2010 Nissan Rogue

THE FIRST INCIDENT HAPPENED LAST SUMMER. WHILE GOING UP A HILL AT 75MPH (SPEED LIMIT IN THAT STATE), THE CRUISE CONTROL CUT OFF, AND VEHICLE LOST POWER, AND RPM'S WOULD NOT EXCEED 2500 RPM AND WOULD NOT GO OVER 60MPH, WHICH EVERY TIME I HIT A HILL, WOULD DECREASE TO 40MPH. THIS HAPPENED 3 TIMES IN THE NEXT TWO HOURS, WHERE RPM'S WOULD NOT EXCEED 2500 RPM, WHICH IS VERY DANGEROUS WHEN SEMI-TRUCKS ARE BEHIND YOU. A SEARCH ONLINE STATED THIS WAS THE TRANSMISSION GOING INTO FAIL-SAFE MODE, ALTHOUGH THE DEALERSHIP STATED NO, BECAUSE A CODE WOULD COME BACK. FOR ALMOST A YEAR, I WOULD NOT TAKE MY CAR OUT OF TOWN FOR WORK, FOR FEAR THIS WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN. DECIDED TO TAKE IT ON A LONG ROAD TRIP THIS AUGUST, AND AGAIN, THE SAME INCIDENT OCCURRED. THIS TIME, THE ONLY WAY TO GET RPM'S AND MPH'S BACK, WAS TO PULL OVER AND LET THE CAR SIT FOR 20 MINUTES OR SO. IT WOULD THEN DRIVE NORMAL FOR ANYWHERE FROM 30 MIN-1 HOUR, BEFORE LOOSING POWER AGAIN. TOOK IT INTO DEALERSHIP UPON ARRIVING HOME, AND THIS TIME, THERE IS A BULLETIN FOR THE TRANSMISSION FLUID OVERHEATING, AND IT NEEDS A COOLER, TO THE TUNE OF $1,400 AND IS 2 MONTHS BACKORDERED. I WAS TOLD THIS PROBLEM WOULD ONLY OCCUR ON LONG ROAD TRIPS, AND I WOULD BE FINE TAKING IT ON A 5 HR TRIP THAT WEEKEND. COME 3 DAYS LATER, 45 MINUTES INTO THE TRIP, THE CRUISE CONTROL CUT OFF, BEGAN BLINKING, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AND RPM'S DECREASED TO BTWN 2000-2500. PULLED OVER TO LET IT COOL, AND THEN IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE OVER 40MPH ON THE HIGHWAY. DECIDED TO TURN BACK AROUND, AND 3 TIMES ON THE WAY HOME (APPX. EVERY 15 MINUTES), I LOST ALL POWER. THE CAR WAS STILL RUNNING, BUT THE RPM'S WOULD NOT GO OVER 0, AND THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. HAD TO LET IT SIT FOR 15-20 MINUTES EACH TIME, AND THEN WAS ABLE TO DRIVE 15 MIN, BEFORE LOOSING ALL POWER AGAIN. TOOK IT INTO AUTO SHOP, AND CODE READS, "P1778", WHICH IS "STEP-MOTOR MALFUNCTION". *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 NISSAN ROGUE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE SLIP AND VEHICLE DYNAMIC CONTROL OFF WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. WHEN THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE RPM INCREASED BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE OVER 20 MPH. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE BRAKES OPERATED AS NORMAL AND SUGGESTED USING A FUEL INJECTOR OR CLEANER TO RESOLVE THE FAILURE. A FUEL INJECTOR WAS USED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 53,000.

THE DETAILS OF THIS COMPLAINT ARE FILED UNDER NHTSA COMPLAINT #10614462. ON 7/16/2014 THE UJOINT ON MY 2010 NISSAN ROGUE SHEARED OFF THE DRIVESHAFT DROPPING THE DRIVESHAFT AND PULLING OUT THE SHIFTER CABLE. REPAIRS WERE $1400. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT NISSAN I WAS TOLD THAT SINCE I DID NOT SERVICE MY VEHICLE AT A NISSAN DEALERSHIP THEY WOULD NOT OFFER ANY GOOD WILL ASSISTANCE. THEY STATED THAT ALL RECOMMENDED SERVICE WOULD HAVE HAD TO HAVE BEEN PERFORMED AT THE DEALERSHIP IN ORDER FOR ANY OUT OF WARRANTY ASSISTANCE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING OUR NISSAN ROGUE ON THE HIGHWAY THE VEHICLE BEGINS TO DECELERATE EVEN WITH THE ACCELERATOR FULLY ENGAGED. OUR VEHICLE HAS GONE FROM 70MPH TO 10MPH ON THE HIGHWAY SEVERAL TIMES. THERE IS CLEARLY A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP KEEPS TELLING US WE NEED TO DO A FULL TRANSMISSION FLUID FLUSH ON THE VEHICLE EVERY YEAR. WE PAID TO HAVE THIS DONE IN AUGUST OF 2013 WHEN IT FIRST STARTED HAPPENING AND IT STILL CONTINUES TO HAPPEN. WE ARE SCARED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AS IT SEEMS VERY DANGEROUS TO GO FROM HIGHWAY SPEEDS TO BARELY BEING ABLE TO ROLL INTO A PARKING LONG WITHIN A MATTER OF MINUTES. *TR

FIRST OFF, THERE WAS NOT AN ACCIDENT...BUT THERE SURELY WOULD BE IF THIS CAR WERE TO BE DRIVEN IN ITS PRESENT STATE. ESSENTIALLY, CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE CVT (TRANSMISSION), SO THAT, WHEN SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT, STEPPING ON THE ACCELERATOR WOULD RESULT IN INCREASE IN RPM BUT NO FORWARD MOTION AT FIRST. IT MIGHT EVENTUALLY ENGAGE, BUT OPERATION IS TOTALLY UNPREDICTABLE. EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A WELL KNOWN ISSUE AND NISSAN DID DOUBLE THE WARRANTY THEY FAILED TO NOTIFY OWNERS CLAIMING THAT BECAUSE IT WASN'T A RECALL, IT WAS NOT REQUIRED. VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY 10,000 MILES OUTSIDE THE *NEW* WARRANTY MILEAGE LIMIT, BUT HAD OWNER BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT THIS IMPENDING FAILURE, REPAIRS COULD HAVE BEEN EFFECTED INSIDE THE WARRANTY PERIOD. NISSAN HAS DECLINED TO OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE WHATSOEVER, BUT DOES HOPE THAT WE HAVE "A NICE DAY". WILL IT TAKE LOSS OF LIFE OR LIMB FOR NISSAN TO "DO THE RIGHT THING"? *TR

AFTER DRIVING FOR SEVERAL HOURS AT HIGHWAY SPEED THE CAR LOSES POWER GOING UP SLIGHT HILLS. THE SPEED DROPS FROM 70 MPH TO 40 MPH WITH THE GAS PEDAL FULLY DEPRESSED. WHEN I EXITED THE HIGHWAY TO PAY THE TOLL THE CAR WOULDN'T ACCELERATE AFTER GOING THROUGH THE TOLL BOTH. AFTER A FEW SECONDS THE CAR LURCHED FORWARD AND STARTED TO GET UP TO SPEED . AT THE NEXT HILL IT LOST POWER AGAIN GOING UP THE HILL. THIS CAR IS BEING DRIVEN IN CONNECTICUT SO IT'S NOT BEING DRIVEN OVER MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. *TR

I STOPPED THE VEHICLE WITH THE SHIFT LEVER IN DRIVE. WHEN I TRIED TO SHIFT INTO REVERSE TO BACK UP I COULD GET NO FARTHER THAN NEUTRAL. THE RELEASE BUTTON ON THE SHIFT LEVER WOULD NOT MOVE. I COULD NOT GET INTO REVERSE OR PARK. I MANAGED TO GET THE COVER ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SHIFT LEVER OFF AND A BROKEN PIECE OF GRAY PLASTIC FELL OUT. THE SHIFT LEVER RELEASE BUTTON THEN WORKED AND I WAS ABLE TO SHIFT INTO REVERSE AND INTO PARK. I HAVE DRIVEN THE VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO MORE PROBLEMS. NOT BEING ABLE TO GET INTO REVERSE IN A TIMELY MANNER COULD CAUSE A SERIOUS SITUATION TO DEVELOP. I SAVED THE BROKEN PIECE OF PLASTIC THAT JAMMED THE RELEASE LEVER. *JS

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER. THE FIRST 4-5 TIMES THIS HAPPENED THE POWER LOSS WAS FROM 75 TO 55-60 OR SO MPH AND IF THE VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED IT RESET. THE LAST TIME IT WOULD GO AROUND 70 DOWNHILL BUT ONLY 20-30 UPHILL AND IT WOULD NOT RESET UPON RESTART. AFTER ABOUT 30 MINUTES IT FINALLY RESET. *TR