At 97,000 miles the nissan dealer recommended a transmission oil flush. After the flush the transmission began to slip. I check on line an it is a lot of people having problems with the nissan CVT (transmission). The dealer told us they will check the vehicle, but it wasn't under warranty, so we must pay for repairs. The vehicle was service on 24 feb 2020, begins slipping noticeable two weeks later. The lack of power can cause an accident, while pulling from intersections, or driving on the highway.
2011 Nissan Altima: transmission slipping
7 of the 242 complaints about the 2011 Nissan Altima describe transmission slipping.
- owner complaints
- 7
- of this car's complaints
- 3%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? 12 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below
Transmission slipping by model year
What owners say
The transmission is slipping and making a whining noise and needs to be replaced. The car has under 110k miles on it and it should be included in the extended warranty that nissan has offered to the 2010 altimas. The problem was not fixed in 2011 and as a result, my car is unsafe to drive.
I bought a 2011 nissan altima and at 127,000 miles the transmission is slipping and when it warms up the car will not go over 50 MPH. Transmission will not shift. There should be a recall for these transmission from everything I'm finding out about them now. At this point with what this is costing I won't by another nissan when they don't believe there's an issue with these transmission.
Cat transmission failure at 129k miles. Winding noise and slipping. Car would not accelerate at any given time. This is a CVT transmission that nissan has an issue with and refuses to own up to it. Not a safe vehicle to be driving in city or open highways. Nissan want me to pay 3-4 grand to fix. Can someone please wake these people up
Failing to accelerate, slipping, jerking, stalling
When it is hot outside and the car has been driven for a long period of time the CVT transmission will make a whining noise. I noticed it when I was on the highway going about 70 MPH. Because of this strange noise, I exited. When I was going 30 MPH+ and accelerating the whining continued to happen. I am not sure what would cause this, but it sounds like a belt inside the transmission is slipping. It now stutters at times when going about 10 MPH. When "shifting" down from 20 MPH it will jerk.
1) when accelerating from s stop, my car will jerk (like the transmission is slipping). It will often jerk while my car is in motion as well. This happens on city streets & freeways/highways. 2) there is also an issue with the "hood latch" not locking completely. It sometimes looks like the hood is going to pop open when driving .
Service bulletins that may apply
- Clicking noise from front or rear axle during take-off/acceleration
- Clicking noise from front or rear axle during take-off/acceleration
- Altima, sentra, and rogue; CVT fail-safe condition service information
- Service information
- Service information
- Service information
- Nissan: the CVT fail-safe logic has caused a reduction with the vehicle's maximum speed
- If you confirm
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 2011 Nissan Altima slipping
Is transmission slipping a common problem on the 2011 Nissan Altima?
7 of 242 owner complaints about the 2011 Nissan Altima (3%) mention transmission slipping. The model year with the most reports is 2013.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2011 Nissan Altima?
There are 0 recalls and 12 service bulletins for the same area of the car. Check them below with your VIN.
Other symptoms on the 2011 Nissan Altima
CVT failure 29Jerking 16Check engine light 15Transmission failure 15Loss of power 11Stalling 10Airbag light 9Whining noise 8Won't start 8Fire or smoke 6No deployment 5Warning lights 5
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