Ongoing issue where vehicle loses power when driving further distances (30-40 miles) or uphill in the mountains and is unable to accelerate. Driver is forced to pull over on the side of the highway and wait until vehicle can cool down and gain power again. This is an issue with the cvt transmission. Nissan should have issued a recall for these transmissions or extended the warranty as it is an extremely unsafe situation.

- Castle Rock, CO, USA

Vehicle was fine and all of the sudden it went into limp mode and check engine light came on due to problems with the cvt transmission.

- Deltona, FL, USA

This car has just 101,000 miles and the transmission is not doing the overdrive. I read into it and alot of other people has the same problem Nissan should take the vehicles and fix it its not like we pay 5 bucks for a car its not even paid off and I already have problems. I went to see what wrong and its the torque converter clutch.

- Kingston, PA, USA

This is a well-documented issue with the Nissan cvt transmissions - lost power when accelerating, the engine winds up but the vehicle does not respond. A mechanic diagnosed it for me and says it's got code P1778 and the transmission needs to be replaced.

- Orinda, CA, USA

So I purchased my car in 2014 at tony Nissan waipio and had cna manufactured warranty..which is a good warranty.but I come to realize ever since.my manufactured warranty expired in 2019, and I routinely bring my car in for oil and oil filter maintenance every 3 months, and each time I would bring it in. Mechanics and service advisors seems to find a lot of problems with my car..and ask if I wanted it to be fixed or replaced, majority of the time. I will asked if my aul warranty will cover, for the parts and labors..I would say 80 percent of my warranty covers..some. Dont.but to make my complaint shorter..each time I would bring it in to tony Nissan for a repair..not even 3 months after, another problems.come about..at this time I'm getting very scared and afraid for my safety in driving my car.especially.when I have my 6 year old grandson that I pick up from school..and I'm beginning to not have faith in them and I'm really having trust issues, with either the mechanics or service advisors..at tony Nissan.I can show proofs of documents that I have all my invoices dated from 2014 until now of 2020..of all services and repairs they have claimed they doned on my car..just recently I asked for my old parts back, to see if they got it replaced..throttle body assembly and ignition coil #3..my upcoming repair will be alternator and drive belt..I will be taking my car in either 02/25/2020 or 02/26/2020..in the afternoon.thank you very much, for the help and concerns.please reply back to me if my car was sold to me as a lemon or any recalls..I've be glad to express my concerns to the president of that company..but I always get talked to the other staffs that works for him...

- Waipahu, HI, USA

I was driving down the highway and my transmission started making a loud whining noise and revved up to about 6400 RPM's and my car had no acceleration from that time on.. now I'm facing either paying $3400 for a new transmission or just trashing a perfectly well kept up car. I've always made sure to have my car completely serviced and maintained on time. After this I will never buy from Nissan again. These cvt transmissions are horrible. Nissan is looking after their profit instead of reliability. This is a 2012 Altima with 125000 miles.

- Prairieville, LA, USA

Nissan Altima 2012 2.5S model at 115000 miles :without indication the vehicle suddenly could not shift properly when the vehicle started and RPM would go up till 4000-5000, also the vehicle could not run over 65mph: The speed was locked up while RPM kept going up till 3500-4000 I had a near miss from an severe freeway accident because of that problem and dare not drive on freeway after that. The transmission was failing and the mechanic said that the failure pattern was exactly the same as older models(03-10) of Nissan Altima, where the warranty is extended to 120000 miles for transmission. Cost more than 3500 to repair and all the mechanics I met would call those transmission units junk and some of them had multiple Nissan Altima under repair with the exact same transmission problem.

- Grand Rapids, MI, USA

The contact owns a 2012 Nissan Altima. The contact stated that the vehicle would hesitate to move forward while depressing the accelerator pedal. The failure occurred without warning. The contact took the vehicle to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed with transmission failure. The contact spoke with cannon Nissan of greenwood (69900 us-82, greenwood, ms 38930, (662) 453-4211) and was informed that the vehicle was not under warranty. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was unknown.

- Indianola, MS, USA

The car has broke down and can not be drove. It has stalled on us numerous time driving on the freeway in Nevada. We have almost been hit by semi truck. The transmission has to be replaced now and the car is not worth the money to fix. It has 123,000 on it.

- Virginia City, NV, USA

Nissan Altima 2012 S has a bug on the transmission. I have talked to a dealership lately about how I can maintain my transmission to avoid the problem he told me to change the fluid after 60K miles. Which I did right away because I was the second owner. I'm supprise at 127K miles, my transmission broken down. And all mechanics I be been to tell me is a factory issue and Nissan knows it. They said the cvt transmission mostly come to fail on that Nissan after you pass the 100K miles. (factory issue with that cvt technology they said). I call Nissan to submit the problem, but unfortunately they told they can't do nothing about it because of the high mileage. The bad transmission is very dangerous on the public road, I have been in the situation on the interstate highway where I couldn't pass the 18 wheeler and almost cause a crash because the transmission is not working properly.

- Houston, TX, USA

While driving on the highway for over an hour at speeds 60+ mph the transmission will begin to whine, while at the same time the rpms will skyrocket. The car will rapidly decelerate while this is happening. This has happened multiple times on road trips when the car was at 20K miles and continues to happen more often now that the car is nearing 100K miles.

- Raleigh, NC, USA

Hello to whom it may concern, I'm posting this complaint because of an issue this vehicle has and I've heard many others are having the same issue. About an hour or two of driving the car or going up a pretty steep hill on a hot day the car looses power completely and will have trouble to go over 45mph and what I've read up on this issue the vehicle come with a sensor that makes the car go into a safety mode when the transmission gets too hot and it's due to the transmission not having a fluid cooler. I've had a couple close calls in the freeway where cars have came really close to rear ending me in the freeway with my children in the car and I fear for the safety of my as well as others and wouldn't want anyone getting sued due to an issue Nissan has with their vehicle

- Pomona, CA, USA

I have a 2012 Nissan Altima. I have already replaced the transmission once last year when the car had 80,000 miles on it. The transmission went when traveling on a long trip, after a hours when going approx 65 mph and trying the car failed to acccelerate. The car then would not go over 40 mph. This was a very dangerous situation asthere was a tractor trailer behind me, which forced him to slam on breaks. Very dangerous and scarey situation for all involved. Again this year while traveling for approx 2 hours the same thing happened. I had to pull off the road on the left had side to avoid an accident. I have read numerous other instances where the same thing has happened. Someone is going to be killed or has already been. The 2nd time it happened at approx 99,000 miles. I have already contact Nissan and am going to take car for a diagnostic, if I am able to get it there. I believe that other cars for other years have already been recalled due to a class action suit. I have been doing alot of research on this car and year and numerous others have had same complete. Very dangerous and deadly accidents will occur if nothing done on Nissan part. There is no warning that anything will happen. The lights in the car did not go on, and even after pulling over did not go

- Wilmington, NC, USA

Cvt trans giving check engine soon code P1777 stepper motor cod... trans not shifting properly, it gets stuck at 2000rpms and lags then jump up in rpms. Trans shakes hard from time to time while driving at low speeds

- Chicago, IL, USA

2012 Nissan Altima. Consumer writes in regards to transmission issues. The consumer stated the vehicle would abruptly stop on busy highways. No warning lights illuminated.

- Pasadena, CA, USA

When driving on the freeway the car will drop from 70 to below 40 mph, cannot maintain a safe speed on highway. Problem is exasperated when driving up a hill. The issue is extremely dangerous. There is also a whirring noise the engine makes when this happens. After checking online forums it is obvious that this is a common problem/complaint among other Nissan Altima 2012 models.

- Lancaster, CA, USA

While in motion, the vehicle begins to drasticly slow down from speeds of 60 to 70 mph down to 20 to 30 mph. This usually happens during the day after driving for an hour + and in any kind of incline road. At hard inclines I can bearly drive upward even hhaving to come to a complete stop. The RPM gage begins to jump rapidly to 5 and 6 RPM when even slightly pressing the gas peddle, and once it adjust, the vehicle will not go more that 3 RPM while still at a mph slower than 30. This will stay for the remainder of the drive until I have stopped and turned my vehicle off for a significant amount of time. Tbis began happening at 100,000 miles and now at 150,000 miles it happens very frequently. I feel this is unacceptable, and clearly very unsafe for driving long distances on large highways, when my vehicle should work as it should.

- Lakeside, CA, USA

Vehicle was in motion on the highway and after two and half hours of driving could not accelerate past 45-50 miles an hour and stuck on this speed even with the gas pedal being pressed down to accelerate. I had serious safety issues with this on the highway in regards to ascending hills and had near serious encounters with trucks and other vehicles on all incidents I have had to drive more than that duration. I am on a website called cargurus and have a lot of Nissan 2012 Altima owners with the same year, make and model having exactly the same terrifying experience. I have called Nissan about this and that they should do a qa of their call logs and check other complaints from other customers and all they could say is "there is currently no recall on your VIN". informed them about medicine after death not possible and problems like this with frequent complaints by customers should be investigated and not ignored till people start dying before there is a need to fix this or issue a recall. The gear box and cv axle based on what I have read may be the cause of this. I am not a technician but this is a very serious safety issue that should be investigated. Every time you are in a car on the highway on long distance journey with this car your life is on a live wire because of this gear box issue. I have also been to the dealership in South holland il for this and was told to call Nissan and complain about this which I have done. I will appreciate your looking into this please! thanks.

- Lansing, IL, USA

Cvt problem with transmission delay problem going up hill very scary need transmission looked at I guess problem very common this is a big safety problem almost got hit by car acting up slowing down.

- Pahrump, NV, USA

I have a automatic 2012 Nissan Altima w. 130K miles. While driving, my car automatically shifted to neutral and in order for me to stop, I had to place my emergency brakes on. The gear was stuck in between neutral and reverse and unable to move. Thought it was a shifter console, but turns out it was my transmission. In this model car, there is a class action law suit against Nissan for failing cvt transmissions/engines. My failure happened while driving and could have caused a major accident. Due to the miles, I am out of warranty and I do believe that Nissan should be at fault seeing that there is a suit pending.

- Lithia Springs, GA, USA