What does the belt run on?
The VQ35DD figure names the crankshaft pulley, the automatic tensioner pulley, the generator pulley, and the air conditioner compressor pulley. The path is not redrawn here.
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2017 Nissan Pathfinder
2017 Pathfinder drive belt is a visual check. The book names the pulleys and sends a damaged belt to a dealer. No tension torque is printed.
| Item | Figure |
|---|---|
| Pulleys the figure names | Crankshaft, automatic tensioner, generator, and air conditioner compressor, for the VQ35DD. |
| Interval | After 40,000 miles (64,000 km) or 48 months, inspect every 10,000 miles (16,000 km) or 12 months. Replace the drive belts if found damaged. |
| What is not printed | No belt length, part number, or tensioner torque. |
Source: owner's manual / last verified 2026-10-16 (2017 Nissan Pathfinder owner's manual, drive belt (opens in a new tab)).
Difficulty, time, and cost are estimates when this guide gives them. Torque is a cited figure, or it is left off.
Main source: 2017 Nissan Pathfinder owner's manual, drive belt (opens in a new tab), Nissan North America, Inc., published 2017-03-01, read 2026-10-16.
Clean rag
The inspection is visual: unusual wear, cuts, fraying, or looseness. A rag keeps oil off your hands while you look. The book does not print a tensioner torque.
| Item | Figure | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Pulleys the figure names | Crankshaft, automatic tensioner, generator, and air conditioner compressor, for the VQ35DD. | Drive belt figure callouts |
| Interval | After 40,000 miles (64,000 km) or 48 months, inspect every 10,000 miles (16,000 km) or 12 months. Replace the drive belts if found damaged. | Maintenance schedule note on drive belts |
| What is not printed | No belt length, part number, or tensioner torque. | Drive belt section |
Place the ignition switch in OFF or LOCK before you look at the belt.
Look for unusual wear, cuts, fraying, or looseness. After 40,000 miles (64,000 km) or 48 months, inspect every 10,000 miles (16,000 km) or 12 months. Replace the drive belts if found damaged.
If it is in poor condition or loose, have it replaced or adjusted. The book recommends a Nissan dealer. No part number is printed.
2017 Pathfinder Owner's Manual and Maintenance Information. The March 2017 supplement in the same PDF is the panoramic-sunshade note, not the fluid table. The pulley names are the callouts next to the VQ35DD figure. The route of the belt is that figure, so it is linked rather than traced.
The generator is one of those pulleys. A removal torque for the alternator was not in this section, so an alternator job is not filed from this book.
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Drive belt for a 2017 Nissan Pathfinder VQ35DD
No part number or length is printed. The figure names the crankshaft, tensioner, generator, and air-conditioner pulleys. Replacement of a damaged belt is a dealer job in this book.
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Clean rag
The inspection is visual: unusual wear, cuts, fraying, or looseness. A rag keeps oil off your hands while you look. The book does not print a tensioner torque.
The VQ35DD figure names the crankshaft pulley, the automatic tensioner pulley, the generator pulley, and the air conditioner compressor pulley. The path is not redrawn here.
After 40,000 miles (64,000 km) or 48 months, inspect every 10,000 miles (16,000 km) or 12 months. Replace the drive belts if found damaged.
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Same repair, different model year. Use the page that matches the truck or car in the driveway. A figure on one year is not a figure for the next.
These guides cover the same kind of work. Their numbers belong to those vehicles, not to this one.
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