2013 Nissan Rogue: engine overheating

Filed Aug 1, 2024 · Engine, Transmission · OH

KNOWN issue with engines overheating and the vehicle stopping. Purchased a 2014 Nissan Rogue with 95,000 miles on it back in the summer of 2021. It currently has 102,00 miles. Along with the purchase, I purchased the “extended” warranty for $2400 to cover the drive-train. All was running well until the temperatures starting climbing into the 90’s consistently. While travelling on the turnpike at 75 mph, the engine suddenly shut down and I began coasting until I stopped. I tried restarting the car but to no avail. I called a tow truck to tow me back home 35 miles. I started doing research as to why this happened. It’s two-sided. The good part was that it shut the engine down before it overheated. The bad part was that I did need a new part for the transmission per the Nissan Dealership. Good-bad there too. Though I had the extended warranty with Protective Asset Protection, I still had to pay the labor difference between what the Dealership charges and what the third-party would cover. That was a $400 difference which I discussed with the warranty company. They are in agreement with the Dealership on the amount of labor they would pay “per hour”. The difference is that “based on a national average”, they say the job would only take 9.7 hours X $150/hr. However, Nissan said it would take 12.3 to complete. The difference in time is where the $400 discrepancy comes in. Not sure how the warranty figures all that out, but that’s a scam in itself. I spoke to someone at Nissan Consumer Affairs and all she could do was escalate. While talking, she sent a message to the two gentlemen working on my case (Richard Garrett & Mark Avery) and they told her to tell me t have the Dealership call one of them and they can help. Sounded very positive. I contacted the Deale

Filed Jul 21, 2024 · Electrical, Transmission · CO

My 2013 Nissan rogue that we purchased in November keeps going into limp mode. It has happened several times. We’ve taken it to different shops and they all say it has a defective CVT transmission. It does not pull any codes and does not show that it’s overheating. It does make it dangerous for us and other cars on the road since it will happen on the freeway or as we are making a turn. We have been put in danger several times now. I can find several other years with the recall already. This problem is extremely dangerous when it all of a sudden doesn’t want to go or reduces speeds.

Filed Aug 4, 2022 · Transmission · WA

When driving the car it will start to slow down though i hit the gas it doesn't do anything, I have to try to find a safe place to pull over and not get hit by another car while doing so. If I stop and wait it will sometimes get better, but it started doing it more often so I stopped driving it. I'm usually driving in town on flat roads when it happens. There are no warning lights coming on, the engine temp gauge doesn't show overheating. If I put the transmission in neutral I can push the gas pedal and the RPM increases but not when the transmission is in gear. The battery is fine and has no starting issues. I have checked fluid levels and they are full.

Filed Sep 2, 2019 · Electrical, Engine · 100,000 miles · MD

I did a research on the 2013 nissan rogue. 2yrs ago on the same truck.well anyway I didn't think I would have any problems with my truck until now. The transmission has now failed in my truck. Its has stalled on me in the middle of the street and highway which is a danger to me and other cars on the street. The electrical in the truck when trying to drive over the speed limit or not the truck will start to overheat and shut down on me in the street. Then I would have to seat and wait around an half hour to an hour. I have been experiencing problems for awhile but didn't expect it to get this bad.

Filed Aug 30, 2019 · Fuel system, Transmission · 74,000 miles · CA

When driving, the transmission overheats with no indicators. It starts to lose speed and rev very high while the vehicle continuously drops in speed. The diagnostic came back that it was a default in the transmission. The car also jerks, revs, and is very loud.

Filed Apr 5, 2019 · Transmission · 119,900 miles · TX

I own a 2013 nissan rogue with the CVT (continuous variable transmission). While driving along the highway the car looses the ability to accelerate, the engine begins to whine and the RPM shoot way up high. For example: while traveling 75 MPH on the highway all of a sudden the card stops accelerating and as if you have taken you foot completely off the gas pedal you are now doing 60 MPH, but in reality you gas pedal if pushed all the way to the floor. Nissan is selling defective vehicles in such a way that makes them prone to failure while the car is being driven. As a result, people are being injured and are afraid for their lives. Some are loosing their only source of traveling, which in turns costs them their job. The car does not overheat but when the weather is warmer, the problem is more common. If I am understanding correctly...the transmission fluid must cool down in order for the car to be able to accelerate normally. My 2013 rogue originally had the above described problem in 2016 and nissan covered the repair of the problem. Yesterday, 4/5/2019, marks the initial reoccurrence of the same problem with the car suddenly not being able to accelerate on the highway. Because my car has just under 120,000 miles on it, the dealership is claiming that it is no longer covered under warranty and that I am responsible for not only diagnosing the problem (for a fee) but also responsible for repairing the vehicle.

Filed Jan 16, 2019 · Transmission · 75,306 miles · NM

At 75,000 miles the CVT needs to be replaced according to nissan dealership. I am being told the transmission fluid is over heating and sent the car into recovery mode. This car is driven by my daughter to travel between lubbock,tx and capitan, nm for her second job as she is paying her way through texas tech university. There is a technical bulletin (at16-013 reference ntb16-090 for this issue. This particular car has had the CVT-a overheat 149 times, and the CVT-b overheat 75 times. Mileage on car is 75,306. The car puts itself into recovery mode not allowing any power and reducing speed as low as 5mph. This is extremely dangerous as my daughter us on a two lane 75mph highway. This has happened 4 times and been misdiagnosed as the maf sensor. I am being told if the car operates at over 65mph for longer than an hour and a half the transmission fluid overheats. Estimate given to replace unit is $4,635.52. If I do not repair it the car loses 75% of its value to try to trade it in. A case was open with nissan consumer affairs division case #34122344. Nissan stated they were aware of the issues but no extended warranty or recall was given to this particular year of vehicle although there are for other years with same issues. I do not have the resources to fight this legally in court or to take this kind of financial loss on this vehicle. This is a real issue, someone is going to get killed on a highway when these vehicles go into recovery mode due to CVT issues!

Filed Nov 3, 2018 · Transmission · 65,000 miles · CA

I was driving from bloomington ca to phoenix az.. As I approached an incline on interstate 10 the vehicle began to climb the grade it suddenly began to loose speed and power. A whirring noise was comeing from the engine /transmission compartment. The vehicle quickly began to loose power and speed. It quickly went from 70 MPH to about 10 MPH. I luckily reached the top of the grade and pulled over to the side of the road. I could not pull over earlier because large semi-trucks were having to go around me. This caused a very dangerous situation since it is only a two lane highway and I was impeding traffic. When I pulled over I shut the engine off and opened the hood to see if there was some obvious reason for the problem. There was not.I let the engine cool a liitle then proceeded on to see if I could make it to my destination. I proceeded at a low speed until I got to to my destination. I had noticed in the past some issues with climbing inclines but never to the extent experienced presently. I went to the dealer in az and was toldit was the transmission and was probably caused by transmission overheating. Since the trip was only a couple of days I will have to try to make it home as is.

Filed Oct 16, 2018 · Acceleration, Engine · 64,500 miles · CA

Nissian rogue 2013 looses transmission power climbing up low/medium/high grades (city and freeway). From town driving to city to long distance traveling any sort of grade. My 2013 nissan rogue went from 65 MPH to 10 MPH going up the "grapevine" on hwy 5 in california. My foot was all the way floored and my car would not go past 10 MPH! Large big rig trucks were honking at me in the slow lane and almost rear-ended me (trucks could not change lanes into the middle lanes due to traffic)!! As I slowly crept up the steep grade (from bakersfield, ca to los angeles, ca) and then descended, my car began to pick up speed again. Car was not overheated, no unusual noises, smoke, or warning lights. Took car into nissan service center in san diego. Luckily, I purchased an extended warranty and they serviced my transmission. They reported to me that this is a "known problem with the 2013 rogues." "many transmissions have had to be replaced in the nissan 2013 rogues due to loss of acceleration power, whether city or freeway driving."! I was extremely scared at the immediate loss of power in my vehicle as I tried to accelerate on the grade while big rigs were coming very close to my car! This is a serious problem and can cause fatalities!! Big rig trucks cannot slow down instantly and if they are behind a nissan rogue that looses acceleration power!! This is a family vehicle and it is very scary to think about the loss of life because nissan was negligent in recalling known transmission problems. I've researched similar situations as what I experienced in my own 2013 nissan rogue and there are many documented complaints, multiple transmission replacements in vehicles less than 5 years old, and yet the problem continues!

Filed Sep 20, 2018 · Transmission · 70,800 miles · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 2013 nissan rogue. While driving 70 MPH, the vehicle failed to accelerate. The contact coasted the vehicle to the side of the road and had it towed home. The vehicle was later taken to autocom nissan of concord (1290 concord ave, concord, ca 94520, (925) 275-534) where it was diagnosed that the continuously variable transmission overheated and a newer model transmission was needed that had a cooling kit. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and opened a case number. The approximate failure mileage was 70,800.

Filed Sep 7, 2018 · Transmission · 73,000 miles · GA

The vehicle is in motion and on highway or higher speed situations-the vehicle will not accelerate. The gas pedal is pushed all the way to the floor and the car does not accelerate but actually decelerates further. If traffic slows and the driver removes a foot from the acceleration pedal to slow a bit, speed cannot be regained and the car is left at a very slow speed in high speed traffic creating a safety risk. The car has been diagnosed with a need for a costly add on part (CVT cooler kit) to prevent the transmission from overheating and going into limp mode. This is a known problem that was occurring in our 2009 nissan rogue model and acknowledged by nissan and repaired under extended warranty. They are denying repair to our 2013 nissan rogue for the exact same problem which we had hoped to have been corrected prior to purchase of the 2013 model. This a high risk safety issue with no acceleration power in high speed settings as well as other situations. The car cannot be driven without danger to our lives or extreme risk for being in or causing an accident.

Filed Aug 22, 2018 · Transmission · 77,000 miles · KS

We were driving on I-70 in central ks, in heavy traffic, at a speed of 75mph, when the cruise control shut off, and the car slowed to 60mph with no warning, no check engine light, or anything. I was able to maintain the 60 MPH with the gas pedal to the floor. Other drivers and semis were swerving and dodging us, there was no safe place to get off of the road. My wife, son and granddaughter were all in the car, and we were all afraid of being hit by an any driver who didn't happen to realize that we were not going the speed limit. We limped the car to the nissan dealer in salina, ks who told us that the transmission had overheated, because nissan did not install a transmission cooler, and the valve body had burnt up. The dealer told us it is a common problem and nissan knows about it. The cost to repair the vehicle is $2700. We contacted nissan, and were told essentially, it's yours, too bad. You bought it with 73000 miles on it, and it is out of warranty. We have only owned the car for 5 weeks. I feel this was a dangerous situation, and we could have easily been in a serious accident due to the failure of the transmission's valve body. What is most concerning is nissan knows about it and is refusing to assist in the repair of the vehicle, or even admit that it has problems. Since the incident, I have found many reviews of this vehicle where the reviewer had the same problem (10 on edmunds.com, alone!)