2007 Nissan Versa: CVT failure

Filed Oct 14, 2015 · Transmission · FL

Cvt transmission. Car will stop while in drive, with car already in motion, and need to be restarted in neutral. When shifted into reverse, car will not actually go in reverse for some time and generally not until the gas pedal is more firmly depressed and then eventually after 30 seconds or so will finally "lurch" into reverse. Then when shifting to drive, the car will start to go and then stall out again, needing to be restarted in neutral again. The fact that these instances occur with the car in motion is concerning and could lead to accidents. We have been very fortunate thus far to be in limited traffic when these instances have occurred but is an ongoing issue. Tried to research today and found that others have encountered similar issues.

Filed Jun 30, 2015 · Transmission · 124,050 miles · RI

My transmission was unable to upshift to highway speeds. The closest nissan dealer verified my CVT transmission had adequate fluid. I limbered the car home. Upon searching the internet I read numerous posts of multiple owners with similar problems with nissan's 2007-2010 model year CVT transmissions. Nissan, admitted to their flawed CVT transmission by extending the warranty to 10 years/120 k miles. I filed a warranty claim with nissan as I was just slightly over the mileage warranty but well within the time frame part of the warranty. Nissan's extended warranty document claims they will assist vehicle owners with transmission related expenses for those transmissions that fail beyond the extended warranty. Marissa (615‑725‑7447) from nissan contacted me this morning stating that nissan will not help cover any of my expenses I have had several nissan service departments admit to me the excessive problems they have seen with this vintage CVT transmission compared to other transmissions and the large amounts of this type transmission they have had to replace. Nissan should be held accountable for their inferior design and production of this CVT transmission. At a minimum they should be assisting in my huge expense (over $ 3000) that I am experiencing right now. They claim to commit to this in writing within the extended warranty verbiage, but in my attempt for assistance I have been flatly denied. I am a very unsatisfied nissan customer, fortunately for them there was no personal injury to me or other drivers when I was unable to maintain a safe driving speed on my way home. I ask for your assistance on this matter for I am confident that there are an excessively high amount of nissan CVT transmission failures within the 2007-2010 model year, well beyond the industry norm. They should help pay for part of my expenses as they commit to within the extended warranty.

Filed Dec 2, 2014 · Transmission · 115,400 miles · PA

Known nissan CVT transmission issue on 2007 nissan versa and many other nissan vehicles equipped with the CVT transmission. Our 2007 versa stopped moving while in "drive" in an extremely busy intersection - thankfully it did not result in a serious accident. We were able to pull off to the side of the road, put it in "park" and then back into "drive" to get it back home. Nissan has officially recognized & noted this CVT transmission issue on thier "nissan CVT customer satisfaction program" website and has extended the warranty to cover effected/faulty transmissions. My vehicle has been at a local nissan dealer for 2 weeks awaiting nissan authorization to perform the warranty repair. The larger concern is as follows - given the failure mode we experienced and the associated dangers related to a CVT transmission failure, why is this not a federal mandated safety recall? This situation is no different than the current gm ignition switch issue in my opinion. Failure of the nissan CVT transmision in certain situations can result in an accident, serious injury and even death.

Filed Feb 28, 2012 · Fuel system · 49,000 miles · NM

There seems to be a problem starting my 2007 nissan versa (CVT) in the mornings. Doesn't happen every time but when you go to start it cold the car will not start and sometimes takes up to 30 seconds to start. Other times you can be driving at around 25 MPH and then the car hesitates and the speedometer drops to zero and the care hesitates for about 3-4 seconds and then picks back up. I took to abq reliable nissan and they say they cannot duplicate the problem but I can see by the nissan forums that I'm not the only one with this problem. It's not safe (car hesitating in traffic) and not starting is a major problem. Should have bought the honda fit!

Filed Jul 31, 2009 · Transmission · 26,570 miles · CA

Purchased in april 2007, 2007 nissan versa with <30k miles has suddenly begun having what appear to be CVT issues. It is an intermittent problem and after having the vehicle in the dealership twice, they are unable to duplicate the problem. When in operation, driver tries to accelerate and although rpms will raise significantly (I.e. 4000), there is no increase in speed, even with the accelerator all the way to the floor. This has occurred in freeway and surface street traffic. They have run all their usual diagnostics, but say there is nothing showing up. The attitude of the dealership service personnel reflects their disbelief that there is a problem. I worked for the company for 18 years, have driven nissan vehicles for over 20 years, but as a result of this dangerous condition, I am ready to switch loyalty to another brand. I drove the vehicle from new until @ my 18-year-old son has been driving the vehicle since november 2007 with no problems until now. They asked if we had driven other versas with cvts as if we had suddenly forgotten how to drive the vehicle we've owned and driven for two years. It's not safe in los angeles driving conditions to have this occur.

Filed Feb 28, 2008 · Fuel system · IL

My specific complaint is false advertising. When I purchased my vehicle nissan advertised the vehicle a versa with CVT trans as getting 30/36 mpg. My vehicle has never gotten anywhere near these figures. My last fill up, mostly highway miles was 22 mpg. The service dept. States everything is running correctly in the engine. It is funny but now the service dept tells me the mpg is 28/33 not 30/36. I bought a car that I thought was going to have good fuel economy and it is not much better than my SUV.