My car stopped accelerating in the middle of driving on a highway. When I got off they highway I got stuck at a red light on a hill and the car didn't even have enough power to get up the hill and the car started rolling backwards if I took my foot off the brake. The car is at 79,973 miles and the Nissan service center says the car needs a new transmission. There have been hundreds of complaints about this exact same transmission breaking down earlier than normal. I had to pay to have the car towed to a Nissan service center and pay their fees to have the car inspected before they would even consider helping with the cost of repairs. They strung me along for 3 days...just to tell me they would not take any responsibility and would not give any assistance. This is pretty terrible customer service from what I thought was a reputable brand of car and for a known issue with their vehicle.

- Alpharetta, GA, USA

While driving on the highway (in motion), my car (Nissan Altima 2013) started jerking every few seconds when accelerating and I was experiencing a loss of power when accelerating. This was during rush hour (5pm on 695 in baltimore, Maryland) and my car became a hazard to pull to the shoulder. When the issue happened, there were no warning signs/lights displayed. Upon pulling to the shoulder, I put my car in park and shut it off. After starting the car up again and putting it in drive, it would not drive. I turned the car off a couple of more times and shifted it to drive and it finally started driving. However, the jerking and the loss of power/acceleration continued. Now, I cannot drive my car at all. I contacted Nissan and even though they extended the warranty on some of their cvt transmission vehicles (2003-2010), my car is a 2013 and it is not covered in the warranty. All of the Nissan dealerships I have contacted are refusing to repair the vehicle under a warranty and are quoting a $5000 repair for a re-manufactured transmission. Upon doing research, it is evident the cvt transmission issue with the 2013 Nissan Altima is a known issue and Nissan should be covering this issue. The vehicle currently has 75,819 miles on it and the issue happened around 75,810 miles. The vehicle is currently parked at a local mechanic shop, it was driven straight to the shop when this issue started occurring. This is a serious safety hazard because the vehicle starts losing power/acceleration when driving on the highway which can result in an accident.

- Catonsville, MD, USA

My car only has 65000 miles. My car is stalling on me when shifting to reverse or drive. The dealership has run diagnostic and came back with transmission issue.

- Euless, TX, USA

Transmission issues. Shuddering when driving at lower speeds (less than 40). When putting the car in gear the transmission is not catching and the car is rolling. This happens in forward and reverse. The car can roll upwards of 20 feet before the transmission catches after you get the car up to 2000+ rpms. There is no guarantee that you will be able to actual accelerate immediately either. 2 days ago I was stopped at a light and had to put my flashers on as I was not able to accelerate. After about 20 seconds the transmission and engine finally started to work together but not well. There was no acceleration. Also 2 day ago the car stalled when leaving a parking garage. This could have proven to be a safety issue if she were actively pulling into traffic.

- Lorton, VA, USA

The transmission was working fine as we were running errands and all of a sudden the car would not go into gear. The car also began to shake and then stall. All this happened in minutes. The car was stuck in the middle of the street creating an unsafe position. We took the car to autozone after it would go into gear again and they pulled a diagnostic code of P0776. The code is transmission related. The car was driven on city streets that night.

- Chicago, IL, USA

While travelling on a local artery road (40 mph speed limit), the car experienced rapid jerking or shuddering (forward and backward motion) during gear changes. At the next stop light, the car stalled so I shifted the gear shift from drive into park and re-started the car. As soon as I shifted the gear shift from park into drive, the car immediately stalled again. So I shifted back into park and re-started the car again. Then the car stalled again as soon as I shifted into drive. So I shifted into neutral and re-started the car again. Then I was able to shift the car into drive from neutral. Afraid to drive the car again, I immediately brought it to a Nissan dealership for diagnosis and repair. They (the Nissan dealership) seem unable or unwilling to diagnose the issue so no repairs are recommended. Upon investigating this further (internet searches), there appears to be hundreds of people experiencing these same symptoms on cars with jatco cvt transmissions. Nissan refuses to take responsibility for the issues because their computers and or diagnostic tools fail to identify any error codes, which suggest that Nissan may have tampered with their diagnostic equipment to avoid responsibility for these issues. I say this because Nissan has years of documented cvt defects in their recent past. Please investigate this as consumers are left with unsafe vehicles that are simply being traded in and resold to other unsuspecting consumers, all because Nissan is getting away with not being held accountable for their defective products.

- Reading, MA, USA

My wife's Altima transmission shudders when driving and the vehicle has went into limp mode several times while driving it at highway speeds due to the transmission problem. She was almost involved in an accident due to the vehicle suddenly without warning drop speed from engaging limp mode. Vehicle has just over 70K miles and the dealer states the vehicle is out of warranty and they did not extend the cvt warranty like they had on previous model years. Now we have a vehicle that needs a 4,000 transmission and hardly any mileage that would warrant a transmission replacement.

- Elkton, MD, USA

"takata recall" my gear shifter remains in a stuck position. The car was stationary on a city street. I was unable to shift from park to another gear. This is a major safety issue as I have gotten stuck with my toddler in the car and was unable to move to a safer location. It took me at least 15 minutes to get the car to shift from park into gear. I was terrified! I had to leave the car in its location and take a lyft home with my daughter. The next day my local mechanic came to check the car. He said that this is a common issue for 2013 Nissan Altima. He said he would have to take the car to his shop to investigate what might be causing this failure or I should call up Nissan because they should be aware of this safety issue.

- Brooklyn, NY, USA

I am reporting a dangerous condition with 2013 Nissan cvt transmission. With no warning indicator the car's transmission failed while driving on the highway at 60 - 70 mph.while driving in moderate traffic, the engine revved to 6000 RPM and the car was moving at 20 mph I was able to coast through traffic to the shoulder and turn off the car and start again and was able to again proceed. This happened several times. After parking overnight, it would no longer move in forward or reverse. The car was towed to a Nissan dealership and was diagnosed with a failed transmission that will cost approx. $3700 to replace. I filed a case with Nissan customer care to appeal to them due to the relatively low miles for such a catastrophic failure. We learned today that they are providing no coverage for us due to the car being out of warranty.

- Atlanta, GA, USA

Cvt transmission went on my Altima. My warranty ran out in February of 2018, the transmission went out in may of 2018. The company paid for half $2200 and I had to pay the other half. I feel with all the issues Nissan is experiencing with their cvt I should not have had to pay anything.

- Raynham, MA, USA

In 2017 Nissan has me come in for a cvt transmission upgrade. After the work was done at the Nissan of cool springs and I left the dealership I noticed that the car was running rough, shaking, and jolting when I accelerated. I immediately called dealership and asked to have a tech drive the car to explain the problem. The tech got in, rode off, came back and said it was all running fine. I accepted that and assumed it was only a momentary problem. I got back in my car and it was still doing it. I came back and asked the tech to ride with me. It did it with him in the car and he told me that the car had to "adapt to my driving style." 2018, at 48,000 miles the car started to stall on me when it was idle. It would start right back up, but turn off when I put it back in drive. Took it back to the Nissan of cool springs dealership but they did not find any error code and told me everything is working fine and charged me around $160. I also told them this has happened with in the past 2-3 time. But at that time I was not aware of the cvt issues. Recently it happened when I stopped for refuelling my car. I was fortunate enough that it did not happen on the highways.

- Nashville, TN, USA

The vehicle was on a highway and shut off without warning. The car did now allow me to pull over, just stopped. I put it into neutral and rolled it to the side. I finally got it started, and it stalled out and I could not move the car three more times in the middle of the road on the city streets before I was able to make it home. I went to the dealership and they said my cvt transmission needed to be replaced.

- Taunton, MA, USA

The contact owns a 2013 Nissan Altima. On several occasions, while driving at unknown speeds, the transmission slipped. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to respond with the gear shift lever in drive or reverse. The vehicle was not taken to be diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer and dealer were not contacted. The approximate failure mileage was 91,707.

- Hephzibah, GA, USA

My 2013 Altima started to hesitate and jerk when I was driving. Then when I would be stopped and ready to pull out my car will not go and then finally catch and go. It wont go over 30 miles an hr at some points. When I brought it to Nissan they did a diagnostic on it and its the cvt transmission that needs to be replaced. I was told my warranty expired 2000 miles ago and its gonna cost me $3500 for a new one. Ive only owned my car for 2 yrs. I am so dissatisfied with Nissan and they are so unprofessional to not fix this known problem with there cvt issues on all their vehicles.. I have also replaced the inside door handles on both doors..

- Palm Bay, FL, USA

I was on the highway and noticed the revs bounce up to 5. it then dropped down and my car lost power. I pulled on to the shoulder and shut the car off. Started it up again and it started ok. Pulled off onto the next exit and stopped. Went to proceed through stop sign. Accelerated and it wouldn't move. It's at the shop now. Possible transmission failure. Are you kidding me?? this shouldn't be happening in a 5 year old car. A very dangerous problem

- Dixon, CA, USA

I am experiencing intermittent cvt failures at mileage: 45000. Once I was stationary and in the other instance I was on the city street, when I experienced sudden power loss, all warning light came on. Whenever I started my car and put it in reverse or drive it just turned off. After 4 to 5 tries car started. I looked up online and it had symptoms similar to the cvt failure. I went to Nissan service centre twice for the same issue but they did not find anything and said everything is in perfect condition.

- Nashville, TN, USA

07/09/2013 took car in for a cvt reprogram, I noticed the changes in shifting but thought it was due to the software reprogram, on 08/23/2018 while driving the car engine shuts off, manage to start it up and drove home, later on that evening I tried to start the car and when I shift to reverse or drive the car will cut off, 08/30/2018 towed my car to the Nissan dealership, they ran a diagnostic and I need a new transmission, Nissan needs to take care of this cvt I just don't have the money for a transmission.

- Stockton, CA, USA

2013 Nissan Altima. Consumer writes in regards to transmission safety recall. The consumer stated while driving using cruise control the vehicle dropped from 75 mph to 40 mph. The rpms jumped between 4-5 and losing power. The transmission was reprogrammed, but the failure persisted. The manufacturer was notified, but did not offer any assistance due to the mileage. The transmission needed to be repaired.

- Davenport, IA, USA

Driving and a weird humming sound happened and the car lost power would not go over 35 mph the RPM went to 5000 I got pulled over lost all power so I turned car off for appx 15-20 min and car drove fine. Again today driving to work and car lost all power and a humming sound acted like wouldn't go into gear pulled over this time took sitting appx 1 hour then started and was ok to get back home and I parked

- Parker, CO, USA

Car would turn off when slowing down or idle. Would start back up, but turn back off when put in drive. The worst time this was experienced was during an on ramp merger on the highway.

- Orlando, FL, USA