2010 Nissan Altima: CVT failure

Filed Apr 10, 2024 · OK

I have a CVT transmission is my car, and its terribly scary. It shifts if it want too I try to slow down on the highway hoping to help it shift it still dont I have to come almost to a complete stop. I get off the gas car lurches forward and or stalls and shakes and then takes off. Try to accelerate and the car literally goes no where than mins later it just takes off without foot being on gas pedal. Lots of hesistation shuddering lurching stalling its really scary to drive at night time and through busy places. You put it gears and it even jumps and or rocks back and forth

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 Jul 21, 2020 · Acceleration, Engine · 96,667 miles · NV

After buying the car in late 2019, it came to my attention that the CVT transmission was faulty. I later found that the year, model, and make of my vehicle was included in a recall of the CVT transmissions, among other saftey issues. After having the vehicle inspected by three different shops, the conclusion was made that it was indeed the CVT transmission and stepper motor causing the problems. Upon further examination, it was found that my vehicle has not had a recall replacement of the faulty parts as of yet. The car has only 96k miles on it. When the issue arises, the transmission goes into a "safe" mode. This mode creates a throttle problem as the vehicle cannot travel faster than 40 MPH without a high pitch wind up sound and a cut in power of almost 50%.

Filed Jul 8, 2019 · Transmission · NC

My car hesitates to pull out until over 20 MPH I have the CVT transmission which is throwing a code I bought this car from a car lot!

Filed Nov 8, 2018 · 123,705 miles · TN

I have been having stalling issues with the CVT transmission in my car for over a year. Took it to the nissan dealership here where I live on 12/17 for the issue only received a change of fluid no error codes. Spent almost 300.00 that day. Took it back again on 1/18 for the same issue, not even a month apart. Was told that from the video I showed the nissan worker it was my transmission going bad. I had to pay 110.00 to hook it up to the machine this day. After leaving my car at the dealership for over a week I was told that they could not honor the 120,000 extended warranty because they were not able to duplicate the problem or pull any error codes. They performed an update to the transmission which they stated was needed and that "should" fix the issue. Fast forward to 11/3/18 less than 3000 miles later it's stalling again and won't go past 5 MPH with the gas paddle all the way to the floor on a flat surface street. I had to pull over because there were cars behind me and it was an unsafe situation. I have documented all of this and have videos to prove everything that I speak of. There was a time where I was driving on the interstate and doing the speed limit of 70 and all of a sudden my car slowed down on its own to 50 and would not accelerate. I had to try to make it over to the shoulder without getting hit by 18 wheelers zooming past me. That in itself is a safety issue and concern for me.

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 Apr 11, 2018 · Transmission · 170,000 miles · MD

Cvt transmission completely gave out today on the highway and almost caused a terrible accident. My car was going 65 one minute and then lost complete power. Started searching online for more info only to find hundreds of other owners with similar complaints from all models and years from 2007 to 2016! My vehicle is included in a special warranty issued by nissan because they are aware of this issue but it's only valid under 120k miles. Now I have no car, no money to fix this one or buy another. The unreliability has ruined my life and I don't know how I'm going to get by. Sadly, the fear of what I'm going to do with my future is only second to the fear I felt this morning when the car I've poured a lot of money into and take tremendous care of almost got me killed. No dash lights. No warning. No previous knowledge of this very serious problem. Fine one day, completely undrivable the next. I was on 83 north in md and almost got rear ended by a semi doing 70+ MPH in the left lane.

Filed Nov 7, 2016 · Transmission · 114,411 miles · GA

I am submitting a complaint regarding the CVT- back in aug 2015 I was out of town and was traveling home and noticed while driving my vehicle all of a sudden started to decelerate. The scary part was there was an 18 wheeler behind me. No warning lights came on-I pulled over and turned off the vehicle. I was alone and scared and had 300 miles to go. What should have taken 6 hours took me 11 hours because I had stop every 30-45 minutes. I took it to a nissan dealership and they were aware of the problem. They stated nissan had to go through the steps before replacing the transmission- but at what cost- when someone dies- they installed a CVT oil cooler kit -well guess what ? 1 year and 3 months later on my first long distance trip since last year. The same exact thing occurred except I have 600 miles before I get home. I was stuck on the side of the road alone with the same issue. Thank god the truck behind me did not hit me or I injury someone else due to this issue nissan continues to ignore. I had to have my car towed to a nissan dealership in the middle of the night, could not get a rental because it was a sunday and they were closed. So now I'm in an unknown area waiting to see what nissan does this time.

Filed May 24, 2016 · Acceleration, Fuel system · 207,000 miles · LA

The CVT transmission started shifting hard a few months ago. Then about a month ago the transmission started slipping. I exited the freeway and came to a light. Turned left and was in the middle of the intersection when the car would not go. I was nervious and pushed then pumped the gas and the car would not go. Then out of the blue it took off with out my foot on the gas. I had the transmission fluid changed. Then a few weeks latter I was driving 75 (speed limit) with cruise control on then the car started loosing power, 65,60 55. I accelerated the car and it just would not go faster. I was able to stop it with the cruise at 55. With flashers on could have been killed. Started my research and found that nissan has extended the warranty by doubling it from 5 years/60,000 to 10 years/120,000 miles. My issue is my car is only 6 years old with 128,000 miles and nissan has my car in their shop and will not fix it. I believe the CVT transmission needs to be recalled before someone get killed. I have very service record since the day I bought the car with 12 miles on it. The car has been well maintained.

Filed Apr 30, 2016 · Engine, Transmission · 30,000 miles · WA

My car was only 30,000 km when this started to happen. As my car warms up my acceleration will decrease. Nissan has known about this issue for a few years and has been avoiding to put a recall in place and instead started off with only a extended warranty due to an excessive amount of complaints regarding to their CVT problems on the altima coupe. I have known a few senior mechanics at the nissan dealership and been told that they are investgating about the problem and they already know it's a faulty problem and they are trying to avoid. I had a nissan dealership try to scare me away when I tried to talk about warranty. Just cause I had a few minor modification they said my warranty is most likely voided but they are able to check. They were ridiculously trying to convice me that with just aftermarket wheels my warranty will void my transmission problem. I know in the us there is currently a law that does not allow car company to void warranty unless the cause of the problem directly relate to the modification. The judge mention and stated that car company offers warranty to help product consumers and not suppose to get screw over for it. This is completely absurd of what nissan is doing. This has been a huge concern to me due to safety issue. My vehicle is currently only at 44,000 km. A few altima coupe owner has brought to my attention. O have a faulty transmission is a very serious concern during highway driving to my family and I. A altima coupe forum member recently had a faulty tranny and was involved a huge accident due to unexpected decrease in acceleration on the highway. I this is a serious problem that is a life or death situation.

Filed Oct 22, 2015 · Transmission · 115,000 miles · AZ

Nissan is aware of the problems with the CVT transmission. Nissan extended the CVT warranty to 120,000 however failed to notify the consumer. My vehicle started whining, heating up, went into fail safe mode and without any warning lights it slowed down my vehicle to a complete stop putting my life in danger while driving in traffic around blind corners. It's a safety and serious concern due to faulty transmission. Nissan corporation admitted there is a problem by extending the warranty but refuse to recall the CVT transmission. I contacted nissan public affairs and was told it was not in their policy to notify the consumer of extended warranty. I had purchased the extended warranty to 100,000 in good faith yet nissan failed to contact me to notify me of this issue. I have documents to prove that I took my vehicle for these symptoms before the 120,000 yet nissan will not honor the proofs because they said I failed to take it to a nissan certified dealership. I was over the 100,000 miles therefore, I couldn't afford to take it the dealership. It wasn't until I started doing research I realized there were a lot of consumers dealing with the same issues I was having. It 's unacceptable that nissan will get away with not recalling this faulty CVT transmission. Nissan advised me to take my vehicle to a certified dealership to have it diagnosed. Jim click nissan in tucson, az found the codes nissan was looking for and charged me $731.00 to install a transmission oil cooler which would solve the symptoms. I contacted nissan once again and they refused to cover the cost, they told me I was out of the 120,000 miles and basically out of luck. I am out $731.00 and my vehicle is still having the same symptoms I was having before needs to be held accountable and make the CVT transmission safe. No one's life should have to pay this price! Thanks. [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).?

Filed Jun 1, 2015 · Engine · 75,000 miles · CT

Engine oil is leaking on the ground causing possible fire and or environmental issues. I took the car to a nissan dealership and I indicated that the rear engine oil seal should not prematurely leak engine oil on the ground with a 4 year old car that has approximately 75,000 miles should not leak oil. I contacted nissan consumer affairs and they will not repair my vehicle. I also indicated that nissan extended support on the leaking CVT transmission and why nissan will not cover for the leaking engine oil?