It sounds to me that you have what we in the U.K. call a J11B automatic rather than the latest model which we call a J12 - from your description of the gear lever arrangement. You have a Dual-Clutch Transmission (DCT) automatic gearbox which has 7 forward gears. The J12 has a Continuously Variable ...

I did just notice that I do seem to have a way to downshift in drive, I never saw the practically microscopic + and - next to D on my gear selector. I'll try it tomorrow, but it looks like if I bump it to the left while in drive, I can move the gears up and down. Seems like the easiest fix here, tha...

I just double checked, and there are no paddle shifters. Sounds like I'm stuck burning up brake pads and rotors. What trim version do you have? And where are you? In the UK you'd have a Tekna if you have 19" wheels. As far as I can tell from the brochures, in the UK the paddle shifters are sta...

I just double checked, and there are no paddle shifters. Sounds like I'm stuck burning up brake pads and rotors.

I have a Nissan Qashqai generation J12 1.3 DIG-T 4WD XTRONIC-CVT and live on a mountain. The trips down are very hard on my brakes / brake rotors. The heat is intense, and I have no downshift option available as it's an automatic. Does anyone with the 19 inch wheels have experience upgrading to a la...