2008 Nissan Sentra: complete transmission failure

Filed Dec 15, 2020 · Transmission · 80,000 miles · KS

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 nissan sentra. The contact stated that while driving at an unknown speed, there was an abnormal noise coming from the front of the vehicle. The vehicle failed to move forward. The contact mentioned that the transmission failed. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence. The dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 80,000.

Filed Aug 6, 2019 · Engine · OK

On june 20, 2016, I took my car into a nissan certified dealership to have the transmission redone under the extended warranty that nissan did for the CVT engine. The car drove fine and then in the beginning of august 2019 just 3 yrs later and 40,00 miles on the new transmission, the transmission is messing up again and we are told that we have to replace the transmission for the second time at our cost. After doing some research I found out that there was a service bulletin sent out to the technician on august 15, 2014 stating that a 2007-2012 sentra will need a transmission cooler added to the CVT to prevent it from overheating. The nissan dealership did not put that on our car when we had our transmission redone under their extended warranty in 2016, and now because of their lack of responsibility our transmission is out, and nissan is not wanting to make it right.

Filed Apr 23, 2019 · Transmission · 152,000 miles · TN

Takata recall. The transmission in my 2008 nissan sentra has never worked properly. It's a automatic and sometimes it dont want to shift gears when I get around 30 MPH. Then I have to stop and put it in park and then put it in drive again and it will start working properly. Also sometimes while I'm on the interstate going 65-80 MPH the RPM will fluctuate from 2 to 3 1/2 rpms and then other times while going down a hill the rpms will stay above 2 but mostly 2 1/2 rpms until I get below 15 MPH before it downshifts. The transmission in this car has never worked properly and all the fluid is good in it. It now has around 152,000 miles on it but the nissan company put a new transmission in it a few years ago so the actual transmission doesnt have that many miles on it at all. I've seen alot of complaints about this transmission for this car and I think nissan needs to do something about this before it ends up tearing more than the transmission out of it!

Filed Sep 18, 2015 · Transmission · 90,000 miles · VA

On vacation left roanoke, va headed to gatlinburg, tn on the interstate just before getting off at the tn exit the transmission starts slipping, then stops working completely. Contacted the local tn nissan dealership. Car was under warranty, all servicing documentation was provided supporting the transmission warranty.(you must have it serviced at some set number of miles or the warranty is void on the transmission.) we were advised the transmission would have to be replaced with a brand new transmission. The nissan dealership was unable to give us a rental, as they were already all out, for some event. We had to find our own way for vacation and getting home. (thankfully we had some friends that were traveling with us. 6 people in one car plus luggage!) went back got the car. Now this year we again leave for vacation and now we have an issue, CVT is going into limp mode is what I have heard it called. Car will not go over 55 MPH. Contact the dealership when we returned. 3 weeks later a call and we are told they know about this issue in these models but they have no way to fix this issue even though its a new transmission, fluid changes help he says, and these cars don't like when there are 4 persons in the car. Really a brand new transmission and it has a problem they knew about but was still installed, as a warranty replacement. Broken transmission replaced with a known bad transmission?

Filed Jan 24, 2011 · Transmission · 73,000 miles · NJ

In 2008 I purchased a new 2008 nissan sentra. Following the purchase I have incurred numerous issues and safety hazards. The vehicle began jerking during acceleration 3 months after purchase, I informed dealership of issue and was informed that nothing was defective within the vehicle. 11 months following initial diagnose transmission was replaced 11 months after. The replacement transmission was covered under warranty. The gears shifted from 65 MPH to 40 MPH while traveling on major highway, 3 year old toddler was present. Shift in gears almost caused major accident. Following replacement of transmission, traveling on garden state parkway, car once again shifts gears and drops from 65 MPH to 40 MPH, once again almost causing major accident. This vehicle has had numerous recalls. Contacted nissan's consumer affairs, was told to return to original dealer and nothing else could be done. Due to safety hazards I have been without a vehicle and have had to rent a vehicle to transport to rutgers university where I attend full-time. My current issue with this vehicle places my life and well being in danger. I have contacted nissan consumer affairs and was informed to return the vehicle the original dealer. The original dealer has since sold the dealership to his son, and the new dealer refuses to assist me, stating that the previous dealership and the new dealership have no affiliation with one another.

Filed Nov 22, 2008 · Tires, Transmission · 8,500 miles · CA

Tire monitoring system light came on and transmission went out.