10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
8 / 1
Injuries / Deaths:
3 / 0
Average Mileage:
58,689 miles

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problem #187

Apr 152017

Altima

  • 62,000 miles
Nissan cvt transmissions I always had the shaking and juddering problem after the Nissan cvt software recall the shaking and juddering got worse and know the dealer is telling me the valve in the cvt needs replacing after a month of the recall and after month my powertrain waranty expired the vehicle shakes while reversing or in dfive or in park or just idle

- White Plains, NY, USA

problem #186

Apr 062017

Altima

  • 32,000 miles
2013 Nissan Altima 2.5S was serviced on December 19, 2016 at planet Nissan 5850 centennial center blvd. Las vegas, nv 89149 dealer performed R1609 OCS recall & PC490 cvt reprogram recall. During these process some electrical items damage. Now cvt (continues variable transmission) is failing. On April 6, 2017 took vehicle to autonation Nissan las vegas 5800 w. sahara ave the service consultant said cvt is bad and needs to be replace but Nissan do not want to pay. Vehicle drives but when you reach 25-35 miles per hour it jerks, also 65 miles per hour it jerks then it looses power, vehicle comes to a stop and it does not move. This vehicle is not safe to be on the road. Nissan needs to correct this issue before somebody gets injured.

- Las Vegas, NV, USA

problem #185

Mar 082017

Altima

  • 39,000 miles
The contact owns a 2013 Nissan Altima. While driving 5 mph or while in a lower gear, the vehicle shook and failed to accelerate. The contact stated that it felt like the vehicle was about to stall. The vehicle also made a revving noise while driving at low speeds. The failure recurred multiple times. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The approximate failure mileage was 39,000.

- Manassas, VA, USA

problem #184

Jun 012013

Altima

  • 30 miles
Bought this auto new and from beginning had problems with rough or stuttered shifting when climbing hill (worst), descending hill, driving on flat areas, depressing or releasing gas pedal. I let the maintenance dept know when getting car serviced at three months and was told this was normal! sure. I brought this up again two more times and they could find nothing wrong. After the recall came out on the transmission control mod, the fix helped somewhat. Now a few weeks later, it is worse than before, especially in the hills. This fixed didn't help and more investigation needs to take place in order to find the problem and fix it correctly. This had being going on almost 4 years from the date of purchase to yesterday last day driven. Sooner or later the transmission will quit working from this trouble.

- Jonesboro, AR, USA

problem #183

Mar 062017

Altima

  • 84,000 miles
Gear shift will not come out of park. Multiple tries sometimes makes the solenoid release, but dealer says the mechanism needs to be replaced $700. Many complaints on the web, but no recall.

- Johnson City, TN, USA

problem #182

Mar 232017

Altima

  • 15 miles
My Nissan Altima 2013-only has 51,000 miles. I driving towards the gwb and was sitting on heavy traffic heading to the exit when my car started to vibrate and then shut off. All the light on my dashboard came on. I put the steer back to park. And restarted my car, it vibrated a little more when it shut off for the second time. I tried a final time to turn my car back on, which finally did not shut off and was able to drive to work. I was super scared as I was on a major highway, lucky for me it was heavy traffic and the other vehicles were driving slower than usual. This is not safe as I usually drive with my 6 year old with me. I got to work I looked up what had happened to me and there are tons of complains about the same issue with the transmission. I don't know why Nissan has not addressed this issue. I cannot say this car is reliable anymore. I called my dealership and taking the car in tomorrow. I am hoping they can change my transmission as I am still in warranty.

- Harrison, NJ, USA

problem #181

Mar 212017

Altima

  • 64,000 miles
After recent recall work done on cvt (reprogramming) 1 week ago, twice in the last week the car has failed to move from stationary when accelerator pedal was pressed from idle/standing - engine did not rev higher etc, literally nothing happened at all. Had to take all pressure of accelerator pedal, wait a few seconds, then press again to actually move - dangerous stopped in the middle of the city street/traffic.

- Marietta, GA, USA

problem #180

Mar 152017

Altima

  • 80 miles
MY STORY EXACTLY LIKE ALL THE REST. FROM THE DAY I PICKED UP THE VEHICLE THE VEHICLE SOMETIME ACTED STRANGE. THEN OF COURSE SITTING AT STOP LIGHT AFTER 80K MILES...CAR GOES INTO DRIVE BUT THEN DIES. TOW THE VEHICLE IN MYSELF TO SHOP WHO DIAGNOSED AS "NEED NEW TRANSMISSION". 5 THOUSAND DOLLARS... WHAT A PIECE OF CRAP! [XXX] INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

- Tomball, TX, USA

problem #179

Mar 072017

Altima

  • 64,100 miles
Car stalled in traffic, at lights, hesitates and shudders. Safety issue is the stalling in traffic. Symptoms began approximately two (2) weeks ago, have kept log of dates, symptoms, time, and traffic conditions.,

- San Diego, CA, USA

problem #178

Mar 062017

Altima

  • 17,500 miles
My gear shift is stuck in park

- Apex, NC, USA

problem #177

Mar 022017

Altima

  • 69,000 miles
First, my car would hesitate to change gears when started. While at a complete stop my car started with a jerk and the RPM needle would flutter. Next, I would attempt to accelerate from a complete stop and the car would hesitate to move. I'd press the gas and go nowhere with the RPM needle at its max then suddenly take off until one day I started the car and it would not move. I had the car towed to my local Nissan dealership and was advised it was valve and cvt related. Long story short, I repaired what they said I needed to repair, $1400 and 2 days after I picked the car up, the same issue occurred, jerking at complete stops and the engine light came on 4 days later. Nissan Consumer Affairs would not help me even though they've honored certain VIN numbers for the same problem. So my car is currently in the shop, again, 5 days after I paid $1400 for a 4 year old car that had been diagnosed me sent home with a clean bill of health.

- Bloomfield, CT, USA

problem #176

Feb 022017

Altima

  • 86,000 miles
My transmission jut started acting up. I check for recall and there is a service campaign call. Took my car to the dealership on for them to tell me that I needed a new transmission my car on has 86,000 miles and I haven't had any trouble before. I see that there are many people complaining about this transmission problem and I think Nissan should cover to replace mine.

- Houston, TX, USA

problem #175

Jan 232017

Altima

  • 40,000 miles
Since owning the Altima. The transmission "shutters and vibrates the car from a stopped position. If the car is parked and you start it put it in reverse or drive it will shake violently and shut off. It will not cause the check engine light to come on. The dealership has hooked it up to computer to fix and replaced a valve twice. Nissan refuses to replace transmission because no fault code is showing when taken to service department. Taken to dealership more than 6 times for this since owning it. It has shut off on them but Nissan still refuses to replace transmission.

- Hahira, GA, USA

problem #174

Jan 152017

Altima

  • 27,000 miles
Car intermittantly stalls after stopping at stop sign or traffic light.

- Columbus, NJ, USA

problem #173

Dec 052016

Altima

  • 100,233 miles
The contact owns a 2013 Nissan Altima. When the accelerator pedal was applied, the vehicle was slow to pick up speed and the gears were slow to change over. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing and repair. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 100,233.

- Stockton, CA, USA

problem #172

Jan 152017

Altima

  • 38,000 miles
When I get into my car it starts but it will not come out of park. Initially I had to turn my car off turn it back on three or four times and sometimes it still won't work. This is unsafe as you can be stranded in cold or unsafe medical conditions. Dealer instructed if gear locks up in park and will not move you press the shift over ride with a key. This is not obvious and the only car I have had this issue. Now this happens 100% of the time. Only 38000 miles on the car. Vehicle is stationary when this happens.

- Greenville, SC, USA

problem #171

Jan 042017

Altima

  • 66,000 miles
I have a Nissan Altima S 2013 and I financed it zero meter in Sept 2013. Yesternight my car died/shutdown while trying to accelerate, after stopping at the stop light. I had no clue what happened at my car. I was in full stop at the moment and was trying to make a left turn. There was no warning and I just had a cold car all of a sudden. I could not move my car, the car shuts all electrical power. I tried to restart my car, and it did, but when put it in drive and tried to accelerate the car would power down again. I turned my hazard lights on and call the tow company as I was not far from my home. Unfortunately my car has 66K miles while its only 3yrs and 5 months old. My warranty expired after driving my car for more than 60K (only 6K miles over). I suppose the main issue is that, there is no warning sign. This could have happened and put me in danger and other drivers around me. I lost my confidence on my car because the electrical system powered off and it can stopped anywhere. This is a ongoing problem with Nissan cvt transmission. They must need to recall all the Nissan Altima which have cvt transmission and correct the problem, and for me I need a reliable car not this piece of junk, (american car runs more efficiently than Nissan, a Japanese piece of junk) "no more Nissan for me". I took my car to the crest Nissan frisco, tx. Lets see what they say"?"

- Plano, TX, USA

problem #170

Dec 222016

Altima 4-cyl

  • 81,000 miles
To whom this may concern, I own a 2013 Nissan Altima 4 cylinder with roughly 81000 miles on it. About 2 weeks ago I was driving and the car kept stalling out when I would come to a stop light, but I was able to restart and move on. However, in the middle of the high way it completely shut off on me and didn't restart. Thankfully the truck behind me had enough room to swerve to avoid hitting me. Me and my car would have been totaled. I received no warning lights before this issue, it happened out of no where. I received a diagnosis of "bad transmission" and was given an estimate of $4200+ tax. I was told that since my extended warranty ran out that I would be responsible for the payment in total. I did my research on this problem and it seems that many people are having the same issue as I am. I am beyond disappointed in Nissan and their inability to warn customers about such a dangerous malfunction in their cars. This is incredibly unsafe and needs some type of investigation or recall done on the transmission. God forbid anyone has this issue and it costs their life. Sincerely, [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

- Canton, MI, USA

problem #169

Dec 172016

Altima 4-cyl

  • 97,500 miles
My car has 97,500 miles on it equipped with a cvt transmission. Nissan in the past has had issues with these transmissions and extended transmission warranty to 120K miles in 08-2010 models. After doing research car.com found 2013-14 Altima and rogues have had same issue. 2 days prior before getting my car to dealer to have transmission checked out, I first noticed my rpms revving up and down while on cruise control. Following workday I was at a stop light. Light turned green and cars approaching fast behind me took my vehicle 2,000 rpms to move from stop light almost getting rearended, I was only 1,100 miles over my paid extended warranty communicated with Nissan about the issues with the cvt transmission. Long story short they wont back up this faulty transmission and now I have to pay $3,200 for my transmission to be fixed www.carcomplaints.com/Nissan/Altima/2013/transmission/ https://www.cars.com/articles/2013-2016-Nissan-Altima-rogue-transmission-issue-1420683183828/ www.nissanassist.com/programdetails.php?menu=2 the above research show they have issues and at some point someone can be injured or killed or like me having to fork over excessive cash for a transmission replacement Nissan needs to step up and warranty their defective transmissions.

- Weatherford, OK, USA

problem #168

Dec 132016

Altima

  • 71,000 miles
Takata recall my 2013 Altima transmission went out when I was on my way home the car stalled and then broke down twice on me after we got it home my husband tested it and it said it was the cvt transmission we had it towed in to Nissan and found out we had 3 recalls on this car and one of them was the cvt and a few days later Nissan said it was transmission and it will cost $5000 to fix it. Corporations refused to keep there promises on there product and said they will not pay for it. However it was under there recall.

- Montgomery, IL, USA

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