2016 Nissan Altima: sudden loss of power

Filed Jul 3, 2025 · Engine · MO

Vehicle starts fine once the entire engine heats up is when problems start the loss of engine power until engine is able to restart resetting errors this would gradually get worse and the finaly the engine completely stalls out at one moment the computer says it’s the evap then is says cam sensor then the O2 sensor then is said it was the throttle body then at one point it said fuel pump and even told me it was the two upp sensors while trying to start it should start but idling. Vary ruff and severe engine, shaking while idling. Then it refuses to start I need this vehicle investigation for this car and have it applied to this vehicle as well as the symptoms are identical!!!

Filed Apr 25, 2025 · Transmission · CA

As I was driving on the highway , I experienced loss of power, acceleration issues, slipping between gears, whining noise, hesitating, and jerking I had no warning signs no lights come on on my vehicle to notify me of any type of problems. This all happened when I was driving on the highway. My car went from driving perfectly normal to no longer working. I took my car to a mechanic they run a diagnostic. They also test drove in and inspected the car and said my transmission is failing and it needs to be replaced and that this has been a common issue in Nissan Altima between 80,000 and 100,000 miles

Filed Feb 19, 2025 · Transmission · NV · crash

I purchased this vehicle from Drivetime in Las Vegas off Decatur Blvd in December of 2021. I was not advised these particular make and models could have CVT Transmission failure. It has the SR Sports Model transmission, so I always thought when I had it in sport mode that the RMP's stayed high and the car would jerk if I let off the gas not knowing the transmission was actually faulty. In March of 2024 the vehicle stalled multiple time while at the gas station after filling up my gas tank. There was a Meineke in the same parking lot, I got the car going and quickly parked. They ran the codes since the check engine light had came on and told me P0776 was a faulty transmission. That these cars have known problem with transmission failure. They cleared the code and said if it comes back on it's going to go out quickly. I was told to baby the car, I barely drive anywhere but for work purposes and to the grocery store until last week the car had some major issues and check engine light came on. Ran codes and it was P0776 again. This last year I have experienced loss of power while driving and making a left turn. I did get hit once but the person left the scene, and I did not know what to do. So, I kept driving as the vehicle was not to the point of not being driven and I don't exactly have a large bank account to fix things like this as they come up. I have been ill paying for medical out of pocket and my deductible is $1500. Plus my father passed and I had to help pay for funeral and other expenses. I was told to reach out to the federal safety agency about this issue to see what could be done to help me out.

Filed Dec 16, 2023 · Acceleration, Engine · SC

I have a 2016 Nissan Altima 2.5SR and have noticed every time I'm on the interstate and I have driven at least 70 miles of driving distance, the vehicle will all of sudden lose power and the accelerator will be all the way down and it won't go any faster. So, if the speed limit is 70mph and will automatically drop down to 60 and it has done this in front of an 18-wheeler one time scared me to death. Mind you no warning lights come on or anything it just loses power Nissan really needs to resolve this issue and fix it before someone gets seriously injured. Now Iam a disabled driver and I'm not trying hurt myself even further or loss of life.

Filed Jul 21, 2023 · Acceleration, Electrical · TX

The ASCD Switch failed while traveling > 60mph. The car lost all acceleration down to ~ 5 MPH. The car lost power to the steering.

Filed Feb 9, 2022 · Acceleration, Fuel system · AL

I just purchased this vehicle with 93,000 miles and good condition. A warning or indicator light never comes on but sporadically I will be driving around 40-50mph & if I let off of the gas something happens where no matter how hard or fast I press the accelerator the car looses power. I can press the accelerator all the way to the floor & still not speed up. The car will slowly decrease speed until about 30mph or either I have to take my foot off of the accelerator totally & press hard about 1/4 on the accelerator to regain power. It feels like the pressure behind the accelerator disappears when all of this happens. There is no dimming of lights or anything obvious. It happens when my Mom drives also. I have lost power trying to pass a car or turn with oncoming traffic ahead. It scares me.

Filed Jul 21, 2021 · Acceleration, Fuel system · FL · 1 injury

Car loses power while driving on highways or roads and had nearly cost me my life on occasion where the vehicle cannot complete a turn from loss of power and I cannot proceed and obstruct oncoming vehicle paths. It has also revved up out of the blue to 6000-7000 RPMs despite a holding steady pace on the gas pedal. The speed jolts and has nearly caused me to rear end unsuspecting vehicles. Sometimes the vehicle cannot accelerate and has NO POWER after coming to a full stop at a red light or stop sign. I have been unable to receive help for any of these issues despite many diagnoses and lots of money spent. And it was not made aware to me, an owner of a Nissan Altima vehicle that there is a known probability of failure with CVTs in use in Altima’s of my hear. That lack of effort and total disregard for the lives of customers in similar Nissan vehicles is absolutely disgraceful and unacceptable! Furthermore, they try to deny it and try to take zero fault. Nissan is denying fault for faulty CVT in my vehicle and made NO ATTEMPT to notify owners of affected NISSAN vehicles and is NOT rectifying the issue or admitting their lack of effort on making owners of affected Nissan vehicles aware of issues and threatening consumer wellbeing

Filed Dec 2, 2020 · Transmission · 34,000 miles · FL

On friday, november 27th as my wife came home from work, she called me to report that the car was behaving strangely, shuddering and losing power. We have never had any drivability issues with this car since we bought it, nor any mechanical problems of any kind. She managed to get home and when I took a look at it the check engine light was on and we decided to tow it to the dealership on saturday morning in order to get the issue diagnosed. From what was explained to us at the nissan dealer today, tuesday, december 1st, we were told that under nissan's policies, any car that has a "branded" title causes the new car's limited warranty to become null and void. We bought this car used on february 7, 2017 when it had 2,356 miles. The vehicle today has less than 35,000 miles since new. The issue is the CVT transmission has failed, which is widely known by nissan to be in an issue in several model vehicles including the altima for at least six years that I am aware of. We are in no position to spend over $3500 plus diagnostic costs to repair this vehicle, and having the uncertainty that this issue could re-appear again at any time in the future and we will again be forced to spend another undetermined amount similar or higher than the current estimated costs. Additionally, if and when this transmission is replaced, we fall back into the situation that the transmission replacement will have an unknown limitation on the warranty of the repair. Through class action remedies nissan has extended the factory warranty to cover these repairs to customers who are outside of the regular warranty period (essentially the same as not having a factory warranty), extending it to as much as 120,000 miles in some cases, and even transferrable to new owners. We contacted and opened a case at nissan, but they said no. No more nissan vehicles for me!

Filed Sep 12, 2020 · Acceleration, Engine · 53,000 miles · NM

Transmission is going out at 53,000 miles. The car will not accelerate properly even though RPM is revving there is no power to the car. Very dangerous when making turns out in front of oncoming traffic because when you go to turn car loses power so you can easily get t- boned.the car has even turned off completely while driving down the highway losing all power inside the vehicle. This occurred before the transmission problems at about 40,000 miles.

Filed Jun 17, 2020 · Transmission · 137,000 miles · GA

Driving down road, car shudders and then loss of all power. Transaxle has/had no forward or reverse gears. No warning or dtc, just quit. Driving down a city street fortunately with little traffic at the time.

Filed Jan 20, 2020 · Transmission · 58,000 miles · KY

Stopped and when pulling out lost power and while driving lost power and RPM went really high it was like the transmission wouldn't shift turned vehicle off then was able to drive has done this several times within a week

Filed Nov 24, 2019 · Acceleration, Engine · 81,200 miles · TX

Accelerating onto the highway on yesterday my check engine light cane on as well and my traction control light which caused my car to lose power. I was able to get right back off the freeway and turn into a neighborhood. When I turned the car off and back on it started with the same lights on. I had my transmission rebuilt at 73,000 miles with a 12,000 mile warranty already but I don't think that my transmission is the issue this time. I had to get my car towed to the nissan of grapevine dealership again because I refuse to drive the car with my 3 month old and sixteen year old in the car