Transmission whining loosing power on the highway very dangerous

- Murfreesboro, TN, USA

Cvt trasmission has failed after 76000 miles. Causes car to die while driving, and while coming to a complete stop.

- Douglasville, GA, USA

My Nissan Altima starting bumping when driving. I took it to the Nissan dealership and was told the cvt transmission was going bad. Nissan will not cover the transmission even though they know cvt goes bad in all of their models after 60,000 which is when the warranty runs out!

- Newport, OH, USA

2013 Nissan Altima sl with 66K. Transmission needed replaced at 66K miles. Nissan diagnosed the issue. After hearing it would cost me over 3700 to replace I began doing research on these cvt transmission. It's a known issue with these cvts. So with all of the bad reviews on the internet, I inquired with Nissan Consumer Affairs with assistance in this cost. I waited a week for them to tell me they will not assist me in this repair. Nissan has recalled a number of years and extended the warranty from 60K to 120K. They obviously have not fixed the problem with these transmissions. There is no reason a transmission is needing replaced at 60K. I bought this vehicle because Nissan is very known for the reliability and their cars are suppose to last. After having this issue and hearing Nissan will not take responsibility for this issue is very frustrating. This is deff a danger issue. My vehicle gave me no indication or lights that there was an issue until I was on the highway with my 4 children when it went from 80 to 50 mph I'm cruise. And then hesitating to go and I was an hour away from home. Something needs to be done on thee transmission.

- Davenport, IA, USA

The problem with the 2013 Nissan alima cvt 2.5 model. The car stops when ideling which creates a dangerous situation on the road. The RPM will fluctuate without warning and gears slipping at road speeds. Similar cases have been discussed in various forum and Nissan is not willing to take this as there responsibilty of creating an inferior quality product. It is time Nissan owns up to

- Carrollton, TX, USA

I was driving on the highway, the car started making a strange noise, shifting hard and the check engine light came on...I decided to leave the highway as the car was losing speed. At the first light, the car stalled in the middle of the road... the trouble is that I did not realize until the light turned green and cars in from of me started moving and I couldn't almost got hit from behind by incoming cars. Ended up moving slowly to the side. Got the car towed to a Nissan dealer that advised that it a cvt failure. My car has 83K miles, Nissan is not willing to help.

- Fridley, MN, USA

My car recently today stated to lock the dear shift when I park it started this morning and has continued every time I turn off my car. Previous issue I took it in to Nissan tynans on havana in Aurora co (never go there) because it is sputtering any time I accelerate at any speed on any road right before it would what you call back in the day shift into another gear. Tynans first said it was a battery cable and when it wasnt fixed they are say there isnt anything wrong with the car. I believe the cvt is causing it to sputter I told tynans I thought it was a transmission issue to begin with. Needless to say my car is not fixed and is still sputtering and just bought it owe about $14000 still!

- Centennial, CO, USA

Transmission failed at 44K mileage. First the engine shut off while driving without any warning or signs on highway. Then after reprogramming of the transmission by dealer, car runs abnormally. Engine RPM unstable, unpredictable, causing speed changes. No pedal response or slow acceleration. Difficult to accelerate, especially over 40 mph. Gear shifting between D and N very often leave the gear in N for a few seconds.

- San Diego, CA, USA

The gear shift in my 2013 Nissan Altima stopped working. I looked up the problem on youtube and it said that the brake sensor was not relaying information to the gear shift. The vehicle will not shift into gear. The emergency shift lock must be used to take the car out of park.the problem began gradually, with the gear sift becoming "stuck" when shifting, and in a matter of 2 months, the gear shift has completely stopped working. When the vehicle is going from park to any other gear it will not shift. Once it is taken out of park, it will shift between any gears with no problem, until it is placed back in park.

- Dallas, TX, USA

The contact owns a 2013 Nissan Altima. While operating the vehicle, the transmission began to malfunction. The contact stated that the vehicle would not immediately respond when depressing the accelerator pedal and the speed reduced before the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the transmission was faulty and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The local dealer (germain Nissan of columbus, 4600 morse rd, columbus, oh) was notified of the failure. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 90,000.

- Columbus, OH, USA

The vehicle began to slow while driving on interstate. As I attempted to accelerate the rpms increased without any increase in speed. As I attempted to exit interstate, the vehicle stalled before exit ramp. Multiple vehicles had to maneuver around me. It would not accelerate. I coasted to the side of the interstate. I put the car in park on shoulder of interstate and let about 5 minutes go by before testing acceleration. Upon testing, it maintained enough speed (25 mph top speed) for me to exit interstate and return to dealership near me. Once I made it to dealership, car shut off. It had just been repaired for some recall centered around transmission.

- Trussville, AL, USA

In July/August of 2017, my vehicle was sputtering at lower speeds when accelerating or decelerating and then the vehicle would suddenly turn off. There were several scenarios when this happened during busy traffic. Upon receiving a manufacturer recall, I took the vehicle to the dealership for maintenance on the transmission computer system. All seemed fixed until June of 2018 when the vehicle was having the same issues, again while in the middle of traffic. I took the vehicle into the dealership and the dealership is telling me the transmission torque converter was damaged and I need to replace the entire transmission at a cost of $4,300. Upon internet research, it seems this has been a common problem for Nissan's cvt transmission; in fact, Nissan extended 2012 and previous models transmission warranties to 10 year 120,000 miles. So far, Nissan has offered no assistance or good will in fixing the defected part / issue.

- Elkhorn, NE, USA

While driving home from work the car shuttered and cut off after having stopped for a light. This happened when I press the exhilarator to continue on. I put the car in park applied my foot to the break and restarted the car. Every time I would drive to put the car in gear it would cut off. It kept doing this over and over. Local police came and with the help of a good samaritan pushed my car off the road to a safe place. I had to have my car towed to the dealer where they were unable to duplicate the problem and said that the diagnostic computer test did not show any codes for the problem. They ended up updating the transmission module and said they hoped this would fix the problem. The problem continues to occur and I have had to avoid stopping at lights due to the car wanting to cut off. This seems to be a problem that other Nissan car owners are also facing. This is a very dangerous situation to be in due to the fact that you never know when you will be stranded in the middle of a street whether it be interstate stop and go traffic or normal city street traffic. Once the car stalls it's no way to start it and put it in gear to drive without it stalling again and again. Nissan owners need a recall

- Columbiana, AL, USA

I bought my car brand new with only 113 miles on it. I have sense put 160K highway miles on it but have had no issues until now because I get it serviced regularly. I was driving to work last week and at 30-45 mph the rpms started jumping between 1K and 2K. Once I got past 60 mph this stopped but eventually my car would stutter and stall at traffic lights making it dangerous if turning in front of traffic or coming through intersections. I took it in immediately for diagnostics and was told I needed a new transmission and since my warranty was out I would need to pay $4500 out of pocket. I got a second opinion and I was told by the dealership I service it at that it was my fault because I didn't have the transmission flushed when they told me to, yet there is nothing in the owners manual stating this is a requirement, only a recommendation by the dealer. As shady as dealerships are these days of course I didn't have it done because I assumed they were charging me for something unnecessarily. I spoke with a mechanic friend of mine and he said the transmission flush would have done nothing to prevent my transmission fail. What is even worse is that no warning lights came on and my dash looked the same as it always does, the only lights that came on were my battery and brake lights when my car shut off at a traffic light, but it started right back up after that. I have asked for assistance from Nissan and have been denied even though I have serviced my car with the dealer even after my warranty expired. There are 4 other people in my family that own Nissan but apparently that means nothing to this company. Needless to say if I can get this thing traded in on a Honda I will never purchase a Nissan again! also, just do a google search of problems with Nissan Altima. The results are staggering.

- Bladenboro, NC, USA

The car shut off when I was driving. Very dangerous because no brakes no sterling.

- West Palm Beach, FL, USA

The gear shift is locked and I can not shift gear from park to drive and neither reverse. The car was parked under my car port on level ground. I started engine, and placed foot on brake and began to shift out of park and into reverse, but shift was locked. I tried to shift to drive but it still would not engage.

- Camden, AR, USA

My car is a 2013 Nissan Altima and it just hit 90,000 miles. I purchased the car in March 2013 with 45,000 miles on it. May 25th my car started having trouble. It included going backwards when the car was in drive, losing power as I'm driving, reving/winding noise, and finally not moving at all. Everything pointed a problems with the transmission and to take it to a Nissan dealership. After doing the diagnostics, they said I needed to replace the transmission. Because my warranty ran out in March I asked about the cost of the replacement and was told it was $3,800. I spoke with Nissan Consumer Affairs on May 29th and was told that the regional consumer manager would call. Jason did call and said he had to research. On Tuesday, June 5th, the decision was that because the car was out of warranty they would not cover the transmission replacement. I asked him about the recall that was issued by Nissan in December 2016 acknowledging the cvt transmissions needed to be reprogrammed and if not it would lead to accelerated damage. I also made him aware that I never received that notice. His response was because I was not the original owner of the vehicle, I did not receive the recall notice. He would not answer how if Nissan knew that the cvt transmissions were a problem on some vehicles why did it matter that my warranty had expired in March. He also had no response to me saying that a normal transmission does not need to be replaced on a car that is only 5 years old and has not even hit 100,000 miles. So although it is a well known issue with some of the cvt transmissions, a recall that is on Nissan's website associated with my VIN number, the acknowledgement that I did not receive the recall notice to bring it in for service, I am stuck with a $3,800 repair bill if I want to fix my car.

- Hampton, VA, USA

Continuous issues with transmission. When car gets hot, which can be within minutes living in Arizona, the gas pedal when floored, barely increases speed from a stop. Car has been to dealership 3 times for service of this issue. 1st time a cooler was added to the transmission. Then a recall was issued and we brought it in again. Things were working for a short period of time. Now that the weather is starting to warm up, the issue is occurring again. I brought it back to the dealership and they claim they can't find anything wrong, no codes/errors appeared. The issue continues. After speaking with a couple of reputable mechanics, this is a known issue with the cvt transmission and there is no known fix. I do not feel safe driving my car.

- Maricopa, AZ, USA

I have a 2013 Nissan Altima with 45K miles on it. The car starts up and idles in park just fine. However, when I shift it into gear (drive or reverse), the car sputters and stalls. It doesn't sputter and stall until I take my foot off the brake. I am able to drive it just fine if I immediately press on the gas after shifting into drive. The check engine light turns on only when the car stalls. I took it to Nissan there was no code recorded - not sure why. It happened with me 5 times in a row in a day.

- Nashville, TN, USA

Car will not release from park unless you press on the brake release button. This happened as my car reached 65K miles. This could be a huge issue and safety if someone was to be stranded out somewhere and they are H able to leave because there car will not come out of park. This problem is affecting a lot of vehicles coming out of Nissan.

- Denton, TX, USA