2014 Nissan Sentra: shudder or vibration when accelerating

Filed Mar 25, 2023 · Transmission · TN

Transmission (CVT) seems to be slipping between or not wanting to change gears. The car will shake, judder, stall during acceleration. If I needed to accelerate suddenly, The car would stall and judder potentially causing an accident. I have a service appointment scheduled with a dealer to investigate. The vehicle has NOT been inspected by the manufacturer, police, insurance representatives or others. There there no warning lamps, messages or other symptoms of the problem prior to the failure. The issue first appeared 3/23/23

Filed Dec 12, 2021 · Acceleration · AZ

While driving the car in the city, the car suddenly lost the ability to accelerate. I was stalled in the middle of an intersection to turn left. I was almost hit several times as the light cycles twice and I traffic wouldn't allow me to push the car. After five minutes, this seemed to rectify itself. However, the car started to shudder and a light grinding could be heard when driving. Then the inability to accelerate started again. I immediately took the vehicle to a repair facility. They inspected the car and said I needed to take the car to a dealer as they felt it was a transmission issue and that my car had a terrible reputation with CVT troubles. I took it to a Nissan dealer and when I described the issue they said it would be 3 weeks before I could be seen. I'm still waiting for the appointment date (Dec 20, 2021)

Filed Jul 8, 2021 · AR

The check engine light came on while on highway. Attempted to put vehicle in reverse in a busy parking lot but it would not shift. Car is a 2014 Nissan Sentra with only 73700 miles. Mechanic says the transmission is stuck in "fail mode". The car shuddered ever since it was purchased. Dealer suspects the transmission pump is failing.

Filed May 5, 2021 · Transmission · 77,800 miles · IN

Check engine light went on went to have it checked. A code of p17f0 came up. It's a CVT/transmission issue. My car won't accelerate upon hitting the gas and it jerks and shudders once I gain some speed. Rpms jump. At times my car seems to stall. I haven't driven it in week. Because I've been trying to get estimates on how much it would cost to fix. I only take this vehicle to and from work on regular streets. It's only a 15 minute drive.

Filed Nov 1, 2020 · Transmission · 34,000 miles · WI

Cvt transmission is not working properly slipping, jerking, shuddering and a sudden loss of acceleration.

Filed Oct 17, 2020 · Transmission · 2,100 miles · AZ

Cvt transmission is not working properly slipping, jerking, shuddering and a sudden loss of acceleration

Filed Aug 8, 2020 · Transmission · TN

My transmission shudders, vibrate, jerks, and stalls. Nissan told me countless of times it is not the transmission.

Filed Jun 17, 2020 · Transmission · 118,000 miles · SD

2014 nissan sentra RPM's keep fluctuating between 2000 and 3000 rpms and make the car feel jerky. No codes thrown when hooked up to a computer. When speeding up after turning corners vehicle shudders and has a hard time taking off again.

Filed Jan 31, 2019 · Transmission · 50,000 miles · FL

Transmission judder, including shake, shudder, and vibration. Slow, shuttering at acceleration. Long time to respond to input from the pedal. Safety hazard when trying to merge onto a busy road. Clanging and rattling noise. Downshift problems. These issues are ongoing and started at 50,000 miles.

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