general problems of the 2012 Nissan Altima - part 2

Driving on a highway and then no acceleration w a high pitch sound. . . Can only drive it 20 mph if at all. . Had it towed and a mechanic said it is my transmission. . As I am researching the problem I am finding a lot of complaints with the same model and year and Nissan has to know they have a design issue or problem.

The vehicle cvt transmission just stopped going forward and reverse. Vehicle has been serviced according to the vehicle maintance recommendations.

Takata recall my 2012 Altima has been having some shifting issues while I am driving. Mind you this call has 58,000 miles on it (yes 2012 with 58,000). It is over the 5 year power train warranty but under the mileage. Nissan does not care. There should be zero reasons why a car with less than 60,000 miles should be having any type of transmission issues. Nissan needs to be held accountable.

No forver gear or reverse gear at all . And have alot of code 720 1723 1778 0868 0715 1722 0746 0826 1701.

While driving on the freeway for more than 1. 5 hours the car suddenly loses power and slows down to 45mph or less or now power at all. Because the cvt overheats and shuts down. A Nissan dealership inspected it and said we needed a new transmission.

The transmission gave out at 115,000 miles, just below of the cutoff for the extended warranty of the 2010 Altimas. The same transmission resides in both of these cars, why is one covered by an extended warranty and the other not?.

I am having the same problem with my 2012 Nissan Altima went to my mechanic and gave me a code of p1778, he told me Nissan transmissions have a specific problem with their step motors and that Nissan is supposed to fix them for free. I called Nissan and they are refusing to fix it when they know their transmissions are not good because they're a lot of people with this same problem. I was driving to work and my vehicle started slowing down it started losing speed that is when I took it to my mechanic, happen o the highway.

My son's 2012 Nissan Altima has 99,500 miles. The cvt has been acting up multiple times this year. It has gone into the fail-safe mode at least four times on the highway, creating an unsafe and hazardous condition. We've taken the vehicle twice to the local Nissan dealer and were told that the transmission had not emitted faults. This is issue should be addressed by the manufacturer. There's obviously an issue that is causing hazardous driving conditions.

The mph would register as 60 but I know it was only doing 20. Going around curves it was acting like it want to go but dont go far. It will start but mph wont move, and wont move forward but will backup.

When driving the car for a long distance (30 miles) there is a whining sound that starts and the car will not accelerate. If the car is allowed to sit and cool down the whining will stop but start back as the engine/transmission heats up. During this period the car will loose power and not exceed 40 miles per hour. This happens when driving throughout the city and on the highway.

Cvt transmission causing excessive vibrations. It slips and lurches constantly. It shakes when accelerating until 20 mph, and starts again at 20-30 mph. This happens when driving on any roads but it is especially noticeable when decelerating when exiting the highway.

Tl the contact owns a 2012 Nissan Altima. While driving 75 mph, the speed reduced to 50 mph without warning. The vehicle was taken to east tennessee Nissan (5496 w andrew johnson hwy, morristown, TN 37814, 423-799-3561) where it was diagnosed that the transmission was inoperable. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified and stated that the transmission needed to be repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 132,000.

Cvt, the car jerks, shudders, stalls while driving. This is very dangerous! engine revs on its own, read about the horrible Nissan cvt will never purchase a Nissan nor recommend to anyone! turning is a nightmare, driving on the highway is quite scary. Called customer service Nissan does not care! class action suit should be filed ASAP this is people lives you're talking about !.

Nhtsa team, I am filing this safety complaint regarding my daughters 2012 Nissan Altima. Her vehicle has 94,000 miles on it, and the cvt is acting up. This year, the vehicle's cvt has gone into the fail-safe mode at least three (3) times while on interstate trips. Each time it was during hot weather (she lives in south carolina) and caused her to run very slowly on the interstate. This created an unsafe and hazardous condition. The Nissan dealer is sharing that the only solution is to install a transmission cooler. I think this is more of a manufacturing defect that is causing hazardous driving conditions. Please let me know if Nissan intends to correct this via a recall for the 2012 Altima's cvt. Thank you. Chris beck.

Complete loss of power climbing a steep grade uphill, almost caused accident sandwiched between two 18 wheelers also going uphill one of which had to swerve sharply to avoid hitting us. Cvt transmission likely went into fail-safe mode, same thing repeated multiple times on steep winding climbs on mountain highways. Very dangerous situation with engine cutting out and loss of power. Nissan has issued cvt recalls and extended warranty on models up to 2010 but the problem is still there in this 2012 Altima and in many other complaints about the cvt on later models. Nhtsa should get Nissan to extend its recall/warranty to models after 2010 judging by the many complaints being reported about the same loss of power issue with the cvt.

Transmission issue with the cvt transmission. Whining when accelerating or slowing down going up a hill or going down. Nissan extended warranties on earlier models but not the 2012 Altima.

I have a 2012 Nissan Altima. Four years ago I drove from sacramento, CA, to reno, nv, with two friends in my car. As I was driving over the summit on highway 80 my car started to lose power. This was extremely scary as the highway is only two lanes and since it was a Saturday there was a lot of traffic. I was driving in the slow lane and as my car continued to lose power and slow there was noplace to get off the road. I pulled onto the narrow sholder between the slow lane and the concrete barrier and my car came to a complete stop. Since there were cars whizzing by I was not able to open either the drivers side door or the passenger side door, which was inches away from the concrete divider. At this point I was shaking uncontrollably and in a panic I called Nissan of sacramento to tell them what happened. The technician suggested that my transmission may have over-heated. He suggested that I wait for the transmission to cool and see if I was able to then make it to the nearest freeway offramp, which I did. After exiting the freeway we waited for an hour or so and were then able to proceed to reno, nv. Once there, I took my car to a mechanic who checked the other systems and could find nothing wrong. Once back home in sacramento I took my car to Nissan of sacramento and was then informed that my transmission had burned and would need to be replaced. They contacted Nissan and were informed that there were no recalls and that I would need to pay for a new transmission out of pocket and the cost would exceed $4,700. After contacting Nissan myself, they informed me that they would not cover the cost of a new transmission. Since I am a retired, single senior citizen living on a fixed income, I have not been able to replace the transmission and subsequently have not driven more than 20 miles from my home. I have read that cvt transmission problems are very common with Nissan Altimas. Why would they deny my claim when this is such a serious safety issue?.

Lose of power climbing steep grade at hi altitude transmission over heating. This should not happen.

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 on.

Initially experienced loss of power around 30,000 miles while going 80 mph on interstate. Extremely dangerous situation as the only option is to pull off to the side of the road. Took it to dealer but they couldn't replicate or find anything wrong. Vehicle continued to randomly lose power while at high rates of speed, as well as a loud whining and humming sound. Took to dealership 8 different times and still couldn't find anything. Was told if a check engine light came on that would help locate issue. Check engine came on during loss of power issue, and dealership still told me couldn't pinpoint problem. The most recent loss of power in June 2018, I was nearly struck from behind by a semi truck travelling at a high rate of speed because there is no warning for the loss of power and there was no where to pull off to. Still an ongoing issue, and Nissan refuses to acknowledge the problem or do anything to assist.

When I was driving the cvt starts making noise, the rpm go up to 6,000 rpm then I loose engine power suddenly so the car speed stuck on 40 mph suddenly and decrease the speed even when I press the gas pedal, when I press the gas pedal it just makes noise and increase the rpm and the noise but the speed don't increase, so a car behind me crash tailgating my car, I'm now with seriously injuries, the Nissan cvt is defective and dangerous, my car only has 96,000 miles.

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.

While driving, or wanting to drive after coming to a stop, the engine rpms will increase when the accelerator is pressed (up to red line), but the car transmission does not respond until, suddenly, the car lunges forward. This can happen from a cold start, at a traffic light, after a quick stop at a business while the vehicle is still warm, etc.

Driving home from work, turning onto the highway and car won't go above 20 mph and whines terribly.

The cvt transmission will lose power when driving over an hour on the highway causing the car to drop speed on the highway out of the blue.

I have had to have the engine oil cooler change twice within 14 months of other. And the engine oil sensor.

Takata recall. I was traveling on the interstate, in heavy traffic, when my car began to slow it refused to maintain my speed or accelerate at all. I had to pull into the median to avoid being hit by an 18 wheeler. I had my sister and two of our little kids in the car with me. This is not the only time it has done this it has done it several times now and the mechanics can't find anything wrong. I have read several places where others have had this same issue. . . . I believe their is a manufacturer default with either the acceleration or transmission. . . . It just revs up sounds like it's doing something but not increasing speed. I have noticed that it occurs mostly after I have been traveling a while. . . Like about an hour and a half or so.

While driving on highway doing speed 70 to 80mph, vehicle begins to reduce speed and goes into like a safe mode. Very unsafe on interstate highway. While searching on google find out cvt transmission vechile only has 81823 miles on it. Nissan needs to cover the warranty to fix the vechile.

O hills and on warm days the car losses power and wont go over 60 mph this happened on the highway and almost cuased a wreck. This has happened several times. Engine light came on and the code said it was low on fluid. It was checked and was good.

2012 Nissan Altima sl 115,425 miles and transmission dead.

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.

My 2012 Altima 2. 5s has shut down transmission wise(cvt) and it will not speed up even when gas pedal is all the way to the floor! today it did this for a total of 120 miles. . . This is a safety issue when you cant get your car out of the way of even get to the shoulder because nothing happens when the gas is pushed down. . . I barely made it home today with of course a torrential downpour and my car wouldnt respond. . . I googled "2012 Altima will not speed up going uphill" what I found are too many complaints with the same exact problem and Nissan does nothing about it. . . Whats it going to take? someone getting killed which is what it usually takes to get something positive done? Nissan needs to do a recall on this immediately. .

The 2012 Nissan Altima coupe 3. 5 6 speed manual transmission was in motion on a city street when sudden loss of clutch pressure occurred. This resulted in the inability to change gears and therefore effectively control the speed of the vehicle outside minimum and maximum speed specifications for the given gear. This was the result of a faulty concentric clutch slave cylinder.

Sustained driving more than an hour the transmission overheats and forces sensor to "fail safe mode" causing vehicle to drive only at low speed. This is a safety issue on the open road due to driving way under posted speed or having to stop n road side.

After driving vehicle for 1 hour or more, vehicle goes into fail-safe mode, meaning the rpms will not go over 2500. So, if one is on the highway going 70 mph, then arrives at a hill, then the vehicle speed could decrease to 40 mph. According to mechanic, this is a known issue and Nissan has a service kit for this exact issue. I am not sure why it is not a recall. . .