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Power Train complaints
189 reportsClear category filter102,000 miles · Apr 18, 2017
Power TrainVehicle Speed Control
THE CAR STALLS, WON'T ACCELERATE, AND RAMPS RPM WHEN SLOWING DOWN. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED BY NISSAN WITH AN EXTENDED WARRANTY AT 52K MILES, AND NOW NEEDS REPLACING AGAIN. THE DEALER STATES THE TRANSMISSION HAS OVERHEATED 91 TIMES ON THIS VEHICLE AND ALSO NEEDS A TRANSCOOLER ADDED. I NOTICE 141 COMPLAINTS ON THIS SITE F…
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
NHTSA ODI #10979061
68,000 miles · Apr 14, 2017
Electrical SystemEnginePower Train
TAKATA RECALL I WOULD LIKE TO INFORM EVERYONE OF OUR ISSUE ON OUR 2011 NISSAN ROGUE. WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY WE LOST ALL POWER IN AN INSTANT. THIS IS NOT SAFE! WE ALSO SAW THE ISSUE OF NOT BEING ABLE TO ACCELERATE AND EVEN WHEN ON CRUISE CONTROL IT COMPLETELY FALLING OFF DUE TO LACK OF POWER.
NHTSA ODI #10978540
83,153 miles · Mar 7, 2017
Power Train
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 NISSAN ROGUE. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY LOST POWER AND FAILED TO ACCELERATE ABOVE 5 MPH WITHOUT WARNING. IN ADDITION, WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE JERKED FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSIO…
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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 NISSAN ROGUE. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY LOST POWER AND FAILED TO ACCELERATE ABOVE 5 MPH WITHOUT WARNING. IN ADDITION, WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE JERKED FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 83,153.
NHTSA ODI #10959133
74,000 miles · Feb 15, 2017
Power Train
I HAVE A 2011 NISSAN ROGUE AND AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE WITH MY DAUGHTER I LOST ALL POWER TO MY TRANSMISSION AND WAS ALMOST HIT FROM THE BACK BY A SEMI. I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT ISSUES WITH MY TRANSMISSION LOOSING POWER AND BEING STRANDED WITH MY 5 YEAR OLD. NISSAN NEEDS TO TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THIS AND GET THIS TAK…
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I HAVE A 2011 NISSAN ROGUE AND AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE WITH MY DAUGHTER I LOST ALL POWER TO MY TRANSMISSION AND WAS ALMOST HIT FROM THE BACK BY A SEMI. I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT ISSUES WITH MY TRANSMISSION LOOSING POWER AND BEING STRANDED WITH MY 5 YEAR OLD. NISSAN NEEDS TO TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THIS AND GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF.
NHTSA ODI #10954955
60,000 miles · Jan 18, 2017
EnginePower Train
THE 2011 NISSAN ROGUE HAS A PROBLEM THAT IS COMMON WITH ALL OF THEM. WHEN GOING UPHILL IN THE VEHICLE IT LOOSES SPEED AND CAN NO LONGER ACCELERATE. THE CAR WILL SLOW DOWN TO AROUND 40 MPH. IT DEPENDS USUALLY ON THE GRADE OF THE HILL. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS SEMI TRUCKS CAN GO FASTER THAN WHAT THE VEHICLE IS GOING WHILE GOING U…
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THE 2011 NISSAN ROGUE HAS A PROBLEM THAT IS COMMON WITH ALL OF THEM. WHEN GOING UPHILL IN THE VEHICLE IT LOOSES SPEED AND CAN NO LONGER ACCELERATE. THE CAR WILL SLOW DOWN TO AROUND 40 MPH. IT DEPENDS USUALLY ON THE GRADE OF THE HILL. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS SEMI TRUCKS CAN GO FASTER THAN WHAT THE VEHICLE IS GOING WHILE GOING UPHILL. CARS ARE TRYING TO PASS SEMI TRUCKS AND IF THE SEMI TRUCK HAS TO SLOW DOWN GOING UP HILL THEN THEY GET ROAD RAGED AND THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. NISSAN WILL NOT RECOGNIZE THIS ISSUE AND DEMAND THAT AN INVESTIGATION BE LAUNCHED FOR THIS TYPE OF CAR. I KNOW THAT MANY COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED ON MULTIPLE CAR COMPLAINT WEBSITES ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE WITH THIS EXACT YEAR AND MODEL OF CAR. IF IT IS HAPPENING IN MANY OF THE VEHICLES THEN IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS BUILT INTO THE CAR THAT NISSAN SHOULD KNOW ABOUT AND SHOULD BE HELP RESPONSIBLE TO FIX. ANOTHER COMMON RESULT IN ALL THE VEHICLES, THIS ISSUE JUST HAPPENS TO OCCUR RIGHT AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRES...50,000 MILES.
NHTSA ODI #10945905
72,000 miles · Jan 16, 2017
Power Train
THIS VEHICLE IS A DEATH TRAP!! COMPLETELY LOST ALL POWER WHEN TRAVELING IN A HIGHWAY . AS WE WERE HEADING UPHILL, THE TRANSMISSION STARTED MAKING A LOUD WHISTLING NOISE AND ACCELERATION WAS GONE. I ALMOST GOT HIT BY AN 18 WHEELER AS I MOVED TO THE LANE TO THE RIGHT "SLOW LANE " (TRUCKS). I HAD TO MOVE MAKE MY WAY TO THAT L…
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THIS VEHICLE IS A DEATH TRAP!! COMPLETELY LOST ALL POWER WHEN TRAVELING IN A HIGHWAY . AS WE WERE HEADING UPHILL, THE TRANSMISSION STARTED MAKING A LOUD WHISTLING NOISE AND ACCELERATION WAS GONE. I ALMOST GOT HIT BY AN 18 WHEELER AS I MOVED TO THE LANE TO THE RIGHT "SLOW LANE " (TRUCKS). I HAD TO MOVE MAKE MY WAY TO THAT LANE AND EVEN THE SLOWEST SEMI WAS TRAVELING A LOT FASTER THAN MY VEHICLE WAS . I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE ON THE 15 FREEWAY NORTHBOUND HEADING TOWARDS LAS VEGAS AND IN ORDER FOR ME TO SAFELY EXIT I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO RISK GETTING HIT AND KILLED BY BIG RIGS AS I MOVED TO THE RIGHT AND GOT OUT AT THE NEXT EXIT. UPON EXITING I WENT TO PARK TO A GAS STATION AND WHEN I HIT REVERSE TO PARK PROPERLY, THE CAR DIDN'T MOVE AT ALL!! AT THE GAS STATION A GOOD SAMARITAN RAN A DIAGNOSTIC AND SAID THE ERROR "TORQUE CLUTCH COVERTER". IN OTHER WORDS THE TRANSMISSION. I GOOGLED 2011 NISSAN ROGUE AND MULTIPLE PEOPLE HAVE REPORTED THE SAME ISSUE ! WHERE THEY LOSE ALL POWER WHILE TRAVELING IN A HIGHWAY (UPHILL MOST OF THE TIME). IT IS UNBELIEVABLE THAT NISSAN HAS NOT YET RECALLED THIS VEHICLE !! WITH SO MANY. WAR DEATH EXPERIENCES. COINCIDENTALLY MOST ISSUES START AT 60K MILES ONCE THE MFG WARRANTY IS UP. THIS IS BOGUS AND A TOTAL THEFT BY A NISSAN TO THE CONSUMER. THEY SHOULD ONLY SELL CARS THAT ARE SAFE NOT DEATH TRAPS LIKE THE NISSAN ROGUE. THEY'VE PREVIOUSLY RECALLED VEHICLES FOR TRANSMISSION ISSUES FROM LIKE 2004-2010 AND CLAIM THE ISSUE WAS FIXED IN ALL 2011 MODELS BUT THAT WAS NOT THE CASE. TOO MANY PEOPLE ARE IN DANGER WHILE DRIVING THIS CAR AND ENDANGERING THE LIVES OF OTHERS SHARING THE ROAD WITH THESE FAULTY VEHICLES. *TR
NHTSA ODI #10945441
65,000 miles · Nov 4, 2016
EnginePower Train
WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS 75MPH ALL OF A SUDDEN MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO ANY FASTER THAN 40 MPH, ACCELERATOR TO THE FLOOR. THIS HAPPENED TO ME ON A FEW DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, HOWEVER NO WARNING LIGHTS EVER CAME ON. IF I PULLED OVER AND SHUT THE CAR OFF IT SEEMED TO PERFORM "NORMAL" AGAIN. AND THIS ONLY HAPPEN…
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WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS 75MPH ALL OF A SUDDEN MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO ANY FASTER THAN 40 MPH, ACCELERATOR TO THE FLOOR. THIS HAPPENED TO ME ON A FEW DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, HOWEVER NO WARNING LIGHTS EVER CAME ON. IF I PULLED OVER AND SHUT THE CAR OFF IT SEEMED TO PERFORM "NORMAL" AGAIN. AND THIS ONLY HAPPENED TO ME WHEN I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY DRIVING A LONG DISTANCE. UPON THE RETURN FROM MY LAST "LONG" TRIP A LIGHT DID COME ON. I TOOL IT TO MY DEALER IMMEDIATELY. THE DIAGNOSIS IN A VALVE BODY, WHICH I UNDERSTAND IS INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION. THE FACTORY WARRANTY HAS RUN OUT (BY 6,000 MILES) AT THIS POINT AND THE DEALER IS SAYING THAT THEY WONT REPLACE THE VALVE BODY WITHOUT PUTTING AN "EXTERNAL COOLANT" ON AT THE SAME TIME, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT NISSAN IS SAYING NEEDS TO BE DONE TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. MY 3RD PARTY WARRANTY COMPANY WILL ONLY COVER THE COST OF THE VALVE BODY REPLACEMENT, BECAUSE THEY FEEL IT IS NOT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO PAY FOR SOMETHING THAT NISSAN SHOULD BE GOING GOOD FOR. NISSAN WANTS TO CHARGE ME $1000.00 FOR THAT EXTERNAL COOLANT!!!! AFTER DOING MY RESEARCH, THIS IS AN ON GOING PROBLEM AND UP UNTIL MODEL YEAR 2010 NISSAN WAS GOING GOOD FOR THE ISSUE. ANYTHING BEYOND 2010 THEY WILL NOT. AFTER CONTACTING NISSAN TO REQUEST ASSISTANCE FOR THIS, THEY INFORMED ME THAT MY REQUEST WAS DENIED AND THAT THIS IS WHERE THEY STAND. MY BIGGER ISSUE IS THAT HOW CAN A COMPANY AS REPUTABLE AS NISSAN NOT GO GOOD FOR A MANUFACTURING MISTAKE ON THEIR PART!? HOW IS IT MY PROBLEM THAT THEY DIDN'T OUT THIS COOLANT ON IN THE FIRST PLACE, AND HOW IS IT NOT A SAFETY RECALL WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70+ MPH AND THEN SUDDENLY CANT GO ANY FASTER THAN 40!!? IS IT BECAUSE NOBODY HAS BEEN KILLED YET!? IF YOU DO YOUR RESEARCH YOU WILL CLEARLY SEE THAT THIS IS AN ON GOING ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE AS WELL AS OTHERS MANUFACTURED BY NISSAN. *TR
NHTSA ODI #10924338
55,000 miles · Oct 31, 2016
Power Train
WHEN THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE IS ABOVE 90 THE TRANSMISSION FLUID GETS HOT AND THE CAR WILL STOP MOVING FORWARD AS THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS. IT ALSO ROLLED BACKWARD DOWN MY STEEP DRIVEWAY AS I WAS TRYING TO DRIVE FORWARD. *TR
NHTSA ODI #10920364
110,000 miles · Oct 20, 2016
Power Train
I HAVE A 2011 NISSAN ROGUE AND WITHIN THE PAST 2 MONTHS, I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING LOSS OF ACCELERATION ON A MINIMAL UPHILL SLOPE. BOTH TIMES, I WAS ON THE EXPRESSWAY DRIVING ABOUT 70-75 AND MY SPEED IMMEDIATELY DECREASES TO 60 AND BELOW. WHEN I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL TO ACCELERATE, NOTHING HAPPENED. MY RPMS WERE IN THE RED ZONE- …
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I HAVE A 2011 NISSAN ROGUE AND WITHIN THE PAST 2 MONTHS, I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING LOSS OF ACCELERATION ON A MINIMAL UPHILL SLOPE. BOTH TIMES, I WAS ON THE EXPRESSWAY DRIVING ABOUT 70-75 AND MY SPEED IMMEDIATELY DECREASES TO 60 AND BELOW. WHEN I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL TO ACCELERATE, NOTHING HAPPENED. MY RPMS WERE IN THE RED ZONE- WHICH HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE- AND I ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED BY A SEMI THE 2ND TIME IT HAPPENED. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND TOOK MY CAR TO THE NEAREST MECHANIC. THE DIAGNOSIS WAS A TRANSMISSION CODE BUT BECAUSE MY CAR HAS A CVT TRANSMISSION, HE RECOMMENDED TAKING IT TO A NISSAN DEALERSHIP AS THERE HAS BEEN MANY REPORTED ISSUES WITH CVT MODELS, SO MUCH SO THAT THE WARRANTY GOT EXTENDED. UPON FURTHER RESEARCH, THE EXTENDED WARRANTY ONLY COVERS 2003-2010 MODELS. WHEN I CALLED NISSAN, THEY OF COURSE TOLD ME I WAS OUTSIDE OF WARRANTY AS ITS ONLY 5 YEARS OR 60K MILES AND OUTSIDE OF THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. THEY QUOTED ME AT $3600+ TAX FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION AS THEY SAID IT WAS THE TORQUE CONVERTER THAT IS THE ISSUE. THERE ARE MULTIPLE FORUMS ONLINE WITH STORY AFTER STORY OF THE SAME ISSUE BEING EXPERIENCED BY MANY NISSAN DRIVERS YET NISSAN FAILS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND ADDRESS THE FACT THAT MODELS AFTER 2010 ARE EXPERIENCING THE IDENTICAL ISSUES COVERED IN THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. NISSAN IS KNOWINGLY PLACING FAULTY TRANSMISSION IN THEIR VEHICLES THEN REFUSING TO COVER THE SERVICE COSTS DUE TO "EXPIRED WARRANTIES". FURTHERMORE, LETS ADDRESS THE FACT THAT THIS IS A SEVERE SAFETY HAZARD FOR DRIVERS. IMAGINE DRIVING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN LOSING ACCELERATION- WILL IT TAKE MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS AND GOD FORBID, DEATHS, FOR NISSAN AND THEIR EXECUTIVES TO OWN UP TO THEIR MISTAKE? NISSAN SHOULD LEARN FROM TOYOTA'S FAULTY AIR BAG SCANDAL AND RECTIFY THE ISSUE IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT BODILY INJURY TO UNSUSPECTING DRIVERS. *TR
NHTSA ODI #10917527
40,000 miles · Oct 11, 2016
Power Train
THE CAR MAKES A WHINING NOISE (SOUNDS LIKE A WIND UP TOY) AND HAVE EXPERIENCED LOSS OF POWER. I WAS ON A ROAD TRIP IN JULY OF 2016, HAD DRIVEN A COUPLE OF HOURS, DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY (75 MPH) AND SUDDENLY LOST POWER/COULD NOT ACCELERATE - DROPPED DOWN TO 20MPH WITH THE GAS PEDAL PUSHED ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR. LATER THA…
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THE CAR MAKES A WHINING NOISE (SOUNDS LIKE A WIND UP TOY) AND HAVE EXPERIENCED LOSS OF POWER. I WAS ON A ROAD TRIP IN JULY OF 2016, HAD DRIVEN A COUPLE OF HOURS, DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY (75 MPH) AND SUDDENLY LOST POWER/COULD NOT ACCELERATE - DROPPED DOWN TO 20MPH WITH THE GAS PEDAL PUSHED ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR. LATER THAT SAME TRIP, AFTER PULLING OFF TO GET GAS, THE CAR WOULD NOT GO AT ALL WHILE AT A RED STOP LIGHT THAT HAD TURNED GREEN-WITH THE GAS PEDAL PUSHED ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AGAIN. HAVE SINCE LOST POWER WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY DROPPING SPEED FROM APPROXIMATELY 70MPH TO 25-30 WITH GAS PEDAL PUSHED ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR.
NHTSA ODI #10915430
Official recalls
2Jan 26, 2015
Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2008-2013 Nissan Rogue vehicles manufactured March 7, 2007, to November 26, 2013, and 2014 Nissan Rogue Select vehicles manufactured September 23, 2013, to July 2, 2014. The affected vehicles may experience an electrical short in the harness connector due to a mixture of snow/water and salt seeping through the carpet on the driver side floor near the harness connector.
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: An electrical short can cause a vehicle fire.
Remedy: Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the kick panel wiring harness connector and will if necessary install a new harness connector and waterproof seal, free of charge. The recall began on February 26, 2015. Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1-800-647-7261.
Nov 23, 2011
NISSAN IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2011 ROGUE VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM AUGUST 17, 2010, THROUGH OCTOBER 30, 2010. THE CIRCUIT BOARD MAY NOT HAVE BEEN INSTALLED IN THE CORRECT POSITION ON CERTAIN ELECTRIC POWER STEERING (EPS) ASSIST CONTROL UNITS. THIS MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL STRESS ON THE SOLDER OF THE TERMINAL TO THE CIRCUIT BOARD RESULTING IN THE SOLDER CRACKING AND SEPARATING COMPLETELY FROM THE CIRCUIT BOARD.
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: AS THE CIRCUIT BOARD FAILS, THE POWER STEERING ASSIST FEATURE WILL STOP FUNCTIONING, INCREASING THE FORCE NEEDED TO STEER THE VEHICLE AND INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
Remedy: NISSAN WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE EPS CONTROL UNIT IF NECESSARY, FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING DECEMBER 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT NISSAN AT 1-800-647-7261.
Model-level recall history does not show whether a particular VIN is affected or has received a repair. Check a VIN with NHTSA ↗