Transmission Failure problems of the 2013 Nissan Altima - part 2

While stopped at a traffic light the car cut off ! I restarted and put it in gear and the car cut off again. The car would idle fine in park and neutral but cut off whenever I put it in gear. After pushing the car to a lot and leaving it for 12 hours the car started to work normally. However the next day the same exact thing happened ! after researching the issue I found that this transmission has major issues and Nissan isn't addressing it. I opened a case with Nissan consumer affairs case number 22626692 and was told me that there is nothing they can do because my car has 81k miles . Making it 20k miles over the manufacture warranty. There is no way that a well maintained cars transmission should fail at 80k miles. Nissan knows this yet they are failing to help consumers with this problem ! the cvt tansmission can cause someone to lose their life . .

Driving down road (pkw 55 miles per hr speed limit), started to loose power, rpm's dropped, slower till car would no longer go forward. Stopped in middle of rush hour traffic. Transmission had failed. Many reports of same problems with this cvt transmission on internet of transmission failing with no warning. .

The contact owns a 2013 Nissan Altima. While driving 30 mph, the vehicle stalled and the check engine and traction control warning lights illuminated. The contact mentioned that the vehicle was able to restart, but stalled immediately when the gear lever was shifted into drive. The failure occurred constantly. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the transmission failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The VIN was unknown. The approximate failure mileage was 90,000.

The continuously variable transmission failed while going down the interstate. The car would maintain speed but was very, very slow to accelerate and when I exited the interstate, it only idled and would not accelerate from a stop for several minutes. Eventually it sputtered and I was able to limp it to the dealership that, by the grace of god, just happened to be at that same exit in vicksburg, ms. After doing research while stuck at the hotel this seems to be a very common problem the the cvt's in 2013 Altimas. . Read more...

Cvt transmission failure. This is an event in which the automobile transmission and throttle simply stops working while the car is being driven. I experienced this event this past Saturday on a trip into boston. It is quite terrifying to be driving along in the middle of traffic and have your car stop functioning with respect to having no power or gears such that you have no control or ability to make the car respond.