Issue has happened multiple times in 1 day. When pressing the accelerator vehicle does not react. It has happened while moving at multiple speeds or stopped. I press the brake and go to accelerate again and it will not accelerate. Or I can be stopped at a light and press the accelerator and vehicle will not react. Issue is happening about 4-5 times during a 15 mile drive. This is happening on flat surfaces. It looks like the RPM increase very little but even if I continue to press down further on the pedal it will not accelerate.
2013 Nissan Pathfinder transmission complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2013 nissan pathfinder. While driving approximately 50 MPH, the vehicle vibrated, decelerated, and momentarily accelerated. There were no warning indicators. The contact coasted the vehicle to the side of the road and called a local dealer who advised her to drive the vehicle to the shop. The following day, the failure recurred. The technician kept the vehicle for a couple of days, but was unable to duplicate the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure, but stated that nothing could be done. The failure mileage was 59,000. The VIN was not provided.
My pathfinder stalls and will not accelerate when I come to a complete stop on an elevated surface. We just bought our 2013 pathfinder (53.5k miles) less than 2 weeks ago. It is certified pre owned and under powertrain warranty 7 years/ 100k miles. When I took the issue to the dealership, last week, I was told that the car did not throw a computer code and when they test drove my car they did not have any issues. They did however tell me that when they tried to parallel park it on a hill, it accelerated as soon as they put it in drive, to which I explained I never put my pathfinder in park, I only came to a complete stop, on a hill and it would not accelerate. This is terrifying considering my 6 month old baby has been in the backseat when this has happened on multiple occasions in less than 2 weeks.
Vehicle stalls at various times while driving, will not accelerate while pressing on gas pedal. Has now happened 6 times in 3 months. Stalled also, while on cruise control going downhill and would not engage until on level surface for 15 seconds, lost 35 MPH during this incident. Passenger side front airbag light is illuminated indicating that no one is in seat while seat is occupied. I have several photos and dates of this particular problem.
Experiencing a low speed judder and lately a soft judder at about 70 MPH
Problem is intermittent while stopped. When pressing accelerator pedal while in drive engine does not respond. Engine RPM will go up once shifted to neutral, but not while in drive. Does not produce error codes, so no one knows how to fix. I have found a lot of other complaints of the same situation online, nissan has not acknowledged this as a problem as far as I know.
I have had the door handle on my pathfinder break twice making you unable to get out of your car in a emergency! This car was purchased new by me. Also I have had many problems with the transmission slipping while in acceleration. Now that it is out of warranty they seem to have no interest in fixing it.
Transmission slipping and sputters and airbag light comes on when anyone is I the seat.
Vehicle jerks and shudders in light acceleration. No acceleration on vehicle even when accelerator is pressed to floor. It was brought into dealer who claimed there was a computer programming update for the transmission. Vehicle continued to experience same issues. Last week my car shuddered, would not accelerate with pedal to the floor then shut down completely as I was pulling out of gas station almost causing accident. It is now in shop. No repairs done yet.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 nissan pathfinder. After the vehicle was serviced under a manufacturer recall for a transmission software update, the vehicle hesitated to accelerate without warning. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 70,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 nissan pathfinder. While driving approximately 25 MPH, the transmission began to jerk and slip gears. The failure recurred whenever the vehicle was in operation. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and repaired under a manufacturer's voluntary recall related to reprogramming the transmission control unit. In addition, the front and rear passenger side wheel bearing were replaced on two separate occasions. The front and rear brakes were also replaced. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 8,000.
Vehicle stalls on hills and has bad mileage and hesitates. This has happened on several occasions. It has been checked in dallas, tx and now twice in el paso, tx. The last inspection was a recall and all I was told was it may need a new transmission. It has gotten worse and now hesitates on hills and is very sluggish. It stalls while taking off on hills. Very dangerous.... All I have received is lip service. Please contact asap.
While I was told that this had happened previously in the vehicle (around june 22, 2015), I experienced it on 7/6/15. I was traveling on the highway at @ 68 MPH. I slowed to take an offramp left onto a connector and pressed the accelerator to regain speed. There was no response; the accelerator had no power--even when pressed to the floor. The car began to lose speed. It was a busy time of day, and there was a car behind me. I took my foot off the accelerator and pressed it again; this time it was responsive. In addition to the loss of power, the car 'hitched' as I was driving and braking, and the ABS and traction control lights came on. This happened multiple times afterwards--not just on turns. On 7/7, I called nissan service. I did not drive the car again until they fit me in (thurs., 7/9). The drive train is still under warranty, and I was informed that there was a crt reprogramming recall that needed to be done, but it had nothing to do with what was happening, so they would run multiple diagnostics at $125 or more a piece. After multiple diagnostics and a technician driving my car 44 miles, service "could not duplicate concern," did not know of any like problems with the car, had performed the recall, and sent me home at no charge (?) on 7/10. Afterwards, I did not drive the car for several days. On 7/16, it seemed safe, and my daughter was driving with me in the passenger seat. It happened again--on a busy road! The ABS and traction control lights came on too. We stopped; I took a picture, immediately emailed it to service, & switched drivers. There's no response yet. Nissan online forums are full of 2013 pathfinder (and nissan crt model) owners experiencing the exact same problems, being told similar things, and having transmissions (crt) replaced but it happening again. Nissan won't acknowledge what seems to be a widespread problem with the crt & this model.
While driving, vehicle looses power, acceleration, pressing on gas and nothing happens, shift car to neutral and press on gas and RPM"s go up, shift back to drive, press on gas and RPM's don't move, vehicle does not go. All the times that it has happened we had to coast either to the side of road, or to next light. This is a rear end collision waiting to happen, this is definitely a safety issue!!! Took car to nissan dealer, but since car did not detect any error codes, dealership was unable to find fix, but there is definitely something wrong with car, http://www.carcomplaints.com went unto this site and found more than 100 complaint similar to mine, about car loosing power. Somebody has to look into this before someone gets seriously hurt or dies. This is my wife's car and I have a 3yr old and a 2yr old that she drives around, please, someone look into this.
I got a nissan pathfinder platinum 2013, while I was driving at 40 MPH, right in the middle of the road it stopped accelerating for a good 5 to 15 seconds, even thu I pressed the gas medal all the way down to the floor. That happened very often now. I took it to the sutherland nissan dealership in fort myers , florida, they were telling it could be the CVT transmission. I encourage everybody who has this same problem with their nissan vehicle to come forward and complained. That CVT transmission problem is a big safety issue and that directly put people life in great danger.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 nissan pathfinder. While driving 20 MPH, the vehicle failed to accelerate when the accelerator pedal was depressed. The failure recurred numerous times intermittently. The vehicle was taken to a dealer for diagnostic testing, but was unable to be diagnosed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The VIN was unavailable. The approximate failure mileage was 52,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 nissan pathfinder. While driving approximately 55 MPH, the transmission began to hesitate excessively in a jerking motion. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the transmission computerized system was reprogrammed. The failure recurred after the repair. On a separate occasion, the transmission failed to operate while driving. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic, but was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 5,000.
I had that nissan pathfinder patinum for a week, I noticed it shuddering and shaking when I press lightly on the gas pedal to accelerate., its like the vehicles shutting down on me. I took it to the dealer sutherlin nissan in fort-myers, florida and I'm still waiting on them. For whoever who has experienced this kind of shuddering problem, its a very scary and frightened moment. Nissan needs to do something about it as quick as possible.
I was driving down a local street traveling about 35 miles per hour. As I was accelerating down the street my car begin to slow down without me hitting the brakes. I had to turn in the turning lane so know one would hit the back of my car. I took my car in to the nissan dealer where I bought my car. They couldn't find anything, but the said it was a recall on a part on my transmission. They fixed it. I noticed the same thing happened two weeks later.
Upon acceleration from idle or at traffic light, depressing the acceleration pedal produces no movement. You have to press the gas pedal all the way down, upon which no movement forward is created. Also, the passenger front airbag, even with a 160 pound passenger sits in seat, airbag light is still turned off, subsequently turning off airbag.
Had recall on transmission for software update, left dealership once it was done. Could not accelerate to get off of hill behind the dealership. Vehicle would only go in reverse. Had the pedal down to the floor and the vehicle would not move.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 nissan pathfinder. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to accelerate intermittently. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the failure was unable to be determined. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 35,000.
When the car is full of passengers the transmission starts to miss shift causing a vibration. Feels unsafe when carrying passengers. Also vehicles backup camera is starting to act up. The video is screen has lines through it and sometimes the backup alarms deactivate.
I was pulling out of a parking lot. I drove a few yards and the car would not accelerate over 25mph even though I was pushing on the accelerator. There were no warning lights, but the RPM's would not go up. I stopped and put it in park, revved the engine, and put it in drive again. It worked fine for about a mile until I pulled up to a stop light. As the light turned green, I could not get the car to go over 25 MPH. (I was turning left at the intersection, so it was very dangerous that I could not get the car to accelerate as I was facing upcoming traffic.) I pulled onto the shoulder and put it in park again. I was able to make it the additional mile home but thankfully did not have to stop at a light again. The dealership has ran diagnostics on it and can't find anything wrong with it, but I'm scared to drive it again.
Over the past two month I've had 4 incidents when I stop at a light or sign and when I hit my accelerator pedal to start moving again nothing happens. Sometimes I lift my foot off of the pedal and them back again and it starts working normally. Other times the accelerator starts working after a few seconds of being depressed.....more than a little nu-nerving when entering heavy traffic areas.
Just purchased this vehicle. Drove beautiful while test driving. The next morning the vehicle started her jerking so bad that I thought something was falling out from underneath the vehicle. I thought I was going to stall out in the middle of an intersection. Wondering how safe this vehicle really is when needing to transport children. Disgusted with the power I am finding.
Driving would notice that car would not go when I would accelerate so took in many times to dealership which always told me it just needed updating so it happened again then they said it was the transmission and would have to replace. But the thing that upset me was they put a refurbished one in which wasn't right since I bought brand new. Still having problems took again and once again needed updating don't know what else to do dint understand why nissian doesn't take care of these issues or buy back these lemon cars frustrated. Also never received recall notice from nissian ever since I bought car I had to google search which is horrible unprofessional
I bought this car used, I had it for 10 days, I was driving at a low speed 10-15 MPH and my pathfinder started jerking. I thought I was driving on a bad part or my tire had blown up. I pulled into a store, everything looked fine, I left and as I was making a turn, it started the jerking again, I was heading home and only a few min away and after another turn, it started jerking again!! I called the dealership, they called saying nothing is wrong with it. I have a 2 year old! It's horribly frightening and sickening to not know when this is going to happen and to know you've spent all this money on a crap car that they won't fix under warranty!
I purchased this car in march 2014. It was a used platinum pathfinder with 4900 miles on it. Within months, I noticed a violent shaking when traveling at low speeds. I took it in october 30, 2014 to get the shudder fixed. I was told nothing was wrong, its just how the CVT works. So, I left. On january 22,2015, the car lost power as I was crossing into traffic on a 4 lane road. This nearly resulted in me and my children being tboned by a uhaul. Thankfully they were able to stop in time. It happened one more time on the way home that day as I pulled off from a stop light. The car gets to about 20 MPH and nothing. I immediately call jerry rome nissan and told them I wanted a rental and they needed to fix my car. I agreed to bring it in the following week. In the meantime, the power loss continued to happen. After taking the car to the dealership, a master mechanic took a ride with me and I could not get the car to do it. They hooked the car up to the computer and got no codes...and they were unable to duplicate so there is nothing wrong. I have spent the past week researching this issue and I'm sure you are aware, this is a widespread, very serious issue with these cars. Nissan is negligent in continuing to sell these cars knowing the CVT is too small for this vehicle. I contacted nissan consumer affairs and they told me there was nothing I could do. Then I get a call today from jerry rome stating that they have a service bulletin about this car so they'll be reprogramming the transmission. I researched that and the bulletin they're speaking of came out nov. 2014. It's important that everyone know the scam they're running. This is corporate greed at it's finest. It's just a matter of time before some poor family gets crushed getting on a highway. Maybe that's what they're waiting for.
While driving my 2013 pathfinder at slow speeds, the vehicle would lose power and not accelerate. It has happened about 10+ times in the last two weeks. The latest time I was making a left hand turn yielding to on coming traffic. The vehicle would not accelerate and stalled in the middle of oncoming traffic. The pathfinder was moving about 5-10 MPH. The oncoming vehicle approaching had to slam on their brakes so they didn't hit us (I had 6 kids in the car). The pathfinder then kicked in and stalled at the following light around 1/4 mile down the road. It is intermittent and hasn't happened since. Pathfinder is currently at the dealer and they say that they have it fixed by a brake switch replacement. The regional consumer specialist from nissan na assigned to us stated he was not aware of any acceleration problems at all in pathfinders.
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