I have to believe Nissan knew about the defective CVT transmissions they were putting in The 2017 Altima's. As well as other vehicles they make bc they all have CVT transmission problems and evidently have for the past several years or more.. I bought a Nissan bc I owned 30 years ago and it was very reliable.
Their product now is a non reliable piece of crap. I’ve seen so many other Nissan owners with the same problem. This a is a crook company that put a cheap CVT transmission in their vehicles knowing they were crap. They no longer care about their customers or their reputation. I will never but another Nissan product or anyone in my family.
The transmission went out at 33,000 miles, Nissan was not helpful and they don’t care. This whole car should be recalled. My front end collision radar or whatever that’s called ALWAYS goes off every time it’s windy or rains hard or snows, and frequently says no key detected and the key is in the cup holder, and the transmission seems to be doing the same thing before it went out the first time. POS.
We bought this car last year with 8,000 miles and I have only driven to work and school... this summer my husband and kids took it out west on vacation and the transmission quit working in the mountains - and this car only had 30,000 miles on it!!! So of course they had to rent a car, spending extra money to stay until the car could be looked at, have it towed and then they had to end up renting a car just to get home because it was going to take at least a week to fix it...
About almost a month later I got my car back, and Nissan was very rude and didn’t care, and did not want to give the money back for fixing it! They ended up paying for having it towed an hour away, big deal! And now I feel like I’m stuck with a pos car because they aren’t worth what I have I have in it! These cars should have a recall and now I noticed it doing the same thing it was doing before it went out! They did pay to have it towed back but it took forever to get them to respond! Ugh, my worst decision ever was buying this car! Very frustrating.
The accelerator just stopped responding in the middle of a drive - imagine flooring the accelerator while the car is switched off, nothing happens right? Exactly what happened with me. Luckily it happened on an empty street and I could move the car to a side. The accelerator responded in Park or Neutral mode but not in Drive mode. I switched the car off and it would not start again.
The dealer heard me out, not willing to believe it could be a major issue; jump started the car and it was driving without any issues.
A week later, the same happened, this time worse because it was in the middle of traffic with my 3-year old daughter at the back and it was in the middle of day (40 degrees Celsius). Switched the car off, switched it on again, able to drive for another 5 minutes before the accelerator stopped responding again. Now the car wouldn't switch on. Eventually the car went back to the dealer, again, not willing to conclude that there is a major issue; checked the battery and the reader said it needed replacing so that was duly done and the car drove without any issues.
Two days later, it happened again. Luckily, we had just entered our driveway, switched car off, switched it on again but the accelerator wouldn't respond. Left the car for a few days (public holiday) and then switched it on and it drove without issues so I took it straight to the dealer. It's with the dealer now for the last couple of days, supposed to visit in the morning to see if they have come to any conclusion as to what the problem is.
It's been frustrating because it's taken 3 visits for the problem to be taken seriously, and on the third visit it was suggested that I take the car back and drive until the problem occurs again so they can gauge how many days it takes for the problem to recur! Never mind the safety hazard that this problem comes with! Anyway, I told them there was no way I'm taking this car back until the problem is diagnosed or resolved.
At 2912 miles, my 2017 Altima SV with 2.5L 4cyl was taken to the dealership for unusual shifting. Acted almost like a 4 speed automatic rather than the other 2 Nissan CVT transmission equipped Altimas I owned (2010 and 2013). Mechanic checked fluid level which was too high from factory, then test drove it. Dealership said it barely made it back to the shop. Computer codes revealed some sort of solenoid was malfuntioning and the entire transmission had to be replaced. When I got the car back, drove it home...center console shifter didn't feel right. Parked the car and got a "Key Error" on the dash. Shut off the car and it wouldn't start. Messed with shifter for awhile and got it started, but then wouldn't go into reverse. Reverse camera on when in Park. Turns out they routed the shifter cable incorrectly. Final straw was they got grease stains on my driver's seat and when they tried to clean it off, made it 100 times worse. I was finally able to clean the stains off the seat with considerable effort. My 2013 Altima at around 30,000 right after they changed the fluid never did seem to shift correctly thereafter.
A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
I have to believe Nissan knew about the defective CVT transmissions they were putting in The 2017 Altima's. As well as other vehicles they make bc they all have CVT transmission problems and evidently have for the past several years or more.. I bought a Nissan bc I owned 30 years ago and it was very reliable.
Their product now is a non reliable piece of crap. I’ve seen so many other Nissan owners with the same problem. This a is a crook company that put a cheap CVT transmission in their vehicles knowing they were crap. They no longer care about their customers or their reputation. I will never but another Nissan product or anyone in my family.
- Russell E., Cartersville, US