2014 Nissan Sentra: sudden loss of power

Filed Jun 30, 2022 · Acceleration, Airbags · NH

When driving one day my car began to shift into higher and lower gears on its own. I began experiencing my car shifting and losing power randomly while driving. I brought my car to a nissan dealer and was informed that my car was one of many with a faulty CVT Transmission. My car is 6 months and 4,000 miles past the warranty so they cant help me, but im hoping you can help others before someone is killed by their defective car.

Filed May 21, 2022 · Transmission · CA

Transmission faulty .The cvt requires compete replacement. Yes component is available for inspection. Loss of power, transmission jerking, transmission slipping. Transmission reliability called into question and can result in serious harm to unsuspecting drivers. Yes, problem has been confirmed by dealership as well as Nissan Consumer Affairs. Problems first appeared in February 2022 and was diagnosed after complete failure May 2022. Transmission has multiple diagnostic trouble codes present.

Filed Feb 2, 2022 · Transmission · TN

CVT transmission has never been right since the car was nearly new. Shifting was erratic and would slip as it shifted to a higher gear, twice the car lost speed on the highway, motor running and RPM's revving indicating a transmission failure. We had it in to be checked under warranty twice (under 55,000 miles). All they would do is a software upgrade and said there was nothing wrong with it. The problems got worse and we took it to another dealer. They dropped the pan and "checked" for metal shavings. New fluid added and sent on our way again, saying nothing is wrong, that this is normal for a CVT transmission. Obviously no one was going to fix or replace it and all we could do was to continue to drive the vehicle. Now the transmission has failed completely. RPM's jumping up and down, car jerking, loss of power, we were worried of getting rear ended as we couldn't drive at a continuous speed. We barely made to a relatives house to park it. It has been towed to the dealer again and is being checked out. I cannot believe a recall has never been filed for the CVT transmission in these vehicles. Obviously Nissan is not going to do anything about the problem, even though there are thousands of complaints and a class action lawsuit filed against Nissan for this safety hazard.

Filed Apr 3, 2021 · Engine, Transmission · 66,307 miles · NC

We were driving and would lose power then going up hill it sounded like something popped off. We wouldn't even roll in neutral. It locked completely up and had to push it to break it free. Our machanic checked the fluid and said it was dark dark.

Filed Mar 13, 2021 · Electrical, Engine · CA

Throttle body malfunctions after 85,000 miles. Loss of power.

Filed Feb 22, 2021 · 94,000 miles · CT

Loss of power, transmission jerking, transmission slipping,a big rattle noise, error message being displayed. We believe that it is the CVT transmission. It was in motion when all occurred.

Filed Nov 20, 2019 · Transmission · 85,700 miles · TN

Transmission acts erratically, we have experienced slippage, vibrations, loss of power at highway speeds (almost like the transmission was shifted into neutral). We had the vehicle in for these problems at 50,788 miles (12/29/2017), the dealer did a reprogram at this time, and 54,904 miles (03/09/2018)with the nissan dealer saying there was nothing wrong. Now there is a class action lawsuit for these problems, but even though they extended the warranty to 84,000 miles, our vehicle has 85,750 miles so it is not covered. The date and incident information below represents the date of the most recent occurrence.

Filed Aug 28, 2019 · Transmission · 145,000 miles · TN

Losing power/acceleration, severe jerking, sometimes cuts off and unable to accelerate. Unable to go any further without turning the vehicle off / on and then only works for a few feet to a mile then it loses power and decelerates.

Filed Apr 7, 2019 · Transmission · 80,000 miles · VA

One night while driving home, speed was @ about 40 MPH. Total lost of power, pressed the gas pedal to the floor and not go faster that 5 to 10 MPH. Made it to the gas station, had it toad to my home. Next day, when I turned it on, it was making a strange whining noise, drove it 70 miles total. @ the red light, total power loss again. The same scenario trying to make it back home, only 2 miles away. Took it ot the nissan dealership and they replaced the CVT along /wthe battery/serpentine belt and one motor mount. My commute is 144 miles m-f. Used the car only on tuesdays and thursday, to break-in the new CVT. Noticed driving home the same exact issues before the total failure, hesitation when slowing down to accelerate, noise coming off the left front side, something trying to engage and slipping, then finally engaging. Noticed again when slowing down in light traffic, the exact same scenario. It is currently @ the dealership to correct the issue. I have the receipt for the total cost of repairs. The vehicle @ the time of the CVT failure had only 80,000 + miles.

Filed Nov 24, 2018 · Acceleration, Driver assistance · 75,000 miles · MS

Had my car on the highway oct.13,2018 for a 2hr trip...1hr into trip and my car knocked off the cruise control and began jerking with rpms jumping up and down. On return trip it did the same thing, but no warning lights ever appeared on dash. When checked, no red flags and after a day or 2 around town rpms did not jump. Nov.22,2018(just a little over 1 month) I put my car on the highway for the same trip and within an hour the car knocked off the cruise control, began jerking and rpms were jumping up and down. On the return trip back, 1hr and a half into trip, my car lost all aceleration power..pedal to the floor and it continued to drop speed from 70mph to 45 before I turned on hazards and stopped on the shoulder. Then finally the check engine light pops on! But my daughter and I were now stranded on the side of the busy highway. My car hit 75k miles during this 2nd trip, so first time was under 75k. After spending over an hour helpless, the car jumped back into gear and allowed me to drive it the remaining 20 miles, but once exiting the highway I could not acelerate to merge into street traffic and was almost rear-ended. There has been no mention of any CVT issues when I take it in for routine maintenance. Now it's in need of repair badly! No other choice but to take it in to the nissan dealer asap. I've been loyal to nissan for many years having had a 1995 and 2002 sentra for years...I haven't even had this 2014 for 2 yet, and if being stuck on the side of the highway with a young child or almost being rear-ended due to loss of power to engine doesn't scream 'we need a safety recall' what will??

Filed Oct 23, 2018 · Engine · 77,000 miles · NV

This vehicle has had countless sporadic acceleration issues and feel as though it would stall/loose power but it has actually completely stalled on me on 3 occasions. 1st time: I was driving the vehicle at about 10 MPH looking for a parking spot and as I pressed the gas pedal, the vehicle would shudder and would not accelerate and then the engine completely stopped as I was trying to move forward in the parking lot. I had to restart the engine. I took the care to a nissan dealership. The car had approximately 3,300 miles on it. I was told they could not find/recreate the problem and the car did not have a recall. Nothing was done. 2nd time: I was driving straight down a regular street at about 30 MPH and as I tried accelerating, the car started shuddering and again, would not accelerate any more. I had to coast/pull the car over into a nearby neighborhood. 3rd time: I was on the freeway going about 50 MPH when the car would jerk as I pressed the gas pedal, the RPM gage jumped around, and the car would lose power so I had to coast to the side of the freeway. The vehicle came to a complete stop. I restarted the car and tried to accelerate enough to enter the freeway at a safe speed, but would only get to a safe speed after driving the car forward in the emergency lane for a few minutes. Then, after I was able to enter the freeway, the car would lose power again and I would have to coast off to the edge of the freeway away from speeding vehicles. It was night time and visibility was low because it was a unlit highway in the middle of the desert between nevada and arizona. I was lucky not have been hit by a car. I towed the vehicle to a nissan dealership and was informed the CVT transmission need replacing. It cost $4,607.83 (with car rental) to replace. The car had about 77,000 miles at the time. I do not trust this vehicle anymore, even after the replaced transmission. *dt ..*bf

Filed Oct 8, 2016 · Engine, Transmission · 74,945 miles · TX

Mt vehicle since I bought it with only 3 miles has when coming to a stop start to shake vigorously brought it to the attention when I had my AC compressor replaced at only 50,000 miles , mind you I do drive my vehicle alot 125 miles a day and its all highway but I also maintain it regularly// the vehicle going at 65 miles per hour the other day started to hesitate and rpms started to jump higher and lose power on a main highway during the afternoon in san antonio where traffic is bad I had my little girl and that loss of acceleration and jump /clunk almost caused me to get rear ended by a 18 wheeler which honked at me and scared my little girl// after research on this make and model I have found that there has been numerous complaints in the same regard same issue risking life and safety due to a fault that nissan knows about due to recall they set for 03 - 10 years and models using the CVT transmission now my vehicle is a 2014 and after research see that many consumers are put in the same dangerous situation and have complained only for it to fall on deaf ears. I am now scared to drive a vehilce that I still owe on due to having my 4 year old in with me