2013 Nissan Rogue

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN ROGUE. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT COASTED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND HAD IT TOWED HOME. THE VEHICLE WAS LATER TAKEN TO AUTOCOM NISSAN OF CONCORD (1290 CONCORD AVE, CONCORD, CA 94520, (925) 275-534) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION OVERHEATED AND A NEWER MODEL TRANSMISSION WAS NEEDED THAT HAD A COOLING KIT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND OPENED A CASE NUMBER. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,800.

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.

I HAD JUST PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FROM A FORD DEALERSHIP NINE MONTHS PREVIOUSLY. WE WERE LEAVING FOR A FAMILY VACATION FROM SOUTH DAKOTA TO COLORADO. JUST BEFORE DENVER, MY NISSAN ROGUE LOST POWER, I WOULD HAVE THE ACCELERATOR TO THE FLOOR TRYING TO MANEUVER THROUGH DENVER TRAFFIC. WE HAD A CLOSE CALL WITH AN EIGHTEEN WHEELER WHOM WAS TRYING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC AND MY CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE TO GET OUT OF HIS WAY. AFTER ARRIVING IN COLORADO SPRINGS AND FINDING A NISSAN DEALER WHO WOULD LOOK AT IT AND RESEARCHING THE PROBLEMS OF OTHER OWNERS WITH THE SAME CAR, WE WERE WITHOUT A CAR FOR 2 OF THE 5 DAYS OF OUR VACATION, WHICH WAS A REAL BUMMER FOR OUR FAMILY. OVER $3500 LATER (THANK GOD I HAD ENOUGH CREDIT ON MY CREDIT CARD), AFTER INSTALLING A COOLER FOR THE TRANSMISSION AND REPLACING THE VALVE BODY WE WERE ABLE TO GET BACK HOME. NOW I HAVE A HIGH INTEREST CREDIT CARD BALANCE TO PAY THAT OFF. I AM REALLY STRESSED FINANCIALLY I CANNOT AFFORD THIS AND AFTER READING OTHER COMPLAINTS THAT ARE IDENTICAL, I ALSO THINK I GOT OVERCHARGED BY NISSAN DEALER IN COLORADO BY OVER $1000. IT RUINED OUR VACATION WHICH ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN. TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE EVERY OTHER YEAR MODEL OF THIS VEHICLE WAS RECALLED FOR THIS PROBLEM. THIS 2013 HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS AND IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. I FEEL I SHOULD BE REIMBURSED FOR THIS EXPENSE AND TIME TAKEN FROM MY FAMILY. THANK YOU.

THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION AND ON HIGHWAY OR HIGHER SPEED SITUATIONS-THE VEHICLE WILL NOT ACCELERATE. THE GAS PEDAL IS PUSHED ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND THE CAR DOES NOT ACCELERATE BUT ACTUALLY DECELERATES FURTHER. IF TRAFFIC SLOWS AND THE DRIVER REMOVES A FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATION PEDAL TO SLOW A BIT, SPEED CANNOT BE REGAINED AND THE CAR IS LEFT AT A VERY SLOW SPEED IN HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC CREATING A SAFETY RISK. THE CAR HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH A NEED FOR A COSTLY ADD ON PART (CVT COOLER KIT) TO PREVENT THE TRANSMISSION FROM OVERHEATING AND GOING INTO LIMP MODE. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM THAT WAS OCCURRING IN OUR 2009 NISSAN ROGUE MODEL AND ACKNOWLEDGED BY NISSAN AND REPAIRED UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. THEY ARE DENYING REPAIR TO OUR 2013 NISSAN ROGUE FOR THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM WHICH WE HAD HOPED TO HAVE BEEN CORRECTED PRIOR TO PURCHASE OF THE 2013 MODEL. THIS A HIGH RISK SAFETY ISSUE WITH NO ACCELERATION POWER IN HIGH SPEED SETTINGS AS WELL AS OTHER SITUATIONS. THE CAR CANNOT BE DRIVEN WITHOUT DANGER TO OUR LIVES OR EXTREME RISK FOR BEING IN OR CAUSING AN ACCIDENT.

WE WERE DRIVING ON I-70 IN CENTRAL KS, IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, AT A SPEED OF 75MPH, WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL SHUT OFF, AND THE CAR SLOWED TO 60MPH WITH NO WARNING, NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, OR ANYTHING. I WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE 60 MPH WITH THE GAS PEDAL TO THE FLOOR. OTHER DRIVERS AND SEMIS WERE SWERVING AND DODGING US, THERE WAS NO SAFE PLACE TO GET OFF OF THE ROAD. MY WIFE, SON AND GRANDDAUGHTER WERE ALL IN THE CAR, AND WE WERE ALL AFRAID OF BEING HIT BY AN ANY DRIVER WHO DIDN'T HAPPEN TO REALIZE THAT WE WERE NOT GOING THE SPEED LIMIT. WE LIMPED THE CAR TO THE NISSAN DEALER IN SALINA, KS WHO TOLD US THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD OVERHEATED, BECAUSE NISSAN DID NOT INSTALL A TRANSMISSION COOLER, AND THE VALVE BODY HAD BURNT UP. THE DEALER TOLD US IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND NISSAN KNOWS ABOUT IT. THE COST TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE IS $2700. WE CONTACTED NISSAN, AND WERE TOLD ESSENTIALLY, IT'S YOURS, TOO BAD. YOU BOUGHT IT WITH 73000 MILES ON IT, AND IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY. WE HAVE ONLY OWNED THE CAR FOR 5 WEEKS. I FEEL THIS WAS A DANGEROUS SITUATION, AND WE COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION'S VALVE BODY. WHAT IS MOST CONCERNING IS NISSAN KNOWS ABOUT IT AND IS REFUSING TO ASSIST IN THE REPAIR OF THE VEHICLE, OR EVEN ADMIT THAT IT HAS PROBLEMS. SINCE THE INCIDENT, I HAVE FOUND MANY REVIEWS OF THIS VEHICLE WHERE THE REVIEWER HAD THE SAME PROBLEM (10 ON EDMUNDS.COM, ALONE!)

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

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.