2014 Nissan Altima: shudder or vibration when accelerating

Filed Jul 20, 2025 · Engine · ME

My son purchased a used 2014 Nissan Altima 4 months ago from a dealership. He noticed it shuttering, delayed acceleration and not having power as well as a noise from the transmission. It had no check engine light but the code P17F1 CVT Judder came up. We looked for recalls and there have been so many on 2014 Nissan Altima's. His VIN number didn't come up for a recall. He paid $6000 for the car and only had it for 4 months, now he is out of a car. The dealership basically said its out of our hands. We can't afford to take it to a transmission shop and have them work hours on it. It is very unsafe to drive and I am concerned what he is going to do. Is there a chance that NIssan would help in this case? It is unfair that he has the issue that so many were recalled but for some reason not his. If you have advise please help. Thanks

Filed Jun 12, 2025 · Suspension · 190,000 miles · MN

The contact owns a 2014 Nissan Altima. The contact stated while reversing at approximately 4 MPH, there was an abnormal sound coming from the rear driver's side wheel well of the vehicle. The contact stated upon shifting to drive(D), the contact noticed that the vehicle was wobbling from left to right in the lane. The traction control warning was illuminated. The contact stated that the vehicle shuddered violently and nearly became uncontrollable. The vehicle was towed to a local dealer, where it was diagnosed and determined that both the rear driver's side and passenger's side lower control arms had failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact related the failure to Nissan Campaign Number: P9324. The manufacturer was informed of the failure and informed the contact that the vehicle was no longer under warranty coverage. The failure mileage was approximately 190,000.

Filed Jan 21, 2025 · Transmission · 98,000 miles · PA

The contact owns a 2014 Nissan Altima. The contact stated while driving 55 MPH, the vehicle shuddered uncontrollably and stalled. The contact was able to pull to the shoulder of the road. The contact turned off the vehicle. The contact stated that upon restarting the vehicle 20 minutes later, the failure recurred while driving, and the vehicle failed to accelerate upon depressing the accelerator pedal. The contact exited the highway; however, the vehicle stalled in the middle of the road. The vehicle was towed to Young's Cheltenham Auto Service, where it was diagnosed with transmission failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The dealer was notified of the failure and referred the contact to the manufacturer for assistance in covering the repair. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and informed the contact that the vehicle could not be covered because Nissan TSB Number: NTB17-039K had expired. The failure mileage was approximately 98,000.

Filed Aug 19, 2022 · Transmission · 70,123 miles · NJ

The contact owns a 2014 Nissan Altima. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle hesitated during acceleration and then stalled. Additionally, the vehicle was jerking and shuddering while driving. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 70,123.

Filed Jul 7, 2022 · Electrical, Engine · MD

Bought car last year no warning lights or any issues a year and some months later check engine light comes got oil changed they told me transmission issue came on their computer . Check engine light dissappear then reappear got diagnostics done again its bein read as a CVT judder got sent to another repair shop for transmission issues multiple repair shops all saying CVT judder I search online and its saying its a common issue with nissans from 2013 to 2017 why is there no recall im being told total to replace transmission is 6,000 dollars is rediculous

Filed Apr 30, 2021 · Transmission · 63,665 miles · PA

Tl* the contact owns a 2014 nissan altima. The contact stated that the vehicle experienced random issues while attempting to accelerate from a stop. The vehicle would fail to exceed 2 MPH with the accelerator pedal depressed to the floor. The vehicle shuddered with an abnormal sound. The vehicle was turned off and restarted for the computer to reboot. The contact received a letter from the manufacturer citing a known issue with the CVT transmission. The manufacturer extended the warranty coverage to 7 years or 84,000 miles. O'neil nissan (849 street rd, warminster, pa 189740) was made aware of the failure however, there was no dtc codes retrieved. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and informed the contact to take it to another dealer for a second opinion. A field technician was sent to diagnose the failure however, the field technician had not shown up to diagnose the vehicle. Montgomeryville nissan (991 bethlehem pike, montgomeryville, pa 18936) was made aware of the failure and informed the contact that no failure codes were retrieved. Both dealers informed the contact that other nissan vehicle owners had reported the same issues however, the manufacturer had no remedy for the repair since the failure could not be replicated. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 63,665.

Filed Mar 29, 2020 · Transmission · 71,000 miles · MA

June 2019, vehicle started to judder, shake and stalled out at red light. Put the car in park, restarted the vehicle, put it into drive and it stalled again. This happened 3 more times until I was able to drive. Approaching another set of lights, vehicle slowing down and the judder and shaking began, I did not come to a complete stop so the car did not stall. I was able to drive home. I then let the car sit for 2 days before I drove it again and when I test drove it after those 2 days, the car seemed to be better, it did not stall out. It did shake a little and judder. No problems like that occurred until 3/9/2020. Approaching a red light, car judders, started shaking and stalled out. I then put the car into park, restarted, from park to drive, it stalled. I repeated this process for 5 minutes. I had to get out of the car and physically push the car off to the side of the road. 3/10/2020 drove the car to the dealership. Same thing happened in the vehicle on my way there. Juddering, shaking and stalling. I was able to slow down and make sure I did not let the vehicle come to a complete stop because it would stall out. I went on the highway because that was the easiest route. The entire time the car was shaking and I was going 60mph, which was 5mph under speed limit. Parked the car at the dealership. Explained to the technicians what was wrong, one of the technicians took my vehicle from where I parked and brought it into the garage. He confirmed my car was juddering, shaking and stalled. They notified me the car would not be able to be looked at possibly until 3/16. My car sat there for a few days, like it did back in 2019 when this first occurred. Upon further review of the diagnostics test, they were unable to duplicate the stalling, juddering and shaking. So they did not replace the CVT transmission instead they replaced the valve pipe

Filed Jul 19, 2019 · Transmission · 68,000 miles · MD

Car shudders, idles up and down, loses power while driving. When accelerating, the tachometer will raise to 4500-5000 rpms with no real power supplied to the car, and will only slowly accelerate(slipping?) tachometer bounces up and down within 100rpm range while coasting. My CVT is about to fail.

Filed Jun 26, 2019 · Transmission · 70,000 miles · AL

Driving on interstate the engine changed to low gear and had to pull over ...it shakes and hesitates when accelerate...'...less than 80,000 miles on this car..continues to shudder and stall. Nissan is not wanting to do anything ..there has been bulletins on 2014 nissan altimas and even repairs done in other states where nissan paid for service.. The dealership reset but said the transmission will only get worse . Cvt

Filed Jun 19, 2019 · Transmission · 105,000 miles · MN

Vehicle shudders when coming to a stop, then shuts down. On occasion will not re engage into gear without shutting down and then must be towed( twice has died in the middle lane of a road, needing to be towed). Generally occurs when slowing down but has also happened when trying to accelerate. Nissan dealership claims there are no known issues with these transmissions and are unable to replicate issue.

Filed Jan 28, 2019 · Transmission · 60,000 miles · FL

Cvt dtc code p17f0 brought the car to the dealer to have the CVT fluid changed at the 60,000 mile service. The dealer showed me the dtc code indicating that there is a CVT problem. The dealer also stated that when the 2014 altima with an l33 engine came out, nissan was changing the CVT because the code indicates an imminent failure. The dealer stated that since then because it cost nissan too much, nissan has started to rebuild the CVT and the dealers have a trained mechanic to rebuild the CVT and correct the CVT judder code. The dealer stated they would contact nissan and advise what how nissan will correct the deficiency. Now over 2 weeks, the dealer has not returned my phone calls to advise how nissan will handle. My wife drives the car with my young daughter and I travel for work. I am now concerned the CVT will be problems when I am away and could inadvertently cause a traffic accident when she is driving if the CVT fails. This should be a safety campaign that the federal safety agency takes on and pursues. Nissan knows about their problems and eventually when there is a failure on the highway someone will get killed or it has already happened and the causal factors have not been identified attributed to the accident. This is a major safety concern and it seems like nissan is not concerned or performing a recall just as the way nissan is handling the takata air bag problems in their cars. Further, it is extremely interesting that when the car has been in for pas service, the other nissan dealers did not do the quick simple check of the codes to ensure there were no problems. Wouldn't it benefit them as it could produce business?? How stupid and poor service we receive from the dealers.

Filed Jan 22, 2019 · Transmission · 100,600 miles · FL

Replaced transmission at 84000 miles at a cost of $4100 because of shuddering and stalling. At 100600 miles and 11 months later the transmission failed the exact same way again. Nissan would not cover the cost of another replacement. It cost me another $1050 with the help of the dealer and nissan who know they have a totally faulty transmission and won't acknowledge. It stalled and shutterdat a highway intersection and was a dangerous problem. I am lucky I wasn't smashed into on the highway.