# CarHack: mapping 2010 Nissan Sentra CAN messages

> CarHack documents an investigation of CAN traffic from a 2010 Nissan Sentra. Its notes describe tapping the OBD-II port with a Kvaser interface, capturing traffic with SocketCAN and can-utils, and relating vehicle controls to observed message IDs and bits.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Protocol
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/jackm/carhack>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/jackm/carhack/blob/0442dc7ac08b59080da8363d6e023c884d5995fd/nissan.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/carhack-nissan-sentra-can-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/carhack-nissan-sentra-can-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/carhack-nissan-sentra-can-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A 2010 Nissan Sentra and a Kvaser Leaf Light HS v2 CAN interface are used in the documented setup.
- **Prerequisites:** The documented Linux setup uses SocketCAN and can-utils at 500 kbit/s.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/jackm/carhack/blob/0442dc7ac08b59080da8363d6e023c884d5995fd/nissan.md>
2. <https://github.com/jackm/carhack/blob/0442dc7ac08b59080da8363d6e023c884d5995fd/README.md>

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