CarComplaints.com Notes: The 2014 Nissan Altima shows multiple problem trends, continuing the poor reputation of the 2013 Altima, prompting us to give it our "Beware of the Clunker" badge.
This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
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The transmission was replaced at around 25,000 miles which they told us twice before finally replacing that nothing was wrong with it. The car would roll while in park and stall after transmission was replaced no issues until now. Around 68,000 miles the car now has a slight hesitation and will stall. Took it to the shop and a code of P0776 was thrown. Service in fine light never came on and still isn't on. Talked to a few shops and they all told me this is the third most looked up code for Nissan. Nissan warranty is only 1 year and 12,000 miles on their transmission. That makes no sense to me either with such a short month and mileage as well. Now we are having to possibly buy another transmission for a car with only 68,000 miles with a pretty much new transmission. How does a transmission go out with only 43,000 miles on it. With the issues now this happened while the car was being driven. To sum it up the gas pedal had to be pushed to the floor to get to 70 miles an hour while on the GA400.
I started experiencing problems with my vehicle about a year ago. While driving the car seem to not change gears. I had to coast to the side of the street, turn the vehicle off and restart it which made the vehicle to what I call "reset". this did not happen again until months later. Now my vehicle from time to time, while driving the vehicle seem as if it will not go when I accelerate from a stop in traffic. I thought it need transmission fluid. I discovered that it requies ctv transmission fluid and can only be done at a dealership which was not true. My local certified transmission repair center said they could perform a diagnostic for $99, which we did. We are now being told that the transmission need to be replaced and that this was a problem on most of the Nissan Altima's. replacement would cost about $4,800. Why hasn't Nissan recalled these vehicles after so many complaints?
My 2014 Nissan Altima has 68,000 miles. While driving on the highway about 60 mph, my car would not accelerate when pushing the gas. This was very unsafe. Luckily I was able to pull over. After several minutes I was able to accelerate again. I immediately took it to Nissan. They told me the cvt transmission was bad and that I would have to pay almost $4,000 to replace it.
My vehicle stopped on the highway in a busy evening traffic. For 10 minutes I was not able to do, but sit idle. After that car started but it was juddering and shaking every time I used to stop at red light or stop sign. The vibrations were very violent and scary. Even, in neutral, car engine revs up to 2K-3K RPM without accelerating. Nissan company and dealer are not helping and putting my life in danger as I could have got hit by another car/ trailer.
Recall to reprogram cvt done 10/4/17 at Nissan. 12/6/17 vehicle began rapidly dropping speed while driving on highway without me applying brakes. Very dangerous since there were no brake lights to alert other vehicles behind me to decrease speed. Turned hazards on & made it to slow lane, then shoulder of the road. It wouldn't go back into drive for 15 mins. Once I could it drive again, it continued to have decreased speed. At traffic light it wouldn't accelerate in drive & I had to wait awhile before it did. Drove to mechanic for diagnosis & they said it should be taken to Nissan. Had to be drug onto a flatbed to be towed a very short distance since it would no longer shift into drive, reverse or neutral. Service advisor at East charlotte Nissan said it needed new transmission & gave a $4,200 quote. He said this was known issue with cvt transmission, many with less than 30,000 miles but those were still under manufacturer warranty. Had new Nissan factory remanufactured transmission installed (they said it had to be a cvt because vehicle won't take any other transmission) which also failed after just one week. They shipped & installed another one & it has been doing okay for 2 wks now. Forums sight many drivers with similar symptoms & dangerous incidents while driving & say the 'new' cvts fail again which happened to me. Nissan should be forced to recall this defective technology that's dangerous to driver safety. Nissan should be responsible for cost of the recall as owners have no choice but to replace transmissions, a huge repair. It cost me $3,600 and I will retain my copies. They know they have a problem with the technology, not just in the Altima. They don't have an alert on NHTSA website to warn consumers against buying their unsafe vehicles. This request is to prevent fatalities not that an accident occurred in my case.
- Charlotte, NC, USA
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A few months back I took my 2014 Nissan Altima, 4-cylinder to the Nissan dealership for a recall that was in connection with recall with the software of the transmission of some sort. I did not receive notice but was advised of this recall when I took my vehicle to nisaan to get services for an oil change. The recall was completed. Since having the recall complete my vehicle has been having transmission issues. At times I am driving on the freeway and the car shudders and loses power. I have come close twice to an auto collision as I am shifting lanes my car completely loses power and drops speed without my control with he RPM dropping drastically but regaining within seconds. The car jerks and shudders. I have had another family test as well and has said that the car is unsafe and something is wrong. I researched and see a multitude of complaints identical to mine to this particular year and model. I am taking to the dealer to have diagnostic complete and have explained that my vehicle was fine prior to the software adjustment with the transmission. I have been told that they are not sure if this is the issues and possibly I will get stuck with paying whatever repairs. This is completely unfair to the consumer having to pay out of pocket for a transmission defect that thousands of Nissan owners are having the issues and nothing seems to be done to remedy this unsafe vehicle. I would like investigation to be done on this and in the event that while I am driving this vehicle and this occurs causing an accident I will hold the manufacturer at fault for allowing this vehicle to go un-repaired for a faulty transmission that thousands of consumers are complaining about as being a "lemon of a car" and "unsafe." The date this issue last occurred with me driving my vehicle was around 8:30A.M. on January 5, 2018.
Transmission "internal failure" determined by Nissan mechanic on 3 year old Altima and Nissan is using loophole to get out of taking responsibility for it. I'm over on miles so they won't pay for it. It's 3 years old! this car stalled on highway 30. I was totally freaked out. When I tried to go it rolled backwards and almost hit the car behind me. Cars were flying by me honking and people yelling at me. This car is three years old! apparently there are many more like it out there and Nissan is not taking responsibility for them! they want $4196 to replace it or a new car for more payment, sales tax and insurance. I'm racking up rental car costs and they want to charge me $89 for diagnostics when I already had it done and told them it needed a transmission! the Nissan consumer complaint lady, the service guy, the mechanic and the sales guy at suntrup Nissan all agreed that this trans mission should not have gone out at 3 years old. They have extended the warranty on some Altima's but not on mine! suntrup Nissan has my car now. It will not go at all. I asked for either they pay for the trans or put me in a new car at same payment even with higher insurance and sales tax. They won't do either and I have to pay the $89 diagnostics. Terrible for a repeat customer. This is my 3rd Nissan - 2 of which I bought from Nissan suntrup!
Cvt transmission failure, I took very good car the car through the dealership that I bought it new from. I followed all maintenance requirements. The car is 3 years old and the transmission just quit on me no warning just done. It will cost me 4500$ out of my pocket to fix. The dealership helped me file a complaint with Nissan usa to help. The answer from Nissan was we cant help you with your transmission but we can offer $1500 for a new Nissan. This is unacceptable theses cvt transmissions are consistently failing on Nissan. As the consumer we are getting financially killed by this. Action is required against Nissan they know there is a issue yet they are still allowed to sell and not stand behind a major part of their vehicles. Please do something this is dangerous. I could have been at an intersection or in traffic.
Prior to taking my 2014 Nissan Altima to a Nissan service center for a scheduled routine oil & filter change, my vehicle was running perfectly. The very next day after I had my routine oil & filter change on my vehicle, my vehicle started hesitating in first gear and immediately I took my vehicle back to the Nissan service center the same day of the occurrence and I explained to the Nissan service center representative that my vehicle started hesitating. (the day after I had a scheduled routine oil & filter change). When the Nissan service center diagnosed my vehicle I was told my cvt transmission indicating a bad internal sensor within the transmission and I would need to pay $3,800 dollars to repair my cvt transmission. I explained to the Nissan service center rep. My vehicle was just at the Nissan service center yesterday for a routine oil & filter change and there was no warning lights or warning signs on my dashboard that would indicate a problem with my transmission. In addition to my vehicle hesitating in first gear it also appeared not to change gears while I was driving in motion on the highway. I told the Nissan rep the amount of money wanted to repair my vehicle was to much money and the Nissan rep stated my vehicle is pass the warranty limit because I have 78,000 mile and my limit is 60,000 miles to be covered under warranty. The service rep stated they can have a sales rep contact me to purchase a new car if I did not want to pay for the transmission repair. After refusing to have my vehicle repaired at that price I picked up my vehicle from the Nissan service center and drove my vehicle home and it ran fine with no warning lights or any indication of any problems. The vehicle changed gears and drove perfectly. I just want to report this issue and to red flag this problem with my 2014 Nissan Altima. If someone's dealing with this issue please advise.
Nissan's 2014 Altima cvt transmissions are not safe and should be taken out of the cars. I bought my car new in February of 2014. 1) my first transmission died Nov 2016 after only 50K miles. I was at a red light and my car would not move forward, it kept dying as soon as I tried to accelerate. The car was stranded in street until a tow truck came. 2) the transmission it got replaced with does not drive smoothly - it jerks, it goes to high RPM's for no reason. When I am in rush hour traffic, it seems to have a mind of it's own: When I am braking, I feel a pull as if the car does not want to stop. Or sometimes the engine will feel like it's revving harder than I need it to (up to 4-5K rpms when going under 25mph). 3) this transmission has stalled multiple times at a red light. I will try to accelerate, and it won't move. It finally begins to go after 3-5 seconds of stalling. It is only a matter of time until it dies completely, as my previous transmission did for this car. 4) I was cruising on a side street once, going around 40-45mph, and suddenly the RPM's shoot up to 4-5 for no reason (usually cruise between 1-2). I put my foot completely off the gas, and it would not stop. It finally did after about 3-5 seconds. I do not feel safe in this car- anytime I am in the middle of an intersection waiting to make a left turn, I am wondering if my car is going to die in the middle of my turn, and if I am going to get T-boned. I've complained to my dealership multiple times (two different dealerships), and they always said nothing was wrong with it. Search online and you will see the many complains about Nissan's cvt transmission. With only 65K miles on a car I bought new, we should not be having to deal with such a faulty transmission. And Nissan won't do anything until it's too late, even though they know their transmissions are faulty.
Vehicle was at dealer for oil change, service advised that "recall" campaign PC4900 reprogram transmission control module was performed. After driving the car for 6 days and 447 miles, it died while sitting completely still, idling in traffic (in "drive"). the vehicle shuddered so violently when it died, I thought that I had been rear-ended. The vehicle would restart but died immediately upon any attempt to shift into reverse or drive. Had it towed back to the dealer, diagnosis was torque converter failure. Total transmission replacement. Never had any mechanical issues with this car until now.
In August of 2017 I was about to park my Altima when the transmission went out. I attempted to restart the car and the car would not shift into gear. Eventually, after many issues with a Nissan security plus warranty bait and switch issue I got the cvt transmission replaced. I have noticed even on this new transmission it still shudders around 25 mph frequently.
Transmission failed while driving from tampa, fl to Chicago, il. Car died in normal, il. Had it towed to the local dealership, had to get a rental car, was told that the transmission had metal fragments in it and that it would be a week to get a new one and cost $4,500.
My car shut off abruptly when I was driving in the highway and I almost got hit by another car. Luckily, it was rush hour and we were only going about 30mph. I put the car back in park and restarted. Once restarted, I got off the highway and was at a busy intersection and I was the first car at the red light. My car shut off in the middle of the intersection during rush hour. It was very dangerous. I had car towed to dealer and it's a complete cvt transmission failure. Still waiting to see if Nissan will cover the replacement. The car has 37K miles and is still under the $60K power train warranty.
On three separate occasions, the car has lost excelleration power. After coming to a stop, it would not pick up speed while holding the gas pedal to the floor. After a few seconds it picked up speed. Making a sound, like the transmission is out of gear. Each time it has done this, I have pulled over turned the car off for a few minutes. After restarting it seems to drive fine, until it happens again. Happens while driving on city streets.
While driving on interstate 75 the vehicle lost the ability to accelerate.. in heavy traffic, I was able to pull to the side of the road, after sitting for about 15 minutes I decided to try again and it started up and I was able to drive off the exit had it check and was told they was not able to identify a problem.. told Nissan said at 30,000 miles was not under warranty. This has happened sever time without warning
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- Union Springs, AL, USA