On April 29, 2017 while sitting at a stop light, this vehicle stalled at a busy highway intersection and could not be moved, when the cvt transmission went out. After contacting Nissan I was told that it is my responsibility to pay the $5000 for a new transmission. I have only owned this car for 1 year and it has less than 80,000 miles on it. I have the documentation that the cvt was reprogrammed at 24,781 miles. This is obviously an ongoing issue with the Nissan cvt transmissions, and even the warranty on 2010 has been increased the 120,000, but not the 2013. It is a shame that I had a 2005 Nissan with over 200,000 miles and it still ran great, but unfortunately I sold it to buy a newer Nissan, expecting the same reliability. I have currently been without this vehicle for over a month. This 2013 Altima was previously a leased vehicle and has had all necessary maintenance preformed, but Nissan is still not standing behind their vehicle. Is it going to take a death caused by the cvt before Nissan will agree they are a fault? I have had over $200 in towing expenses alone plus the inconvenience of not having a vehicle for such a long period of time. Nissan should be ashamed to put their name on a transmission that has so many issues. It is nearly impossible to get to talk to a Nissan representative and I am currently making payments on a useless vehicle.

- Chillicothe, OH, USA

At a stoplight at a busy intersection, the car stalled. When put in gear it dies. After having it towed to the dealership, I was told that the cvt transmission was bad. The vehicle has 60,080 miles and the warranty is good to 60,000 miles.

- Hendersonville, TN, USA

The contact owns a 2013 Nissan Altima. While driving approximately 40 mph, the transmission stopped working without warning. The vehicle was coasted to the side of the road and towed to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the transmission needed to be replaced. The dealer also stated that the failure had nothing to do with the previous recall repair that was completed on the vehicle. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that the vehicle was no longer under a warranty. The vehicle was not repaired. The recall details were not provided. The failure mileage was approximately 153,000.

- Brookfield, CT, USA

In January of 2017 my car has started having transmission problems. The transmission would jerk and as higher speeds were being pursued it had difficulty reaching it. My car even completely died. I took to a local shop who told me what it was. I decided to look online and see if I was the only one with the problem. To my surprise there had been a recall on my transmission that was effective December 08, 2016. I was not at this point in time given a recall notice of any sort. Actually I never received the notice until March 13. I immediately called my dealership to bring in. As I was bringing it in it wouldn't reach speeds over 25 mph. The recall states that continuing to drive this vehicle without the recall performed can lead to accelerated wear on the cvt transmission. The dealer told me that the car had been delivered in the time frame necessary, but that my transmission was now dead and would cost me $4000!!!! note: Still paying payments on this car. So, anyways I"ve been sent through phone lines and hung up on to no end. I went back to dealership and asked them for a diagnosis on my transmission. I wanted to know how it completely died. They said they didn't diagnose transmissions there. So I then said well you told me this recall did not cause my transmission damage. I said so you actually don't know if this is in fact the problem. The guy agreed with me! they then broke down and let me have their bosses number who apparently never gives this number out. I had talked to her previousuly and she was no help for me. Not even sympathetic nor offering me a reason. I also asked the dealership to repair the recall. They refused. I am at a loss. Its been three months without my car. I still pay on it! I am devastated and don't know who can help me!

- Merrillville, IN, USA

Gear shift is stuck in park. Using a pencil to push the shift release button is the only way to shift it into gear. Local mechanic noted that this is a common issue with Nissan Altima.

- Los Angeles, CA, USA

Vehicle while in motion at low speed began to shudder, and stalled when brake applied. Afterwards, vehicle started while in park, but stalled immediately when shifting into drive. Dealer determined that cvt transmission had failed.

- Mcconnellsburg, PA, USA

The car was running fine until 4/26/17. It started to almost stall at red lights while driving to work, then it completely stopped moving in traffic, the engine stayed on but the car would not shift. No light on dash or warning. Luckily I was able to coast to the side of the road. Need a new transmission

- Wilkes Barre, PA, USA

The contact owns a 2013 Nissan Altima. While at a stop light, the vehicle stalled and shut down. The vehicle was turned off and restarted. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The failure recurred. The dealer diagnosed that the transmission needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and promised to confer with the regional manager and call the contact back. The failure was not remedied. The failure mileage was 67,900.

- Riverdale, NJ, USA

I was driving on a city street and came to a red light, when the light turned green it was as if my car shut down. I was unable to accelerate, break, turn the car off and place in park. The car coasted as if it was in neutral and I steered it to the curb. I slammed on breaks as hard as I could and the car jerked so hard. I was able to get it in park but the car wouldnt turn off for about 30 seconds. I was finally able to get it turned off and started again and drove it home (less than a mile) and parked it. I am terrified to drive this car

- Baltimore, MD, USA

Nissan cvt transmissions I always had the shaking and juddering problem after the Nissan cvt software recall the shaking and juddering got worse and know the dealer is telling me the valve in the cvt needs replacing after a month of the recall and after month my powertrain waranty expired the vehicle shakes while reversing or in dfive or in park or just idle

- White Plains, NY, USA

2013 Nissan Altima 2.5S was serviced on December 19, 2016 at planet Nissan 5850 centennial center blvd. Las vegas, nv 89149 dealer performed R1609 OCS recall & PC490 cvt reprogram recall. During these process some electrical items damage. Now cvt (continues variable transmission) is failing. On April 6, 2017 took vehicle to autonation Nissan las vegas 5800 w. sahara ave the service consultant said cvt is bad and needs to be replace but Nissan do not want to pay. Vehicle drives but when you reach 25-35 miles per hour it jerks, also 65 miles per hour it jerks then it looses power, vehicle comes to a stop and it does not move. This vehicle is not safe to be on the road. Nissan needs to correct this issue before somebody gets injured.

- Las Vegas, NV, USA

The contact owns a 2013 Nissan Altima. While driving 5 mph or while in a lower gear, the vehicle shook and failed to accelerate. The contact stated that it felt like the vehicle was about to stall. The vehicle also made a revving noise while driving at low speeds. The failure recurred multiple times. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The approximate failure mileage was 39,000.

- Manassas, VA, USA

Bought this auto new and from beginning had problems with rough or stuttered shifting when climbing hill (worst), descending hill, driving on flat areas, depressing or releasing gas pedal. I let the maintenance dept know when getting car serviced at three months and was told this was normal! sure. I brought this up again two more times and they could find nothing wrong. After the recall came out on the transmission control mod, the fix helped somewhat. Now a few weeks later, it is worse than before, especially in the hills. This fixed didn't help and more investigation needs to take place in order to find the problem and fix it correctly. This had being going on almost 4 years from the date of purchase to yesterday last day driven. Sooner or later the transmission will quit working from this trouble.

- Jonesboro, AR, USA

Gear shift will not come out of park. Multiple tries sometimes makes the solenoid release, but dealer says the mechanism needs to be replaced $700. Many complaints on the web, but no recall.

- Johnson City, TN, USA

My Nissan Altima 2013-only has 51,000 miles. I driving towards the gwb and was sitting on heavy traffic heading to the exit when my car started to vibrate and then shut off. All the light on my dashboard came on. I put the steer back to park. And restarted my car, it vibrated a little more when it shut off for the second time. I tried a final time to turn my car back on, which finally did not shut off and was able to drive to work. I was super scared as I was on a major highway, lucky for me it was heavy traffic and the other vehicles were driving slower than usual. This is not safe as I usually drive with my 6 year old with me. I got to work I looked up what had happened to me and there are tons of complains about the same issue with the transmission. I don't know why Nissan has not addressed this issue. I cannot say this car is reliable anymore. I called my dealership and taking the car in tomorrow. I am hoping they can change my transmission as I am still in warranty.

- Harrison, NJ, USA

After recent recall work done on cvt (reprogramming) 1 week ago, twice in the last week the car has failed to move from stationary when accelerator pedal was pressed from idle/standing - engine did not rev higher etc, literally nothing happened at all. Had to take all pressure of accelerator pedal, wait a few seconds, then press again to actually move - dangerous stopped in the middle of the city street/traffic.

- Marietta, GA, USA

MY STORY EXACTLY LIKE ALL THE REST. FROM THE DAY I PICKED UP THE VEHICLE THE VEHICLE SOMETIME ACTED STRANGE. THEN OF COURSE SITTING AT STOP LIGHT AFTER 80K MILES...CAR GOES INTO DRIVE BUT THEN DIES. TOW THE VEHICLE IN MYSELF TO SHOP WHO DIAGNOSED AS "NEED NEW TRANSMISSION". 5 THOUSAND DOLLARS... WHAT A PIECE OF CRAP! [XXX] INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

- Tomball, TX, USA

Car stalled in traffic, at lights, hesitates and shudders. Safety issue is the stalling in traffic. Symptoms began approximately two (2) weeks ago, have kept log of dates, symptoms, time, and traffic conditions.,

- San Diego, CA, USA

My gear shift is stuck in park

- Apex, NC, USA

First, my car would hesitate to change gears when started. While at a complete stop my car started with a jerk and the RPM needle would flutter. Next, I would attempt to accelerate from a complete stop and the car would hesitate to move. I'd press the gas and go nowhere with the RPM needle at its max then suddenly take off until one day I started the car and it would not move. I had the car towed to my local Nissan dealership and was advised it was valve and cvt related. Long story short, I repaired what they said I needed to repair, $1400 and 2 days after I picked the car up, the same issue occurred, jerking at complete stops and the engine light came on 4 days later. Nissan Consumer Affairs would not help me even though they've honored certain VIN numbers for the same problem. So my car is currently in the shop, again, 5 days after I paid $1400 for a 4 year old car that had been diagnosed me sent home with a clean bill of health.

- Bloomfield, CT, USA