2010 Nissan Altima: engine overheating

Filed Jan 4, 2021 · Engine, Suspension · 137,000 miles · CO

I drove my car the day before it was fine. I came out to my car a 2010 altima 3.5 sr I had a check engine light . I precisely preceded to drive my car because I had to go to work. My car would not move over 20 MPH. Car intermediately started overheated and died . I had to have it towed to a local infiniti dealer because the car was inoperable, the problem was found that nissan had a recall on the car but the 1st owner never fixed it. The problem was a step motor , the car had no power , now after paying 3k for a new radiator the check engine light dates back to a recall years back nissan had. This is unsafe . I could've lost my life . I still have a lean on my vehicle it has worn control arms , and CVT issues galore if this is not fixed someone will be killed I promise you . Totaled over 8k in repairs shame on nissan and common fuccin safety bro !!!!!! Total junk and unsafe and is inoperable and still isn't paid off whooo hooo just kill us all nissan !!!!

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 Jan 5, 2014 · Engine, Transmission · 31,000 miles · TX

We have had many problems with our cars CVT transmission since it was purchased new in 2010. The transmission, without any indication, goes into a safe mode which causes the car to loose acceleration. This has happened to us several times,usually after long trips (70 miles or more) at highway speeds. It has also happened in parking lots or just stopping to make a turn. The car has been to the nissan dealer 2-times and both times they removed oil,claiming the excess oil caused the transmission to overheat which put it into the safe mode. On dec. 31,2013 we were on a return trip of 70 miles or so when we exited the freeway. We came to a stop at a traffic signal and upon trying to accelerate,the transmission once again went in the safe mode,hindering our ability to accelerate across the intersection. We slowly drove the short distance home parking the car. In the past,we parked the car allowing it to cool so it would "reset" but this time the car remained in the safe mode the next day. We had it towed to nissan. Nissan claims they cannot duplicate the problem and our car is ready for pickup. This transmission fails without warning and upon doing so makes it accelerate very,very slowly which puts us in grave danger. I will not put my grand kids in this death trap nor does my wife want to drive it. I have seen the many,many internet complaints about this same CVT problem. If I or my wife get killed trying to cross an intersection when this failure occurs,this will be the reason why. When I pick up our car jan 6th,2014,I plan to drive it to the toyota dealer to seek a trade in on a camry. This nissan is going to get people killed.

Filed Jul 14, 2011 · Transmission · 9,000 miles · TX

On june 26th,we left the houston area on an out of town trip. At the halfway point we exited 1-10 at schulenberg texas after driving for approx.100 miles. After coming to a stop at a major intersection, I tried to accelerate at a normal rate and discovered that the vehicle was not responding and didn't have sufficient power to safely move thru the intersection. I further depressed the accelerator and could hear the engine revving but felt little movement from the vehicle. It felt as if the car was stuck in high gear. We slowly gained speed and eventually moved to a parking lot where the car came to a stop;not willing to move beyond that parking space. After allowing to vehicle to cool for an hour, it accelerated 1-time at it's normal rate but soon returned to it's earlier condition. We allowed it to sit for about 4 hours and decided to give it another try. The car moved off in a normal way, we decided since it was underway and because of this safety issue, we decided to return home via all freeway,trying not to stop anywhere. On june 28,2011 we took the car to the nissan dealer in angleton tx. The service dept. Claimed the CVT transmission had too much oil (half quart) in it from the factory which causes them to overheat which causes the condition we experienced. The dealer stated this has happened to many other nissan altima owners (CVT transmission). The dealer stated there is no recall. The problem gives no warning which left us pulling slowly unable to accelerate with fast moving oncoming traffic. Nissan should have notified us of this problem and done a self imposed recall. I am not convinced of nissan's claim of "too much oil" as the cause of this problem. The car did this briefly once before while moving very slowly in a parking lot but never did it again until june 26 th 2011.

Filed Jun 15, 2010 · Engine · 698 miles · HI · 1 injury

My brand new nissan altima A/C stop working just for not reason after driving it for like 20 minutes but I thought was alright the out of nowhere the engine start to overheat all the way to the h, my car is an brand new altima 2.5 s 4 cylinders and I just bought it on may 12th, in kailua kona hawaii (www.konaauto.com), I got scared because was too hot and it could burnt someone else face or even blow out, it happened already 2 times, they said that is a belt but no car with almost 700 miles on it heats up out of nothing. I would actually guys like you to put attention to all the reviews cuz people is complaining about the A/C in altimas 2010, also there is a noise every single time that I turn the car on like water running in the dash.