2010 Nissan Altima: hesitation when accelerating

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 Oct 29, 2018 · Acceleration, Electrical · 220,000 miles · SC

When accelerating from 20mph to 40mph the rpms increase to 3rpm and the transmission hesitates to change the gear. It seems to be an issue with the TCM (transmission control module). I bought my car brand new in 2010. It has 220,000 miles on it. I did some research online and saw this us a known issue with the car. Nissan also sent out a bulletin ntb10-121b. They should recall these cars and fix the issue at their cost. Attached is the pdf of the bulletin.

Filed May 20, 2013 · Electrical, Transmission · 28,000 miles · TX

Subject: 2010 nissan altima hesitation problem contact information: the federal safety agency id: 370601 contact source: owner follow up/ I now have 42000 on the car and the fix did not work!! I am still having problems and have been back to the dealer numerous times. They did find low transmission fluid and are checking it once per month. My wife feels that there is enough concern that she does not drive it often. I believe that it could cause the car to stall in oncoming traffic and may have caused several accidents already which have gone un-noticed as mechanical !!!

Filed Sep 9, 2011 · Transmission · 4,000 miles · WI

My 2010 altima 2.5s has poor acceleration after coming to a stop. This is very dangerous, especially when making left handed turns in front of on-coming traffic. I would press the accelerator pedal all the way to the floor and the car will not accelerate quickly, it's almost like a hesitation or bogg. This issue is worse when the A/C is on. Nissan has not issued a recall, but they really need to, because there are many other nissan altima owners with the CVT transmission that are experiencing the same issue. I also own a 95 altima and have never experienced an issue like this, quite frankly I am very disappointed and concerned with my 2010 altima purchase because of this poor acceleration issue.

Filed Mar 19, 2011 · Transmission · 700 miles · VA

After driving for extended periods of time (2 hours or more) on the interstate, the vehicle has difficulty recovering from a stop. I accelerate to move forward and the vehicle hesitates. When it reaches about 2000 rpms, it accelerates out of control. I took it to the dealership who could not replicate the problem. They offered for me to bring it in when I am getting off the interstate, but I had to stop before I arrived at the dealership. This occurred around 700 miles. When I'm at stop lights I don't panic, but this is unsafe for interstate driving. Nissan will not replace my transmission under the warranty as they cannot duplicate the issue.

Filed Oct 27, 2010 · Transmission · 39,000 miles · GA

Cvt transmission is warmed up after driving for 20 minutes. Once warm, from a complete stop, I lightly accelerate to move forward and the car hesitates like I am not even press on the accelerator so I press harder almost to the floor when the car finally and suddenly accelerates out of control almost causing an accident. This situation happens is a constant problem for the past month. Another problem is that you can be on the freeway driving at 60mph and just loose all power and cant accelerate. I took it to the dealership and they say cant replicate the problem and to just leave it with them to see if they check engine light comes on, but I had already explained that the light has never came on. The service advisor stated that if the light doesn't come on and they don't get a "code" from it that they cant fix the problem under warranty even though nissan knows that their is an issue with the CVT so they extended the warranty on the vehicle.