)

Well done.

Good job.

Nice good job 👍 n helpful

You did a great job showing this oil change, You took your time and preformed great, I wish I had you for my mechanic. Well done !!

Good video overall, i was hoping to learn the socket size for the 4 shield bolts though. Sad face.

Awesome video! Just bought a 2023 so I will be doing this in the future.

I noticed when I replaced the drain plug after draining the oil I heard a gargling sound when I removed the oil filter. I removed the drain plug again and more oil came out. Maybe a half quart.

You should ALWAYS wipe off the drain plug and the drain plug area on the pan to assure a CLEAN, leak free seal.

The SV doesn’t have the same skid plate. The inspection cover is useless except to see what you’re doing. I had to drop the rear portion of the skid plate just to get hands in a spot where I could remove the filter and install a new one. No big deal, they are just slightly different. Cool trick with the water bottle though.

I would like to see the same for a 2024 Pro4x- they moved the filter access hole further down under the filter which puts you at a terrible angle to get the filter off when the factory put it on with brute force. The drainage tray under the filter sticks out just enough where you can’t get a full grip on it at at right angle. This is very frustrating!

I’m about to get a new frontier, lol so I have to remove a skid plate to change the oil filter? Lol that’s gonna be a pain

Awesome video, thank you for your time. Do you recommend an oil to use that can help prevent carbon buildup that’s associated with these Direct Injection engines? Will be coming up on my first oil change soon on my Frontier, thanks

Makes me wonder if techs will just skip replacing the filter

I have a question for you where i can find the P0237 on a frontier 2019???

Seeing how uncomfortable it is to not make a mess. It’s a start that I want to learn how to change my own oil

Great video. But maybe leave the inspection cover and under engine shield off then run and look for leaks?

Seems like all 3 models are a little different.i have the base S model.just take the inspection plate off then take the 4 screws in front under the bumper and the 2 in the back on the skidplate.this loosens up the plate giving u enuff room to get to the filter.its a little awkward but u can do it without lifting it up.use a long ratchet handle for more turning clearance

My dealer told me that 15208-9e01a oil filter replaced the one you have on video. Why’s that? They don’t even carry the one you have on video anymore.

Excellent video! How many miles would you recommend for the first oil change of a Frontier Pro-4X? I hear some say that a vehicle's first oil change should be at about 1,000 miles and then every 5,000 or 7.500 miles depending on driving conditions. Is this true?

Well I was thinking about buying a new Frontier, but maybe not now...changing your oil should be easy. Not stupid.

How can I fully remove the black panel around the inspection cover? Would make it easier to access the oil filter and less mess to clean up afterward

Good Video. I had a 2012 Frontier with 4.0L V6 and it was a pain to change the oil filter. It is surprising that Nissan did not change the oil filter location with this new 3.8L engine. They kept the same oil filter spot as they had with that old 4.0L engine that was in production 2005-2020. That access panel is worthless. Not all the oil drips down the metal deflector in the front , some will drip from the top and to back side. You need brake cleaner for that part. You always have to remove and install the filter from passenger side as he did. Not sure filling the oil filter and dripping some out while installing the filter is necessary.

I just take off the steel skid plate make life easier and easy to clean up everything after oil change

AHHH! you put the plug in before removing the oil filter. after removing the old filter more oil usualy comes out, like taking your finger off the end of a straw that has water in it. also always check that the old gasket came off with the old filter and that's a crush gasket, not a washer but yes it looks that way.

Nice video, but 95% of us doing our own oil changes are NOT going to have the convenience of using a lift. Most people are probably going to have a set of ramps. Getting your hand thru that little access hold might be a bit more trying, especially laying on your back.

Seems way easier than my 2021 tacoma

This is kind of a hassle compared to my 2019. It's almost the same procedure except on the 2019 there's just a little access window for the filter and the oil trough is long enough you don't need to do the water bottle mod.

Do these trucks have a transmission dipstick , as the last generation of frontier had? Or did they eliminate it .

You guy's should make an oil filter relocation kit .

Anyone here w/ sunroof? Quality of workmanship, possible leaks, etc?

After 35 years of oil changes, I don't recall prefilling the new filter. Is that specific to the Nissan Frontier?

PIA FILTER PLACEMENT!!!

Is 0w 20 too thin viscosity for heavy driving and Texas climate. Didn't see a motul for nissan in 5w-20

Ok, here's a problem with your procedure. If you replace cover and skid plate right away before filling with oil and running the engine, how are you to determine that the gasket on your oil filter is good to go? I've seen gaskets fail on an oil filter change. After you change your filter and add oil, then you start engine and immediately check for no oil filter leaks. To me, who is considering purchasing a Nissan Frontier, this has me wondering about my options. I do much of my own maintenance and I don't have a lift at my disposal. I work on the grass or gravel on my back with a set of ramps to change my oil filters on all of my current and previous vehicles. This set up is ridiculous. I like/need to inspect and clean the surface of the oil filter base. Having to peekaboo to remove, install, and then inspect is a real hassle. They must have been thinking everyone has small/narrow hands and the ability to see around corners.

Now I feel bad about not adding oil in the new filters…

At first I was thinking, why was is he holding a spanner 😂

The dealer will cross thread the skid plate and use power tools to put the oil filter on too tight

Replace the oil cap after and oil change?

Going to be hard to get to that filter doing it your self in your garage.

Any particular reason why you went with motul?

I can't believe you didn't check for leaks before you buttoned it up. If you have a problem, you would have to take it all off again.

If I ever meet the engineer who designed this oil filter location, they might get socked in the nose. It is absurdly and unnecessarily difficult to reach this filter on the ground and hard not to make a mess. At least on my 2017 Pro4x you could easily remove the entire skid plate, giving you clear access.

What the heck is with truck manufacturers putting the oil filter up in that inaccessible spot that's terrible! But nice job

Why not just remove the steel skid plate to have more room replacing the filter

Love the mic bro. Lol

the bill cost $200. Thank you!

Great video but could definitely use better background music.

Nice demonstration, but what a pain in the ass to perform.

"clean!"...

well...definitely not looking forward to this process when it comes time for my first change

Terrible filter location and makes no sense on horizontal installation.

Perfect timing on this video because I'm getting ready to do the breaking oil change on my 22 SV crew cab. Thank you for the information. Much appreciated and I'm glad to know that I won't necessarily have to take that entire plate off but only the inspection plate for the oil filter. Thank you again for the much-needed information. 😇🛻

What a rediculous location for an oil filter

I swear, engineers purposely place oil filters in the most inconvenient places. 😠

At least the engineers added a drain tray to their terrible design.