2009 Nissan Cube: CVT failure

Filed Nov 8, 2018 · Transmission · 111,100 miles · CA · 1 injury

Faulty transmission, discolored, broken. Needs to either be repaired or replaced. At 111,000 miles my car had trouble stopping. I almost got hit in the middle of the intersection. Have really bad whiplash and continue to see a chiropractor every 2 weeks. I have taken my nissan cube 2009 111,000 miles to 3 mechanics. (nissan, meineke and pismo automotive) have documentation available upon request. Including nissan when they said that it would be $260 to diagnose I went to 2 other mechanics shortly after) of which, I couldn't get a clear answer as to which was going on with my engine. The transmission CVT which I now know it is, because of your website, it was making all kinds of weird noises (engine revving). Jerking transmission, shifting (slamming and harsh while braking) have transmission leaks reported and reported that CVT was not only leaking, but blackened in color. (saw it yesterday while mechanic showed me inside of engine and CVT. When I press on gas pedal it would drop out of power and hesitates on acceleration. Taking the lemon to nissan again. It's currently at pismo automotive, as soon as mechanic puts the engine back together I will be towing my car (nissan said I had to tow it to them) but even then, getting the run around from nissan saying I have to pay but it will be covered. *dt consumer stated brakes did not fully stop. Updated 12/06/18

Filed Sep 7, 2018 · Transmission · 133,400 miles · NC

Recently my nissan cube came up with an error code indicating a step motor malfunction. This is a component of the CVT transmission that tells the transmission how to operate. Without this critical component the vehicle does not behave properly. I have involved in a number of situations where the vehicle will suddenly stop at highway speeds or not accelerate after reducing speed causing an extreme hazard. Nissan is aware of these failing transmissions and did in fact increase the warranty coverage at one point. These are an extreme danger on the road!!!

Filed Dec 4, 2016 · Transmission · 121,000 miles · AL

Was driving home with my husband from the grocery store. Pulled onto highway and car stopped accelerating. Pulled over and car would rev up but not go in drive or reverse. Car was towed back home and being traded in. It's 1,000 miles over the extended warranty. They should recall these knowing the CVT is bad.

Filed Oct 13, 2016 · Body, Transmission · 121,000 miles · TX

I am the 2nd owner of this car. I purchased this vehicle april of 2016. The only light that has been on has been the tpm light. On july 3rd,2016 , I was driving on the highway with my children when the car suddenly stalled. It completely stopped driving no matter how hard I would push on the gas. When I had to vehicle inspected, it was the transmission that had failed. According to the dealership, there was an extended warrenty on this CVT transmission because of problems it was having. There was no light on or anything to show that there had been an issue with this transmission, it just suddenly stopped working as I was driving. I contacted nissan directly and they told me there was nothing they can do because it was out of warranty. I feel this is unsafe because people do drive with their children in the vehicle. This could have caused a bad collision on the highway when it suddenly just stopped. In the same incident, the back door suddenly will not open.

Filed Mar 21, 2014 · Acceleration, Transmission · 73,500 miles · AR

When on the interstate after about two hours my vehicle will not accelerate. When I press the gas the RPM's go up but the vehicle does nothing. If I pull off the road for a few minutes it is fine for a little longer but will reoccurs in frequency depending on the temperature outside. My vehicle has a CVT transmission which has been replaced once in july/august of 2013. The new transmission has the same issue and I have taken it into the shop twice now is not fixed.

Filed Dec 13, 2012 · Transmission · 61,540 miles · PA

We left sears and proceeded to pull out of parking spot. Stepped on gas pedal and RPM went to over 5 grand. Vehicle moved by drifting. After rpms dropped vehicle started to move but not very well. Vehicle showed signs of transmission not engaging. The transmission is a CVT type automatic. After several attempts decided to shut car off and re-start. Hoping this method would allow for ECM to re-boot. No such luck. Car carried on for several miles.dangerous part of journey was at red lights and intersection. Was hoping that we would not be rear-ended by someone in hurry. Called nissan dealer,other one than dealer I originally bought the car from,to see if I could get car in to shop. Described incident and this dealer gave us a slot for 9:00am next day. Dealer checked car. Could not duplicate problem but checked car's computer. 3 codes were stored indicating transmission part failure. Dealer ordered transmission and had it delivered in 2 days. Dealer currently has car in shop and was getting started removing trans. Will have car back,hopefully the following day. Please be advised that the dealer performing service is another nissan dealer and not the one I bought car from.this is also the 3rd dealer I have used for other problems.this dealer is very respectful of it's customer and bends over backwards to help. I have had problems with fuel gauge not showing full tank when filled. This happened around 12k miles. I tried a dealer closer to us. He took the car in to check it out,even though he did not have the part in stock to repair vehicle. Took 3 weeks to get car in and another 3 weeks to get it back in for the repair. After taking it in for the repair they did not have us on the schedule and had lost the part. After calling nissan of america this "bad"dealer repaired the car. This dealer was worse than 1st dealer.