2007 Nissan Sentra: CVT failure

Filed Dec 17, 2021 · Airbags, Body · AR

The cvt transmission is making a winning nose and has been doing so since I bought it

Filed May 19, 2021 · Electrical, Engine · CA · fire

Problem is cvt transmission. Transmission main seal leak. Whine, to loss in acceleration and power. At certain speed. Cvt internal belt flapping. Resulted in full shut down of vehicle while on highway. Caused speed control sensor and throttle body sensor to go out which started minor electrical fire in the engine compartment which could have resulted in great bodily injury and possibly hurting others if accident would have and very much could resulted in for sure. Multiple times to mechanic resulting in stress and out of pocket expensive currently with a mechanic now. Nissan cvt transmission...

Filed Oct 27, 2019 · Engine, Suspension · NC

Front struts leaking, passenger window sometime want roll up or down, engine timing problem, and now transmission CVT problem.all with end 160,000 miles. How many miles can you get out of a car now days. Guess manufacturers and making throw any car after 100,000 miles.now it just seating in my yard.

Filed Jul 8, 2019 · Acceleration, Steering · 220,000 miles · MN

Transmission; I have had to change the CVT transmission on my nissan sentra twice in the space of a year. Before the last change I suffered a transmission leak that entailed me adding fluid when a whining noise starts. Steering; power steering is hard and does not move with ease unlike other cars I have driven. Speedometer; speed is inaccurate. I got speeding tickets because my speedometer did not accurately depict my speed. It was wrong and off by ~5 MPH when speed started to exceed 20mph

Filed Sep 20, 2015 · Engine, Transmission · 70,000 miles · LA

I warmed up my vehicle for approximately 3 minutes and drove as I normally do than as I came to a stop sign and stopped. As I pressed my accelerator pedal the car was off. I checked the RPM and I was at zero (0). My CVT jerks me and passengers and it hesitates and turns off in reverse. This car will cut off regardless if in drive or reverse.the CVT needs to be recalled before an incident occurs that could affect our safety on the road someone help. Please. Nissan needs to recall the faulty CVT transmissions they whine and overheat alot.my CVT warranty was extended to 10yrs 120,000 miles.no more nissans for me. Or CVT transmissions ever.

Filed Sep 16, 2014 · Transmission · 120,815 miles · WI

Vehicle was experiencing stalling on a stop and hesitating in reverse for approximately 4 months. Thought it was due to fuel pump issues. Then, heard a loud clicking noise when I took my foot off the brake to slow. Was told my transmission needed to be replaced. Nissan has an extended 120,000 warranty on transmission. My vehicle had 120,815 miles. They only replaced 50%, causing me to pay $1500. These nissan CVT transmission clearly have a significant defect causing these issues that nissan has acknowledged by doubling the warranty, but this is insufficient. The transmissions should have been recalled. I should not have paid anything for the repairs. Additionally, the replacement transmission was a nissan remanufactured with refurbished parts, not new. Based on the numerous consumers reporting they have had to replace transmissions in these vehicles 2 or 3 times, I will not be keeping this vehicle, nor will I ever buy a nissan product again.

Filed Feb 4, 2012 · Acceleration, Brakes · 67,272 miles · PR

In november I was driving on the highway for 30 minutes, next thing I know is that I have no power in the engine. The car would not go higher than 20 miles and the revolutions on the motor were as high as 5,000rpm. I lost control of the car because I could not accelerate and I could not stop the car because the brakes were very hard and unresponsive. I could not move the car, it felt like the car had the brake pedal push all the way with emergency brake, I tried to accelerate but it did not move. Had to tow the car to the nissan dealer service department. After 1 week, the service guys told me the problem was the outpeed speed sensor. After 3 days of using the repaired car, the car did the same thing only this time I almost crashed with another car because I lost control of the car again and the car almost got on fire. From the engine compartment you could see smoke coming out. Had to tow the car again to the nissan dealer service department with no result because they could not replicate problem. The car did the same to me 2 more times and this time the dealer decided to replace the CVT transmission which I have read they have a lot of problems and because of that nissan extended the warranty to 10 year 120k miles. After the transmission was replaced I used the car for about 1 month and the car in february did the same again. No engine power, unresponsive brakes, high RPM and smoke coming out from the engine compartment. Until when will I have to deal with this problem??? When will nissan correct or recall these transmissions, when a life is lost? I took the car more than 4 times before they decided to replace and fix the problem. I'm going back again to nissan, how many times will this time will be? I have lost more than 3 months with this issue and still the car is not working. Nissan does not have a safety recall and don't seem to take seriously the problem.

Filed Sep 12, 2011 · Transmission · CO

The nissan CVT transmission should be recalled voluntarily due to a major defect that seems to be causing the transmission to overheat and fail. For the past 3 weeks, my car has been hesitating from a dead stop, which I chalked up to high temperatures and A/C usage. Additionally, the car was whiny when traveling at highway speeds. When the transmission finally gave out, the speedometer and odometer completely stopped working. The car continued to accelerate for a brief period of time, then the RPM's were terribly erratic and the car stopped accelerating all together. The engine compartment had a foul odor coming from it. After allowing the car to sit for about 30 minutes, we proceeded on to a dealership where the problem was diagnosed as a bad transmission. This left us stranded with no car in another state so we had to rent a car to make it home, and will have to travel out of state to retrieve the car when it is fixed, which is approximately 2 weeks because that is how long it will take the dealership to get the part in stock. When I contacted nissan, I was offered no help... Thank goodness the transmission is under warranty, but they made no offer to help us get the car to our home state - basically it was our tough luck. If they would have issued a recall for this defect, this would have never happened. I am posting my experience, along with thousands of other sentra owners online in as many forums as possible so people can prepare for this problem that will happen with their cars. We will never buy a nissan again!