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Power Train complaints
124 reportsClear category filter112,000 miles · May 31, 2015
Fuel/propulsion SystemPower TrainVehicle Speed Control
WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT 75 MPH ON A HOT DAY 90 DEGREES. I WAS USING MAX A/C. CAR WAS FINE AND SUDDENLY FELT SLUGGISH AND WOULDN'T ACCELERATE. I PULLED OFF AT NEXT AVAILABLE EXIT, AFTER A COMPLETE STOP THE CAR REFUSED TO MOVE THEN SUDDENLY ACCELERATED SLOWLY SIMILAR TO WHEN AN ABRUPT BRAKE IS APPLIES AND CAR MOVES VERY…
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WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT 75 MPH ON A HOT DAY 90 DEGREES. I WAS USING MAX A/C. CAR WAS FINE AND SUDDENLY FELT SLUGGISH AND WOULDN'T ACCELERATE. I PULLED OFF AT NEXT AVAILABLE EXIT, AFTER A COMPLETE STOP THE CAR REFUSED TO MOVE THEN SUDDENLY ACCELERATED SLOWLY SIMILAR TO WHEN AN ABRUPT BRAKE IS APPLIES AND CAR MOVES VERY SLOWLY (EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CONDITION ALL THE ROUGES HAVE) I SHUT OFF THE A/C AND LET CAR REST FOR 5 MINUTES THEN GOT BACK ON THE HIGHWAY, ALTHOUGH FEELING SLUGGISH I ARRIVED AT MY DESTINATION. ON MY RIDE HOME SEVERAL HOURS LATER I DID NOT USE A/C AND OUTSIDE TEMPS HAD DROPPED TO MID 70, THE CAR APPEARED FINE. I WILL NOTE THAT THIS PROBLEM ALSO OCCURRED 2 YEARS EARLIER IN THE SUMMER OF 2013 AT 87,000 MILES DURING ANOTHER LONG HIGHWAY TRIP DRIVING IN HIGH TEMPS. IN THIS CASE I CANCELLED TRIP AND BROUGHT CAR TO THE DEALER AFTER COOL DOWN PERIOD, THE PROBLEM DIDN'T PRESENT ITSELF, NO DASH LIGHTS OR CODES SAME AS PREVIOUS. THE DEALER CHARGED ME $1800.00 TO CHANGE DIRTY TRANSMISSION FLUID. PROBLEM IS BACK AGAIN AT 112,000 MILES. THERE IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THESE CARS THAT IS "DANGEROUS". HAD I NEEDED TO COME TO AN ABRUPT STOP ON THE HIGHWAY I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MOVE OUT OF THE WAY AND AS A SEPARATE ISSUE WHEN YOU ABRUPTLY BRAKE THE CAR CAN'T GET OUT OF IT'S OWN WAY AND HAS SCARED ME SEVERAL TIMES.
NHTSA ODI #10722486
70,000 miles · May 30, 2015
Power Train
EVERY TIME I COME TO A COMPLETE STOP, OR GO ONTO A FREEWAY, MY CAR CANNOT ACCELERATE AT THE PROPER SPEED WHEN PUSHING DOWN ON THE PEDDLE. THERE IS ABOUT A 5-10 SECOND DELAY TO GET IT TO THE CORRECT SPEED. I'VE BEEN HONKED AT AND I'VE BEEN ALMOST HIT BECAUSE OF THIS. I HAVE A 3 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AND I'M SCARED THAT ONE OF THES…
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EVERY TIME I COME TO A COMPLETE STOP, OR GO ONTO A FREEWAY, MY CAR CANNOT ACCELERATE AT THE PROPER SPEED WHEN PUSHING DOWN ON THE PEDDLE. THERE IS ABOUT A 5-10 SECOND DELAY TO GET IT TO THE CORRECT SPEED. I'VE BEEN HONKED AT AND I'VE BEEN ALMOST HIT BECAUSE OF THIS. I HAVE A 3 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AND I'M SCARED THAT ONE OF THESE DAYS I'LL GET INTO AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF IT. I FEEL UNSAFE AND IN DANGER BECAUSE OF THIS CAR. IT'S UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE I ALWAYS THOUGHT HIGHLY OF NISSAN.
NHTSA ODI #10722437
73,000 miles · May 26, 2015
Fuel/propulsion SystemPower TrainVehicle Speed Control
CAR FAILED TO ACCELERATE WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY GOING 70MPH. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS, PRECARIOUS PLACE FOR NISSAN TO PUT DRIVERS AS THEY ATTEMPT TO ACCELERATE ON THE HIGHWAY. THIS TRANSMISSION PROBLEM IS IN NEED OF A RECALL BEFORE LIVES ARE LOST.
NHTSA ODI #10721583
86,000 miles · May 14, 2015
EnginePower TrainVehicle Speed Control
I BOUGHT THIS 2010 NISSAN ROUGUE 5 MONTHS BACK FROM CARMAX, LEXINGTON, KY. I TRAVEL FREQUENTLY FROM LEXINGTON, KY TO CARY, NC AND NEW YORK, NY EVERY QUARTER. I USED MY SON CAR CAMRY AND RENTAL CARS( CHEVVY, FORD, TOYOTA AND NISSAN ULTIMA), BUT NEVER FACED THIS PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM IS WHEN ONCE ON HIGHWAY I SET THE VEHICLE IN …
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I BOUGHT THIS 2010 NISSAN ROUGUE 5 MONTHS BACK FROM CARMAX, LEXINGTON, KY. I TRAVEL FREQUENTLY FROM LEXINGTON, KY TO CARY, NC AND NEW YORK, NY EVERY QUARTER. I USED MY SON CAR CAMRY AND RENTAL CARS( CHEVVY, FORD, TOYOTA AND NISSAN ULTIMA), BUT NEVER FACED THIS PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM IS WHEN ONCE ON HIGHWAY I SET THE VEHICLE IN CRUISE CONTROL FOR 72 MPH, SUDDENLY WHEN THE HIGHWAY ELEVATION STARTS TO GO UP, THE CRUISE CONTROL IS DROPPED AND THE VEHICLE STARTS SPEED STARTS TO SLIDE UP TO 30...THE ELAST IT DROPPED IS 29 MPH, EVWN WHILE YOU ARE PRESSING ACCELERATOR ( INFACT IT IS FLOORED ). THEN I STOPPED USING CRUISE CONTROL, BUT FOR EVERY ELEVATION THE PROBLEM PERSISTS, THIAS CONTINUES TILL I STOPPED GETTING HIGH ALTITUDES. AROUND LEXINGTON, KY WHERE EVER I GO I HIT MOUNTAINS, SO I STARTED FACING THIS PROBLEM, WHEN EVER I HIT US 64 E, US 77N OR S AND US 75 N OR S........YESTERDAY MY SELF, MY WIFE AND MY DAUGHTER ARE COMING HOME FROM NEW YORK TO LEXINGTON, THE PROBLEM STARTED ONCE IT HITS MOUNTAINS AND CONTINUES TILL WESCHESTER, KY WHIVH IS 20 MILES FROM LEXINGTON, KY. THE DRIVE OF 12 HOURS, TOOK ABSOLUTELY 22 HRS WITH BREAK FOR EVERY 3 HRS ( BREAK OF 20 TO 25 MTS), OTHER THAN BREAKS JUST IMAGINE ON HIGHWAY THE VEHICLE STARTS TO DROP THE SPEED AND WHAT HAPPENS WITH VEHICLES BEHIND YOU, EVEN HIGHLY LOADED TRUCKS CROSSED US AND DROVE COMFORTABLY.......IT IS A SERIOUS DANGEROUS PROBLEM WITH NISSAN ROUGUE...TO BE RECTIFIED OR FIXING THE PROBLEM. THE SAME ROUTES I DROVE IN DIFFERENT VEHICLE AS MENTIONED ABOVE EVEN NISSAN UTIMA AS RENTAL CAR, NO ISSUES, BUT FOR THIS VEHICLE. THEN ONLINE I FOUND THAT MINE IS NOT THE FIRST OR LAST VEHICLE, THERE ARE MORE NISSAN ROGUES LIKE THIS. WE NEED JUSTICE FROM THE NISSAN USA.
NHTSA ODI #10716400
68,000 miles · May 13, 2015
Power Train
I WAS ON A ROAD TRIP ABOUT 2 HOURS OR SO INTO A 7 HOUR DRIVE AND MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE UP INCLINES. ABSOLUTELY NO POWER!! THE GAS PEDAL WAS COMPLETELY DEPRESSED TO THE FLOOR. I WENT FROM 75MPH TO 45MPH AND WAS ALMOST HIT FROM THE REAR. THIS ALSO HAPPENED ON THE RETURN TRIP, BUT THIS TIME I KNEW ENOUGH TO GET IN THE …
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I WAS ON A ROAD TRIP ABOUT 2 HOURS OR SO INTO A 7 HOUR DRIVE AND MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE UP INCLINES. ABSOLUTELY NO POWER!! THE GAS PEDAL WAS COMPLETELY DEPRESSED TO THE FLOOR. I WENT FROM 75MPH TO 45MPH AND WAS ALMOST HIT FROM THE REAR. THIS ALSO HAPPENED ON THE RETURN TRIP, BUT THIS TIME I KNEW ENOUGH TO GET IN THE SLOW LANE WHEN I APPROACHED AN INCLINE. ONCE I WAS ON STRAIGHT, FLAT PARTS OF THE INTERSTATE IT TOOK A LITTLE WHILE BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO GET BACK UP TO SPEED. I STOPPED FOR GAS AND TRIED TO BACK UP ON A SLIGHT INCLINE AND I COULD SHIFT INTO REVERSE BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. A SHORT TIME INTO THE REST OF THE TRIP HOME MY SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT CAME ON. VERY DANGEROUS. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE AT ALL IN THIS VEHICLE.
NHTSA ODI #10716236
Mileage unknown · Apr 27, 2015
Electrical SystemEnginePower Train
2010 NISSAN ROGUE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO THE WIRING HARNESS CONNECTOR RECALL NOTICE, DRIVER SEAT SLIDES BACK, ENGINE SERVICE LIGHT AND OTHER VEHICLE ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER HAD DIFFICULTY GETTING THE GEAR SHIFT OUT OF PARK AND THE VEHICLE HAD A JERKING EFFECT WHILE DRIVING. THE CONSUMER REFERENCED RECALL # 15V03200…
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2010 NISSAN ROGUE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO THE WIRING HARNESS CONNECTOR RECALL NOTICE, DRIVER SEAT SLIDES BACK, ENGINE SERVICE LIGHT AND OTHER VEHICLE ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER HAD DIFFICULTY GETTING THE GEAR SHIFT OUT OF PARK AND THE VEHICLE HAD A JERKING EFFECT WHILE DRIVING. THE CONSUMER REFERENCED RECALL # 15V032000. *JB
NHTSA ODI #10702626
72,000 miles · Apr 16, 2015
Power TrainVehicle Speed Control
I WAS DRIVING 80 MPH WITH TRAFFIC ON A HEAVILY CONGESTED HWY - I-4 WHEN THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED WORKING. THERE HAD BEEN A HIGH PITCHED WHINE DURING THE LAST HOUR OF TRAVEL AND THE CAR JUST STARTED DECELERATING. AIR TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE WAS APPROX. 80 DEGREES. THERE WAS A SMELL POSSIBLY OF LEAKING FLUID. TOOK TO DEALER AND TH…
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I WAS DRIVING 80 MPH WITH TRAFFIC ON A HEAVILY CONGESTED HWY - I-4 WHEN THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED WORKING. THERE HAD BEEN A HIGH PITCHED WHINE DURING THE LAST HOUR OF TRAVEL AND THE CAR JUST STARTED DECELERATING. AIR TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE WAS APPROX. 80 DEGREES. THERE WAS A SMELL POSSIBLY OF LEAKING FLUID. TOOK TO DEALER AND THERE IS A KNOWN TRANSMISSION PROBLEM ON NISSAN VEHICLES WITH THE CVT TRANSMISSION CAUSING THEM TO OVERHEAT, ETC. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL, NOT AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ISSUE. THIS VEHICLE IS 4 YEARS OLD AND SHOULD NOT HAVE TRANSMISSION FAILURES. I WAS STUCK ON A HIGHWAY IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE AND IT TOOK 2 HOURS TO GET TO A DEALER WHICH WAS ONE AND A HALF HOURS AWAY FROM HOME. *TR
NHTSA ODI #10706000
55,980 miles · Jan 26, 2015
EnginePower Train
VEHICLE WOULD SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY LOSE POWER, ESPECIALLY ON INCLINES OR IN HOT WEATHER. WHILE TRAVELING UP MOUNTAIN ROAD, VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND I WAS NEARLY REAR-ENDED AS OTHER VEHICLES COMING UP THE ROAD ROUNDED THE CORNER AT A HIGHER RATE OF SPEED. WHILE LEAVING THE PALM SPRINGS AREA, VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST PO…
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VEHICLE WOULD SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY LOSE POWER, ESPECIALLY ON INCLINES OR IN HOT WEATHER. WHILE TRAVELING UP MOUNTAIN ROAD, VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND I WAS NEARLY REAR-ENDED AS OTHER VEHICLES COMING UP THE ROAD ROUNDED THE CORNER AT A HIGHER RATE OF SPEED. WHILE LEAVING THE PALM SPRINGS AREA, VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING IN HEAT EXCEEDING 95 DEGREES. AFTER EXITING FREEWAY, VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND CARS EXITING THE FREEWAY AT HIGHER RATES OF SPEED HAD TO SWERVE TO AVOID MY VEHICLE. NISSAN HAS REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION ON THREE OCCASIONS AND EACH TIME THE PROBLEM HAS RECURRED. *TR
NHTSA ODI #10678950
45,000 miles · Oct 28, 2014
EnginePower TrainVehicle Speed Control
DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED, THE VEHICLE WOULD REFUSE TO ACCELERATE TO PASS A VEHICLE. HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES ON A 1 HOUR ROAD TRIP, CAUSING NEAR FATALITY AS CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE UP A HILL AND WHEN IN THE COURSE OF PASSING A DISABLEDVEHICLE, THE CAR WOULD NOT SPEED UP ENOUGH TO KEEP UP WITH TRAFFIC SPEED IN ADJACENT LANE, CAUS…
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DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED, THE VEHICLE WOULD REFUSE TO ACCELERATE TO PASS A VEHICLE. HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES ON A 1 HOUR ROAD TRIP, CAUSING NEAR FATALITY AS CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE UP A HILL AND WHEN IN THE COURSE OF PASSING A DISABLEDVEHICLE, THE CAR WOULD NOT SPEED UP ENOUGH TO KEEP UP WITH TRAFFIC SPEED IN ADJACENT LANE, CAUSING DRIVER BEHIND VEHICLE TO SLAM ON BRAKES TO AVOID COLLISION. THE VEHICLE REFUSED TO ACCELERATE THE REMAINDER OF THE TRIP (1 HOUR MORE) AND ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. *TR
NHTSA ODI #10650586
124,000 miles · Sep 15, 2014
Power Train
DRIVING AT INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WOULD IMMEDIATELY LOOSE POWER. SPEED WOULD DROP FROM 70 MPH TO 45-50 MPH VERY QUICKLY. IT SEEMED LIKE WITHIN 100-200 YARDS. THIS OCCURRED ON FLAT GROUND AFTER DRIVING SEVERAL HOURS OR SOONER WHEN GOING THROUGH HILLY TERRAIN, SUCH AS THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS. ONCE THE EVENT OC…
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DRIVING AT INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WOULD IMMEDIATELY LOOSE POWER. SPEED WOULD DROP FROM 70 MPH TO 45-50 MPH VERY QUICKLY. IT SEEMED LIKE WITHIN 100-200 YARDS. THIS OCCURRED ON FLAT GROUND AFTER DRIVING SEVERAL HOURS OR SOONER WHEN GOING THROUGH HILLY TERRAIN, SUCH AS THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS. ONCE THE EVENT OCCURRED, IT WOULD REOCCUR. FOR EXAMPLE IT WOULD SLOW QUICKLY GOING UP A HILL, THEN GOING DOWN THE HILL YOU COULD GET BACK UP TO SPEED. ONCE YOU STARTED UP THE NEXT HILL, YOU WOULD LOOSE SPEED VERY QUICKLY AGAIN. ON FLAT GROUND AFTER THE FIRST OCCURRENCE, ANYTIME YOU ACCELERATED - SUCH AS DURING PASSING, IT WOULD LOOSE SPEED. TO TEMPORARILY "RESET" THE CAR, WE WOULD STOP FOR 10-15 MIN. THIS WOULD ALLOW THE CAR TO BE DRIVEN FOR ABOUT 1 HOUR BEFORE IT WOULD REOCCUR. TWO THINGS HAPPEN AS A RESULT OF THIS, ONE WHEN WE WERE PASSING A TRUCK WHO WAS SLOWED BY A HILL, WE PARTIALLY GOT AROUND THE TRUCK, THEN IMMEDIATELY LOST SPEED. CARS FOLLOWING US WOULD REALLY NEED TO BE PAYING ATTENTION. ON FLAT GROUND YOU WOULD JUST LOOSE SPEED IMMEDIATELY AND CARS WOULD QUICKLY CATCH UP. SECOND, STOPPING FREQUENTLY CAUSES TRIPS TO TAKE A LOT MORE TIME. CHECKING THE INTERNET RESULTED IN NISSAN'S KNOWLEDGE OF THIS PROBLEM WHICH CAUSED THEM TO INCREASE THE WARRANTY. THEY NEED TO FIX IT. *TR
NHTSA ODI #10633169