2013 Nissan Rogue

NISSIAN ROGUE 2013 LOOSES TRANSMISSION POWER CLIMBING UP LOW/MEDIUM/HIGH GRADES (CITY AND FREEWAY). FROM TOWN DRIVING TO CITY TO LONG DISTANCE TRAVELING ANY SORT OF GRADE. MY 2013 NISSAN ROGUE WENT FROM 65 MPH TO 10 MPH GOING UP THE "GRAPEVINE" ON HWY 5 IN CALIFORNIA. MY FOOT WAS ALL THE WAY FLOORED AND MY CAR WOULD NOT GO PAST 10 MPH! LARGE BIG RIG TRUCKS WERE HONKING AT ME IN THE SLOW LANE AND ALMOST REAR-ENDED ME (TRUCKS COULD NOT CHANGE LANES INTO THE MIDDLE LANES DUE TO TRAFFIC)!! AS I SLOWLY CREPT UP THE STEEP GRADE (FROM BAKERSFIELD, CA TO LOS ANGELES, CA) AND THEN DESCENDED, MY CAR BEGAN TO PICK UP SPEED AGAIN. CAR WAS NOT OVERHEATED, NO UNUSUAL NOISES, SMOKE, OR WARNING LIGHTS. TOOK CAR INTO NISSAN SERVICE CENTER IN SAN DIEGO. LUCKILY, I PURCHASED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY AND THEY SERVICED MY TRANSMISSION. THEY REPORTED TO ME THAT THIS IS A "KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE 2013 ROGUES." "MANY TRANSMISSIONS HAVE HAD TO BE REPLACED IN THE NISSAN 2013 ROGUES DUE TO LOSS OF ACCELERATION POWER, WHETHER CITY OR FREEWAY DRIVING."! I WAS EXTREMELY SCARED AT THE IMMEDIATE LOSS OF POWER IN MY VEHICLE AS I TRIED TO ACCELERATE ON THE GRADE WHILE BIG RIGS WERE COMING VERY CLOSE TO MY CAR! THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND CAN CAUSE FATALITIES!! BIG RIG TRUCKS CANNOT SLOW DOWN INSTANTLY AND IF THEY ARE BEHIND A NISSAN ROGUE THAT LOOSES ACCELERATION POWER!! THIS IS A FAMILY VEHICLE AND IT IS VERY SCARY TO THINK ABOUT THE LOSS OF LIFE BECAUSE NISSAN WAS NEGLIGENT IN RECALLING KNOWN TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. I'VE RESEARCHED SIMILAR SITUATIONS AS WHAT I EXPERIENCED IN MY OWN 2013 NISSAN ROGUE AND THERE ARE MANY DOCUMENTED COMPLAINTS, MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENTS IN VEHICLES LESS THAN 5 YEARS OLD, AND YET THE PROBLEM CONTINUES!

I WAS TRAVELLING ON THE HIGHWAY UP A LONG INCLINE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STOPPED WORKING AND THE CAR BEGAN TO DECELERATE. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OF THE ROAD. I TURNED THE CAR OFF, THEN RESTARTED IT AND TRIED TO GO AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WOULD NOT ENGAGE. THERE WERE NO HAZARD LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND CAR TEMPERATURE WAS FINE. APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES THE CAR STAR WORKING NORMALLY AND I GOT BACK ON THE HIGHWAY. THE CAR DROVE OKAY FOR A WHILE BUT ON THE NEXT BIG HILL THE ACCELERATOR FAILED AGAIN, THIS TIME THE CVT (TRANSMISSION) INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON. AFTER WAITING ANOTHER 15 MINUTES, THE CAR WAS STILL NOT SAFE TO DRIVE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE ACCELERATOR WAS SLUGGISH AND UNRELIABLE. I WAS ABLE TO GET HOME BY DRIVING SLOWLY ON BACK ROADS, BUT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SAFELY DRIVE IT AGAIN UNTIL THIS ISSUE IS RESOLVED.

TAKARA RECALL - WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY AT 70 MPH ON THE FREEWAY, VEHICLE STOPPED ACCELERATING AND I WAS FORCED TO PULL OVER. THE VEHICLE THEN SHUT ITSELF OFF. AFTER A FEW MINUTES I WAS ABLE TO RESTART MY CAR BUT IT WOULD ONLY ACCELERATE SLOWLY UP TO 20 MPH. MY CAR DID GET UP TO 55 MPH FINALLY BUT I WAS NOT ABLE TO RETURN TO MY SELECTED ROUTE HOME. WAS FORCED TO DRIVE WITH HAZARDS ON BY WAY OF A COUNTRY HIGHWAY ONLY.

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.

WHEN I DRIVE MY 2013 NISSAN ROGUE FOR OVER AN HOUR THE TRANSMISSION SWITCHES TO SAFETY MODE AND REDUCES THE SPEED IN THE VEHICLE. ONCE IT COOLS DOWN IT DRIVEA NORMAL. TJIS HAS PUT ME IN VERY DANGEROUS SITUATIONS WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. DID ALL OF UTS SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE AND ALSO PAID DEALERSHIP EXTRA FOR A CVT TRANSMISSION EVALUATION. THEY SAID THE TRANSMISSION IS FAULTY. VERY DANGEROUS TO LOOSE POWER WHILE DRIVING.

LOSS OF ACCELERATION DUE TO OVERHEATED TRANSMISSION; MY 2013 NISSAN ROGUE WITH 66,000 MILES ON IT STARTED TO LOSE ACCELERATION ON A MAJOR INTERSTATE (65MPH TO 30MPH). I TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH ROGUES, AND THAT MY TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS BASICALLY GETTING SO HOT IT WAS BOILING AND HAD CAUSED MAJOR DAMAGE TO MY VALVE BODY. I HAD TO REPLACE THE VALVE BODY AND PUT IN AN EXTERNAL COOLANT SYSTEM WHICH COST $2700. THE REPAIRS WERE NOT COVERED BY NISSAN AS MY TRANSMISSION WARRANTY WAS ONLY UP TO 60,000 MILES, HOWEVER THIS IS A SERIOUS MANUFACTURING ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY NISSAN.

BEGINNING IN NOVEMBER OF 2017, ACCELERATION BEGAN TO HAVE ISSUES. WHEN ACCELERATING, THE CAR WOULD DRAG AND HESITATE BEFORE FULLY DROPPING INTO GEAR. ALL OTHER COMPONENTS WORKED FINE. I WOULD ALLOW THE CAR TO HEAT UP 10-15 MINUTES IN THE MORNING AND THAT DID NOT HELP. SHORTLY AFTER, EACH TIME I STEP ON THE GAS, THE ENGINE REVS TREMENDOUSLY DESPITE THE SLIGHTEST ACCELERATION. THE PIN WILL NOT MOVE THEN MOVE QUICKLY CAUSING A GRINDING/BUZZING SOUND BETWEEN 2K & 3K BEFORE FEELING LIKE IT DROPS I TOM GEAR, EVEN AT 15-25MPH. THIS PROBLEM CONTINUES, BUT THE CAUSE CAN NO TO BE DIAGNOSED. IN JANUARY OF 2018, THE WARNING LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD CAME ON AND THE CAR LOST ACCELERATION. UPON TAKING IT TO THE MECHANIC, I WAS TOLD EVERYTHING TESTED FINE, THE SOFTWARE SIMPLY NEEDED TO BE RESET. AFTER RESETTING, THE LIGHT HAS NOT RETURNED, BUT THE ACCELERATION ISSUE HAS NOT CHANGED. IN MARCH OF 2018 AFTER EXPERIENCING ANOTHER ABRUPT SLOW-DOWN ON A SIDE STREET, I PARKED THE CAR AND SMELLED A BURNING OF SOME TYPE OF FLUID UPON GETTING OUT OF THE CAR. ONCE THE INITIAL SMELL DISPERSED, NO SIGN OF DAMAGE, LEAKING, OR OTHER ISSUE WAS PRESENT. IN APRIL OF 2018, NO FURTHER ACCELERATION ISSUES HAVE OCCURRED, BUT THE WARNING LIGHTS AGAIN CAME ON. AGAIN, NOTHING WAS DIAGNOSED, IT WAS SAID THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF SOFTWARE ISSUE AND SIMPLY NEEDED TO BE RESET AGAIN. SHORTLY AFTER, THE AC UNIT COMPLETELY STOPPED WORKING. I TURNED OFF THE CAR, RESTARTED AND THE SYSTEM CAME BACK ON, BUT NO MATTER WHAT BLOWS OUT HOT AIR WHICH IS HOTTER OFTEN THAN IF THE HEAT IS TURNED ON FULL BLAST. THE CAR HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED AND UNDERGONE REGULARLY SCHEDULE MAINTENANCE AND HAS 84K MILES. MY MECHANIC RAN THE VIN AND THERE'S WERE NO OPEN RECALLS, HOWEVER, THE CAR WAS JUST DIAGNOSED WITH AN 'ELECTRICAL ISSUE.'

I WAS DRIVING ON IH10, IN HOUSTON AT 60-65MPH, 6 LANES. HAD DRIVEN 10-15 MILE, CAR STARTED TREMBLING AT STEERRING, DID NOT FEEL IN CONTROL OF STAYING IN MY LANE. EASED ACCELERATOR, TRIED AGAIN, FELT SAME SHIMMY, UNSAFE. EASIED TO 1ST EXIT, ASAP. 1ST AUTO SHOP ON CAMPBELL RD. DROVE IT, FELT IT WAS AXLE PROBLEM, BUT COULDNT GET IT ON LIFT TIL MONDAY. 2ND REPAIR -SILBER AUTO SERVICE DIAGNOSED SAME, GOT ON LIFT WITHIN HOUR. REPLACED NEXT 2 DAYS. I LEFT , GOT RENTAL, BACK HOME TO NB, TX. TUESDAY SHOP SAID IT DID NOT CORRECT PROBLEM. HAD IT TOWED HOME BY FAMILY THURSDAY, NB NISSAN INSPECTED FRIDAY. 29,000 MILES ON AUTO, OUT OF 5YR WARRANTY. 'CANNOT DUPLICATE CONCERN" I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING NISSAN AT THIS TIME. I HAD GONE TO BE WITH 93YR DAD HEIGHTS HOSPITAL W FRACTURED LT HIP, STAYED 2 NITES IN HOSPITAL, STARTED HOME TO WORK 2 WEEKEND SHIFTS AS PEDI HH NURSE ON GOOD FRIDAY. I WAS PREPARED TO KEEP AUTO FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER 4-5 YR, AS I AM IN LATE 60'S. VERY DISAPPOINTED W NISSAN, THIS MY 2ND NISSAN. HAVEE READ OTHER PEOPLE WITH SAME CONCERNS WITH SAME TYPE VEHICLE. WAS HOPING THEY WOULD CORRECT THE UNSAFE " CONCERN". WILL NOT TRADE INTO NISSAN, BUT MUST TAKE CARE OF MY OWN LIFE/SAFETY. HAVE TAKEN GOOD CARE OF NISSAN WITH OIL CHANGES, TIRE ROTATION, NEW BATTERY, X2 NEW TIRES OUT OF UNREPAIRABLE FLAT, TORN WINDSHIELD RUBBER MOLDING, FLAPPING UNCALLED FOR ON HIGHWAY ON PREVIOUS TRIP TO HOUSTON. SAME NB NISSAN REPAIRED ON MY RETURN. I HAD 22,000 MILES THEN, LAST YEAR. NISSAN USA WAS UNHELPFUL, UNSYNPATHETIC, I FEEL ITS JUST $$ & BUSINESS AS USUAL FOR AUTO INDUSTRY. THATS WHAT THEY DO, PITIFUL.

LOSS OF ABILITY TO ACCELERATE. TRANSMISSION WILL GO INTO FAIL SAFE MODE AFTER APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES OF DRIVING REGARDLESS OF WEATHER, OR TOWN OR HWY DRIVING. IT HAS LEFT ME WITH BE ABLE TO GO 40 MPH OR LESS ON THE HIGHWAY. WILL NOT ACCELERATE AFTER STOPPING AND WHEN IT DOES THE RMPS WILL BE UP NEAR 4000 JUST TO GO 10-15 MPH. ON 3/31/2018 I HAD TO BE ESCORTED OFF THE HWY BY CHP BECAUSE I COULDN'T KEEP UP WITH TRAFFIC. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME IS HAS HAPPEN. IT OCCURS JUST ABOUT EVERYDAY. I HAVE CHECKED ALL MY FLUIDS THERE ARE NO LIGHTS ON MY DASH.