Car decelerates on its own. While driving on highway and on small roads, the car will slow and even when accelerator is pushed the rpms will not increase over 3000 and the engine does not rev and the vehicle loses acceleration. This is a very hazardous situation. The vehicle does not accelerate in order to pull over to get out of the way of traffic. All fluids are maintained. The vehicle is properly serviced.
2009 Nissan Rogue transmission complaints
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Looses power upon driving no excelleration and it wont go it's like the throttle petal isn't even there when you start out it drives great but within 20/30 miles it's like the car takes over and it just won't go' we do regular service and we have done transmission services CVT fluid and filter this needs to be addressed nissan should be held accountable
Loss of power and juddering (shaking) of vehicle occurred several times while accelerating, driving up hills, driving for extended periods of time (over 1 hour), or when the air temperature was over 80 degrees fahrenheit, all while accelerator was depressed. When I tried to floor the accelerator, the RPM's increased but the CVT did not engage. Had to remove foot from accelerator then reapply, eventually after the car slowed even further, the CVT re-engaged. Worst issue happened while on the i90 interstate, attempting to accelerate and car lost power and juddered almost causing a collision with vehicle behind me. Took vehicle into dealership twice for this issue, first time the dealership could not replicate issue. Took the vehicle back into the dealership within 30 days from original issue and dealership confirmed issue and said new transmission was needed. However, not covered under nissan extended warranty because there were not hard fault codes. Called nissan consumer affairs on in july 2018 who said my VIN is not part of any updates/recalls for this issue and would not cover repair or replacement of transmission.
Driving on the freeway the engine reved to high rpms and lost power. There were two babies in the car. We were in the carpool lane and with no power we had to cross 3 lanes of traffic and wait on the side of the freeway with babies for tow truck. Was towed to a friends auto shop where we were told about numerous known issues with the CVT transmission.
Car will not accelerate or respond to gas pedal especially when driving for extended periods of time or uphill. When the gas pedal is depressed the vehicle will judder and loose speed. Took the vehicle to the dealership in 2016 for CVT oil cooler recall at 93,063 miles. Brought vehicle to dealership with loss of acceleration at 119,931; however, no hard codes to diagnosis issue, sent on my way, with a diagnosis of bad wheel bearing. Returned less than a month later with unresolved issue (loss of acceleration) at 121,075 miles. Dealership diagnosed that the car needs a new transmission and will not be covered under the extended warranty, 1,075 miles over warranty.
While driving the vehicle up hills or during hot days, the vehicle will suddenly ignore the gas pedal and slow down. This becomes treacherous on long drives that involve going over hills or mountains as they car will slow to under 40mph and will not respond to the gas pedal. After bringing my vehicle to the dealership, they stated there is an ECM recall. They changed out the part, but the issue when driving still occurred. Nissan is aware of the problem (see ntb14-002), however the issue is not considered a recall and is labeled as a customer expense for those outside the 60,000 mile warranty and optional upgrade. This is a serious flaw for any rogue owners, and is a safety risk while driving. Nissan should replace the flawed cooling systems at their expense, especially since the defect was not detected until 11/25/2015.
When driving on the highway, the car suddenly loses all acceleration. Even with the accelerator completely depressed, the car just stops. Rpms won't go above 2500, and my husband and I have had to make several emergency stops on the side of the highway, sometimes in heavy traffic, and requiring us to cut across multiple lanes.
Driving up a hill on highway route 80 west at 65 MPH when all of a sudden speed started to decrease I pressed down fully on gas with no response transmission locked up speed continued to decline to 55 MPH with traffic flying by me honking horns etc I put hazards on and continued to press gas with no response was able to get up hill and speed and transmission returned to normal. Very hazardous for this to occur with kids in the car as well.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 nissan rogue. While driving 25 MPH, the vehicle did not respond when the accelerator pedal was depressed. The contact drove the vehicle home. The contact stated that the transmission was replaced by an independent mechanic in may of 2017. The dealer was not contacted for diagnostic testing or repairs. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and suggested taking the vehicle to one of their facilities for diagnostic testing. The approximate failure mileage was 159,000.
Intermittent acceleration & deceleration while vehicle was in motion, putting in drive or reverse has extreme loss of acceleration with engine RPM going well above the needed RPM (3000-4000) to move the vehicle forward.
Cvt lost power on highway without notice and would not accelerate
I purchased vehicle new from dealer. At approx 83,000 miles I began to experience acceleration problems. I was not able to accelerate from a stop w/ pedal fully depressed. Extremely dangerous as I was almost in a car accident because car would not move. Took it to dealer and I was informed there was a recall on the transmission. Dealer replaced transmission. Now at 115,000 miles I experienced the same type of problem, except now the car shakes when I try to accelerate. I am unable to reverse or accelerate. I called the dealer and they informed me that the warranty on the transmission expires at 90,000 even though it was a replacement transmission. Nissan needs to take responsibility and fix this!!
1. Failure to accelerate and shaking/stalling like behavior. While entering intersection, car failed to accelerate and continued to fail to accelerate as I drove the car the two miles to work. I thought maybe I didn't step on the acc. All the way the first time I was almost hit by a car, but realized it continued to crawl along until I got to speeds over 20mph. I was almost hit several times (a minimum of three to include t boned and rear end type collisions during the two mile drive). Got car towed to dealership and dealership notified me that it was not the transmission but it was a faulty sensor switch that told the car I was braking although I was accelerating. Dealership refused to return car to me until I had sensor replaced due to safety hazard. Dealership told me they have seen several of these issues. Additionally, several of these issues exist nationwide as noted by numerous online complaints. 121000miles. Discussed if it was the transmission, nissan was going to see if they would help with costs since it was right outside of the extended warranty to 120k miles for known transmission issue (which I had no knowledge of). Nissan deemed it was not the transmission, however, could not say what caused the shaking. 2. Car still stuttered, but the drag was gone after replacing sensor for two months. Drag is back and car still shutters. Was told by a different place that my transmission is shot. 124700 miles. It shutters like it is going to stall in traffic when slowing down, in stop and go traffic, and a lower speeds.
Vehicle loses power, hesitates, and lacks acceleration, all to the point of being unsafe while driving in traffic. I often cannot make it up hills and cannot pass cars on highways I've already had the entire transmission and transfer case replaced (in january of 2015), and now require a new transmission control module. The initial transmission failure came at approximately 74,000 miles. I purchased the car with approximately 54.5k miles on it.
When the car is in motion driving for a period of 30 minutes or longer or going up a hill the acceleration stops and the car will slow down no matter how much you press on the gas paedal. I have not experienced it heating up according to the tempeture but the car does smell like burnt. I have to turn off the car and let it cool to drive again, but the issue will continue if I drive more than 30 minutes or up a hill.
Going down the interstate going 65 MPH and we lost all power couldnt go over 30 mphwe had to pull over and wait then we finally got moving again the power loss kept happening now my service engine light is on and they 1100 to fix the problem nissan knows about the problem but won't recall it
Cvt enters limp mode after 30 minutes of driving 65+ miles per hour. I lose a lot of power when that happens causing my vehicle to be unable to accelerate or go over 3k rpms.
Nisan rouge 2009 lost power after 2 hours driving on highway RPM stock on 2500
After driving at high speeds for a while I loose acceleration. And when I come to a stop the car will not go for like 5 seconds after I step on the gas.
Was driving on hwy & started losing power up hills. Called dealership service dept & they said transmission issue. Had the transmission replaced about 3 years ago & the valve body & cooling system malfunctioned this time. There isn't a big enough cooling system for the transm & nissan is aware of the issue. Were 3 other rogue's getting repaired for transmission issues at the same time. Issue often arrives soon after warranty expires. Dealership svc dept indicated that it happens often and needs to be recalled.
Vehicle going up hill will loose power, CVT transmission does this randomly when going up any hill. I am going to die trying to get out of the way of oncoming cars behind me. I am afraid to go anywhere that has an uphill grade on any road.
Transmission overheats and fails. Was replaced at 90k miles and happend again at 130k miles. It is a safety hazard. It goes into "safe mode" and then quits while driving
No acceleration after driving for about an one hour at 70mph. The car start loosing power and when I press the gas it just scrim with no acceleration. This problem many many rouge 2009 users suffer from, nissan should recall and fix the problem.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 nissan rogue. While driving approximately 65 MPH, the vehicle lost acceleration. The contact coasted the vehicle over to the shoulder and came to a complete stop. The vehicle was turned off and towed to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the transmission failed. The vehicle was towed to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the CVT transmission needed replacement. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 100,054.
Item one-whining noise when accelerating item 2-engine intermittently shuts off when stopping at an intersection
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 nissan rogue. While driving approximately 65 MPH on the highway and attempting to pass another vehicle, the contact's vehicle would not accelerate. Approximately five seconds later, it appeared to function normally; however, the failure recurred. The dealer stated that the contact was required to purchase a new transmission versus repairing the vehicle. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 190,000.
Stop for groceries and when I get back in the car I felt the ride kind a funny, I press the accelerator with no response, car didnt go more than 30 miles an hour, took me 1 hour to get back because I couldt get in the highway had to drive in local streets
The nissan rogue had a CVT transmission replaced by the dealer after it stopped running on the highway in 2013 with only 70,000 miles on the vehicle. The transmission failed again, 2 years later, while driving on the highway again. Nissan failed to do anything to assist me the second time with this vehicle. The vehicle was in motion on the freeway both times. There have been many issues with the CVT transmission.
My nissan rogue will periodically stop acceleration while I am driving on the highway. I have the pedal pushed all the way down and the car will not accelerate. I will be going the posted speed and for no apparent reason, my car will start to de-accelerating on its own. After reading several complaints I am finding out that this is due to the CVT transmission in this particular model. This is a safety hazard to anyone who is driving this car. Also, I have noticed a loud noise when I put the car in gear, which I am reading is a sign that the transmission is going out. I purchased an extended warranty on this vehicle but none of the repairs that I have listed are covered. This car is a piece of junk and I will not get anything for it upon trade-in. I am stuck with this car, and have put over $3,000 in this car already over the last 6 months.
When driving the car would start shaking and making funny noises in the back. The car eventually would not accelerate and started smoking. Took it the dealer was informed it had a broken axle and also has coupler issue. I had the axle replaced. But it still shakes and makes noises when turns are made. I was informed by a nissan mechanic this is a common problem in the rogue.
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