2010 Nissan Rogue

I PURCHASED A CAR FROM GWINNETT PLACE NISSAN IN NOVEMBER 2013. IN MAY OF 2014 WHILE DRIVING MY CHILDREN TO DISNEY THE CAR STARTED TO DECREASE IN SPEED. I WAS DRIVING AT 75 MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING THE CAR STARTED DECREASING IN SPEED. MY CAR WENT FROM 75 TO 40 IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. ALTHOUGH I HAD THE GAS PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, IT WOULDN'T PICK UP ANY SPEED. THANK GOD THERE WASN'T ANY ACCIDENT. I'VE SPOKEN TO NISSAN ABOUT THIS MANY TIMES AND NO ONE SEEMS TO BE HANDLING THIS PROBLEM. WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR NISSAN TO RECOGNIZE AND FIX THIS ISSUE. A FATAL ACCIDENT? *TR

AFTER DRIVING 45 MINUTES ON THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, I EXITED THE HIGHWAY AND PULLED INTO A STATE HIGHWAY TO CONTINUE MY TRIP. AFTER PROCEEDING FROM THE STOP SIGN AT THE OFF RAMP, I WAS NEARLY IN AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE PROPERLY. I PLACED THE ACCELERATION PEDAL TO THE FLOOR AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO ANY FASTER TO CLEAR THE INTERSECTION. ONCOMING TRAFFIC HAD TO SLAM ON THEIR BRAKES I. ORDER TO AVOID A COLLISION. IT IS NOT SAFE TO HAVE A VEHICLE DOING THAT. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL OTHER TIMES. *TR

AS MY SON AND I WENT ON A DAY TRIP WITH MY SISTER AND NIECES TO THE OCEAN MY CAR DECREASED SPEED FROM 75 MPH TO 30 REAL QUICK PEOPLE BEHIND US SWERVED OFF OF THE ROAD AVOIDING HITTING US. I PUSHED THE GAS PEDAL ALL THE WAY DOWN AND THE CAR WOULD NOT EVEN ACCELERATE. I HAD TO STOP AT A GAS STATION SO I COULD CALL SOMEONE TO LET THEM KNOW OF THE CAR PROBLEMS I WAS HAVING. I TOOK BACK ROADS HOME BECAUSE I DID NOT FEEL THE CAR IS SAFE FOR US. I AM DISAPPOINTED THAT IT IS DOING THIS AS I HAVE ONLY HAD IT SINCE 2010. *TR

THE DETAILS OF THIS COMPLAINT ARE FILED UNDER NHTSA COMPLAINT #10614462. ON 7/16/2014 THE UJOINT ON MY 2010 NISSAN ROGUE SHEARED OFF THE DRIVESHAFT DROPPING THE DRIVESHAFT AND PULLING OUT THE SHIFTER CABLE. REPAIRS WERE $1400. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT NISSAN I WAS TOLD THAT SINCE I DID NOT SERVICE MY VEHICLE AT A NISSAN DEALERSHIP THEY WOULD NOT OFFER ANY GOOD WILL ASSISTANCE. THEY STATED THAT ALL RECOMMENDED SERVICE WOULD HAVE HAD TO HAVE BEEN PERFORMED AT THE DEALERSHIP IN ORDER FOR ANY OUT OF WARRANTY ASSISTANCE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING OUR NISSAN ROGUE ON THE HIGHWAY THE VEHICLE BEGINS TO DECELERATE EVEN WITH THE ACCELERATOR FULLY ENGAGED. OUR VEHICLE HAS GONE FROM 70MPH TO 10MPH ON THE HIGHWAY SEVERAL TIMES. THERE IS CLEARLY A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP KEEPS TELLING US WE NEED TO DO A FULL TRANSMISSION FLUID FLUSH ON THE VEHICLE EVERY YEAR. WE PAID TO HAVE THIS DONE IN AUGUST OF 2013 WHEN IT FIRST STARTED HAPPENING AND IT STILL CONTINUES TO HAPPEN. WE ARE SCARED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AS IT SEEMS VERY DANGEROUS TO GO FROM HIGHWAY SPEEDS TO BARELY BEING ABLE TO ROLL INTO A PARKING LONG WITHIN A MATTER OF MINUTES. *TR

FIRST OFF, THERE WAS NOT AN ACCIDENT...BUT THERE SURELY WOULD BE IF THIS CAR WERE TO BE DRIVEN IN ITS PRESENT STATE. ESSENTIALLY, CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE CVT (TRANSMISSION), SO THAT, WHEN SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT, STEPPING ON THE ACCELERATOR WOULD RESULT IN INCREASE IN RPM BUT NO FORWARD MOTION AT FIRST. IT MIGHT EVENTUALLY ENGAGE, BUT OPERATION IS TOTALLY UNPREDICTABLE. EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A WELL KNOWN ISSUE AND NISSAN DID DOUBLE THE WARRANTY THEY FAILED TO NOTIFY OWNERS CLAIMING THAT BECAUSE IT WASN'T A RECALL, IT WAS NOT REQUIRED. VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY 10,000 MILES OUTSIDE THE *NEW* WARRANTY MILEAGE LIMIT, BUT HAD OWNER BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT THIS IMPENDING FAILURE, REPAIRS COULD HAVE BEEN EFFECTED INSIDE THE WARRANTY PERIOD. NISSAN HAS DECLINED TO OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE WHATSOEVER, BUT DOES HOPE THAT WE HAVE "A NICE DAY". WILL IT TAKE LOSS OF LIFE OR LIMB FOR NISSAN TO "DO THE RIGHT THING"? *TR

AFTER DRIVING FOR SEVERAL HOURS AT HIGHWAY SPEED THE CAR LOSES POWER GOING UP SLIGHT HILLS. THE SPEED DROPS FROM 70 MPH TO 40 MPH WITH THE GAS PEDAL FULLY DEPRESSED. WHEN I EXITED THE HIGHWAY TO PAY THE TOLL THE CAR WOULDN'T ACCELERATE AFTER GOING THROUGH THE TOLL BOTH. AFTER A FEW SECONDS THE CAR LURCHED FORWARD AND STARTED TO GET UP TO SPEED . AT THE NEXT HILL IT LOST POWER AGAIN GOING UP THE HILL. THIS CAR IS BEING DRIVEN IN CONNECTICUT SO IT'S NOT BEING DRIVEN OVER MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. *TR

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD I ALL OF A SUDDEN HEARD A LOUD SMASHING SOUND. THE CAR SEIZED UP AND THE WHEELS LOCKED. THANKFULLY I WAS NOT ON THE HIGHWAY OR I WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED!! THE CAR WAS TOWED AND THE DIAGNOSES INDICATED THAT THE U JOINT HAD SHEARED OFF THE DRIVE SHAFT AND PULLED OUT THE SHIFTER CABLE. THE ENTIRE DRIVE SHAFT AND SHIFTER CABLE NEEDED TO REPLACED AT A COST OF 1400$. THE CAR WAS ONLY FOUR YEARS OLD AND IS REGULARLY MAINTAINED. IN FACT DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE THE CAR HAD BEEN TO INSKIP NISSAN FOR A OIL CHANGE AND MULTI POINT INSPECTION AND TO A LOCAL GARAGE FOR A STATE OF RI SAFETY AND EMISSIONS INSPECTION. *TR