2010 Nissan Sentra: CVT failure

Filed Jul 4, 2025 · Electrical, Engine · IA

Driving and all the sudden went from 20mph to not even 5mph was able to limp it to a mechanic who said the trans cvt was most likely the problem didnt know nissans has that issue of a fail safe.. thankfully wasn't on a busy road going 80. Have also hurd knocking under the hood a couple times before were couldn't get that figured out.

Filed Jul 10, 2020 · Engine, Transmission · 70,000 miles · NY

Tl* the contact called on behalf of her mother who owns a 2010 nissan sentra. The contact stated that while her mother was driving in a parking lot, the vehicle loss motive power and stalled without warning. The vehicle was restarted but failed to respond. The vehicle was towed to lebrun nissan (396 grant ave, auburn, ny 13021), and was diagnosed that the CVT transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact was informed that the vehicle was not covered under the warranty. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 70,000.

Filed Jun 19, 2019 · CA

Nissan sentra 2010 CVT transmission having problems all time and when goes to hill become weakpower to go up . I always give good service for CVT transmission ,but why nissan doesn't fix problem for years and I did call them factory , they said to you pass mileages for your transmission , we can't help you. Wow I not very happy this company,. Please let know I needs do and thank you

Filed Jun 13, 2019 · Engine, Steering · 87,624 miles · NY

Cvt transmission went at 76,000 miles, column assembly shaft lower needs repair at 87000 miles catalytic converters went at 44000 miles replaced and are going again at 87000 miles, car burns massive amounts of oil and have no oil leak or defective parts

Filed Mar 22, 2017 · Transmission · 144,000 miles · CA

I was at a stop light and when it turned green and I stepped on the gas, the car made a noise and jerked. I was not able to drive from there. I couldn't even shift to any other gear. The car was stuck in a neutral position, so I was able to push it off to the side. After getting a tow to the nearest shop, they determined the transmission was bad. I did some research and found out nissan had been having issues with this type of transmission. (CVT) and they even extended the trans warranty to 120k. (I have 144k on the car) I did contact nissan to see if they would make a small exception. They told me to have a nissan dealer confirm the CVT was bad. I did so and they confirmed it was bad. After I reported back to nissan they said they would not be able to help me in any way. The cost to get it replaced is about $4200

Filed Jul 8, 2016 · Transmission · 98,000 miles · TN

While drive on insterstates at 65-70mph for 45mins CVT goes into "safe mode" bc it is too hot, which results in the cars speed to not exceed 60 MPH on a 70mph interstate, and car decreases from 60mph if trying to go up hills. Which is going to result in many accidents..

Filed Jul 9, 2013 · Acceleration, Driver assistance · 110,000 miles · MD

After driving for about 10 minutes, the transmission did not want to come out of low gear. At 35 MPH, I was at about 6,000rpms in drive. I confirmed the overdrive off button is not engaged, nor is it in "l", and the emergency brake is off. When it has been cooled off for about 3+ hours, it will drive fairly normal for about 10-12 minutes until warmed up, then it all starts again. Even once it is cooled off, there is a slight drag on power and it will begin to have erratic shifting (similar to a regular automatic transmission slipping) after a few minutes on take off it feels like the parking brake is on, but it is not. The service engine soon light comes on, the vdc control light comes on, and another light that is above the vdc light comes on. Codes p0720 and p1778 were found by a local non-nissan dealer who checked them as a courtesy for me. Have discovered that nissan has extended the CVT transmission warranty on certain nissans up to 10 yrs or 120,000 miles, my sentra is included among others. Get more info at: http://www.nissanassist.com/programdetails.php. However, my local nissan dealer says if it will cost me 4 hours labor at $125 hr to tear down for a full diagnosis. If not covered, I have to pay that. A call to another nissan service center explained the same expense. He also told me that there are many coming thru that are under the replacement program due to a defect that causes engine coolant into the transmission. For that problem, nissan will replace it but they expect the customer to pay $2,000 toward the bill. That is ridiculous for a manufacturer defect in design that they have acknowledged that causes the failure. I have found in the nissan factory CVT manual that the problem is internal and mechanical according to its own diagnostics see that manual here http://allsentra.com/fsm/2009_sentra/CVT.pdf . I have a 2010, but it is the same.