Like everyone else in the world, the cvt transmission on these cars are extremely horrible and potentially very unsafe. The RPM's will start to decrease and increase with no warning, eventually leaving the car to a slow crawl. Very unsafe, especially when you have a young driver on a busy freeway on his way back to college. There is currently a 'pending" recall and lawsuit on these transmissions and is long overdue. It's no wonder, car manufacturers like Honda and Toyota come higher rated, these cars are not just unreliable, but very unsafe based on them having past known malfunctions which seem to keep recurring every year. Filing a complaint isn't going to fix anything either, hopefully a class action lawsuit will force Nissan's hand to fix the problem they are and have been aware of for years.

- La Quinta, CA, USA

The contact owns a 2014 Nissan Sentra. The contact stated that the transmission failed. When driving the vehicle, it failed to accelerate and an unknown warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was taken to riverside Nissan (8330 Indiana ave B, riverside, ca 92504, (951) 509-6500) where it was diagnosed that the transmission failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and informed the contact that they could only assist with 60% of the repair cost. The failure mileage was approximately 110,822. The VIN was invalid.

- Hemet, CA, USA

The contact owns a 2014 Nissan Sentra. While driving various speeds, the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact had to wait a few minutes before the vehicle was able to restart and resume normal operation. The contact took the vehicle to an independent mechanic and was informed that the continuously variable transmission needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified and informed the contact to take the vehicle to a dealer for diagnostic testing. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 79,000.

- Garland, TX, USA

Driving on city street car started making loud noises an started slowing down. Thankfully I was almost near a friends home an pulled into their yard. Had to B towed to parents home. Transmission was the issue. I was fortunate to know someone near the incident otherwise it could have been really serious on the highwaycost $5000 I'm still paying on car owe $2500, a student, wrk full time no $ to fix, only 101 thousand miles but they will not fix"?"!! I'm not the only one with said issue with a Nissan and respectfully need the car made correctly.

- Custer Park, IL, USA

I crunk car up after being parked for about 2 hours. The car crunk with a load whining noise from under the hood. It drove for about 5 feet and suddenly would not move. The car was powered on but it would not accelerate. The car had to be towed to the dealer. I was advised that the transmission had "went out" at 68,970. Per my previous complaint id # 11030604, the transmission was replaced on 10/13/17 at 39,851 miles. After receiving service records, I confirmed that the transmission had been replaced at 14,826 miles (date of replacement unavailable). The 2014 Nissan Sentra's cvt transmission is defective. This presents a safety hazard. The vehicle has experienced non driver initiated hesitation, acceleration, slowing down to almost a stop, and stopping while driving. My particulair vehicle's transmission had been replaced at least 3 times at 68,970 miles. The vehicle has been to the repair shop at least 4 times for this same issue (including one time at 39,824 when the cvt control valve assemply was replaced).

- Hartsville, SC, USA

When I turn air conditioner on, car begins to shake, slow down and makes straining noises. It resumes speed and quietens when air conditioner is turned off.

- Lake Charles, LA, USA

The contact owns a 2014 Nissan Sentra. The vehicle stalled while driving 65 mph the vehicle did not restart power train the contact stated that while driving approximately 65 mph, the vehicle stalled. The RPM's went down. The vehilce was not taken to the dealer for a diagnostic. The vehicle was diagnosed by an independent mechanic, the determined transmission failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 127,000.

- Beaver Falls, PA, USA

Driving car when stopped I heard some noise. After continuing the car became very sluggish and did not want to take off on street in front of cars. The car ran very so idling up and down dot to a automotive shop and worker told me it was the transmission.I was driving on a long rural route road. But notice weeks before when I turning it was loosing power but would pick up speed as it should.

- Hempstead, TX, USA

Transmission has trouble shifting into gears and shakes and sputters really bad in low gears. It is now costing me 3500 to fix this issue with only 109000 miles on vehicle.

- Killeen, TX, USA

Car stalls when driving in the street or freeway takes a long time to reach 20 mph and doesn't go past that transmission makes a rattling noise on 09/01/2019 my transmission gave out and needed to have my car towed home

- Los Angeles, CA, USA

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.

- Columbia, TN, USA

Cvt transmission failure for the third time since purchase of vehicle. Car jutters, speed failure, cant change gears, sudden stop during operation. Burned transmission unit.

- Frisco, TX, USA

My car jerks, slow acceleration, fast acceleration, grinding, slipping of the cvt transmission.

- Powder Springs, GA, USA

I purchased a 2014 Nissan Sentra brand new. Transmission went out at 74K miles.

- Norfolk, VA, USA

Transmission completely stopped working while it was in motion. At 55,000 miles.

- Azusa, CA, USA

The transmission just stop shifting gears

- Ruston, LA, USA

Takata recall. Cvt transmission jerk shruddering cvt code... was replaced under warranty. Other transmission whistles snd starting to jerk again

- Sacramento, CA, USA

Cvt transmission my car is only 5 years old and had less then 75000 mile and my transmission needs to be replaced. I have read many many complaints again Nissan and due to the cvt transmission I feel they should be taken more action in doing a recall and paying to repair the problem. My RPM on the car flairs at 40 mile and jersey I am afraid to drive long distance

- Sharon, MA, USA

I am terrified. Going up a hill my car loses power and I start coasting around 40mph and struggle to maintain the speed of traffic the highest I can go is 60mph. I have nearly been involved in multiple accidents as a result and often have to find a way to squeezes myself into the he truck lane although they still are able to over take me. My car has 50,000 miles and is well kept but it struggles so much going uphill I can feel the whirring and it's like my transmission is struggling to keep up while everyone passes me and tries to avoid colliding with me as a result of my sudden drop in speed. No matter how hard I press the gas nothing happens and I feel unsafe and feel I am a danger to other drivers on the road. This needs to change. This is unacceptable. I heard they attempted to fix the issue but there has to be something more that can be done. Please look into this. You can even borrow my car if you'd like to test this out. I also feel it may cause excessive overheating.

- Hanford, CA, USA

2014 Nissan Sentra broke down while in motion. (parking it in a spot in a medical office building lot. ) while trying to shift gears, to reverse and straighten out, it simply turned off. I restarted and it ran normally in "park" and "neutral, " but stalled every time I put it into any gear. It had to be towed to a local shop where I was informed it would need a new cvt, and then towed to the dealer. I believe this car is a safety hazard because the problem occurred while the vehicle was in motion and it is only through luck that this did not happen on the road at speed. Subsequent research online indicts these issue are common to the Sentra and other models from the same company, that it has tsb's and also many similar complaints on this site. The car has also been to the dealer recently, who replaced the valve body and the cvt fluid, but the cvt failed again within 90 days. Now, the whole transmission needs replacing and it's being done so, in my opinion' with full knowledge by Nissan that it is likely to fail again. The car also had transmission issues in the past with the O/D off light engaging while at highway speed without my knowingly touching the button on the shift column. It is a safety issue to drive a car with a transmission that shuts down a car while it is being driven, or that shifts out of overdrive while at highway speed, without the driver making a concious choice to do so.

- Manchester,, NJ, USA