general problems of the 2009 Nissan Altima - part 1

There is transmission problems with the 2009 Nissan. The car shakes/ vibrates when idle, when sitting to long at a light the idle engine delays the gas pedal from going forward, having to accelerate the gas pedal till it jumps to proceed to move forward, the liquid is up to date however the car can’t move backwards in reverse but can move forward.

Check engine light came on with sudden decrease in power. Code is p0840. Car is an 09, but has only 96k miles.

The cvt transmission continues to "fail"; the transmission goes into "fail-safe mode" when the driving long distances. The engine/transmission will decelerate right in the middle of the roadway while traveling at highway speeds. This is dangerous and will cost someone their life.

The contact's sister owns a 2009 Nissan Altima. The contact stated that while her sister was driving at an undisclosed speed, the engine revved loudly but the vehicle would not accelerate above 20 mph. Additionally, the vehicle overheated, causing the antifreeze to leak. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic, but the mechanic could not duplicate the failure. The vehicle was then taken to the dealer, and the dealer informed the contact's sister that there was a recall for the continuously variable transmission (cvt) that was unrepaired. The dealer referred the contact's sister to west herr Nissan of orchard park (3580 southwestern blvd, orchard park, NY 14127). The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 120,000.

Loss of power after 2-3 hours of driving, speed dropped down from 70mph to 45mph and then continue to drop to 20-25mph on the highway. Pull over on the should waited for about an hour and then it regained power for about an hour till once going uphill it loss power again. This is very dangerous to loose power like this on a high traffic interstate highway.

My transmission went out on me while I tried to accelerate at a busy intersection. There was no check the engine light or maintenance required light that popped up but just wouldn't go nowhere. I had to call 911 in order to direct traffic on top of calling a tow truck. I had to wait 45 on both and directed traffic myself from not getting hurt or prevent someone from hitting me and my car. The transmission was already replaced once in 2016 now its needing to be replaced again with a price tag of about $4000 which is wrong when I took car of the car very well by doing what was required of the maintenance and the part that they put on through the warrenty in 2016 only is good for 1 year which is not fair for the car owner knowing that this is an ongoing problem with Nissan. I feel like if it's under 5 years or 100,000 after a part have been replace they should pay for it because thats the price for another car.

Its making alot noise jerking when driving.

The contact owns a 2009 Nissan Altima. The contact stated while her son was driving 70 mph, the vehicle decelerated to 20 mph, without warning. The driver pulled off the roadway, restarted the vehicle, and the vehicle drove as designed. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where the contact was informed that the vehicle was working as designed. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and the contact was informed that the vehicle was not covered under warranty. The contact stated the failure was similar to technical service bulletin TSB-10052883-6508 (power train). The failure mileage was 135,000.

Ii was just driving along the highway and my transmission just went out, no warning or anything.

Car is jumping. . Transmission. The car jumps when driving at no particular time. I was told the cvt was an "experimental" transmission.

On more then one occasion when driving on the freeway for about 45 min. The acceleration speed drops to about 40 mph. And when going on hills its even worse. This has been going on for some time now, but now I have a second Altima that is having very similar issues. After sitting on the side of the freeway for a hour, the car returns to normal. This can not be a normal problem, I have searched and found that a number of people have had very similar issues and in fact I received a letter stating that 2014-2018 Nissans where having acceleration issues. ( I have attached the letter) I have 2 cars now that have the same issue and I can not afford to fix them, especially if I am not 100% sure what the correction is. I have also attached copies of others that have the same issues, and you will see that some have tried to fix but get different responses on the fix. Please help!! thanks.

I went to put my vehicle in park and upon turning off the car it began to roll forward when I took my foot off the brake when exiting the car. I immediately jumped back in and hit the emergency brake and the car stopped before hitting a tree. I went to turn the car back on and the dash displayed � transmission not in park� and showed it being in reverse when the shifter was in fact in the parked position. Had to have my car towed home and will need to have it towed to the dealership. I received the recall notice back in may 2018. The car has 83,000 miles.

The car losses acceleration while in the highway. It appears to happen when it's hot and there's no warning and thus could be fatal.

My Altima has 257k miles. I was driving home from a friend's house and the car just died on my street. The engine made a whining sound and would not go over 5 mph. Luckily I was able to coast the car down the hill to my house. The car has been well maintained and I am replacing the cvt transmission for the second time. The last time I replaced it was 3 years ago in 2016. Most of my mileage is hwy miles. I have read numerous complaints online regarding the crappy cvt transmission in the Altima. The dealer is putting in my 3rd transmission today and only guaranteeing a 1 year / 12000 mile warranty. This does not sound like they are backing their product. From all that I have read and experienced, the car is a total safety issue losing speed in warm weather on long trips that could result in serious accidents. Could there be a recall coming?.

Driving the highway 75 miles hour and have the accelerator not response. Was told cvt transmission overheating going into safe mood causing vehicle to slow and accelerator not responding. Barely pulling off the highway and waiting to have control again. Was told that a radiator for the transmission was needed. Scared to drive.

I am experiencing two severe safety issues with my 2009 Nissan Altima coupe. 1. When I am driving on the highway, after about an hour, my transmission will not allow the car to go the speed limit or accelerate. No matter how hard I press on the gas pedal, the car will not shift, loses power and gets progressively worse the farther I drive. I had to pull off the highway for fear that someone would hit me because no matter how hard I tried to accelerate, the car would only go about 40 mph. 2. The dashboard is literally melting causing a blinding glare when the sun (during the day) or other headlights (during the night or rain) hit it. . . It creates a blinding glare making it impossible to see. Both of these issues, the transmission and dash make driving extremely hazardous.

Email to jack danielson from constituent regarding their grandson 2009 Nissan Altima 22s transmission problems. The consumer stated while being driven, the vehicle went into fail safe mode. The consumer was informed the vehicle was built without a transmission cooler and a service bulletin was issued to put one in the vehicle. The dealership would not honor the service bulletin.

Nothing but problems with this car since I purchased it. Had to replace all tire sensors, speed sensors, coils, front passenger tire rod, the ctv transmission, and the trunk leaks into the trunk and the tail light's. I have repaired all these things out of my own pocket. I have been stranded several times, I have almost been hit, and have had the car towed. The dash has become sticky and everything sticks to it. It produces a glare on the wondow which makes it hard to see. The engine experiences loss of power and no mechanic can pinpoint the problem. I do not drive it much since I have purchased it. This car should be a lemon or recalled. The problems keep coming.

Vehicle was in motion going 55mph on highway. Suddenly started to lose power and car began to decelerate no matter how much gas I gave it. I had my 3 kids and wife in the car. We're lucky I was able to somehow coast off to the side of the road and wait for a tow. This happened more than once on local roads.

I have a Nissan Altima just bought 2016. When driving 20 min or more when you come to a stop about 3 seconds after. You feel a shift or jolt, in the engine the harmonic balancer or timing chain. I was driving 70 down i45 busy traffic, as audial and all a sudden my car starts loosing power and I was almost hit in the rear by a mac truck. When I was safely at a stop, I killed it and it cranked back up with half the power. 1500 rpms.

Takata recall transmissions on the Nissan Altima. Driving home from work and my car stalls, put my foot all the way down on the pedal and nothing, extreme safety hazard, could of easily been hit by someone going full speed from behind. I was at a red light waiting for it to turn green and when I was getting ready to go nothing was happening. Had to be towed home. Found out that Nissan Altimas have this very common problem with the transmission and takata won't take responsibility and issue a recall. Guess they don't care if they leave someone's kids potentially orphaned 🤷🏻‍♀️.

When it's really hot outside and I drive for more than 3 hours my car starts to lose power. When holding the gas pedal down to the floor much car will not accelerate. I have to stop and let the car sit for 20 to 30 minutes before I can drive. The temperature gauge doesn't ever say that the car is hot though. This has happened multiple times now. Each time on a hot day after driving approximately.

Tranmission stop working and leak just bought and now 2 years later went out.

The cvt transmission has given me major problems after driving for 60+ miles. Up until then it does fine just as it has always done around town driving. After about an hour and half of driving the vehicles stops allowing you to go over 40 mph and I found that this is called �limp mode� which is to protect the transmission. The problem is that the car is not even getting over heated whatsoever at all. I had the transmission serviced by Nissan and thought this would fix the issue but no such luck. When you have a car that you got brand new and have taken care of it and low mileage you should be able to drive somewhere that is more than an hour away. My car is unable to be taken on any road trip whatsoever. I have had myself in some unfortunate situations due to this problem. I had the vehicle serviced and was told it was good to go on a road trip the next day as I had explained the situation to them and was assured that I could safely make the trip. Low and behold sixty miles out of town I could only go 40mph on a highway with a 75 speed limit. Nissan dealership was not anywhere near me. I was 100 miles away from anywhere I could get help which is all Nissan told me to do was bring it in to a dealership! I did just that before my trip to fix this issue and it wasn't fixed. What am I to do?.

This vehicle will not operate if it's driven for more than 45 minutes at highway speeds. The power train goes into a neutral mode. It then requires a pull over onto a freeway to allow it to cool down for at least 30 minutes before the vehicle will work. It does not matter what the ambient temperature is outside. When driving at speeds lower than 50 miles per hour it does not have this problem. Per the Nissan mechanics this is a known problem with the cvt and the only way to fix it is to completely replace the cvt. We have tried a transmission cooler but that does not work. This is very dangerous as it requires the vehicle to be stopped and turned off for 20 minutes which can be a big safety problem as it would require sitting on the side of the freeway or, if able, sitting in the vehicle in an unsafe neighborhood.

The contact owns a 2009 Nissan Altima. While idling, the vehicle was shifted into park due to a crash and heavy traffic. As the traffic began to move, the contact attempted to shift the vehicle out of park, but the shifter jammed. As a result, the vehicle was involved in a rear end collision with another vehicle. The failure occurred without warning. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to a collision shop; however, it had not been determined whether the vehicle was destroyed. The dealer and manufacturer were not contacted. There was one injury that required medical attention. The failure mileage was approximately 40,000.

Driving home from work late at night, just got off the freeway and the car made a loud sound and then stopped moving. The check engine light then came on. The engine continued to run but the car would not move. There were no warning signs prior to this event that there was a problem. Fortunately, this incident did not occur 5 minutes earlier while I was still on the freeway. The car had been into the dealer for new brakes and change in transmission fluid 3 weeks prior to this event. After the event the dealer allegedly found metal belt pieces in the cvt oil pan. The cost of the repair would be $4600, in excess of the blue book value of the car. The car had been serviced at Nissan dealers since the time it was purchased. It was purchased with the expectation from the sales staff that the car would go at least 200,000 miles. Car had approximately 124000 miles. Nissan agreed to pay 50% of the cost of the new transmission. However, I chose not to repair the car as the remaining amount is cost prohibitive and I have little confidence in Nissan products and their service. It appears transmission problems are common in the Altima and Nissan does not stand behind their product or try to correct the issues. The dealers are not capable of diagnosing the problem without an additional diagnosis charge of $135.

When driving the car down the highway it fails to shift into the next gear. You push down on the gas pedal and the rpms go higher but the vehicle doesn't pick up in speed. It actually decreases as you are going up a hill. When I took it to a dealership, they told me that it sounds like it is the ecm and that I was shit out of luck because that make/model doesn't have a recall on it. Though I found a service bulletin for technicians on how to do a ecm replacement procedure for all 2004 and later - Nissan Altimas. So - they know that it is a defect in the automobile. My mom has a 2015 Nissan Altima and it was doing the same thing and they recalled her vehicle.

While driving at highway speeds the vehicle goes into limp mode and the speed drastically decreases and loses all power! there is no warnings.

Coming home from florida in 2013, the car lost all power going down the interstate. We were able to push the gas pedal all the way to the floor and the car would not go any faster. Once we stopped and let the car sit for 15-20 minutes, we were able to go another 100-150 miles before it happened again. This has also happened twice driving home from murfreesboro. We went to florida for vacation this year and the same thing happened on the way there and on the way home. After doing some research and talking to some mechanics, we have been told that this is not the first time they have heard about this and there are numerous complaints on the internet about this same problem.

What happens when I go up. Hill I lose power cant drive until the tranmission cools down.

Takata recall can't drive too far cuz losing power after hour. . . . We cant go to family vacation on long tripif its lower than $200 that's ok but if it's cvt transmission it's way over my budget it's cost over $5,000. . . . . . I look over on google n seen a lots of ppl had this problem. . . . .

Transmission overheats whenever the vehicle is driven for an extended period (1 hour+) in warm weather (80 degrees+). Vehicle immediately loses power, with rpms never reaching above 2000, drastically reducing acceleration and speed. Driving on a highway, this creates a serious danger. This has been happening for over two years now.

Transmission broke at 119,000, was fixed, just under extended warranty. Began whining, was told it needed a transmission cooler, installed for $1,000+. Now, at 149,000 transmission has broken again. It was in motion when it acceleration quit on a city street.

Several things are wrong or gone bad. Nissan suppose to be awesome vehicles with good reputation but tell you if I had known or could have for seen all the trouble, wow. 1. Have had problems with steering wheel locking, ok that was fixed it has done it again. Module is bad. 2. Had to replace transmission very costly 3000, and was told that in a couple yrs would need it again. Push button start is part of the locking issue so why is this not fixed from what I have read it's an ongoing problem, actually the same issues with my 2009 Altima is exactly what thousands of others are going through, why is this not fixed why are we all still having these problems, my car is taken all the way to Nissan dealership in louisville ky. Oh about 45-to an hour away, for all regular maintaining, all the way down to the oil changes. Like I said Nissan suppose to be superior vehicles this has been a nightmare, I can't afford to pay the price of fixing the car every time I turn around. Trade in on it sucks, resale privately does too. Something needs done, how many hundreds of thousands of people have the same problems with their Altima.