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.
What owners actually said
609 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!
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN ROGUE. WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND SLOWED DOWN TO 30 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OFF THE FREEWAY WHERE THE CONTACT WAITED BRIEFLY. UPON RESTARTING THE VEHICLE, IT DROVE WITH FULL POWER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE LOST POWER SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE ON LONG TRIPS WHILE …
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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN ROGUE. WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND SLOWED DOWN TO 30 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OFF THE FREEWAY WHERE THE CONTACT WAITED BRIEFLY. UPON RESTARTING THE VEHICLE, IT DROVE WITH FULL POWER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE LOST POWER SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE ON LONG TRIPS WHILE DRIVING UPHILL ON THE FREEWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER (ANTELOPE VALLEY NISSAN, 451 AUTO CENTER DR, PALMDALE, CA 93551, (661) 274-4700) WHERE IT WAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THIS WAS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH NISSAN ROGUES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER WOULD REDUCE DUE TO CVT FLUID TEMPERATURE PROTECTION LOGIC. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND OFFERED A SMALL DEDUCTION TOWARDS THE REPAIR COST. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WARRANTY EXPIRED AT 60,000 MILES AND HE INQUIRED ABOUT ANY REPAIRS TO BE DONE AND A CHECK-UP PRIOR TO THE WARRANTY EXPIRATION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000. **TR *JS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN ROGUE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE "CHECK STEERING LOCK" MESSAGE APPEARED AND A CHIME WAS HEARD AFTER TURNING THE IGNITION TO SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKING UPON TURNING OFF OR RESTARTING THE VEHICLE. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC STATED THAT THERE WA…
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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN ROGUE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE "CHECK STEERING LOCK" MESSAGE APPEARED AND A CHIME WAS HEARD AFTER TURNING THE IGNITION TO SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKING UPON TURNING OFF OR RESTARTING THE VEHICLE. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC STATED THAT THERE WAS NO STEERING LOCK FUNCTION. THE DEALER (MODERN NISSAN OF WINSTON SALEM, 5795 UNIVERSITY PKWY, WINSTON-SALEM, NC 27105, (336) 767-8260) INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, BUT DID NOT PROVIDE A DIAGNOSIS. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS NO STEERING LOCK FUNCTION; THEREFORE, THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000.
I HAVE A 2013 NISSAN ROUGE , 2.5 , 2 WHEEL DRIVE WITH CVT TRANSMISSION. I WAS IN HIGHWAY DRIVING 60 MAR, SUDDENLY, SPEED WENT DOWN TO 40 , NOW POWER, I HAVE TO PULL OVER,...I SHOW IT TO THE MECHANIC AND IT IS A TRANSMISSION,...I CALLED A DEALER AND I WAS TOLD THAT IS NOT UNDER WARRENTY. I NOTICED MANY SIMILAR COMPLAINT WITH T…
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I HAVE A 2013 NISSAN ROUGE , 2.5 , 2 WHEEL DRIVE WITH CVT TRANSMISSION. I WAS IN HIGHWAY DRIVING 60 MAR, SUDDENLY, SPEED WENT DOWN TO 40 , NOW POWER, I HAVE TO PULL OVER,...I SHOW IT TO THE MECHANIC AND IT IS A TRANSMISSION,...I CALLED A DEALER AND I WAS TOLD THAT IS NOT UNDER WARRENTY. I NOTICED MANY SIMILAR COMPLAINT WITH THIS BRAND MODEL! WHY YOUR COMPANY DOES NOT ENFORCE A SAFETY LAWS AND FINE THE NISSAN COMPANY FOR SELLING DEFECTIVE CARS TO THE PUBLIC WHERE THEY PUT PEOPLE LIFE IN DANGER? WHAT BOY , IF I WAS STUCK BY BIG TRUCK OR THE CARS IN THE FREEWAY AND DIED! WOULD NISSAN COMPANY ACCEPT ANY LIABILITY? THE NISSAN COMPANY SHOULD BE PUNISHED FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE ACT . I BOUGHT THE CAR FOR 24000.00$ AND STILL ARE PAYING MY MONTHLY PAYMENT AND IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE TO ME AT ALL THAT I HAVE TO SPENT ANOTHER 4000.00$ FROM MY POCKET TO FIX THEIR FAULT DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION? WHY THEY DO NO RE CALL IT? WHY THEY ARE SELLING IT TO THE PUBLIC THAT THEY KNOW FOR THE FACT THAT IS UNSAFE CAR TO DIVE????? MY CAR WAS IN THE MOTION 60 MILES AN HOUR IN THE FREE WAY AND SPEED WENT DOWN BY ITSELF, M AND THE TRANSMISSION START ACTING,... YOU PUT IN DRIVE OR REVERSE IT DOES NOT MOVE AT ALL?????? THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINT SIMILAR T O MINE AT YOUR DATA BASE OR OTHER COMPANY OR GOOGLE,... IT IS A SAFETY RISK TO DRIVE THIS KING OF NISSAN IN THE ROAD, ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGH WAY, EVEN 5 YEARS OLD KNOWS THAT. THE NISSAN COMPANY SHOULD BE FINED AND ENFORCED BT LAW ENFORCEMENT , YOUR COMPANY, COURT,... TO RECALL ALL THE NISSAN ROUGH AND REPAIRS OR REPLACE THEIR FAULT TRANSMISSION FREE OF CHARGE.
I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP ON JUNE 17, 2016 BECAUSE AS I WAS DRIVING, THE CAR WOULD NOT GO OVER 80 MPH, AND THE PEDAL WAS TO FLOOR. THERE WAS ALSO A WHISTLING SOUND ANYTIME THAT I ACCELERATED. AT THAT TIME, THE CAR HAD 50,616 MILES ON IT, AND WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. THEY FLUSHED MY TRANSMISSION AND REPLACED THE FLUID. …
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I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP ON JUNE 17, 2016 BECAUSE AS I WAS DRIVING, THE CAR WOULD NOT GO OVER 80 MPH, AND THE PEDAL WAS TO FLOOR. THERE WAS ALSO A WHISTLING SOUND ANYTIME THAT I ACCELERATED. AT THAT TIME, THE CAR HAD 50,616 MILES ON IT, AND WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. THEY FLUSHED MY TRANSMISSION AND REPLACED THE FLUID. I PAID $210.23 FOR THIS SERVICE, WHICH I NOW REALIZE THAT I SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO PAY ANYTHING, SINCE THE TRANSMISSION WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY, AND THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT. I AM AGAIN HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS, I WAS DRIVING AND MY CAR WOULD NOT GO ABOVE 60 MPH, AND THE WHISTLING SOUND WHEN ACCELERATING HAS RETURNED. THE NEEDLE ALSO JUMPS WHEN INITIALLY ACCELERATING. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE SAME DEALERSHIP, AND THEY TOLD ME THAT I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION AND COOLING UNIT. THEY QUOTED ME $6,000.00 FOR THE REPAIR. THE CAR NOW HAS 107,846 MILES ON IT. I INQUIRED ABOUT NISSAN EXTENDING THE WARRANTY TO 120K MILES BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE ISSUES THAT THEY ARE HAVING WITH THE CVT TRANSMISSIONS. I WAS TOLD THAT MY CAR WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE EXTENDED WARRANTY, EVEN THOUGH IT IS HAVING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM AS ALL THE OTHER DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSIONS. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH NISSAN CVT TRANSMISSIONS, I GET REGULAR MAINTENANCE AT THE DEALERSHIP, AND THE CAR WAS NEW WHEN I PURCHASED IT. I WAS INSTRUCTED TO STOP DRIVING THE CAR UNTIL IT IS REPAIRED, AS IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD.
2013 NISSAN ROGUE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO PROBLEM WITH TORQUE CONVERTER. *LD *JS
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
CVT TRANSMISSION WAS THE ISSUE ALL ALONG I BOUGHT MY 2013 IN DECEMBER OF 2017 HAD IT FOR A FEW WEEKS AND THE ENGINE LIGHTS COMES ON. CALL THE PLACE WHERE I GOT IT TO TELL THEM I WAS BRINGING BACK. THEN NEXT DAY IT WAS GONE OFF. FEBRUARY IT CAME BACK ON HAD MY MECHANIC LOOK AT IT COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. A FEW WEEKS MORE…
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CVT TRANSMISSION WAS THE ISSUE ALL ALONG I BOUGHT MY 2013 IN DECEMBER OF 2017 HAD IT FOR A FEW WEEKS AND THE ENGINE LIGHTS COMES ON. CALL THE PLACE WHERE I GOT IT TO TELL THEM I WAS BRINGING BACK. THEN NEXT DAY IT WAS GONE OFF. FEBRUARY IT CAME BACK ON HAD MY MECHANIC LOOK AT IT COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. A FEW WEEKS MORE I NOTICED IT WAS HESITANTING BUT IT STOPPED QUICKLY. 3 WEEKS AGO THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON MY MECHANIC SAID IT'S THE MOTOR MOUNT SENSOR I REPLACED IT. A MONTH BEFORE THIS MY CAR WOULDN'T GO INTO PARK SO I REPLACED THE SHIFT GEAR. BOTH SHIFT GEAR AND MOTOR SENSOR VALVE COSTING AROUND 800.DRIVING TO IOWA ON THE HIGHWAY MY CAR STRUGGLED GOING UP STEEP ROADS MAKING IT VERY DANGEROUS IN FRONT OF 18 WHEELER TRUCKS. NOW THE ENGINE LIGHT BACK ON WENT TO MY MECHANIC AND A TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST AND THEY SAID IT'S THE CVT TRANSMISSION. I'VE HAD THIS VEHICLE 6 MONTHS NISSAN YOU NEED TO DO A RECALL ON 2013 ROGUE WITH THESE CVT TRANSMISSIONS PEOPLE BUY VEHICLES TRUSTING THEY WILL HAVE FOR AWHILE . I'M PAYING A NOTE ON THIS CAR FOR ANOTHER 4 YEARS AND DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO DO NISSAN ASSIST YOUR CONSUMERS WITH THIS PROBLEM
TRANSMISSION STOP WORKING, WHEN YOU PUT IN DRIVE OR REVERSE , IT DOES NOT MOVE AT ALL! I PAID 24000.00 ( I BOUGHT NEW ONE)!
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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