2010 Nissan Rogue: engine overheating

Filed Sep 17, 2022 · Transmission · CA

While driving the vehicle at average highway speeds for over one hour approximately, the CVT transmission fluid overheats, and an engine code PO744 is set. This code is followed by reduction in engine power and speed limited to a safe mode of 25 mph. The danger of being rear-ended while attempting to safely exit the freeways here in California is high. This has happened multiple times on different roadways, uphill, downhill, and through the desert Nissan has many technical service bulletins, but no recalls. A CVT for this 2010 is $4000 or more, later models received a CVT fluid cooler, this year it's almost $1400 to install with no hopes the CVT will hold up.

Filed Jul 15, 2019 · 100,000 miles · NC

We were on the highway and had been driving for about two hours. When climbing a hill the vehicle refused to accelerate even with the gas pedal all the way to the floor. Went from 75 MPH to 35 MPH. Would not go over 2000 RPM. We had recently been using the cruise control but weren't when this happened. No engine lights or problem indicators came on. We pulled to the side of the road and opened the hood but nothing appeared to be wrong or overheating. We waited 10 minutes and continued on the highway. Everything was fine after that, but we didn't go up anymore hills. Mileage at 100000

Filed Jul 25, 2017 · Transmission · 131,000 miles · SC

After approximately 2 hours of driving on the highway, the transmission goes into "limp" mode. Nissan states this is the result of the transmission overheating and the only solution is installing a new nissan external cooler. Car will barely reach 55-60 MPH especially if going up hill. Also, once the car is stopped it will not accelerate quickly. The first time this happened it gave no warning and it almost caused an accident due to the accelerator not responding when my attempting to turn across oncoming traffic. This is going to cause an accident with serious injuries or worse if not addressed. There was no warning the transmission had overheated and gone into this mode. The first sign was the car simply failing to accelerate with the gas pedal depressed to the floor. Multiple times the car has just suddenly decelerated in heavy highway traffic from 75 MPH to 55 MPH after only 1.5-2 hours of highway driving. This seems to be a significant defect that is going to cause an accident. Also it appears that this issue has been ongoing for a extended period of time with little to no effort from the manufacturer to address the issue.

Filed May 24, 2017 · Transmission · 44,880 miles · NJ

Cvt transmission overheated due to the following normal driving conditions 1. Hot weather (92 f) 2. A long drive (over 3 hours) 3. Driving up highway mountains in virginia. Fail safe activated causing the car computer cpu to drastically cut power to the wheels. This caused a lack of power such that I could not accelerate up the hill in excess of 45 MPH. The speed limit on the hill was 70 MPH. Eighteen wheel trucks were immediately behind my rogue forcing me to pull onto the road shoulder allowing them to go past. I brought the car to a local nissan dealer who confirmed from examination of the car cpu that the transmission overheated and that an overheat code was found in the cpu. They also confirmed that the fail safe was activated that caused the severe power loss. The nissan dealer knew exactly what the problem was from my description. Nissan is aware of the problem and even extended my transmission CVT warranty from 6yr/60,000 miles to 10yr/120,000 miles. However, their solution to this problem is to install an auxiliary CVT transmission fluid cooler at an expense to me of $1225. My dealer checked with nissan and said they would not cover the expense even though the transmission in my car is still on warranty. Documentation of my exact experience can be found on youtube @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg_zf1eo0pw. There are several more videos on youtube under rogue CVT power loss and documentation on many sites on the internet. In conclusion, nissan is installing CVT transmissions in several of their model cars with a known overheating issue and requires their customers to install a transmission fluid cooler at the customers expense. The dramatic loss of power is a big safety issue. In my case I had to speed up to get up the hills as my speed dropped from 80mph down to 45mph finally pulling onto the shoulder.

Filed Oct 24, 2016 · Transmission · 99,000 miles · MI

Hi, I am experiencing a known "CVT overheating" problem with my rogue. What's happening is that when the CVT gets more then some threshold temperature it goes to so called "safe" mode and the car looses speed dramatically, including situations on a high way. This is a safety issue! I brought me vehicle to the dealership 2 times and as a result they suggested to install a "cooler kit" by nissan which potentially can solve the problem just by cooling the CVT is a "better" way. They are asking for about $1200 for the installation. I see that as a nissan's design flow. I don't think paying for this out of my pocket is the right solution. I think nissan should start a re-call on that problem. This is unacceptable situation on how nissan handles it right now (in fact it doesn't handle it all). Thank you. [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).

Filed Oct 4, 2016 · Acceleration · 250 miles · NY

My 2010 nissan rouge has 79,000 miles and was recently purchased less than 3 months ago. While driving on the highway my car suddenly would not accelerate past 55mph. I would push the pedal to the floor but it still would not accelerate.I then pulled over & lifted the hood but there was no obvious signs and the car was not overheated. I let the car rest and then got back on the highway buthe issue still continued.while researching online I realized that there are numerous 2010 nissan rouge owners who have been having the same exact issue for years now. This is a safety hazard and should be reviewed for all 2010 nissan rouges!

Filed Oct 12, 2015 · Transmission · 140,000 miles · NC

We purchased the car as a new car demo. It had about 5000 miles on it. The car ran pretty good for 60/70 thousand miles and then we started noticing that when we went on longer drives(highway), the car would go into a "powerless" state when you stopped or slowed down. We later became familiar with the term "limp" mode or "safe" mode. The transmission goes into these modes when it is overheating. I took it to the dealership when it first happened and they said there was nothing they could do because no computer codes had surfaced for the trouble. This visit was around 80k, well under our 125000 mile warranty. The most recent time was 2014 we went out of town again and the check engine light came on. Being about 400 miles from home, we stopped at a local auto parts store and had them check the code. They told me the clutch/torque converter was making a code pop up. We preceded to drive home and took it to the dealership the next day. At this point we had 119000 miles on it still under the warranty. Thecheck engine light went off before we could get there. The dealership once again said nothing was showing on the computer even though I told them exactly what code I had learned of before returning to the shop. They again claimed to not be able to work on the car without the code. I guess they aren't real mechanics! Anyways, we now have 140000 miles on the car and the code is present again and all nissan can say is it is out of warranty. They offered to give us "employee" pricing on a new car but completely refuse to help with the repair. Doesn't make us feel good about owning another nissan.

Filed Aug 3, 2015 · Acceleration, Transmission · 101,000 miles · TX

2nd complaint of repeated issue, subsequent occurrence. 2010 nissan rogue lost power and decelerated from 70 MPH to approximately 40 MPH while traveling on highway, hazards applied however vehicles approaching had to change lanes. On this occurrence a vehicle check engine light appeared. Pulled off road and when accelerator was depressed engine revved to approximately 2500 RPM with no forward motion then lurched forward rapidly accelerating then lost power again before returning to normal operation. Note that nissan dealership acknowledges that this is a known issue, instructed that the CVT transmission warranty has been extended to 120k miles and to bring to dealership. Nissan states this is the result of transmission overheating and causing the vehicle to enter safety (also known as limp) mode.

Filed Apr 16, 2015 · Acceleration, Transmission · 72,000 miles · FL

I was driving 80 MPH with traffic on a heavily congested hwy - I-4 when the transmission stopped working. There had been a high pitched whine during the last hour of travel and the car just started decelerating. Air temperature outside was approx. 80 degrees. There was a smell possibly of leaking fluid. Took to dealer and there is a known transmission problem on nissan vehicles with the CVT transmission causing them to overheat, etc. This should be a recall, not an extended warranty issue. This vehicle is 4 years old and should not have transmission failures. I was stuck on a highway in the middle of nowhere and it took 2 hours to get to a dealer which was one and a half hours away from home.

Filed Sep 9, 2014 · Engine, Transmission · 55,000 miles · WI

The first incident happened last summer. While going up a hill at 75mph (speed limit in that state), the cruise control cut off, and vehicle lost power, and RPM's would not exceed 2500 RPM and would not go over 60mph, which every time I hit a hill, would decrease to 40mph. This happened 3 times in the next two hours, where RPM's would not exceed 2500 RPM, which is very dangerous when semi-trucks are behind you. A search online stated this was the transmission going into fail-safe mode, although the dealership stated no, because a code would come back. For almost a year, I would not take my car out of town for work, for fear this would happen again. Decided to take it on a long road trip this august, and again, the same incident occurred. This time, the only way to get RPM's and MPH's back, was to pull over and let the car sit for 20 minutes or so. It would then drive normal for anywhere from 30 min-1 hour, before loosing power again. Took it into dealership upon arriving home, and this time, there is a bulletin for the transmission fluid overheating, and it needs a cooler, to the tune of $1,400 and is 2 months backordered. I was told this problem would only occur on long road trips, and I would be fine taking it on a 5 hr trip that weekend. Come 3 days later, 45 minutes into the trip, the cruise control cut off, began blinking, check engine light came on, and RPM's decreased to btwn 2000-2500. Pulled over to let it cool, and then it would not accelerate over 40mph on the highway. Decided to turn back around, and 3 times on the way home (appx. Every 15 minutes), I lost all power. The car was still running, but the RPM's would not go over 0, and the car would not move. Had to let it sit for 15-20 minutes each time, and then was able to drive 15 min, before loosing all power again. Took it into auto shop, and code reads, "p1778", which is "step-motor malfunction".

Filed Jun 17, 2014 · Transmission · 76,000 miles · SC

Tl * the contact owns a 2010 nissan rouge. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle would decelerate sporadically and without warning. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The technician diagnosed that the continuous variable transmission (CVT) had overheated causing the transmission to burn up. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 76,000.