2013 Nissan Rogue

THE CAR HAS APPROXIMATELY 85,000 MILES. TOOK INTO THE DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE BECAUSE OF ROUGH IDLING, LOSS OF ACCELERATION AND A WHINING NOISE WHEN ACCELERATING. DEALERSHIP CAME BACK AND SAID TRANSMISSION WAS BAD. DISCOVERED THAT CVT FAILURE IN 2013 NISSAN ROGUE IS COMMON AND A KNOWN ISSUE. RECALLS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR SOME MODELS BUT NOT ALL EVEN THOUGH MANY OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEMS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN ROGUE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED AND THE RPMS DECREASED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT CALLED DARCARS NISSAN OF ROCKVILLE AT 301-309-2200 (LOCATED AT 15911 INDIANOLA DR, ROCKVILLE, MD 20855) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 115,000.

TAKATA RECALL. THIS WOULD BE MY SECOND TIME CHANGING THIS TRANSMISSION. FIRST TIME WAS WHEN MY CAR DIDN'T WANNA ACCELERATE AND GOT STUCK ON 40 MPH INSTEAD OF 70 MILES PER HOUR. MY NISSAN AT THE TIME HAD ONLY 50,000 MILES. MY NISSAN RIGHT NOW HAS OVER 150,000 AND THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPING AGAIN. DID A TRANSMISSION FLUSH AND NOTHING. I'VE ALSO NOTICE NOW WHEN THE WEATHER IS OVER 96 DEGREES THE TRANSMISSION ACTS UP BY STALLING ON 40 MPH WHILE DRIVING. EVEN MY AC COMPRESSION ALSO TAKES A HIGH EFFECT AS WELL. IF IT'S NOT ONE, IT'S THE OTHER.

I JUST TOOK MY VEHICLE IN FOR IT'S NORMAL MAINTENANCE (OIL CHANGE/FILTERS, ETC.) TODAY - 7/12/19. ALL IS IN GOOD CONDITION, EXCEPT I ASKED NISSAN TO LOOK AT THE FLASHING AIRBAG LIGHT THAT STARTED ABOUT A WEEK AGO FOR NO APPARENT REASON (O/A 7/5/19). THEY TOLD ME THAT MY FRONT AIR BAG SENSOR IS NOT WORKING, AND THAT IT IS NOT COVERED AND WOULD COST ME APX $1,020 TO FIX. THIS IS AN APPARENT SAFETY ISSUE, AND I DID NOTHING TO MY VEHICLE FOR THIS KIND OF THING TO STOP WORKING. I AM CONCERNED FOR MY SAFETY AND AM VERY RELIANT ON MY CAR TO GET TO AND FROM WORK, ETC. I BELIEVE, DUE TO THE SAFETY ASPECT ALONE, THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL NOTICE AND FIXED. IF YOU COULD PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS, IT WOULD BE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.

WHILE TAKING EXTENDED DRIVES, THE RPM'S BEGIN TO INCREASE AND THE VEHICLE BEGINS TO LOOSE POWER SLOWING DOWN TO THE POINT WHERE IT COMPLETELY LOSES POWER. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST SIX TIMES ON THE ROAD, FIVE ON BUSY INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS. ALL INSTANCES THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING IN EXCESS OF 60MPH. NISSAN KNOWS OF THE PROBLEM WITH ITS CVT TRANSMISSIONS AND HAS ISSUED A TECHNICAL BULLETIN. NISSAN'S TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN NTB14-002D, WHICH DESCRIBES THE ISSUE AS THE CVT GOING INTO FAIL-SAFE AFTER CONTINUOUS OPERATION UNDER THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS: 1) HIGH RPM AND/OR DRIVING SPEEDS OF 65 MPH FOR 1.0 - 1.5 HOURS OR MORE, 2) DRIVING IN AMBIENT TEMPERATURE OF 96 DEGREES OR HIGHER, 3) CLIMBING STEEP OR EXTENDED HILLS FOR 6 MILES OR MORE, AND 4) WHINE OR RATTLE NOISE OCCURRING DURING REDUCED ENGINE PERFORMANCE (VEHICLE SPEED DECREASE). IN THE CASE OF MY VEHICLE, THESE CONDITIONS WERE PRESENT IN MOST OF THE CASES (FOUR OF THE SIX TIMES), IN TWO INSTANCES AMBIENT TEMPERATURE WAS NOT A FACTOR (NOVEMBER AND FEBRUARY TRAVEL) AND IN ONE INSTANCE, CLIMBING STEEP OR EXTENDED HILLS WAS NOT A FACTOR. NOW THE TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO BE SLIPPING DURING SHORT, LOCAL, TRIPS. THIS BEGAN OCCURRING AT APPROX. 36,000 MILES AND THE VEHICLE NOW HAS 90,000 MILES (THIS REPORT TO NHITSA IS FOR THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT ON 5/20/19). I DON'T TAKE LONG TRIPS FREQUENTLY (10 IS PROBABLY THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF LONG TRIPS I HAVE MADE IN THIS CAR). NISSAN HAS IDENTIFIED A PROBLEM WITH 2008-2010 CVT TRANSMISSIONS AND HAVE EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON THE ROGUE TO 10 YRS./120,000 MILES; THE SAME SHOULD BE DONE WITH THIS MODEL AS WELL. IT IS UNSAFE AND UNACCEPTABLE. I'VE TALKED TO THREE NISSAN SERVICE DEPARTMENTS AND ALL THREE HAVE WILDLY DIFFERENT ANSWERS (AND PRICES). I DON'T WHICH DEALER TO TRUST, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BETTER TO REPAIR IT OR TRADE IT. EITHER WAY, I CAN'T AFFORD IT.

AS I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK, MY CAR LOST ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE WILL NOT SPEED UP, EVEN WHEN I PRESS THE GAS TO THE FLOOR. THE ENGINE JUST REVS UP. I WAS GOING UP A HILL IN A BUSY SECTION OF TOWN AND WAS ALMOST IN AN ACCIDENT AS THE PERSON BEHIND ME DID NOT REALIZE I WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.

WHEN DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE GOING 65 - 70 MPH AFTER 1 HR DRIVING CAR SUDDENLY STOOPED ACCELERATING. I PULLED OFF ON AN EXIT AND REACHED A STOP LIGHT. WHEN I PUSHED ON GAS PEDAL THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE RIGHT AWAY. HAPPENED AT TWO SETS OF LIGHTS. SHUT THE CAR OFF FOR 20 MINUTES AND STARTED DRIVING AGAIN AND IT SEEMED OK. DRIVING OK SHORT DISTANCES WHILE I WAS IN MAINE. ON MY WAY HOME TO MASSACHUSETTS AFTER 1 HR OF DRIVING ON INTERSTATE GOING 60 - 70 MPH AGAIN I LOST ACCELERATION. HAD TO PULL OVER AND SIT ANOTHER 20 MINUTES. I WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE MY DRIVE AFTER SITTING AND LETTING IT COOL DOWN.