2010 Nissan Altima: sudden loss of power

Filed Aug 20, 2020 · Transmission · TX

My car loses power on the freeway and it is extremely dangerous. I typically drive on north dallas tollway in dfw area and the other day I had to exit because all of a sudden the car lost power after driving on freeway for 60 miles. This has been an ongoing intermittent issue since day one. I found online that nissan is aware of the issue but refused to repair.

Filed Nov 8, 2019 · Engine, Transmission · 127,000 miles · VA

Tl* the contact owns a 2010 nissan altima. While driving 35 MPH, the vehicle started to jerk and lost power without warning. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the oil consumption fractured and was leaking into the engine. Also, the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer and dealer were not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 127,000.

Filed Jun 3, 2019 · Engine · 155,000 miles · MT · fire · 2 injuries

Tl* the contact owned a 2010 nissan altima. The contact stated that while driving on the highway at 70 MPH, the vehicle caught on fire. The contact was able to pull to the shoulder and exit the vehicle while the vehicle burned to the ground. The flames came from directly underneath the hood. Smoke first showed and the vehicle lost all power before the flames quickly appeared. It was unknown if a report was filed. There were 2 passengers injured that did not require hospitalization. The types of injuries were unknown. The vehicle was totaled by the insurance company. It was unknown if the dealer or manufacturer were contacted. The failure mileage was 155,000.

Filed Nov 14, 2018 · Transmission · 187,000 miles · TX

Vehicle will not go past 60 MPH, then within 24 hours would not go past 40 MPH, within 24 more hours, vehicle will not accelerate over 20 MPH and has extreme power loss. Was evaluated by transmission shop who confirmed the transmission is failing.

Filed Apr 27, 2018 · Transmission · 131,000 miles · TX

Problem: accelerating on highway and car would not switch into higher gear preventing car from going more than 20 MPH on a 75 MPH highway. Nissan technician diagnosed that the problem was the CVT transmission and the repairs would have been covered 100% under the warrantee extension if the car had been within the 120,000 limit. Our car was just 8% over that limit but nissan's consumer affairs department would not help in any way. The representative said nissan acknowledged the problem with the transmissions and doubled the warrantee but that was all they were going to do. The same problems that are causing these CVT transmissions to fail at 120,000 miles are causing them to fail at 131,000 miles in my case. Nissan should be held accountable for repairing the defective transmissions. I am not certain why a recall has not been mandated. This is a documented and acknowledged problem and it is a safety concern to lose power while driving.

Filed Mar 27, 2017 · Steering · 683 miles · SC

Hard to turn, make noise when turning and losing power steering fluid!!!

Filed Feb 10, 2017 · Driver assistance, Electrical · 120,000 miles · TX

I have had three separate occasions where when driving the vehicle and attempting to turn into a corner the car completely shuts off and loses all power and ability to steer. The first two occasions occurred where I could simply place the car in park and restart as if nothing happened. The last occurrence 2/9/17 happened as described above was turning into an alley going less than 20mph when car just shut off. I placed the car in park and when I attempted to restart, the car turned on but when pushing the gas the car would barely accelerate. I had the car towed and the wrecker tried to drive the car onto the tow truck but was unable to get it up the bed as it didnt have any power to drive up the bed. I took it to a nissan dealership who ran diagnostics and stated that there were no codes that were identified. They stated it was running just fine, and could not reproduce the same issue. This is a huge safety hazzard as there is absolutely no notice when the car will shut off and lose power steering. This could easily be a huge accident if occurs on the freeway. I would like answers as to what is going on with the car. I have seen hundreds of other nissan owners with similar problems (all reporting that no diagnostic codes prompted during diagnosing).

Filed Jul 13, 2016 · Engine · 55 miles · GA

Transmission is failing at 140,000. Car is losing power on highway putting me and my kids in danger. Car losing power going down to zero on busy highway.

Filed May 11, 2015 · Engine, Fuel system · 90,000 miles · TX · crash · 4 injuries

Traveling east on I-20 in arlingtjon texas our car began losing power and coasted to a stop. We were powerless to move and could not get off the freeway. We were hit from behind and as reported our car went airborne. The truck that hit us also hit another vehicle and flipped onto its top. In all 4 people went to hospital including my self and my wife. In researching the reason the car stopped, I found a number of other cases over several years of people online that lost power in this type vehicle. The problem seems to be a sensor for the crankshaft/camshaft that fails causing stalling. I contacted nissans representative(case number18593816) at 615‑725‑7539. Told them the car had been sealed and secured awaiting their inspection to determine the problem. They refused to inspect the vehicle saying their were no recalls on it. I feel this is a dangerous situation that could have killed us and others.

Filed Aug 29, 2014 · Engine, Transmission · 40,000 miles · TX

My wife just phoned to tell me the CVT transmission failed-again- leaving her stranded in a parking lot in a bad part of houston (sw). This has happened many times and has been taken to nissan dealer in angleton, texas for this problem. In december of 2014 they installed a transmission cooler,thinking it's an overheating problem. My wife stated shes glad it didn't happen on the freeway as it might had caused a collision with possible death,etc. Nissan has not resolved these CVT issues and you-the federal safety agency- have not forced them to do so either. When the CVT fails you lose power as it goes into a default mode. This happens without warning and causes loss of acceleration and ability to move out of hazardous situations. The only remedy is to park the car and wait for it to cool,thus resetting the default mode. At this point nissan has advised to bring the car in for a code scan. This is dangerous enough that I plan to take the car in with the intention of getting rid of it!!! I will trade it in for a toyota camry but unfortunately some other person will be stuck with the same dangerous CVT issues and could also be killed or injured because of this transmission failure and because you have not forced nissan to fix the problem. I have complained to you of this same issue with negative results.

Filed Sep 24, 2013 · Electrical, Engine · 33,000 miles · CA

This vehicle stalls or loses power when driving. It seems to happen during long trips, especially in hot weather during prolonged driving (several hours). It seems to do well if kept at highway speed, but as soon as the car makes a stop or slows down, it completely stalls or accelerates with great difficulty at insufficient speed. It is a dangerous traffic hazard. The nissan dealer expressed surprise when I called him regarding this problem. He said it was probably a batch of poor gasoline. After we experience another power failure, we took the car to the nissan dealer to check it out, but they could not find the problem. After running tests, our personal mechanic said he thought it was a transmission problem, but we had the transmission analyzed and serviced, and the battery cables checked. The car recently lost power again on a trip from montana to california. It lost power at stop signs or when I had to decelerate and then try to accelerate. After the car was turned off for the evening, it did not start the next morning, at first. Later it started and drove fine. I see there have been other complaints about other nissans losing power or stalling. I would appreciate it if you would tell me what steps you are taking to address this problem.

Filed Dec 13, 2012 · Acceleration, Airbags · 10,602 miles · CA

Engine ping noise from engine at times really loud noise got worse then more problems happened over time at a stop car was accelerating like if was pressing the brake and the gas at the same time,next car would come to a stop then lost power when accelerating the car would not go more than a few MPH this happened a few times and once down hill the car would not go in reverse and almost hit a parked car also almost got in an accident because the car would not clear an intersection , I also got video footage of incident ,dealer keeps saying there is nothing wrong and the car is safe even after they saw the video they say the computer shows nothing then a recorder was installed in the car and the car was accelerated by itself the recorder button was pressed and the car was then taken to the dealer the recorder was taken off and the main nissan company called me and said that the information on the recorder was accidentally erased. I have had many problems with this car since I had it this is my main concern but I have had problems from the windows not rolling down to the airbag light turning on and tail lights not working the dealer is not helping neither nissan direct and at this point im concerned of my safety and my family's.