My car only has 65000 miles. My car is stalling on me when shifting to reverse or drive. The dealership has run diagnostic and came back with transmission issue.
2013 Nissan Altima transmission complaints
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Transmission issues. Shuddering when driving at lower speeds (less than 40). When putting the car in gear the transmission is not catching and the car is rolling. This happens in forward and reverse. The car can roll upwards of 20 feet before the transmission catches after you get the car up to 2000+ rpms. There is no guarantee that you will be able to actual accelerate immediately either. 2 days ago I was stopped at a light and had to put my flashers on as I was not able to accelerate. After about 20 seconds the transmission and engine finally started to work together but not well. There was no acceleration. Also 2 day ago the car stalled when leaving a parking garage. This could have proven to be a safety issue if she were actively pulling into traffic.
The transmission was working fine as we were running errands and all of a sudden the car would not go into gear. The car also began to shake and then stall. All this happened in minutes. The car was stuck in the middle of the street creating an unsafe position. We took the car to autozone after it would go into gear again and they pulled a diagnostic code of p0776. The code is transmission related. The car was driven on city streets that night.
While travelling on a local artery road (40 MPH speed limit), the car experienced rapid jerking or shuddering (forward and backward motion) during gear changes. At the next stop light, the car stalled so I shifted the gear shift from drive into park and re-started the car. As soon as I shifted the gear shift from park into drive, the car immediately stalled again. So I shifted back into park and re-started the car again. Then the car stalled again as soon as I shifted into drive. So I shifted into neutral and re-started the car again. Then I was able to shift the car into drive from neutral. Afraid to drive the car again, I immediately brought it to a nissan dealership for diagnosis and repair. They (the nissan dealership) seem unable or unwilling to diagnose the issue so no repairs are recommended. Upon investigating this further (internet searches), there appears to be hundreds of people experiencing these same symptoms on cars with jatco CVT transmissions. Nissan refuses to take responsibility for the issues because their computers and or diagnostic tools fail to identify any error codes, which suggest that nissan may have tampered with their diagnostic equipment to avoid responsibility for these issues. I say this because nissan has years of documented CVT defects in their recent past. Please investigate this as consumers are left with unsafe vehicles that are simply being traded in and resold to other unsuspecting consumers, all because nissan is getting away with not being held accountable for their defective products.
My wife's altima transmission shudders when driving and the vehicle has went into limp mode several times while driving it at highway speeds due to the transmission problem. She was almost involved in an accident due to the vehicle suddenly without warning drop speed from engaging limp mode. Vehicle has just over 70k miles and the dealer states the vehicle is out of warranty and they did not extend the CVT warranty like they had on previous model years. Now we have a vehicle that needs a 4,000 transmission and hardly any mileage that would warrant a transmission replacement.
"takata recall" my gear shifter remains in a stuck position. The car was stationary on a city street. I was unable to shift from park to another gear. This is a major safety issue as I have gotten stuck with my toddler in the car and was unable to move to a safer location. It took me at least 15 minutes to get the car to shift from park into gear. I was terrified! I had to leave the car in its location and take a lyft home with my daughter. The next day my local mechanic came to check the car. He said that this is a common issue for 2013 nissan altimas. He said he would have to take the car to his shop to investigate what might be causing this failure or I should call up nissan because they should be aware of this safety issue.
I am reporting a dangerous condition with 2013 nissan CVT transmission. With no warning indicator the car's transmission failed while driving on the highway at 60 - 70 MPH.while driving in moderate traffic, the engine revved to 6000 RPM and the car was moving at 20 MPH I was able to coast through traffic to the shoulder and turn off the car and start again and was able to again proceed. This happened several times. After parking overnight, it would no longer move in forward or reverse. The car was towed to a nissan dealership and was diagnosed with a failed transmission that will cost approx. $3700 to replace. I filed a case with nissan customer care to appeal to them due to the relatively low miles for such a catastrophic failure. We learned today that they are providing no coverage for us due to the car being out of warranty.
Cvt transmission went on my altima. My warranty ran out in february of 2018, the transmission went out in may of 2018. The company paid for half $2200 and I had to pay the other half. I feel with all the issues nissan is experiencing with their CVT I should not have had to pay anything.
In 2017 nissan has me come in for a CVT transmission upgrade. After the work was done at the nissan of cool springs and I left the dealership I noticed that the car was running rough, shaking, and jolting when I accelerated. I immediately called dealership and asked to have a tech drive the car to explain the problem. The tech got in, rode off, came back and said it was all running fine. I accepted that and assumed it was only a momentary problem. I got back in my car and it was still doing it. I came back and asked the tech to ride with me. It did it with him in the car and he told me that the car had to "adapt to my driving style." 2018, at 48,000 miles the car started to stall on me when it was idle. It would start right back up, but turn off when I put it back in drive. Took it back to the nissan of cool springs dealership but they did not find any error code and told me everything is working fine and charged me around $160. I also told them this has happened with in the past 2-3 time. But at that time I was not aware of the CVT issues. Recently it happened when I stopped for refuelling my car. I was fortunate enough that it did not happen on the highways.
The vehicle was on a highway and shut off without warning. The car did now allow me to pull over, just stopped. I put it into neutral and rolled it to the side. I finally got it started, and it stalled out and I could not move the car three more times in the middle of the road on the city streets before I was able to make it home. I went to the dealership and they said my CVT transmission needed to be replaced.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 nissan altima. On several occasions, while driving at unknown speeds, the transmission slipped. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to respond with the gear shift lever in drive or reverse. The vehicle was not taken to be diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer and dealer were not contacted. The approximate failure mileage was 91,707.
My 2013 altima started to hesitate and jerk when I was driving. Then when I would be stopped and ready to pull out my car will not go and then finally catch and go. It wont go over 30 miles an hr at some points. When I brought it to nissan they did a diagnostic on it and its the CVT transmission that needs to be replaced. I was told my warranty expired 2000 miles ago and its gonna cost me $3500 for a new one. Ive only owned my car for 2 yrs. I am so dissatisfied with nissan and they are so unprofessional to not fix this known problem with there CVT issues on all their vehicles.. I have also replaced the inside door handles on both doors..
I was on the highway and noticed the revs bounce up to 5. It then dropped down and my car lost power. I pulled on to the shoulder and shut the car off. Started it up again and it started ok. Pulled off onto the next exit and stopped. Went to proceed through stop sign. Accelerated and it wouldn't move. It's at the shop now. Possible transmission failure. Are you kidding me?? This shouldn't be happening in a 5 year old car. A very dangerous problem
I am experiencing intermittent CVT failures at mileage: 45000. Once I was stationary and in the other instance I was on the city street, when I experienced sudden power loss, all warning light came on. Whenever I started my car and put it in reverse or drive it just turned off. After 4 to 5 tries car started. I looked up online and it had symptoms similar to the CVT failure. I went to nissan service centre twice for the same issue but they did not find anything and said everything is in perfect condition.
07/09/2013 took car in for a CVT reprogram, I noticed the changes in shifting but thought it was due to the software reprogram,on 08/23/2018 while driving the car engine shuts off, manage to start it up and drove home, later on that evening I tried to start the car and when I shift to reverse or drive the car will cut off, 08/30/2018 towed my car to the nissan dealership, they ran a diagnostic and I need a new transmission, nissan needs to take care of this CVT I just don't have the money for a transmission.
2013 nissan altima. Consumer writes in regards to transmission safety recall. *ld the consumer stated while driving using cruise control the vehicle dropped from 75 MPH to 40 MPH. The rpms jumped between 4-5 and losing power. The transmission was reprogrammed, but the failure persisted. The manufacturer was notified, but did not offer any assistance due to the mileage. The transmission needed to be repaired.
Driving and a weird humming sound happened and the car lost power would not go over 35 MPH the RPM went to 5000 I got pulled over lost all power so I turned car off for appx 15-20 min and car drove fine. Again today driving to work and car lost all power and a humming sound acted like wouldn't go into gear pulled over this time took sitting appx 1 hour then started and was ok to get back home and I parked it
Car would turn off when slowing down or idle. Would start back up, but turn back off when put in drive. The worst time this was experienced was during an on ramp merger on the highway.
Transmission whining loosing power on the highway very dangerous
Cvt trasmission has failed after 76000 miles. Causes car to die while driving, and while coming to a complete stop.
My nissan altima starting bumping when driving. I took it to the nissan dealership and was told the CVT transmission was going bad. Nissan will not cover the transmission even though they know CVT goes bad in all of their models after 60,000 which is when the warranty runs out!
2013 nissan altima sl with 66k. Transmission needed replaced at 66k miles. Nissan diagnosed the issue. After hearing it would cost me over 3700 to replace I began doing research on these CVT transmission. It's a known issue with these cvts. So with all of the bad reviews on the internet, I inquired with nissan consumer affairs with assistance in this cost. I waited a week for them to tell me they will not assist me in this repair. Nissan has recalled a number of years and extended the warranty from 60k to 120k. They obviously have not fixed the problem with these transmissions. There is no reason a transmission is needing replaced at 60k. I bought this vehicle because nissan is very known for the reliability and their cars are suppose to last. After having this issue and hearing nissan will not take responsibility for this issue is very frustrating. This is deff a danger issue. My vehicle gave me no indication or lights that there was an issue until I was on the highway with my 4 children when it went from 80 to 50 MPH I'm cruise. And then hesitating to go and I was an hour away from home. Something needs to be done on thee transmission.
The problem with the 2013 nissan alima CVT 2.5 model. The car stops when ideling which creates a dangerous situation on the road. The RPM will fluctuate without warning and gears slipping at road speeds. Similar cases have been discussed in various forum and nissan is not willing to take this as there responsibilty of creating an inferior quality product. It is time nissan owns up to it
I was driving on the highway, the car started making a strange noise, shifting hard and the check engine light came on...I decided to leave the highway as the car was losing speed. At the first light, the car stalled in the middle of the road... The trouble is that I did not realize until the light turned green and cars in from of me started moving and I couldn't almost got hit from behind by incoming cars. Ended up moving slowly to the side. Got the car towed to a nissan dealer that advised that it a CVT failure. My car has 83k miles, nissan is not willing to help.
My car recently today stated to lock the dear shift when I park it started this morning and has continued every time I turn off my car. Previous issue I took it in to nissan tynans on havana in aurora co (never go there) because it is sputtering any time I accelerate at any speed on any road right before it would what you call back in the day shift into another gear. Tynans first said it was a battery cable and when it wasnt fixed they are say there isnt anything wrong with the car. I believe the CVT is causing it to sputter I told tynans I thought it was a transmission issue to begin with. Needless to say my car is not fixed and is still sputtering and just bought it owe about $14000 still!
Transmission failed at 44k mileage. First the engine shut off while driving without any warning or signs on highway. Then after reprogramming of the transmission by dealer, car runs abnormally. Engine RPM unstable, unpredictable, causing speed changes. No pedal response or slow acceleration. Difficult to accelerate, especially over 40 MPH. Gear shifting between d and n very often leave the gear in n for a few seconds.
The gear shift in my 2013 nissan altima stopped working. I looked up the problem on youtube and it said that the brake sensor was not relaying information to the gear shift. The vehicle will not shift into gear. The emergency shift lock must be used to take the car out of park.the problem began gradually, with the gear sift becoming "stuck" when shifting, and in a matter of 2 months, the gear shift has completely stopped working. When the vehicle is going from park to any other gear it will not shift. Once it is taken out of park, it will shift between any gears with no problem, until it is placed back in park.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 nissan altima. While operating the vehicle, the transmission began to malfunction. The contact stated that the vehicle would not immediately respond when depressing the accelerator pedal and the speed reduced before the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the transmission was faulty and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The local dealer (germain nissan of columbus, 4600 morse rd, columbus, oh) was notified of the failure. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 90,000.
The vehicle began to slow while driving on interstate. As I attempted to accelerate the rpms increased without any increase in speed. As I attempted to exit interstate, the vehicle stalled before exit ramp. Multiple vehicles had to maneuver around me. It would not accelerate. I coasted to the side of the interstate. I put the car in park on shoulder of interstate and let about 5 minutes go by before testing acceleration. Upon testing, it maintained enough speed (25 MPH top speed) for me to exit interstate and return to dealership near me. Once I made it to dealership, car shut off. It had just been repaired for some recall centered around transmission.
In july/august of 2017, my vehicle was sputtering at lower speeds when accelerating or decelerating and then the vehicle would suddenly turn off. There were several scenarios when this happened during busy traffic. Upon receiving a manufacturer recall, I took the vehicle to the dealership for maintenance on the transmission computer system. All seemed fixed until june of 2018 when the vehicle was having the same issues, again while in the middle of traffic. I took the vehicle into the dealership and the dealership is telling me the transmission torque converter was damaged and I need to replace the entire transmission at a cost of $4,300. Upon internet research, it seems this has been a common problem for nissan's CVT transmission; in fact, nissan extended 2012 and previous models transmission warranties to 10 year 120,000 miles. So far, nissan has offered no assistance or good will in fixing the defected part / issue.
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