The transmission on my 2012 Nissan Rogue failed without any warning. While driving the car suddenly stopped accelerating, RPMs increased, when breaking the car would shake as well as the break pedal and there was a loud shaking noise coming from the engine. My car did not have any warning signs or prior issues, one morning while taking my child to school and going to work, my car began to have issues. At first it would not accelerate as fast as it normally does and the RPMS would go high. At this time it also started to run very loud and there was a shaking coming from the engine. When I tried to brake, the brake pedal began to shake and almost felt as though the breaks were slipping and not catching properly. Eventually I was able to pull off of the main road into a parking lot. By the time a tow truck came, the driver was not even able to get enough power to drive the car up the flatbed.
2012 Nissan Rogue: transmission slipping
6 of the 319 complaints about the 2012 Nissan Rogue describe transmission slipping.
- owner complaints
- 6
- of this car's complaints
- 2%
- recalls
- 0
Transmission slipping by model year
What owners say
Continuously variable transmission)CVT failed for the second time since purchasing the vehicle brand new. I was driving on an interstate highway when my engine suddenly lost power. The engine rpms shot up but my car started slowing down. I took the car to a nearby nissan dealer to be inspected. The service person there said the CVT fluid was overheating causing the transmission to basically start slipping. He couldn't tell me why the CVT fluid was overheating but he said he could install an external transmission cooler (for $1300) that nissan made for the vehicle that may alleviate the problem or replace the CVT. I had them install the cooler and the problem went away. Obviously nissan knows there's a problem with their cvts and they designed a solution that they are making customers pay for to have their vehicles returned to a drivable condition. The sudden loss of power could be a safety problem if it happened during highway rush hour traffic. I was on an 8-lane interstate in texas when it happened to me but luckily it wasn't rush hour and I was able to move all the way over to the right lane and take an exit off the highway.
This happened backing onto a public street. The vehicle wouldn't move in a continuous movement forward or backward. The vehicle moved as though the transmission was slipping.
The vehicle at 76k miles started to experience slipping while driving and the check engine light came on. The car additionally struggled to obtain speed when starting from idle, stopped at red lights, stop signs, etc. And would jolt forwarded. The car sent back a p0700 code for transmission issues with additional codes for shifting errors. After taking it to two mechanics and being 2 years outside of the models with extended 10 year warranties and 1 year outside of the 5 year warranty I have to pay 4500.00 for a new transmission out of pocket. The CVT problems after 2010 models are clearly not fix and the vehicle is unsafe to drive with myself or my family. The fact there is not an extended warranty on newer models or a recall on the transmissions in unacceptable. This very easily could have ended in an accident or injury.
I was driving on an interstate highway in heavy traffic, at 70 MPH, when all of a sudden the RPM went to 5000, and the speed of the vehicle suddenly dropped. I left up on the gas peddle, and gradually pressed it, and moved over to the berm; as the car would not go above 45 MPH, at the highest; without the transmission slipping too much that it would lose speed. It also it had an odor. Once I stopped and every thing cooled, it seemed to run alright. That was a week ago and it started to do it ,but not as bad today; but I was on regular highway and didn't travel near as far. I took it to a garage when I left the interstate, and to the nissan dealer today; and both said it was a defective CVT transmission, but with 76,000 miles on it, the dealer told me nissan wont do anything about it ,
Loss of power goes into limp mode intermittent pull feels like transmission is slipping and failing I was on a major interstate doin 65 MPH I am absolutely sure that there is something wrong withe the transmission been whining since I purchased it wit 49000 miles kept taking it back and said nothing was wrong
Service bulletins that may apply
- Clicking noise from front or rear axle during take-off/acceleration
- Abnormal noise, vibration and/or binding feeling from rear differential
- Nissan AWD models; abnormal noise, vibration and/or judder from rear differential
- Nissan; vibration and/or noise when making low speed turns
- Clicking noise from front or rear axle during take-off/acceleration
- Altima, sentra, and rogue; CVT fail-safe condition service information
- Reduced performance due to CVT fluid temperature protection logic
- Service information
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 2012 Nissan Rogue slipping
Is transmission slipping a common problem on the 2012 Nissan Rogue?
6 of 319 owner complaints about the 2012 Nissan Rogue (2%) mention transmission slipping. The model year with the most reports is 2013.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2012 Nissan Rogue?
There are 0 recalls and 13 service bulletins for the same area of the car. Check them below with your VIN.
Other symptoms on the 2012 Nissan Rogue
CVT failure 74Transmission failure 43Check engine light 27Airbag light 22Loss of power 22Stalling 20Overheating 15Fire or smoke 13Whining noise 13Fuel gauge 6Adaptive cruise 5Jerking 5Key fob 5Won't shift 5
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