Every mechanic says that the transmission has to be replaced at a cost from $7,100 to $8,000. Nissan service says it has to be replaced at a cost of $8,000. Nissan CVT transmissions are all over google as having unreliable transmissions and Nissan is on record as having settled a class action lawsuit against thier CVT transmissions. Hopefully attorneys will bring another class action lawsuit against Nissan on the 2019 Nissan Sentra CVT transmission, failure at 86,000 miles is unacceptable.
I purchased this car brand new from the dealership in Germantown MD in 2020, I had it for about a little over three years, it is a 2019 Nissan Sentra SR and already the Transmission has gone bad. I called Nissan to see if it was still under warranty, and was told that I passed the 100k mile checkin by 200 miles over, so the car was no longer covered under the warranty and that my mechanic/manual should have informed me. Although, I'm not a mechanic or no anything about cars, I leave that information up to the people who are professionals in that field to be honest and not withhold information just to make a few extra bucks. There was not notification, no lights, no check transmission fluid, no signals that would notify me that I may have a faulty transmission. I only noticed it when I step on the gas it took a little time for the car to go. The gears was still shifting with no problems or issues. I did not smell any thing burning like oil or fluids, The car was not lagging. However, I just want to see why the car was doing that, when it hadn't in the past. I got up on a Saturday morning, and the car would not go into drive. I had the car towed to a shop, they ran test. Then came back to tell me that my transmission is "done". I need it replaced or have a new one put in which will be about 6K. The car had to be towed back home where is is currently sitting.
I was shocked 6,000 for a new CVT transmission, really?? I am currently paying for a car I can not drive and 6k in no where to be found in my bank account.
Nissan should really be a shame of selling faulty cars with faulty parts just to make a quick buck.
After stopping at a red light or stop sign when taking off it jerks often as if the transmission is slipping and even when driving at a steady speed it seem to jerk at intervals.
I bought my 2019 Sentra brand new with like 3 miles on it from a dealership in North Texas. It was my second Nissan, after trading in a 2017 Altima. Initially, everything seemed to be working fine until about the 3rd year of ownership which around early 2022. Mind you, I have worked remotely a lot during COVID and all that, so I have really kept the miles off with just barely reaching 20K by this time... however, I started noticing that the car really struggles on acceleration from a dead stop, like stop light driving around the city. The engine/transmission has this weird feeling like when someone in a manual car tries to ride the clutch way to long while switching gears... so you're not really getting the acceleration/power that you should because the clutch doesn't feel like its fully engaging.
While it's not horrible, if you have driven all types of cars for 30+ years it doesn't take a mechanical genius to be able to "feel" or "know" that something just isn't working correctly. Add on that this runs with a CVT and it only heightens those :feelings" that something is off especially when hard accelerating... it's like the car itself doesn't fully understand what its supposed to be doing or what commands it's supposed to be following and you get this jerky sensation or delayed shifting. I started doing research and found that this is apparently a common thing starting to happen with this year's model.
I bought a 2019 Nissan Sentra brand new, the transmission went out and I haven't had a car in 2 months now. The lifetime power train warranty should have covered. Seeing that I had all the receipts that I should have, they said because they weren't formal they could not accept them.. at first they didn't accept hand written receipts and then I was missing receipts they are coming up with one excuse after another .. it's ridiculous knowing they have had problems with the CVT transmission since 2009.
- Kasey S.,
Lincolnton, US
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This will be absolutely the last Nissan product I will own. I bought this so-called certified 7 years/100,000 mile car at only 847 miles. Ever since 3500, I've been dealing with front suspension noise, rear clicking noise, a battery replaced at 13k, and the radio stalls out including voice command. Now at 25,800 miles, I'm noticing loss of power on the freeway. When merging, this car putters when you need to accelerate into the fast lane. Unfortunately, I've gotten use to now driving in the slow lane.
Today I'm noticing a higher rev in the transmission and sluggishness, and I'm certain it's has to be the transmission. This is my fourth Nissan. I do not recommend any Nissan product whatsoever. It's so sad that Nissan seems completely lost with their reliability and customer service. I can't even trade it in due to its horrible residual value. Guess what? I'm married to it.
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Every mechanic says that the transmission has to be replaced at a cost from $7,100 to $8,000. Nissan service says it has to be replaced at a cost of $8,000. Nissan CVT transmissions are all over google as having unreliable transmissions and Nissan is on record as having settled a class action lawsuit against thier CVT transmissions. Hopefully attorneys will bring another class action lawsuit against Nissan on the 2019 Nissan Sentra CVT transmission, failure at 86,000 miles is unacceptable.
- Ray U.,