2013 Nissan Altima: sudden unintended acceleration

Filed Jun 17, 2022 · Transmission · IN

I own a 2013 Nissan Altima SV with about 70,000 miles. It had an extended warranty, that expired late May 2021 and started have problems thereafter. The CVT transmission would cause the car to lunge and stall when shifting from park. The car would stall once you backed out onto the road. Several times at a busy traffic signal, the car would lunge forward, even though you had your foot on the brake. I had the car towed to the local dealer after the first incident. They kept the car about 4 days, but mainly worked on the recalls. They said, nothing showed up on diagnostic. However, I drove my car south about 1000 miles and the situation became worse. Made an appointment, at the local dealership and drove my car there. Within 1 hour, the service guy stated I needed a new transmission, a $5,600 repair. It was mentioned that I may want to contact Nissan about the situation. By reading many reviews, this is a serious problem that Nissan should fix. s

Filed Mar 22, 2020 · Transmission · 38,000 miles · IL

The transmission in my vehicle shudders between 1000 and 2000 RPM. Also, it will do the same shudder at highway speed sudden acceleration. Worse the warmer the transmission gets.

Filed Jul 26, 2019 · Transmission · 84,000 miles · NC

Tl* the contact owns a 2013 nissan altima. While driving various speeds, the vehicle sputtered and a thud noise was present when the transmission switched gears. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who replaced the battery, but the failures continued. The failures eventually worsened and the vehicle randomly sputtered and stalled. On several occasions, the vehicle accelerated on its own. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the transmission was damaged due to a faulty solenoid and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. Don williams nissan (310 western blvd, jacksonville, nc) and the manufacturer were notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 84,000.

Filed Nov 6, 2018 · Acceleration · 85,000 miles · MI

I am the original owner of a 2013 nissan altima 4 cylinder, 4 door sedan. I purchased this vehicle new from a nissan dealership. Approximately 3 months ago I noticed that my car was slow to accelerate after stopping at a traffic light or stop sign. The first time this happened I thought that I accidentally hit the side button on my gear shaft that put the car in a different mode. When this happened I was at a traffic light on a busy street. When I pressed the gas the car would not go. I pumped it several times and then it jerked and lunged forward. I went into a parking lot, turned off the car and waited a few minutes. I started the car again and drove it around the empty lot to check the brakes and acceleration. It seemed fine. This happened again several times and I thought that it may need an oil change or I had bad gas. I got an oil change and went to a different gas station for a fill up. The car seemed fine for a few weeks (however, I didn't drive it much). Then yesterday I drove the car over a 4 hour period. During hour 3 it began to have the same issues. I was stopped at a busy intersection during evening rush hour and the car would not accelerate. My passenger was quite concerned. The car jerked and lunged forward and I pulled over, turned the car off, waited and then started it again. Now the check engine light came on. This morning I took my car in to my mechanic and he pulled several codes from the car during the diagnostic exam (submitted). He said that it was the CVT transmission and it will cost $3,800 to repair! I called nissan corporate and told them about my issue. The representative said that I had to take the car to a nissan dealership, so I did. She opened a case to see if nissan would cover the repairs. I am waiting for a 2nd diagnostic and approval from nissan to cover these repairs as my car is only 5 years old.

Filed Oct 11, 2018 · Electrical, Engine · 43,000 miles · CA · crash

I was turning right to park my 2013 nissan altima and I pushed on the brake to slow down the car to stop and the car suddenly accelerated and jumped over the concrete curb stop. It continued to run upslope to the bushes and over three big rocks while I was trying to avoid hitting the fence in the front and braking it. I continued to press on the brake and the car continued to drive forward and I kept turning the wheel to the right to avoid a fence. The car ran over the curb stop of another parking space about five spaces on the right. The bolt in the concrete stop punctured my oil pan and the rocks ribbed off the plastic shields underneath. I was finally able to stop the car by pumping the brake and wind up in the opposite direction. I checked my foot was still on the brake. My car had approximately 43000 miles on the odometer. This happened at the parking lot of bertelson memorial park in el dorado hills in california. We believed that there was a computer failure that caused the acceleration of the car while I was turning right and braking and tried to park. According to one of the expert, an electrical engineer who has studied sudden acceleration in cars for over 20 years, stated that "if you're turning into a parking space, you have a lot of stress on the front drive system, since everything is based on running through the computer, including sensors on your drive systems, any one of those could carry onto the system, carry on to the on-board computer and attack it." we felt very unfair to pay for the repairs for the defective product.

Filed Mar 15, 2016 · Acceleration, Airbags · 29,000 miles · GA · crash · 1 injury

Tl* the contact owned a 2013 nissan altima. While driving 30 MPH, the vehicle revved and accelerated without warning. The contact depressed the brake pedal, but the vehicle did not respond. As a result, the contact's vehicle crashed into another vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. A police report was filed. The driver sustained injuries to the pelvic, both legs, head, teeth, and. Medical attention was required. The vehicle was destroyed and towed. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 29,000.

Filed Oct 27, 2015 · Engine · 36,320 miles · NM

While driving at slow speeds the car begins to lurch and then stalls. This has happened 3 times in the past two days. In addition, when you stop at a redlight and then start to go at the green light the car stalls. This happened last night and we were almost hit by the car behind us. The car stalled at the light so we had to put the car in park, then put your foot on the brake to start the car, and then put in drive. The car lunged forward but stalled again in the middle of a intersection. We repeated the start up process and the car drove home. This morning the same thing happened again. We called nissan and they advised there are no recalls for this. This car is simply not safe to drive in this state. We dropped the car off at a dealer this morning. I am providing this information because many others have as well. Our car just went over 36000 miles

Filed Feb 27, 2015 · Transmission · 21,012 miles · PA

At approx. 25 MPH or 1500 to 2000 RPM's there is a very noticeable vibration or shudder in the vehicle coming up through the steering wheel and the gas pedal. This also occurs around 60 MPH and is very disturbing. Also sometimes when I am stopped for a stop sign, traffic signal etc., when I step on the gas to move forward, there is no response for approx. 2 to 3 seconds. I was making a right turn once and the vehicle shot forward at a speed that is too dangerous for making the turn safely. I had the vehicle to the dealer on 2-25-15 and they said that the problem I am experiencing is normal for the CVT transmission and it adapts to the driver's habits. I didn't know if I should laugh or cry. I was told to differ my driving habits periodically to alter the transmission. I have been driving for 56 years of accident free days. Nissan has a complaint and has given me a case number. I thought I heard everything until I heard the above excuse. This vehicle is less than 2 years old and at this time has 21817 miles on the odometer. If this is normal, why didn't it do it when I purchased it new? Nissan modified the CVT transmission in the 2015 model, but won't do it in older models for cost reasons. This is totally insane to their customers. This transmission is going to get someone killed, or severely injured and then there will some serious law suits.

Filed Jan 12, 2015 · Transmission · 35,000 miles · MA · crash · 1 injury

I was parked in front of a store. I exited the car to put my mother's walker in the trunk. I had reached the rear of the vehicle (on driver's side) when the car began to move. I ran after it and grabbed the driver's side door handle to try and slow or stop the vehicle but it was in gear and I was thrown to the ground injuring my knee. The car proceeded to crash into two other cars before it came to a stop. I was in shock and taken to the hospital in an ambulance. I was not thinking clearly and assumed that I had accidentally left the car in drive. Several weeks later, when I was able to drive again I noted that when I took my foot off the brake with the car in drive, the vehicle would immediately start forward, rendering it impossible to get out of the car without being painfully aware that it was already moving. The surge forward would not have occurred several seconds after I got out. I returned to the scene of the accident to test out the hypothesis that I may have left the car in neutral. The road was perfectly flat and the car did not move when in neutral. I repositioned the car up and down the road in five yard increments and at no point did the car move forward from a stop when shifting into neutral. I called the dealer and explained the problem. He did not ask me to bring the vehicle in. He gave me the phone number of the national nissan consumer affairs department. I called and was assigned a case number. I have yet to hear from the investigator assigned to the case.

Filed Feb 18, 2013 · Transmission · 1,585 miles · NY

Transmission slipped I was at a red light turned green started to move when I felt a pull back on the car and then car shot forward.