CVT TRANSMISSION/AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS: THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED AS IT STOPPED WORKING COMPLETELY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. WHILE IN MOTION. AFTER RESEARCHING ONLINE, THE #1 PROBLEM FOR 2013 NISSAN ROGUES IS THIS EXACT ISSUE. THESE TRANSMISSIONS WERE BUILD POORLY.
2013 Nissan Rogue
Owner reports · Recalls · Investigations
Similar to other model years
Owner complaints for the 2013 Nissan Rogue do not stand out strongly from the model-year median of 320.
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Owner complaints by model year
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What owners reported most
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When problems were reported
Mileage at the reported incident
438 reports with mileage · 171 unknown
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What to inspect
Issues worth paying extra attention to based on owner reports.
- Power Train. Review the 314 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
- Engine. Review the 104 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
- Vehicle Speed Control. Review the 90 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
NHTSA owner reports · September 18, 2026 snapshot.
Engine complaints
104 reportsCVT TRANSMISSION DIED WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY. THREE DIFFERENT TIMES THIS HAPPENED TO ME IN THE HIGHWAY GOING AT 75 MPH AND LOST COMPLETE ACCELERATION WITH THE GAS PEDAL DEPRESSED ALL THE WAY. MY RPMS WENT UP TO 8000 THIS LAST TIME. ROSEN NISSAN IN MADISON DID THE DIAGNOSTIC ON IT ON THE THURSDAY PRIOR TO MY DEPARTURE ON MY TRIP…
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CVT TRANSMISSION DIED WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY. THREE DIFFERENT TIMES THIS HAPPENED TO ME IN THE HIGHWAY GOING AT 75 MPH AND LOST COMPLETE ACCELERATION WITH THE GAS PEDAL DEPRESSED ALL THE WAY. MY RPMS WENT UP TO 8000 THIS LAST TIME. ROSEN NISSAN IN MADISON DID THE DIAGNOSTIC ON IT ON THE THURSDAY PRIOR TO MY DEPARTURE ON MY TRIP , AND SAID THAT ALL THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE WAS TRANSMISSION FLUID REPLACED. APPARENTLY THERE WASN'T ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT IN THE FIRST PLACE. PRIOR TO MY HAVING THIS ALL DONE I HAD RESEARCHED WHY MY CAR WOULD STOP ACCELERATING COMPLETELY AND THE REASONS WERE DUE TO THE CVT TRANSMISSION WHICH HAD BEEN RECALLED IN A NUMBER OF ROGUES AND MURANO AND VERSA'S. MANY HAD TO HAVE THEIR TRANSMISSIONS REPLACED AND THEY EXTENDED THE WARRANTIES ON SOME OF THE MODELS TO 120K/10 YR. MINE WASN'T! TELL ME WHY A CAR WITH 110K THAT'S 5 YRS OLD WOULD ALL OF A SUDDEN DIE IF THERE'S NOT SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE ACTUAL RELIABILITY OF THE WAY THE TRANSMISSION WAS BUILT IN THE FIRST PLACE? GOING IN CIRCLES WITH NISSAN THEY'RE DENYING ANYTHING WRONG ON THEIR END AND WON'T REPLACE SOMETHING THAT CLEARLY A LOT OF ISSUES HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS TRANSMISSION!! SOMEONE PLEASE MAKE NISSAN ACCOUNTABLE!
THE CAR STARTED DE ACCELERATING AS I DROVE. GOING FROM 70 TO 45. IT WOULDN'T PICK UP SPEED AS I PULLED OFF AN EXIT TO GET TO A GAS STATION. I LIVE IN ATLANTA AND TOOK A TRIP TO SAVANNAH. IT DID THIS THE WHOLE WAY DOWN AND BACK. I'VE ONLY HAD CAR SINCE FEB 2016. IT HAS ROUGHLY 102000 MILES AND SOME CHANGE
FUEL TANK NEEDLE STAYS EITHER FULL OR EMPTY NO MATTER HOW MUCH FUEL IN THE TANK. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON. DIAGNOSIS SHOWS FAULTY FUEL LEVEL SENSOR
THE CVT BELT CAUSES THE CAR TO STALL OUT WHILE IN DRIVING CONDITIONS. WHILE DRIVING AND PULL UP TO A STOP WHILE THE CAR IS AT NORMAL OPERATING TEMPERATURE THE CAR WILL STALL AND WON'T TAKE OFF. SOME INTERSECTIONS I HAVE APPROACHED HAVE ALMOST CAUSED ACCIDENTS SO TO THIS PROBLEM. I FEAR FOR MY FAMILY AND THE OTHER DRIVERS ON THE…
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THE CVT BELT CAUSES THE CAR TO STALL OUT WHILE IN DRIVING CONDITIONS. WHILE DRIVING AND PULL UP TO A STOP WHILE THE CAR IS AT NORMAL OPERATING TEMPERATURE THE CAR WILL STALL AND WON'T TAKE OFF. SOME INTERSECTIONS I HAVE APPROACHED HAVE ALMOST CAUSED ACCIDENTS SO TO THIS PROBLEM. I FEAR FOR MY FAMILY AND THE OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD DUE TO THIS PROBLEM.
I WAS DRIVING IN ARIZONA ON A HIGHWAY IN MY 2013 NISSAN ROGUE. THE VEHICLE HAS 54,000 MILES. THE SPEED LIMIT WAS 75 MPH. SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT LET ME ACCELERATE, THE RMPS WOULD NOT LET ME GO PAST 2500. I WAS DRIVING IN THE LEFT LANE ON A TWO LANE HIGHWAY AND COULD NOT PULL OVER DUE TO OTHER TRAFFIC. THE TEMPERATURE GAUG…
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I WAS DRIVING IN ARIZONA ON A HIGHWAY IN MY 2013 NISSAN ROGUE. THE VEHICLE HAS 54,000 MILES. THE SPEED LIMIT WAS 75 MPH. SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT LET ME ACCELERATE, THE RMPS WOULD NOT LET ME GO PAST 2500. I WAS DRIVING IN THE LEFT LANE ON A TWO LANE HIGHWAY AND COULD NOT PULL OVER DUE TO OTHER TRAFFIC. THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS NOT EVEN HALF WAY. NO SERVICE OR ENGINE LIGHTS ENGAGED. KICKED THE CAR OUT OF CRUISE CONTROL AND COULDN'T TURN THE AIR CONDITIONING ON. THIS HAS HAPPENED A FEW TIMES IN THE PAST. THE 2013 DOES NOT HAVE THE EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THE TRANSMISSION SO NISSAN CONTINUOUSLY TELLS ME THEY CANNOT HELP ME.
IF CAR IS IN DRIVE BUT STATIONARY (LIKE IN A TRAFFIC LIGHT), THE ENGINE STARTS TO VIBRATE SUBSTANTIALLY FORCING THE DRIVER TO SHIFT TO NEUTRAL. BY DOING THE ABOVE THE CAR CAN MOVE BACKWARD IMPACTING OTHER VEHICLES, CARS ETC.
TAMARA RECALL: VEHICLES ACTS LIKE IT'S GOING TO DIE WHEN I AM IN GEAR AND STOPPED AT A LIGHT OR STOP SIGN ETC.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN ROGUE. WHILE DRIVING AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS FOR OVER AN HOUR, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND STALLED. ALSO, THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO HOFFMAN NISSAN (46 ALBANY TURNPIKE, CANTON, CT 06019, (860) 651-3256) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION OIL WAS NOT COOL…
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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN ROGUE. WHILE DRIVING AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS FOR OVER AN HOUR, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND STALLED. ALSO, THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO HOFFMAN NISSAN (46 ALBANY TURNPIKE, CANTON, CT 06019, (860) 651-3256) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION OIL WAS NOT COOLING. IN ADDITION, THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND AN AIR COOLER NEEDED TO BE INSTALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER OPENED CASE NUMBER: 31451265 AND OFFERED TO COVER FIFTY PERCENT OF THE REPAIR COST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
DRIVING OVER MOUNTAIN PASS FROM DENVER TO SLIVERTHORN I LOSE POWER AND CAN NOT GET SPEED ABOVE 45MPS AND DROPPING. DRIVING DENVER TO CAPSER ENGINE OVER HEATS AND STALLS AT OVERPASS WITH NO POWER TO DRIVE FOR 10 MIN UNTIL ENGINE COOLED DOWN. DRIVING FROM JACKSON HOLE TO LANDERS CAR STALLED ON HWY AND HAD TO BE SHUT DOWN FOR 15 M…
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DRIVING OVER MOUNTAIN PASS FROM DENVER TO SLIVERTHORN I LOSE POWER AND CAN NOT GET SPEED ABOVE 45MPS AND DROPPING. DRIVING DENVER TO CAPSER ENGINE OVER HEATS AND STALLS AT OVERPASS WITH NO POWER TO DRIVE FOR 10 MIN UNTIL ENGINE COOLED DOWN. DRIVING FROM JACKSON HOLE TO LANDERS CAR STALLED ON HWY AND HAD TO BE SHUT DOWN FOR 15 MIN TO COOL BEFORE COULD DRIVE. ENGINE IS TILL RUNNING AT THESE TIMES BUT NO POWER OR DRIVE AND SEEMS LIKE ENGINE IS OVERHEATING. IS SAFTY HAZORD ON ROAD BECAUSE IT WILL STALL OUT WITH NO NOTICE AND NO WAY TO EVEN GET POWER TO MOVE OFF OF ROAD IF COME TO COMPLETE STOP AFTER 2-3 HR DRIVE AND STOP AT LIGHT. SEEMS TO BE WORSE DURRING SUMMER MONTHS WHEN IT IS HOTTER OUTSIDE (LIKE LAST WEEK DRIVING OVER EISENHOUER PASS/TUNNEL) THAT IT DOES DRIVING THE SAME ROAD IN WINTER. THOUGHT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS ALREADY AND NIASSAN WAS WORKING ON IT IN HOTTER AREAS LIKE TX FIRST THEN THEN GETTING TO OTHER REGIONS BUT IS ALSO EFFECTING DRIVING HERE IN CO. DATE IT HAS HAPPENED ARE SEVERAL 08/25/2014 (CASPER OVERPASS) 09/10/2015 (LANDERS WY ON HWY) 05/18/18 ON I-70 GOING UP EISENHOWER PASS/TUNNEL NO POWER MADE IT TO TOWN AND STOPPED TO EAT TO GIVE TIME TO COOL OFF BUT WITH THEY WAY THE CAR HAS PREFOMED IN PAST AND WAS LOSING POWER IF MPS WOULD HAVE GOTTEN TO 20MPS AND I WOULD HAVE STOPPED CAR WOULD HAVE BEEN STALLED AT LEAST 15 MIN ON THE ROAD. THE ONLY THING I HATE ABOUT THE ROGUE IS LOSS OF POWER AND OVERHEATING. PLEASE F/U WITH MANUFACTURE TO CHECK INTO ENGINE OVERHEATING. I KNOW MY SISTER ALSO OWNED ONE THAT HAD TO HAVE HEAT SENSOR PLACED ON ENGINE TO HELP WITH OVERHEATING ON ONE SIDE AND HERE MODEL WAS ALSO A ROGUE CLOSE TO SAME YEAR. NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED BEFORE SOMEONE LOSES POWER AND GETS HIT ON HWY. 2014 HWY SPEED 70-75 45000. MAY 2018 65MPS BEFORE PASS AND DROPPING TO 40-45 ON PASS. LANDERS 65MPS 2014 55000, 2018 MTN 96000
Official recalls
115V032000 · Electrical System
Jan 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.
Model-level recall history does not show whether a particular VIN is affected or has received a repair. Check a VIN with NHTSA ↗
NHTSA investigations
1PE15001 · Improper Frontal Air Bag Deployment
Opened Jan 12, 2015 · Closed Oct 29, 2016
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Air Bags; Air Bags:frontal; Air Bags:frontal:driver Side:inflator Module
The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) reviewed its complaint data and Nissan's design, test and field data on the model year 2013 Nissan Rogue vehicles (subject vehicles) and other model year Rogue vehicles.ODI also reviewed its complaint data and Nissan's field data on several other Nissan and Infiniti models that use the same driver air bag inflator design used in the subject vehicles.In addition, NHTSA conducted testing and analysis of a sample of driver air bag inflator units taken out of the subject vehicles and reviewed a NHTSA crash database and crash test results on the Rogue vehicles.A safety-related defect trend has not been identified at this time and further use of agency resources does not appear to be warranted.Accordingly, this investigation is closed.The closing of this investigation does not constitute a finding by NHTSA that no safety-related defect exists.The agency will monitor the issue and reserves the right to take future action if warranted by the circumstances.See attached report for additional information.The ODI complaints cited above can be viewed at www.safercar.gov under the following ODI identification numbers:10566667, 10644946 and 10862615.
Additional source detail variants (3)
Air Bags:frontal:driver Side:inflator Module
The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) reviewed its complaint data and Nissan's design, test and field data on the model year 2013 Nissan Rogue vehicles (subject vehicles) and other model year Rogue vehicles.ODI also reviewed its complaint data and Nissan's field data on several other Nissan and Infiniti models that use the same driver air bag inflator design used in the subject vehicles.In addition, NHTSA conducted testing and analysis of a sample of driver air bag inflator units taken out of the subject vehicles and reviewed a NHTSA crash database and crash test results on the Rogue vehicles.A safety-related defect trend has not been identified at this time and further use of agency resources does not appear to be warranted.Accordingly, this investigation is closed.The closing of this investigation does not constitute a finding by NHTSA that no safety-related defect exists.The agency will monitor the issue and reserves the right to take future action if warranted by the circumstances.See attached report for additional information.The ODI complaints cited above can be viewed at www.safercar.gov under the following ODI identification numbers:10566667, 10644946 and 10862615.
Air Bags:frontal
The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) reviewed its complaint data and Nissan's design, test and field data on the model year 2013 Nissan Rogue vehicles (subject vehicles) and other model year Rogue vehicles.ODI also reviewed its complaint data and Nissan's field data on several other Nissan and Infiniti models that use the same driver air bag inflator design used in the subject vehicles.In addition, NHTSA conducted testing and analysis of a sample of driver air bag inflator units taken out of the subject vehicles and reviewed a NHTSA crash database and crash test results on the Rogue vehicles.A safety-related defect trend has not been identified at this time and further use of agency resources does not appear to be warranted.Accordingly, this investigation is closed.The closing of this investigation does not constitute a finding by NHTSA that no safety-related defect exists.The agency will monitor the issue and reserves the right to take future action if warranted by the circumstances.See attached report for additional information.The ODI complaints cited above can be viewed at www.safercar.gov under the following ODI identification numbers:10566667, 10644946 and 10862615.
Air Bags
The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) reviewed its complaint data and Nissan's design, test and field data on the model year 2013 Nissan Rogue vehicles (subject vehicles) and other model year Rogue vehicles.ODI also reviewed its complaint data and Nissan's field data on several other Nissan and Infiniti models that use the same driver air bag inflator design used in the subject vehicles.In addition, NHTSA conducted testing and analysis of a sample of driver air bag inflator units taken out of the subject vehicles and reviewed a NHTSA crash database and crash test results on the Rogue vehicles.A safety-related defect trend has not been identified at this time and further use of agency resources does not appear to be warranted.Accordingly, this investigation is closed.The closing of this investigation does not constitute a finding by NHTSA that no safety-related defect exists.The agency will monitor the issue and reserves the right to take future action if warranted by the circumstances.See attached report for additional information.The ODI complaints cited above can be viewed at www.safercar.gov under the following ODI identification numbers:10566667, 10644946 and 10862615.
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