Shuddering and jumping in low geared acceleration, seems as if the transmission is slipping. Just bought the vehicle todayaybe put 200 miles on it since buying it.
2014 Nissan Pathfinder transmission complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2014 nissan pathfinder. The contact stated while driving 20 MPH, the accelerator pedal was depressed however, the vehicle failed to respond. The RPM revved up but failed to respond. The contact stated that while lightly depressing the accelerator pedal the vehicle accelerated to 45 MPH. There were no warning lights illuminated. The failure was intermittent. The vehicle was not taken to be diagnosed nor repaired. A dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was informed of the failure. The failure mileage was 105,000.
I purchased the car in 2015 and complained about transmission problems the dealer said it was ok, in 2017 I began having more transmission problems, the dealer did some work and adjustments and added a monitor of some kind and claimed everything was fine, now today a diagnosic shows my transmission is not working again and the dealer has no idea why, I have always felt this should have been taken care off years ago by replacing the transmission. There is a defect with them and there should be a recall on nissan transmission it seems many people are having problem like my self. The vehicle, slips, hestitate, vibrates when speeding up and then the engine light comes on.
Sat idling 30 minutes put car in reverse no power. Put car in drive no power. Neutral stepped on gas engines revved. Towed to dealer dionastic bad transmission. Dealer notified nissan north america willing to split the%44 $4400 rebuild cost. Car has 93k garage kept dealer maintained. Apparently nissan settled a class action law suit to extend the drive train warranty to 90kmi. Very dissatisfied the ctv transmission was poorly engineered and designed. The rebuilt transmission come with a 1 year or 12kmi warranty. Never again. Stay away from missan they don't stand behind there product.
The vehicle is constantly jerking and jumping every time you accelerate even even when on flat plain city street. I originally had this issue looked at back in january 3, 2020, which I didn't I have the car for 2 weeks then. I then took the vehicle in again february 5, 2020 to get another diagnostic done cause it was doing the exact same thing as before.. They said I need a cat converters. Transmission repair or replacement. I have contacted nissan corporate and given them the codes that have come up and they're brushing me off.
There is a shaking/shuddering when turning at slow speeds, such as pulling into a parking spot. Additionally, there have been several occasions, in both 2 wheel and auto/4 wheel, where the vehicle makes a thump while turning and/or accelerating. The issues seem to be similar to what tsb no.15-015a refer to. I purchased the vehicle 11/07/18. The thumping first occurred around may/june 2019 and the juddering began today 01/04/20
2014 nissan pathfinder hybrid. My vehicle failed to accelerate after stopped at a light; car shakes like it's going to stall out; car shakes when going at low speeds and lightly pressing the gas pedal, it seems as if the transmissions tries to shift but the gear doesn't go in. My vehicle shifts into od on its own. Also steering wheel doesn't feel right. Lastly, trunk closes abruptly after opening; has fallen on my head several times.
The vehicle shutters feeling as if it will stall at low RPM between 10mph to 20mph while driving in highway commuter traffic. This was reported to my dealership multiple times at multiple service appointments such as oil changes. The problem was purposely not documented on my service sheets and I learned through the internet of what my problem was when my dealership tells me they could not detect a problem. The CVT has been a known problem when the whole time I thought I had a fuel or electrical problem with my vehicle. The dealership would have known this and kept me in the dark of this problem. I feel very let down by the dealership and nissan as this has been a problem I known of since 50k miles and the dealership would tell me no problem was detected.
Vehicle has constantly jerked under 30 miles an hour. I had the computer reprogrammed in 2016 per the nissan recall but the shudder never went away. Nissan said that I had to drive through the shudder. Well today my transmission went out and nissan said there is nothing they can do. Please do no buy this car.
At low speed (15-20 MPH) the transmission shutters when accelerating. This happens most often when going up a small/slight grade.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 nissan pathfinder. While driving, the contact smelled a burning odor and smoke appeared under the hood. The contact coasted the vehicle over to the side of the road and the smoke stopped. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to napa nissan (510 soscol ave, napa, ca 94559, (707) 253-1551) where it was diagnosed that there was a leak in the transfer case and metal in the transmission fluid. The contact stated that the vehicle was not able to be repaired because the front axle was air chiseled. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 99,000. The VIN was not available.
I was driving on a highway at highway speeds when my overdrive off button turned off the overdrive without it being pushed, my vehicles RPM's went up to between 6000 and 6500 when I pushed the button on the shifter it re-engaged but the RPM's where at a constant 3500-4500 and then I lost all acceleration and the pedal went to the floor but the RPM's stayed at about 4000. I needed to coast to the shoulder of the highway. I was towed to a nearby dealer and I'm waiting for them to inform me of what the issue is.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 nissan pathfinder. While driving at a low speed, the vehicle stalled while the accelerator pedal was depressed. While depressing the brake pedal, the vehicle downshifted roughly. Also, the vehicle shook violently while accelerating. There were no warning indicators illuminated. When the contact purchased the vehicle from an independent mechanic, she was unaware that it was included in an unknown recall. The contact called toyota of fort worth (9001 camp bowie w blvd, fort worth, tx 76116, 855‑934‑7369) regarding an unknown recall notice she received for her seat belts. While speaking with a representative, the contact was informed of an unknown recall for the transmission. The vehicle was taken to be serviced for the recall; however, the failure continued. The manufacturer was notified of the failures, but did not assist because no codes appeared when a diagnostic test was performed. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 60,000.
Vehicle shudders / shakes when driving 30-45 MPH. Feels like not shifting properly
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 nissan pathfinder. While accelerating from a stop, the vehicle failed to accelerate. The contact coasted the vehicle over to the side of the road, waited ten minutes, restarted the vehicle, and the check engine warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence. The contact discovered that there was an unknown recall regarding the transmission and took the vehicle to downey nissan (7321 firestone blvd, downey, ca 90241, (888) 483-6228). The dealer stated that they could only could reprogram the transmission. The contact was also informed that the warranty would not cover the repair due to the vehicle being salvaged. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 49,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 nissan pathfinder. While driving 60 MPH, the vehicle accelerated abruptly and then decelerated to 10 MPH. In addition, the check engine indicator illuminated. The contact was able to start the engine and the speed would not exceed 50 MPH. The contact was able to drive the vehicle to a fuel station and then had it towed to an unknown nissan dealer. The dealer performed a diagnostic that located a failure code regarding the transmission. The dealer stated that the transmission needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was contacted. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 107,800. *as
While driving on the highway I lost the ability to accelerate. I had to coast to the shoulder. I had my 2 young children in the car and this could have LED to a terrible accident. The car is 4.5 years old and has under 39,000 miles on it. Nissan has determined the transmission failed and is replacing it under warranty. The transmission problems with the 2013 and 2014 nissan pathfinders are well known at this point. It is only a matter of time before someone gets killed. Order a recall now.
Truck shudders after being parked or stopped at a light on take off when trying to pick up speed. Also in the motion of driving on city and or highway.
Car shakes when going at low speeds and lightly pressing the gas pedal, it seems as if the transmissions tries to shift but the gear doesn't go in. The car consumes more gas than usual, and it feels very heavy even when flooring the gas pedal.
Shutters/jurking when driving 15-20 MPH check engine light is now on nissan reset my CVT 2 yes ago and it's now back on with code
The car was unresponsive to acceleration on highway and stalled due to faulty transmission. My wife and two kids were stranded on the highway. I took car in for concerns about transmission at 77 k miles while still under warranty and they said it was fine with no codes. The car has just over 100 k. The car was dead in the water. I had to get car towed to the nissan dealership one mile away. Doing more research on the transmission and saw the overwhelming evidence that the CVT transmission in the 13 and 14 is absolutely terrible and nissan knows it. The transmission was out of warranty, but have seen that nissan knows the transmissions are faulty and have helped people with repair costs. So I contacted nissan north america and they said I did not meet the criteria for which they would help. I asked what was the criteria? From the information I gathered, they will not help in replacing the transmission unless you have spent a boatload of money at the dealership service center. I had a friend of mine, same thing happened to trans, nissan paid for 70% of transmission repair. I learned that he had previously spent thousands at the service center on other repairs and he was approved. I argued with nissan that I am being penalized for having a car that worked well and did not have a bunch of repairs. So the bottom line is that nissan will help only those who have spent thousands at their service centers. They talked to me about customer loyalty. I said how can I be a loyal customer after this. Nissan has sold a bunch of lies and continues to lie to customers about the transmissions. They should have been a service recall after the overwhelming evidence of the faulty transmission. Never nissan.
My vehicle shifts into od on its own. The dealership has done a soft reassembly an replaced the guts of the transmission and the issue is still occuring. This vehicle also previously needed to be towed due to it not accelerating after reaching 60mph on a major highway. It slowed down on its own and would not accelerate pass 20 MPH
My vehicle began to make a knocking noise in the rear when turning. I took the car in to be assessed and was sold a new set of rear shock-absorbers. It was immediately evident that the problem was not resolved, so I took the vehicle back to the dealer service department. They found that the rear differential was failing and shards of metal had broken off. The vehicle was repaired under warranty. The failure occurred at about 50000 miles.
2014 n pathfinder 83,000 miles- I parked my car when I restarted it 10 min later, white smoke started coming from my exhaust. So much smoke that I was afraid to drive it. I had the car towed to my mechanic. He said that it's defiantly the engine (possible piston ring or stuck valves) he says he's heard of others with the same problem. Googled and see many others with the same problem. Dealer says I'm 8,000 miles out of my extended warranty. Hard to believe this problem seems so wide spread and isn't a recall.
I was driving the car today and the car starting jerking almost like stalling on the highway. This usually happens all the time on and off and happens during slower speeds or when I am making turns but yesterday it happened on the highway at high speeds and the car started juddering. When I first bought the car I took the car to nissan to check this out and they said nothing was wrong but now I took the car again to nissan and hopefully they will fix this transmission issue.
Cvt transmission problem : (1) the codes that were stored were p01710 CVT judder code & p0420 trans fluid low code (2) and transmission is taking 10secs to shift properly so needs a new transmission. Nissan suburban, farmington hills, michigan, is aware of the transmission recall requirement and issues but asking me (the customer) $4500 to pay to replace CVT transmission. Please contact for additional details kyle turmon assistant manager/service advisor suburban nissan of farmington hills (248)715-2072 [email protected]
I have taken my pathfinder to the shop on several occasions to have the transmission fixed. It shutters at slow speeds. My husband was told that nissan's do that and nothing is wrong. We had the CVT sensor replaced and it stopped for a while. Well now it shutters at low speeds while turning a corner, in slow moving traffic, high speeds going down the interstate and sometimes when you press on the gas pedal after being stopped at a light it will act like the transmission is not engaging and then all of a sudden it will engage and make the car leap forward and it will shake. We purchased the vehicle from vic bailey ford in august 2015, was told that it still had the manufacturer warranty left on it and benson nissan in spartanburg would not honor the warranty because we didn't purchase the vehicle from them. This transmission problem has been an on going problem since we purchased the vehicle.
I purchased the 2014 pathfinder march 2018 with 27k miles. Oct. 2018 during starting of the vehicle I noticed excessive amount of smoke coming from the tail pipe. My mechanic checked the truck and informed me oil was leaking from the engine into the cylinders. I contacted nissan corp and was informed to take it to a local nissan dealer. The dealer found the transmission was going bad, wheel barren. They returned the vehicle back to me after a week. The next day, the truck was smoking again everytime I would start the ignition. Tried to trade the truck for another make. I can't too much equity. I only had the truck for 8 months. Dec. 5th 2018, check engine light is on and low oil pressure light is on. Excessive smoke still comes from the tail pipe when the truck is started. Returned truck back to nissan dealer for repair.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 nissan pathfinder. While driving 60 MPH, the vehicle shuddered and the rpms increased and decreased. The contact stated that the failure occurred twice. The vehicle was taken to vallejo nissan (3287 sonoma blvd, vallejo, ca 94590, (707) 656-4483) where it was diagnosed that the transmission needed to be replaced for the third time. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 50,000.
When starting to take off (going anywhere from 5-20 MPH) my car shakes like it's going to stall out, the engine or transmission does not allow the car to property speedup when accelerating. I feel extremely uncomfortable and not safe. But, I don't have another vehicle to drive. I've notice other people are having this issue too, mileage on my pathfinder is only 49,000. It's very stressful yielding on to highways and proceeding from a traffic light I was stopped at. Also, I would like to mention that I got an oil change last week. After, doing so my car smelled like burning oil after driving more than 500 miles. I took it back to them to check that everything was done properly. They told me that my oil pan is rusted out and my oil stick needs to be replaced. Because, the rubber on the top of the dip stick is wearing. He said that is very uncommon for this age of a vehicle. Please help!!
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