CarComplaints.com Notes: The 2014 Nissan Altima shows multiple problem trends, continuing the poor reputation of the 2013 Altima, prompting us to give it our "Beware of the Clunker" badge.
This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
Transmission stopped working in the middle of traffic 4/28/18. I was stopped at a red light. When the light turned green the engine shut off. The engine shut off when trying to move forward or in reverse. I was traveling westbound on East cheltenham avenue in melrose park, pa. The car was towed to faulkner Nissan where the transmission was replaced due to a cvt issue. I was reimbursed for towing (reimbursement was offered by Nissan) and I was given a loaner vehicle with a new transmission at no cost.
The contact owns a 2014 Nissan Altima. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact stated that the accelerator pedal was depressed and responded abruptly at an abnormal speed. The vehicle was towed to gerald Nissan of North Aurora (213 hansen blvd, North Aurora, il 60542) where the vehicle was diagnosed with a defective transmission. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure however, no assistance was provided. The failure mileage was 83,000.
Accelerating from a stop sign, about 10 feet later there was no power to the wheels. Neither reverse or forward gears worked and the check engine light came on. Engine runs normally and no abnormal noises. Ended up having to push the car to the nearest safe area and waited for a tow. This seems to be a sudden transmission failure at just over 50,000 miles the shop has quoted me $4000 to replace the transmission citing they have seen many failures on the Nissan cvt's and do not recommend repairing them.
Cvt transmission failing with only 73,900 miles on the 2014 vehicle. Also both passenger and driver side door mechanisms have broke from the inside, meaning you have to roll the window down to get out of the vehicle. This is a safety hazard.
I purchased a used 2014 Nissan Altima with 58,000 miles. It drove great during test driving and on my way home which is 1 hour away from where I live. By day 2 the car began jerking around 60 mi per hr. And under. I made an appointment to have it looked at my local Nissan dealership. By day 4 on the way to the dealership the RPM would jump up to 4 and the car made a winding noise. It would advance forward quickly and then stall. All of this while driving on a major highway. I came to a place where I could pull over waited a few minutes and then tried to pull off the car would not go anywhere. I finally had to have it towed to the dealership. Nissan has yet to know what the problem is, saying it has an "unspecified code". it's been 3 days. I know there had been a recall on the cvt transmission however I don't see my vehicle VIN on the list.
- Lynchburg, VA, USA
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I parked the car went into a store left the car running. While I was driving home, the cvt transmission would not shift out of 1st gear. I know there are no gears in cvt but I could only go 20 mph on the road and highway, very dangerous. I made it home, and the next morning, the transmission was ok.
The contact owns a 2014 Nissan Altima. While driving at low speeds, the accelerator pedal was applied, but the vehicle slowed down and stopped. In addition, the check engine warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was taken to san leandro Nissan (1152 marina blvd, san leandro, ca 94577, (510) 826-1462) where it was diagnosed that the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was contacted and provided case number: 37771869. The failure mileage was 97,000. The VIN was invalid.
The contact owns a 2014 Nissan Altima. While driving 30 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning and the battery indicator illuminated. The vehicle could not be restarted. The vehicle was towed to buckeye Nissan (3820 parkway ln, hilliard, oh 43026, (614) 771-2345) where the torque converter and transmission were replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and informed the contact that they performed updates to the new transmission and assured the contact that the failure would not recur. The vehicle was repaired. The failure mileage was 84,300.
The vehicle stalls when pulling from a stop sign or stoplight. The vehicle restarts without issue then will stall again when engaging into gear. This happened at highway speed also with the car turning completely off. After exiting the highway, the car restarted without issue and was able to continue off the road. At a stoplight, it stalled again in the intersection. Research online shows multiple complaints on this vehicle similar to my complaint. This vehicle is unsafe to drive and I don't think I will drive it again.
I have a 2014 Nissan Altima. One morning after having drove about 15 miles on the city street, turning my car off and then on again after about 10 minutes, my car started shutting off when put in drive. I had to get it towed. My mechanic called Nissan and gave them the failure code. He was told that it was the torque converter. It was locked and so the transmission needed to be replaced. I've been reading up on this and other complaints. Nissan issued a recall on the cvt reprogramming, but I think they know that there is more wrong with the transmissions they installed these cars than that. Reprogramming the cvt is simple for them, it's just a software upgrade. Now I'm finding out that the torque converter is failing (locking up) on thousands of cars. I feel Nissan should be held accountable for these repairs.
Jerks when turning on won't turn on inconsistent battery and check engine light will feel jerky and has jerked forward at stop light when my foot was on brake pedal has jerked in reverse while in drive and vice versa amongst other concerns. Very inconsistent with this very unpredictable have already gotten serviced 2 times under warranty and purchased from certified preowned Nissan dealership etc docs can be provided upon request
The contact owns a 2014 Nissan Altima. While driving various speeds, the vehicle's rpms surged without warning. Also, while driving 55 mph, the vehicle stalled when the accelerator pedal was depressed and the check engine indicator illuminated. The contact took the vehicle to nalley Nissan of atlanta (2551 the nalley way, atlanta, ga 30360, (678) 825-6749) where the failures were linked to service bulletin number: Ntv15-102 and related to the cvt; however, the dealer had yet to determine if the defects were related to the transmission or the engine valve. The manufacturer was not notified. The vehicle had not been repaired. The failure mileage was unknown. *
Bought a used 2014 Altima from hendrick Chevy in merriam Kansas. Transmission failed on multiple occasions and did not give any indication via check engine light or failure codes. Acceleration was severely delayed from a stop nearly causing me to wreck when throttle reaponse and acceleration was near zero.
My vehicle stalled while I was stopped in traffic when I attempted to restart my vehicle and move it. It would start but when I attempted to shift from park it would stall again. I had to get the vehicle towed when taken to the shop nothing appeared when scanned and days later the car began to move again
The car stalls in the middle of the road while driving. This happen on more that 4 times before it completely stopped driving. I took the vehicle to dealership, where is was diagnosed to for transmission failure. The vehicle has only 81K miles on it. This is a major issue with the vehicle.
Takata recall my 2014 Nissan Altima started losing power and stalling while driving on the highways back in May 2019 with no indication why as there was no 'check engine light' and it was taken back to the dealer and whatever they told me to repair I did. It continued sporadically stalling (losing power down to under 30mph)in June, July, August & now September-during this time we have replaced the battery, change the filters, finally tuning up the car last week Wednesday! didn't drive it Thursday-Monday now this morning Tuesday it stalled and start losing power again! still no check engine light and now after taking it back to the dealer this morning I was just called by conicelli service rep telling me the transmission is gone!!! at 125000 - 5yrs old ! this is unacceptable because this is our 8th Nissan and all the previous ones last up to 27700 miles and never replaced a transmission!! this is definitely a lemon and Nissan usa needs to do something! replace the transmission or buy it back!!
First, the cvt blew on a 70mph highway. Got that fixed, Nissan North America and mentor Nissan helped. Nna paid 70% of a transmission. They are also reimbursing me for towing. Then, I have video proof, that after the recall, the OCS light is on while I have passengers in the car. Lastly, rear suspension arm rusting out (photo proof). This car is no longer safe to drive! the whole car should be recalled!
I puchased the vehicle in 7/2016 used with 47,000 miles. Never ran great. Needed new cvt transmission at 63000. Miles. Was repaired.. now 99,347. Miles failure of cvt trasmission again. Car only 5 years old. Dealer says not their problem vehicle stopped at a light. Would not accelerate when stepped on pedal. Cars driving toward me in anticipation of me moving put me in grave and dire harms way
After driving for a little while there would be no warning no lights come on and I would come to a stop at a light, stop sight, or traffic and then when I go to accelerate again it would not do anything for about 5-10seconds then would eventually take off at a high rate this is very dangerous and there is no stopping it if a car is coming from another direction it could easily end up in a very bad accident and there is no stopping
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- Philadelphia, PA, USA