Transmission Failure problems of the 2012 Nissan Altima

Nissan Altima 2012 2. 5s model at 115000 miles :without indication the vehicle suddenly could not shift properly when the vehicle started and rpm would go up till 4000-5000, also the vehicle could not run over 65mph: the speed was locked up while rpm kept going up till 3500-4000 I had a near miss from an severe freeway accident because of that problem and dare not drive on freeway after that. The transmission was failing and the mechanic said that the failure pattern was exactly the same as older models(03-10) of Nissan Altima, where the warranty is extended to 120000 miles for transmission. Cost more than 3500 to repair and all the mechanics I met would call those transmission units junk and some of them had multiple Nissan Altima under repair with the exact same transmission problem.

Cvt transmission has failed. 6 years old. Less than 120,000 miles. Stopped at redlight, could not pull out or reverse, car would only go 3-5mph. Car engine runs fine.

Now I know. . . As in almost all Nissan Altima's that have the cvt transmission fails. No prewarning from the vehicle and especially Nissan corporation or dealership. My transmission has failed. It is apparently a horrible unjust serious problem the Nissan people are not addressing or trying any at all to help. They just keep sticking it to the ignorant public customers who thought they could trust Nissan. Yeah thats me.

Driving vehicle at time of transmission failure. Have a 2012 Nissan 2. 5l Altima with recent extended warranty that just expired. (of course). I have been dealing with the car and its hesitation and chugging issues since October 2015. I brought car into the dealership and on three separate occasions concerned about the performance of the vehicle. First time in shop I was told that the scope showed no warning codes and recommendation was to complete the 100,000 mile maintenance of flushing transmission and spark plug replacement, which was done and car seems to ruin ok. . . For a few days. Then same issues. We took a trip to colorado from minnesota and the problem with hesitation and chugging with automatic gear shifting. I took the car back in and again in December with technician now driving the car was told nothing was showing up. Car continued to get worse with now no acceleration, so I took it in a week ago when the car was showing alot more signs of something wrong, and technician drove with me in the car and stated to service manager that he didn't experience anything that indicated an issue. The next day, of course on a Saturday, the car would not go over 5 miles an hour and created almost a massive accident on local city street. I immediately took it in to the dealership and was finally given the news (which I knew all the time) that codes where indicating a transmission failure and unfortunately was in need of a new transmission! cost $3,900 and some change!!! that's when I started researching and saw this problem dated back to 2008 with Nissan products. Nissan did settle on a class action suit by providing car owners an extended warranty, yet knowingly, they continued to manufacture cars with the same transmission! I am outraged that dealers continue to sell these cars.

I was driving my 2012 Nissan Altima on a busy 4 lane road. I was in the turning lane when my car refused to accelerate. I had power and the engine revved when I pushed on the pedal, but the car would not move. I put the car in park, shut it off and restarted it. The car then jerked its way through the intersection. A few hundred more yards and it stopped again in the middle of the road. I restarted multiple times but it would not move. I had it towed to my mechanic and I was told it was a failed cvt transmission. I called Nissan America to see if they would help, and they said tow it to a Nissan dealership and they would review it and see if they would help. I contacted Nissan and they said my cvt transmission failed and that it was out of warranty. It will cost over $4000 to replace it. This is a dangerous event. I did not know when I bought the car about the problems Nissan has had with these transmissions. After a week of waiting, Nissan America came back and said they would not help. They would not offer a reason why. I asked about the fact that the cvt transmissions had so many problems that Nissan retroactively doubled the warranty on models before 2010, would they do that for my 2012. I was told no. I asked to speak with a manager and I was refused, saying the review process is complete. I am lucky that I was not involved in an accident considering what happened. I am angry that this dangerous situation occurred. And I am frustrated that after suggesting they might help, Nissan wasted another week of my time, when I could have gotten it fixed by my mechanic, instead of bringing it to a dealership.

Purchased car new Sep 2012. All manufacturer recommended services completed by Nissan dealership service centers. Cvt transmission failed Jun 10, 2015. Failure confirmed by two different Nissan service centers.

2012 Nissan Altima. Consumer writes in regards to cvt transmission failure. The consumer stated he started noticing little glitches, in otherwise smooth rides. Then he started experiencing a 2-3 second delay between depressing the accelerator and the vehicle actually moving. On Wednesday April 9, 2014, he was barely able to drive to work, and had to coast with his hazard lights on. The vehicle was towed to the dealer, where the consumer was informed it would cost $ 3911 to fix the cvt transmission.