On april 29, 2017 while sitting at a stop light, this vehicle stalled at a busy highway intersection and could not be moved, when the CVT transmission went out. After contacting nissan I was told that it is my responsibility to pay the $5000 for a new transmission. I have only owned this car for 1 year and it has less than 80,000 miles on it. I have the documentation that the CVT was reprogrammed at 24,781 miles. This is obviously an ongoing issue with the nissan CVT transmissions, and even the warranty on 2010 has been increased the 120,000, but not the 2013. It is a shame that I had a 2005 nissan with over 200,000 miles and it still ran great, but unfortunately I sold it to buy a newer nissan, expecting the same reliability. I have currently been without this vehicle for over a month. This 2013 altima was previously a leased vehicle and has had all necessary maintenance preformed, but nissan is still not standing behind their vehicle. Is it going to take a death caused by the CVT before nissan will agree they are a fault? I have had over $200 in towing expenses alone plus the inconvenience of not having a vehicle for such a long period of time. Nissan should be ashamed to put their name on a transmission that has so many issues. It is nearly impossible to get to talk to a nissan representative and I am currently making payments on a useless vehicle.
2013 Nissan Altima transmission complaints
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At a stoplight at a busy intersection, the car stalled. When put in gear it dies. After having it towed to the dealership, I was told that the CVT transmission was bad. The vehicle has 60,080 miles and the warranty is good to 60,000 miles.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 nissan altima. While driving approximately 40 MPH, the transmission stopped working without warning. The vehicle was coasted to the side of the road and towed to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the transmission needed to be replaced. The dealer also stated that the failure had nothing to do with the previous recall repair that was completed on the vehicle. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that the vehicle was no longer under a warranty. The vehicle was not repaired. The recall details were not provided. The failure mileage was approximately 153,000.
In january of 2017 my car has started having transmission problems. The transmission would jerk and as higher speeds were being pursued it had difficulty reaching it. My car even completely died. I took to a local shop who told me what it was. I decided to look online and see if I was the only one with the problem. To my surprise there had been a recall on my transmission that was effective december 08, 2016. I was not at this point in time given a recall notice of any sort. Actually I never received the notice until march 13. I immediately called my dealership to bring in. As I was bringing it in it wouldn't reach speeds over 25 MPH. The recall states that continuing to drive this vehicle without the recall performed can lead to accelerated wear on the CVT transmission. The dealer told me that the car had been delivered in the time frame necessary, but that my transmission was now dead and would cost me $4000!!!! Note: still paying payments on this car. So, anyways I"ve been sent through phone lines and hung up on to no end. I went back to dealership and asked them for a diagnosis on my transmission. I wanted to know how it completely died. They said they didn't diagnose transmissions there. So I then said well you told me this recall did not cause my transmission damage. I said so you actually don't know if this is in fact the problem. The guy agreed with me! They then broke down and let me have their bosses number who apparently never gives this number out. I had talked to her previousuly and she was no help for me. Not even sympathetic nor offering me a reason. I also asked the dealership to repair the recall. They refused. I am at a loss. Its been three months without my car. I still pay on it! I am devastated and don't know who can help me!
Gear shift is stuck in park. Using a pencil to push the shift release button is the only way to shift it into gear. Local mechanic noted that this is a common issue with nissan altimas.
Vehicle while in motion at low speed began to shudder, and stalled when brake applied. Afterwards, vehicle started while in park, but stalled immediately when shifting into drive. Dealer determined that CVT transmission had failed.
The car was running fine until 4/26/17. It started to almost stall at red lights while driving to work, then it completely stopped moving in traffic, the engine stayed on but the car would not shift. No light on dash or warning. Luckily I was able to coast to the side of the road. Need a new transmission
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 nissan altima. While at a stop light, the vehicle stalled and shut down. The vehicle was turned off and restarted. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The failure recurred. The dealer diagnosed that the transmission needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and promised to confer with the regional manager and call the contact back. The failure was not remedied. The failure mileage was 67,900.
I was driving on a city street and came to a red light, when the light turned green it was as if my car shut down. I was unable to accelerate, break, turn the car off and place in park. The car coasted as if it was in neutral and I steered it to the curb. I slammed on breaks as hard as I could and the car jerked so hard. I was able to get it in park but the car wouldnt turn off for about 30 seconds. I was finally able to get it turned off and started again and drove it home (less than a mile) and parked it. I am terrified to drive this car
Nissan CVT transmissions I always had the shaking and juddering problem after the nissan CVT software recall the shaking and juddering got worse and know the dealer is telling me the valve in the CVT needs replacing after a month of the recall and after month my powertrain waranty expired the vehicle shakes while reversing or in dfive or in park or just idle
2013 nissan altima 2.5s was serviced on december 19, 2016 at planet nissan 5850 centennial center blvd. Las vegas, nv 89149 dealer performed r1609 ocs recall & pc490 CVT reprogram recall. During these process some electrical items damage. Now CVT (continues variable transmission) is failing. On april 6, 2017 took vehicle to autonation nissan las vegas 5800 w. Sahara ave the service consultant said CVT is bad and needs to be replace but nissan do not want to pay. Vehicle drives but when you reach 25-35 miles per hour it jerks, also 65 miles per hour it jerks then it looses power, vehicle comes to a stop and it does not move. This vehicle is not safe to be on the road. Nissan needs to correct this issue before somebody gets injured.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 nissan altima. While driving 5 MPH or while in a lower gear, the vehicle shook and failed to accelerate. The contact stated that it felt like the vehicle was about to stall. The vehicle also made a revving noise while driving at low speeds. The failure recurred multiple times. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The approximate failure mileage was 39,000.
Bought this auto new and from beginning had problems with rough or stuttered shifting when climbing hill (worst), descending hill, driving on flat areas, depressing or releasing gas pedal. I let the maintenance dept know when getting car serviced at three months and was told this was normal! Sure. I brought this up again two more times and they could find nothing wrong. After the recall came out on the transmission control mod , the fix helped somewhat. Now a few weeks later, it is worse than before, especially in the hills. This fixed didn't help and more investigation needs to take place in order to find the problem and fix it correctly. This had being going on almost 4 years from the date of purchase to yesterday last day driven. Sooner or later the transmission will quit working from this trouble.
Gear shift will not come out of park. Multiple tries sometimes makes the solenoid release, but dealer says the mechanism needs to be replaced $700. Many complaints on the web, but no recall.
My nissan altima 2013-only has 51,000 miles. I driving towards the gwb and was sitting on heavy traffic heading to the exit when my car started to vibrate and then shut off. All the light on my dashboard came on. I put the steer back to park. And restarted my car, it vibrated a little more when it shut off for the second time. I tried a final time to turn my car back on, which finally did not shut off and was able to drive to work. I was super scared as I was on a major highway, lucky for me it was heavy traffic and the other vehicles were driving slower than usual. This is not safe as I usually drive with my 6 year old with me. I got to work I looked up what had happened to me and there are tons of complains about the same issue with the transmission. I don't know why nissan has not addressed this issue. I cannot say this car is reliable anymore. I called my dealership and taking the car in tomorrow. I am hoping they can change my transmission as I am still in warranty.
After recent recall work done on CVT (reprogramming) 1 week ago , twice in the last week the car has failed to move from stationary when accelerator pedal was pressed from idle/standing - engine did not rev higher etc, literally nothing happened at all. Had to take all pressure of accelerator pedal, wait a few seconds, then press again to actually move - dangerous stopped in the middle of the city street/traffic.
My story exactly like all the rest. From the day I picked up the vehicle the vehicle sometime acted strange. Then of course sitting at stop light after 80k miles...car goes into drive but then dies. Tow the vehicle in myself to shop who diagnosed as "need new transmission". 5 thousand dollars... What a piece of crap! [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
Car stalled in traffic, at lights, hesitates and shudders. Safety issue is the stalling in traffic. Symptoms began approximately two (2) weeks ago, have kept log of dates, symptoms, time, and traffic conditions. ,
My gear shift is stuck in park
First, my car would hesitate to change gears when started. While at a complete stop my car started with a jerk and the RPM needle would flutter. Next, I would attempt to accelerate from a complete stop and the car would hesitate to move. I'd press the gas and go nowhere with the RPM needle at its max then suddenly take off until one day I started the car and it would not move. I had the car towed to my local nissan dealership and was advised it was valve and CVT related. Long story short, I repaired what they said I needed to repair, $1400 and 2 days after I picked the car up, the same issue occurred, jerking at complete stops and the engine light came on 4 days later. Nissan consumer affairs would not help me even though they've honored certain VIN numbers for the same problem. So my car is currently in the shop, again, 5 days after I paid $1400 for a 4 year old car that had been diagnosed me sent home with a clean bill of health.
My transmission jut started acting up. I check for recall and there is a service campaign call. Took my car to the dealership on for them to tell me that I needed a new transmission my car on has 86,000 miles and I haven't had any trouble before. I see that there are many people complaining about this transmission problem and I think nissan should cover to replace mine.
Since owning the altima. The transmission "shutters and vibrates the car from a stopped position. If the car is parked and you start it put it in reverse or drive it will shake violently and shut off. It will not cause the check engine light to come on. The dealership has hooked it up to computer to fix and replaced a valve twice. Nissan refuses to replace transmission because no fault code is showing when taken to service department. Taken to dealership more than 6 times for this since owning it. It has shut off on them but nissan still refuses to replace transmission.
Car intermittantly stalls after stopping at stop sign or traffic light.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 nissan altima. When the accelerator pedal was applied, the vehicle was slow to pick up speed and the gears were slow to change over. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing and repair. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 100,233.
When I get into my car it starts but it will not come out of park. Initially I had to turn my car off turn it back on three or four times and sometimes it still won't work. This is unsafe as you can be stranded in cold or unsafe medical conditions. Dealer instructed if gear locks up in park and will not move you press the shift over ride with a key. This is not obvious and the only car I have had this issue. Now this happens 100% of the time. Only 38000 miles on the car. Vehicle is stationary when this happens.
I have a nissan altima s 2013 and I financed it zero meter in sept 2013 . Yesternight my car died/shutdown while trying to accelerate, after stopping at the stop light. I had no clue what happened at my car. I was in full stop at the moment and was trying to make a left turn. There was no warning and I just had a cold car all of a sudden. I could not move my car, the car shuts all electrical power. I tried to restart my car, and it did, but when put it in drive and tried to accelerate the car would power down again. I turned my hazard lights on and call the tow company as I was not far from my home. Unfortunately my car has 66k miles while its only 3yrs and 5 months old. My warranty expired after driving my car for more than 60k (only 6k miles over). I suppose the main issue is that, there is no warning sign. This could have happened and put me in danger and other drivers around me. I lost my confidence on my car because the electrical system powered off and it can stopped anywhere. This is a ongoing problem with nissan CVT transmission. They must need to recall all the nissan altima which have CVT transmission and correct the problem, and for me I need a reliable car not this piece of junk, (american car runs more efficiently than nissan, a japanese piece of junk) "no more nissan for me". I took my car to the crest nissan frisco, tx. Lets see what they say???
To whom this may concern, I own a 2013 nissan altima 4 cylinder with roughly 81000 miles on it. About 2 weeks ago I was driving and the car kept stalling out when I would come to a stop light, but I was able to restart and move on. However, in the middle of the high way it completely shut off on me and didn't restart. Thankfully the truck behind me had enough room to swerve to avoid hitting me. Me and my car would have been totaled. I received no warning lights before this issue, it happened out of no where. I received a diagnosis of "bad transmission" and was given an estimate of $4200+ tax. I was told that since my extended warranty ran out that I would be responsible for the payment in total. I did my research on this problem and it seems that many people are having the same issue as I am. I am beyond disappointed in nissan and their inability to warn customers about such a dangerous malfunction in their cars. This is incredibly unsafe and needs some type of investigation or recall done on the transmission. God forbid anyone has this issue and it costs their life. Sincerely, [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
My car has 97,500 miles on it equipped with a CVT transmission. Nissan in the past has had issues with these transmissions and extended transmission warranty to 120k miles in 08-2010 models. After doing research car.com found 2013-14 altimas and rogues have had same issue. 2 days prior before getting my car to dealer to have transmission checked out, I first noticed my rpms revving up and down while on cruise control. Following workday I was at a stop light. Light turned green and cars approaching fast behind me took my vehicle 2,000 rpms to move from stop light almost getting rearended, I was only 1,100 miles over my paid extended warranty communicated with nissan about the issues with the CVT transmission. Long story short they wont back up this faulty transmission and now I have to pay $3,200.00 for my transmission to be fixed http://www.carcomplaints.com/nissan/altima/2013/transmission/ https://www.cars.com/articles/2013-2016-nissan-altima-rogue-transmission-issue-1420683183828/ http://www.nissanassist.com/programdetails.php?menu=2 the above research show they have issues and at some point someone can be injured or killed or like me having to fork over excessive cash for a transmission replacement nissan needs to step up and warranty their defective transmissions.
Takata recall my 2013 altima transmission went out when I was on my way home the car stalled and then broke down twice on me after we got it home my husband tested it and it said it was the CVT transmission we had it towed in to nissan and found out we had 3 recalls on this car and one of them was the CVT and a few days later nissan said it was transmission and it will cost $5000 to fix it. Corporations refused to keep there promises on there product and said they will not pay for it. However it was under there recall.
When first starting the car the rpms start jumping. Wen u go to put it in gear it cluncks. And when I go to accelerate it wont go faster than 40. (gas pedal to the floor)
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