---
title: "2020-2025 Nissan Sentra Specs"
description: "Oil, battery group, tire sizes, wipers, filters, brakes, fluids and service intervals shared across every 2020-2025 Nissan Sentra, the B18 (8th generation), plus what changed year to year."
url: "https://whichcarparts.com/cars/nissan/sentra/2020-2025"
updated: "2026-08-20"
---

# 2020-2025 Nissan Sentra Specifications

Every maintenance specification shared across the 2020-2025 Nissan Sentra: which oil and how much, battery group, factory tire sizes, wiper lengths, service intervals, and the failures recorded against this generation, the B18 (8th generation), Compact sedan (independent rear suspension).

## Quick facts

| Quick fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Engine oil | 0W-20, 4.4 qt |
| Battery | Group 35 |
| Tire size | 205/60R16 (base trim) |
| Wiper blades | 26" / 17" |
| Cabin filter | Nissan 27277-6CA0A |
| Key fob battery | CR2032 (Intelligent Key) |

## 2020-2025 Nissan Sentra maintenance guides

### Oil & filter

Viscosity, capacity, filter part numbers, change interval [Read more](https://whichcarparts.com/cars/nissan/sentra/2020-2025/oil).

### Battery

BCI group size, cold cranking amps, AGM or flooded [Read more](https://whichcarparts.com/cars/nissan/sentra/2020-2025/battery).

### Tires & wheels

Factory sizes by trim, pressures, bolt pattern, lug torque [Read more](https://whichcarparts.com/cars/nissan/sentra/2020-2025/tires).

### Wiper blades

Driver, passenger and rear blade lengths [Read more](https://whichcarparts.com/cars/nissan/sentra/2020-2025/wipers).

### Air & cabin filters

Cabin and engine air filter part numbers, locations, intervals [Read more](https://whichcarparts.com/cars/nissan/sentra/2020-2025/filters).

### Bulbs

Headlight, fog and marker bulb types [Read more](https://whichcarparts.com/cars/nissan/sentra/2020-2025/bulbs).

### Brakes

Rotor diameters, pad references, service notes [Read more](https://whichcarparts.com/cars/nissan/sentra/2020-2025/brakes).

### Fluids

Transmission fluid, coolant, brake fluid and capacities [Read more](https://whichcarparts.com/cars/nissan/sentra/2020-2025/fluids).

### Service schedule

What's actually due at every mileage interval [Read more](https://whichcarparts.com/cars/nissan/sentra/2020-2025/service-schedule).

### Problems & reliability

Documented failures, recalls, and which years to avoid [Read more](https://whichcarparts.com/cars/nissan/sentra/2020-2025/common-problems).

### Oil light reset

Step-by-step maintenance light reset, no tools [Read more](https://whichcarparts.com/cars/nissan/sentra/2020-2025/oil-reset).

### Key fob battery

Which coin cell the remote takes [Read more](https://whichcarparts.com/cars/nissan/sentra/2020-2025/key-fob-battery).

### Specs

Towing, weight, fuel tank, fuel economy [Read more](https://whichcarparts.com/cars/nissan/sentra/2020-2025/specs).

## Which engines came in the 2020-2025 Nissan Sentra?

| Engine | Model years | Trims | Oil | Capacity |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2.0L 4-cylinder (MR20DD direct injection) | 2020-2025 | All trims, S, SV, SR (and SR Midnight/Nightshade editions); CVT only in the US | 0W-20 | 4.4 qt |

## Year-by-year changes

| Years | What changed |
| --- | --- |
| 2020 | Generation launch: 2.2 in wider, independent rear suspension, 149-hp MR20DD, CVT only, Safety Shield 360 standard |
| 2023 | Minor equipment shuffle; last pre-facelift year |
| 2024 | Facelift: new front fascia and grille, updated wheels and infotainment, slightly better EPA ratings; mechanical specs carry over |
| 2025 | Carryover year, final year of the B18 covered here (an all-new Sentra follows for 2026) |

## Model years in this generation

- [2020 Sentra](https://whichcarparts.com/cars/nissan/sentra/2020)
- [2021 Sentra](https://whichcarparts.com/cars/nissan/sentra/2021)
- [2022 Sentra](https://whichcarparts.com/cars/nissan/sentra/2022)
- [2023 Sentra](https://whichcarparts.com/cars/nissan/sentra/2023)
- [2024 Sentra](https://whichcarparts.com/cars/nissan/sentra/2024)
- [2025 Sentra](https://whichcarparts.com/cars/nissan/sentra/2025)

For the full nameplate history, see the [Nissan Sentra guide](https://whichcarparts.com/cars/nissan/sentra).

## Sources

- [2021 Nissan Sentra Owner's Manual (capacities, NS-3, bulbs, schedule, CR2032, tires)](https://www.nissan-techinfo.com/refgh0v/og/sentra/2021-Nissan-Sentra.pdf)
- [NHTSA recall 23V-581, tie rod assembly, 2020-2022 Sentra](https://www.nhtsa.gov/vehicle/2021/NISSAN/SENTRA/recalls)
- [NHTSA recalls, 2024/2025 Sentra (driveshaft 24V-304, 26V-410)](https://www.nhtsa.gov/vehicle/2024/NISSAN/SENTRA/recalls)
- [AMSOIL lookup, 2020 Sentra 2.0L MR20DD (0W-20, drain plug 22-29 ft-lb)](https://www.amsoil.com/lookup/auto-and-light-truck/2020/nissan-datsun/sentra/2-0l-4-cyl-engine-code-mr20dd-b/)
- [KBB / Car and Driver, 2020 Sentra specs (149 hp, 3,047 lb curb weight)](https://www.caranddriver.com/nissan/sentra/specs/2020/nissan_sentra_nissan-sentra_2020)
- [Go-Parts, 2020-2025 Sentra rear brakes (260mm discs SV/SR, drums S)](https://www.go-parts.com/garage/brakes-rear-nissan-sentra-2020-2025)
- [Nissan parts, 15208-65F0E oil filter](https://parts.nissanusa.com/parts/nissan-oil-filter-1520865f0e)
- [fueleconomy.gov, 2021 Sentra EPA ratings](https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/bymodel/2021_Nissan_Sentra.shtml)

Specifications vary with engine option, production date, and market.