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Car power train started to go out at 88K miles. Started with a coolant leak issue as it mysteriously drained on my way home from work. Seemed to -??fix-?? itself as a month went by after I was told by 2 auto shops they couldn-??t find a coolant leak. Car then started to overheat and not hold coolant at all. Took it back in, was told again -??no coolant leak-??. Keep being told the same thing over and over again. But I am the one buying coolant and putting it in almost daily. No warning light for low coolant came on nor did check engine light kick in. Didn-??t notice car started to overheat until I couldn-??t feel cold air anymore coming out from AC and looked at the car temp gauge. Car is now around 100K miles and still being told -??it-??s just water leaking out-??. Car does not drive like it supposed to. Warranty ended at 85K miles and when it first happened I asked and begged them to replace everything and was told no even though mileage wasn-??t even far from 85K at the time. Car now jerks when stopped at a light or beginning to accelerate again after coming to a stop.
This incident happened many times on the highway and normal streets, when I stepped on the pedal for gas not responding, and I needed to wait almost 40 seconds, and looked like I had lost power, like the transmission not working correctly
I was in the middle of an intersection turning left, and the car stalled and I was almost hit by oncoming traffic. The car has problems accelerating and shifting gears. It will get up to 4 rpm's and not shift. This has happened several times, and is a safety risk. Fortunately, I was never hit. Nissan says I need a need CVT transmission. There's a class action suit filed for this model and the CVT transmission. However, since my car is 103, 000, Nissan will not replace unless 85,000. This is a manufacturer defect that needs fixed ASAP before someone gets in a terrible crash!
The transmission seems to be going. Car will not accelerate accordingly and randomly slows down in traffic. Holding the accelerator to the floor on a small incline I could only reach 44mph. I live in an area that has no shoulders and this could be a very dangerous situation.
The transmission without any advance issue or problem began to shimmy and shake the entire car. The car slowed down to less than 10 mph while jerking forcefully. The car is and was serviced regularly at Nissan in Murfreesboro Tennessee. There was no warning. Nissan was called and they picked up car on roll back. They said transmission failed. This was at mileage less than 100,000 actual mileage was 93,404. The invoice number is 6088347/1 dated 5/16/20. This happened in traffic and is a definite safety issue. Nissan should not be permitted to continue building and selling these faulty c v t transmissions, continuing to put our life-??s in jeopardy and financially devastating us. Your form will not allow us to put the date of incident 5/15/2020 the form will not change from sept 2021 you might want to fix this.
- Sparta, TN, USA
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Transmission problems Brake system is horrible, constantly have to replace brakes and rotors Powertrain and other problems I've made several complaints to Nissan, I have put so much money in this car! Compressor went out almost 7 months after I purchased this car. I would give Nissan a 0 rating on the 2017 Nissan Altima
My 2017 Altima sr is again experiencing a delay when accelerating from a stop. It revs up to about 3500-4000 RPM-??S for a couple of seconds no matter how far down the pedal is. Only gets up to about 20 mph though. Then it will finally go. There is no check engine light and no codes. If I turn the car off, it's like it resets and has more power afterwards. This happened 14 months ago as well. I had to service the transmission and it was ok after that. Not even 18,000 miles later and it is doing it again.
1).Sometimes I can smell exhaust gas inside the car room like in my previous car Nissan Maxima SE 2008, which is extremely dangerous. 2).The rear camera works no so well - sometimes rearview disappearing completely. Also, approximately a year ago, I received a letter regarding Nissan Altima SV 2017 recall(s). I contacted several different Nissan dealers in Miami but nobody knows about the recall. Could you explain please what is going on with recalls? Thanks.
Car purchased 5/21/2021 Experienced delayed acceleration twice after stopping, after approximately 2-4 seconds vehicle picked up momentum..Approximately 7days later engine light came on. 6/5/21 tool vehicle to Auto zone for diagnostic check received code P0776. Then took it took certified mechanic 6/7/2021 received same code report stating that belt is worn in the transmission and will eventually fail.
When attempting to accelerate rapidly vehicle has long delay, even with pedal pressed all the way down, an intermittent delay at a full stop, when taking off vehicle has a 5 second delay, gurgling sound coming from transmission during idle, rpms rev way higher than they should when accelerating, jerking from transmission when at a slow acceleration through parking lots and such, delayed acceleration also caused me to almost have a wreck, pulled out into traffic at a slow roll because vehicle wouldn't go and then vehicle took off full speed
Delayed acceleration my 2017 Altima is experiencing a delay when accelerating from a stop. It won't rev or do anything for a couple of seconds no matter how far down the pedal is. Then all of a sudden it'll go. There is no check engine light and no codes. If I turn the car off, it's like it resets and has more power afterwards.
My vehicle produced a check engine light. I paid $1300 for a new mass flow sensor and modification to my air flow. Two days later, I drove out of town and the car lost power. RPM was jumping and car started jerking and wouldn't accelerate. Towed it to Nissan and they couldn't find a issue! obviously there is a issue because everyone I've know have a Nissan been having issues with their car and Nissan hasn't done nothing about it! I paid $1300 for a check engine light, what makes U think I'm going to pay $4000 for a new transmission. This my second Altima and same issue!
The contact owns a 2017 Nissan Altima. The contact stated that while the vehicle was stopped at a red traffic light, the vehicle stalled after the accelerator pedal was depressed. The check engine warning was light illuminated. The vehicle was towed to Nissan of mission hills (11000 sepulveda blvd, mission hills, ca 91345) to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the transmission needed to be replaced. The sensor for the brake pads were replaced however, the vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 76,000.
Cvt transmission is jerking, stalling, shuddering, and hesitating while driving. Car only has 65K miles. Issue has been happening randomly for about a week. I do not feel comfortable driving in the car anymore because I feel that this malfunction can eventually cause an accident.
The car doesnt go, it stutters, and then suddenly goes. Take a lot of time to change gear, in small hills doesn't go up, the RPM and speed just go down. The check engine light comes on and off. Nissan dealers says it it out of guarantee. A Nissan Altima 2017, 85K miles and its out of Nissan guarantee already, and that they cant do anything about it. Unbelievable. Saddly for me the care is already payed off, they have already all their money, so no need to fix my problem. Also when I bought the car, in a Nissan dealer, they gave a fake carfax of the car, they omit an crash report, also they advertised the car for a very much lower price than they sold it to me, they put a lot of fees on it that the price was 2K over than the advertised.
When I was driving my car and stopping at a traffic light and when I would start to drive again the car at times has a problem with acceleration and all of suddenly the check engine light came on I scanned the engine code and it showed a po 776 transmission pressure control solenoid B performance or stuck off the car would not move but when I turned it off after 10 minutes rest the car will start to drive again but with very slow acceleration and the RPM was very high when the car was only moving at 20 mph, my understanding is that this happens to a lot of the cars owners but these Nissan cars Nissan should fix the problems with the transmission they built know full well that these transmissions are no good, currently there's no recalls on the 2017 Nissan Altima sv with this issue I will never buy another Nissan again till they fix the transmission problems costing the customers money and not fixing the problems with their bad transmission that they know about shame on Nissan the trash vehicles of the century only good for a short time then it junk afterwards
My 2017 Altima had been jerking, almost felt like the transmission was slipping. This would occur at random acceleration causing the vehicle to stall for brief seconds before it would actually accelerate. On top of that vehicle has now started a loud wining sound that gets louder when trying to accelerate. The car will not move for several seconds and then gradually it will begin to take off. This happens at every stop or slow down made. My cruise control no longer works either. Several times in the past I had issues with the vehicle not wanting to shift out of first gear. Since then this is what has occured. At this point I can no longer drive the vehicle due to no acceleration and im afraid that I might cause an accident due to extremely slow if not any take off from any stop. I am very upset over this issue considering everything I have read up on all leads back to the cvt transmission problems from several other owners, and the fact that several recalls have been made due to this, but for some reason not the 2017 Altima? it is apparent to me that this year has also been affected. I am a single mother and can't afford another exspince at this time especially since I lost my job due to covid-19. Now I am unemployed and cant drive my car due to transmission problems that obviously seems to be a reaccuring problem for Nissan with the cvt transmissions.
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- Sacramento, CA, USA