2008 Nissan Rogue: transmission slipping

6 of the 429 complaints about the 2008 Nissan Rogue describe transmission slipping.

owner complaints: 6
of this car's complaints: 1%
typical mileage: 88,000
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 12 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Transmission slipping by model year

2025
1
2023
2
2022
2
2021
4
2019
2
2018
3
2017
11
2016
17
2015
8
2014
9
2013
17
2012
6
2011
6
2010
2
2008
6

What owners say

Filed Nov 11, 2019 · Acceleration, Seat belts · 142,700 miles · NY

Passangers's seat belt light on. Transmission slipping while in moving forward

Filed Jun 30, 2015 · Transmission · 88,000 miles · NJ

After 5 hours of operation, while climing upgrade near charlotte nc, vehicle slipped out of gear and lost power. This repeated over a series of inclines for the next 50 miles and nearly resulted in several rear end accidents. During these incidents,the vehicle both lost power and the cruise control unexpectedly shut off. Local nissan dealer confirmed it was due to a known heat issue with CVT transmissions, and an advisory was out to inspect and advise when reported. Nissan instructed an additional cooling appliance be added to keep the fluid cool so operation was normal. Issue is this should be a recall based on assumption that any vehicle will drive at highway speeds for several hours and eventually have to encounter relativly easy upgrades on our highways. Transmission failure under these circumstances is inevitable, and so will be potentially fatal or at least injury inducing incidents.

Filed May 20, 2013 · Acceleration, Transmission · TX

While me and my child were traveling uphill on a busy freeway, I noticed the car was decelerating. No matter how hard I pressed on the pedal to increase the speed, the car continued to slow down. Many cars behind us had to swerve from hitting us and honked for us to move out of their way. Unfortunately, it was beyond my control and the car would not move. A couple of guys had to move our vehicle out of harms way. It was very stressful and dangerous. I'm so glad we were not hit by another vehicle. I ended up replacing that transmission with a used low mileage transmission which worked for a while. It is going on a year and I've been told the CVT transmission is slipping again. I've already spent thousands on this part alone. Is there anything anyone can do about this faulty product. I can't afford to spend any more money on another faulty CVT transmission that will go bad again.

Filed Nov 22, 2010 · Transmission · 90,000 miles · NY

Tl*the contact owns a 2008 nissan rogue. The contact stated that while driving 55 MPH, the vehicle began to slip out of gear. The contact pulled over to avoid a crash. The vehicle was towed to a local repair shop (diagnostic information was not given). The contact called the manufacturer who stated that unless they had full vehicle maintenance records, they could offer no assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 90,000.

Filed Apr 8, 2010 · Transmission · 6,000 miles · WI

I purchased a 2008 nissan rogue sl awd in 2008. I began hearing a noise emanating from the front end of the vehicle at approximately 6000 miles. The noise occurs consistently when decelerating from about 40 MPH to 5 MPH. As the vehicle begins to decelerate, the noise sounds like a rattling against metal. The noise changes to a grinding sound like metal rubbing against metal as the vehicle loses speed. The grinding sound appears more pronounced when at a slow speed, such as when turning into a parking lot. Service manager acknowledges the noise but has no explanation for it and say nissan is aware of the issue and has a fix for it, so I took it in for the factory fix and have noticed the noise is still there. I believe the noise comes from the CVT transmission, and it is probably caused by a defective CVT belt or the CVT belt slipping on the variable pulleys. Either cause could lead to catastrophic failure of the CVT belt and result in an immediate and total loss of response to driver accelerator input. My nissan rogue currently has approximately 17000 miles, and the noise is becoming more evident.

Filed Oct 9, 2008 · Transmission · 3,000 miles · VA

I purchased a 2008 nissan rogue sl awd in november 2008. I began hearing a noise emanating from the front end of the vehicle at approximately 3000 miles. The noise occurs consistently when decelerating from about 20 MPH to 5 MPH. As the vehicle begins to decelerate, the noise sounds like a bicycle chain rattling against metal. The noise changes to a grinding sound like metal rubbing against metal as the vehicle loses speed. The grinding sound appears more pronounced when making a left turn at slow speed, such as when turning into a parking lot. Service manager acknowledges the noise but has no explanation for it and no interest in trying to resolve it. I believe the noise comes from the CVT transmission, and it is probably caused by a defective CVT push belt or a CVT push belt slipping on the variator pulleys. Either cause could lead to catastrophic failure of the CVT push belt and result in an immediate and total loss of response to driver accelerator input. My nissan rogue currently has approximately 7000 miles, and the noise is becoming more evident.