P0776: owner reports and bulletins

Powertrain (generic, all makes). We haven't written the explanation for this code yet. Below is what owners and manufacturers have filed with NHTSA.

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What owners report to NHTSA

99 complaints filed with NHTSA mention P0776, 87 of them since 2015, across 25 different models. The component owners most often filed it under: power train.

Most-reported models

VehicleComplaintsModel years reported
NISSAN ALTIMA312013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
NISSAN ROGUE92016, 2017, 2019
SATURN OUTLOOK72007, 2008
HONDA RIDGELINE62017, 2019
CHEVROLET MALIBU42010, 2011, 2014
CHEVROLET EQUINOX42010, 2011
HONDA PILOT42016, 2017
SATURN VUE32008
INFINITI QX6032014, 2015, 2018
MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER SPORT32015, 2017

Manufacturer service bulletins that name P0776

79 technical service bulletins and manufacturer communications filed with NHTSA mention P0776, from 9 makes. A bulletin means the manufacturer has documented a known cause or a fix procedure for that model. Examples:

  • NISSAN KICKS (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021), bulletin 10232664: DTC P0746, P0776, P0841, P0965, P17F0 AND/OR P17F1 STORED IN THE TCM This bulletin has been amended. See AMENDMENT HISTORY on the last page. Please discard previous versions of this bulletin.
  • CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER (2021), bulletin 10176817: SUB - Certain 2021 model year Chevrolet Trailblazer, and 2020-2021 model year Buick Encore GX vehicles, equipped with a continuously variable ratio (CVT) transmission, may experience reduced launch performance during a q…
  • NISSAN NV200 (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018), bulletin 10232661: DTC P17F0, P17F1, P0776, P2813, P1715, AND/OR P0841 STORED IN THE TCM This bulletin has been amended. See AMENDMENT HISTORY on the last page. Please discard previous versions of this bulletin.
  • NISSAN NV200 TAXI (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017), bulletin 10251533: DTC P17F0, P17F1, P0776, P2813, P1715, AND/OR P0841 STORED IN THE TCM This bulletin has been amended. See AMENDMENT HISTORY on the last page. Please discard previous versions of this bulletin.
  • BUICK ENCORE (2020), bulletin 10176817: SUB - Certain 2021 model year Chevrolet Trailblazer, and 2020-2021 model year Buick Encore GX vehicles, equipped with a continuously variable ratio (CVT) transmission, may experience reduced launch performance during a q…
  • NISSAN VERSA (2020, 2018, 2019), bulletin 10179609: DTC P0741/4/6, P0776, P0841, P0965, P2857/8/9, P17F0/1/2/4 AND/OR P285A STORED, AND MAY HAVE HESITATION AND/OR REDUCED POWER This bulletin has been amended. See AMENDMENT HISTORY on the last page. Please discard previous…

Sources: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation complaint database and manufacturer communications file, snapshots September 2026. A complaint or bulletin that mentions a code is a report about that vehicle, not a statement that the code has one cause.