2009 Nissan Altima: whining or grinding noise

Filed Aug 30, 2019 · Acceleration · 98,000 miles · CA

My grandson and I were taking a 2 and 1/2 hour trip to visit family I was driving about an hour on the freeway going on an uphill and I began to hear a whining sound and my speed started to decrease from 70 then to 60 and it started to decrease more so I then got off the freeway turned off the car and waited about a half an hour I then decided that it would not be safe to continue my trip but the location that I was in was not a safe area for me and my grandson to wait for a tow truck I then decided to head back one exit down where they would be more lighting the car drove fine I was able to pick up speed with no problem but again I thought it would not be safe to continue driving so I then call the tow truck and how does tow back home what I did notice was when I accelerate the gas pedal the engine did not rev at a higher level nor did the speed increase but to my little knowledge with cars it was telling me it wasn't the transmission slipping, pressing the accelerater and not hearing your engine accelerate but car is still moving but lower speed just did not make sense to me. This could have caused an accident it was mid afternoon on a freeway that commuters often use I was lucky that the off ramp was near for me to exit.

Filed Jul 9, 2019 · Transmission · 257,000 miles · CT

My altima has 257k miles. I was driving home from a friend's house and the car just died on my street. The engine made a whining sound and would not go over 5 MPH. Luckily I was able to coast the car down the hill to my house. The car has been well maintained and I am replacing the CVT transmission for the second time. The last time I replaced it was 3 years ago in 2016. Most of my mileage is hwy miles. I have read numerous complaints online regarding the crappy CVT transmission in the altima. The dealer is putting in my 3rd transmission today and only guaranteeing a 1 year / 12000 mile warranty. This does not sound like they are backing their product. From all that I have read and experienced, the car is a total safety issue losing speed in warm weather on long trips that could result in serious accidents. Could there be a recall coming?

Filed Oct 26, 2018 · Acceleration, Fuel system · 81,000 miles · MS

The car slows down and speeds up on its own and makes a whining sound while driving in the city and on the highway.

Filed Aug 22, 2018 · Acceleration · 150,000 miles · NJ

In the warm weather 80 and above the car makes a whining noise and starts to lose acceleration when you hit the gas there is no power which is happened on the highways lose acceleration when you hit the gas there is no power which has happened on the highways

Filed Jun 7, 2018 · Transmission · 158,000 miles · AL

I purchased my car in 2012 shortly after purchasing the car I noticed something didn't feel quite right I called the nissan service dept and explained the issue they assured me everything was okay but then in 2016 I complained to nissan about the whining noise again and when traveling on the interstate how my car would just slow down with no warning causing the tractor trailer traveling behind me to think quickly and jump into another lane or else I probably would not be alive to be writing you. The next incident was after I exited off of the interstate and stopped at the stop sign once I begin to accelerate my car stalled in the middle of the street causing a car coming around the curve to quickly exit onto the interstate to keep from hitting me. When I explained all of this to nissan they already knew about this issue and I said why wasn't this something you send out to consumers because if you already know then this isn't the first incident. At the time I reported this I had 119,876 miles on my car the rep proceeded to tell me I was past the extended warranty I said what extended warranty I knew nothing about this and never received anything in reference to this. Needless to say nissan never followed back up with me and I reached out to them again recently about this same issue and told them nobody ever followed up and I was almost hit once again due to losing power in the middle of the interstate. Took the car in to a nissan service depart explained the issue once again they said oh there is a service bulletin on the engine but this had nothing to do with the transmission but assured me this was the issue needless to say two days later and $390 later the problem still isn't fixed. This is a safety hazard and one day may cause fatalities. This should be a recall for those vehicles under the warranty. They have lawsuits. Http://www.nissanproblems.com/trends/CVT/

Filed Jun 13, 2017 · Transmission · 157,000 miles · TX

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 nissan altima. While driving approximately 70 MPH, the vehicle lost power and decelerated. The rpms were between 4 and 5. The contact coasted the vehicle over to the side of the road, placed the vehicle in park, and waited a few minutes. When the contact began driving again, the vehicle started to pull and hesitate, failed to shift gears, and the transmission made a whining noise and failed to accelerate. The contact called a local dealer (nissan altima in schertz, tx) and was informed that he would had to pay for diagnostic testing. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 157,000.

Filed Apr 14, 2017 · Transmission · 149,000 miles · CA

Transmission broke at 119,000, was fixed, just under extended warranty. Began whining, was told it needed a transmission cooler, installed for $1,000+. Now, at 149,000 transmission has broken again. It was in motion when it acceleration quit on a city street.

Filed Nov 5, 2015 · Transmission · 185,110 miles · LA

Vehicle's transmission begins to whine and loses power within a hour of highway driving on a hot day. Vehicle cannot accelerate after, thus creating a hazard towards other vehicles. Nissan wont cover costs associated with this problem if it is out of warranty. Most altima models from 2007 - 2009 are experiencing the same problem. I am surprised their isnt a recall for this particular issue.

Filed Jul 31, 2015 · Acceleration · 96,680 miles · SC

The first incident occur while driving on the interstate at about 75 MPH. All of a sudden the car began to slow down at a steady pace. It would not let me accelerate even with the pedal pressed all the way to the floor and it began to make a whining noise. I pulled over and let the car sit for a while and when I started driving again the drove normal like nothing happened. The second incident occur about 7 months later while driving on the interstate again at about 60mph. This time the car didn't slow down, but it would let me accelerate pass 60 MPH and the RPM needle never moved. After letting the car sit I started to drive again and every time I accelerated the car began to jerk violently and started making the same whining noise. After letting the car sit for a while longer it drove normal. The nissan dealership repair shop couldn't find a problem. The check engine light never came on to indicate a problem.

Filed May 12, 2015 · Acceleration, Transmission · NC

As my family and I was traveling out of town, the car's acceleration appeared to decline out of no where. Even with the gas pedal pressed completely down to the floor, there was no change in speed. It made a whining noise as well. Since the first incident it has happened 8 times that I can count over the past year and a half. I have taken it to the dealer several times and they have not been able to recreate the issue nor get a code. So my issue still exists. It only happens on long distance trips where I drive more than 40 miles or so at 75 MPH or more, usually 80mph. The most recent incident happened this past weekend and my young daughter and I were almost killed by a tractor trailer so I once again took the car in to the nissan dealer and once again they could not recreate the issue. It's pretty frustrating when you know there's an issue but you can't get a resolution. Like I would make up an issue to pay for, that's dumb! They want you to take it to an authorize nissan dealer but what good does that do when they can't find or fix the issue.

Filed Oct 30, 2012 · Transmission · 77,320 miles · IL

The transmission in my 2009 altima began to make a whining noise. It began to shutter and made the whole vehicle respond erratically. When stopped, the vehicle would move forward. Nissan apparently knows there is a problem and extended the transmission warranty to 120,000 miles. The problem is nissan is replacing the faulty CVT transmission with a "new" replacement faulty transmission. There is no recall on the vehicle. After searching the internet, there are many people having problems with the transmission. There are even videos on youtube documenting problems with the 2009 altima transmissions. Even after an initial replacement, many vehicles are needing multiple replacement transmissions. To my knowledge, no attempt has been made by nissan to solve the problem, they just replace transmissions. A recall needs to occur, and nissan needs to fix the problem instead of replacing it. Once again, there is no recall.

Filed Aug 30, 2011 · Transmission · 41,550 miles · MA

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 nissan altima. The contact was driving 88 MPH when the vehicle exhibited an abnormal whining noise from under the hood. The vehicle then decelerated without warning and would not accelerate past 20 MPH. The vehicle was taken to the dealer performed a diagnostic that located several failures, unknown to the contact. The dealer then test drove the vehicle and was able to duplicate the failure. The manufacturer advised the dealer that the specifications for the transmission had recently changed and there was an excess of transmission fluid in the vehicle. The dealer removed one half quart of the transmission fluid, but the failure continued to recur. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 41,550 and the current mileage was 42,800.