2015 Nissan Versa Note: CVT failure

Filed Oct 6, 2022 · NC

These cars have known issues with the CVT transmissions. Our car has 42k miles and is in need of a complete transmission replacement that Nissan refuses to cover. Our son was put in a dangerous situation driving in the way when the car began sputtering and losing power.

Filed Jan 17, 2022 · Transmission · LA

Transmission failure at 88,000. No prior issue. Rpm went from 2 to 3, a jerk then Just stopped moving. Brought to shop. Needs a new cvt transmission. Can't be looked at because I am buying a new car tomorrow and trading this one. I was on the interstate when this suddenly happened

Filed Jul 20, 2021 · MT

This vehicle has a CVT transmission. My transmission went bad and the vehicle only has 85,000 miles on it. This is a danger and a hazard to drive vehicles with these transmissions. On one occasion I had to stop suddenly and the transmission delayed and jerked the car almost causing me to wreck. Another time I had to accelerate quickly but again it delayed and almost caused me to get hit by another vehicle. I have a 3 year old little boy. We could've been hurt. These transmissions are dangerous. This is not okay.

Filed Nov 14, 2019 · Transmission · 128,500 miles · GA

Purchased the car in august 2019 at 125,000 miles. By october 2019, the CVT transmission went out and will cost $4,400 to replace by nissan. My 18yo niece was driving when the car failed to accelerate and it could've been detrimental or fatal for her. I looked it up and found there's an open class action lawsuit against nissan for knowingly installing defective transmissions in their versas. How could they do this? Are they waiting to see how many people are killed or injured while driving defective cars? It's not right. The worst thing is that nissan's response to the suit is extending the warranty to 84,000 miles, which doesn't help me and many others in the same situation, instead of recalling and fixing the issue, which is what should be done! Why punish people for mileage when the transmission was destined to fail from the beginning? This car is only 4 years old. It's ridiculous and wrong.

Filed Jul 10, 2017 · Transmission · 43,000 miles · NY

I pulled into my driveway from a turn, probably going 5 MPH, at a slight up grade, and my CVT transmission failed -- it stopped. The engine was on, running normal, but when I pressed the gas, floored it, even, there was zero response. No revving, nothing. I switch gears to low, then park, then reverse, then drive. Still nothing. Then after about a minute had passed since the initial failure, it started to rev a bit at low rpms, then finally kick in and drive me up my driveway. This occurred on the same drive in which the car was lurching, bucking, and shaking violently upon acceleration, particularly accelerating from a low speed to a high one quickly. This has been happening since one month after I bought it pre-owned and certified from enterprise car sales in elmwood nj. The power train is covered by both nissan and enterprise. But when I bring it in to the nissan dealership in rockland (blauvelt, ny), they want to charge me $138 for diagnostics that will probably show nothing. Six weeks ago I brought it in for the exact same two problems, and it refused to misbehave for the mechanic, it threw no codes, and the engine light did not come on. I have a video posted to youtube: https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=u&video_id=loojeczo89c. I showed the video to the dealership. They said it wasn't proof enough. So here I am with a supposedly good warranty (there are only 43,000 miles on the car) for a newly bought car, but I have no consumer protection because a mechanic supposedly can't find a problem. The warranty doesn't cover diagnostics. There are at least 2 class action suits in motion against nissan for their CVT transmissions. I have a call in to them, to ask them to take my car in to the deanship and actually fix the problem, replace the CVT if necessary. What if it dies again, and I'm on the train tracks? Or on the freeway. It is not safe!