Vehicle Shudder problems of the 2013 Nissan Altima - part 1

The transmission has failed prematurely. The car has stalled creating a dangerous situation. The vehicle will vibrate and pulls oddly at low speeds. A burning smell has now developed and I cannot drive the vehicle due to safety concerns. There are many many other Nissan Altima owners reporting the same issue and there needs to be a recall on the cvt transmission on my car.

Car jolts and shudders on the road intermittently. Very unsafe as car jolts forward on its own. Car stalls sometimes on the road. Extremely dangerous as you never know when it is going to happen. When you give a little gas, car will sometimes go normally or it will jolt forward like a clutch being let out even though its an automatic. Always happens while driving on the road. This has been an issue with 2013 Nissans and still they have not done a recall. Things that are this dangerous should be recalled because most people cannot pay 4000 dollars for a new transmission.

Stopped at a stop light. Made left turn car shuddered smoothed out and drove 1 mile and parked car for 30 minutes and got ready to move vehicle and shifted to reverse and engine stalled. Started engine put transmission in drive and engine stalled. Dealer say's transmission is bad and needs replaced.

I own a 2013 Nissan Altima purchased from my friend who originally purchased it from a Nissan dealership. The car's shown transmission issues 12th July 2020 when I was about to stop for a signal. The car was shuddering before coming to a full stop. Initially I thought it was a brake issue, naively thinking given that I experienced it when coming to a stop. But when I pressed gas after signal turned green, the car did not accelerate as it would do normally. I rode the vehicle for another 5 miles the next day and the problem continued to get worsened. Upon researching and finding that it is a transmission issue, I scheduled an appointment with Nissan dealership for July 15th morning. The car did not go in reverse at the beginning and I had to change the parking gear before I tried to reverse again. This time it slowly moved. When moving forward in roads, the car was not able to go beyond 20 mph and the rpm would go up and down when pressing gas. I barely managed to reach the dealership and they assessed the vehicle to have transmission issues. They told that the transmission needs to be replaced.

The contact owns a 2013 Nissan Altima. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle vibrated with a loud sound was coming from the front of the vehicle. In addition, the vehicle would not drive while in the reverse. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The cause of the failure was not determined. The local dealer and manufacturer were not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 111,000.

My transmission is slipping. . Car won't go in reverse or drive. Was driving then the car started shaking then stop moving. Check engine light is on.

The problem started a few months ago with an occasional shuddering of the car and surging of rpms. This typically happened when I accelerated over 60 mph, but also happened seemingly randomly when maintaining speed. Over the last 3 weeks, the shuddering became more violent, more frequent, and less related to accelerating, just happening generally when driving 45+ mph. One week ago, I was driving home from a work trip and the check engine light came on, the car became extremely loud when driving, and I was having trouble accelerating (5/30/2019). The code was p0841, transmission fluid pressure sensor/switch. After reading about the code online, I was hopeful that the repair would be minimal, maybe just draining and refilling tranny fluid or replacing the sensor/switch on the transmission. However, within 2 days I realized the car was undrivable and immediately took it to the transmission shop. The owner looked up Altima recalls and lawsuits, thought my car was covered by the extended warranty (unfortunately, my newer 2013 model was not), and did not touch it. On my drive to the Nissan dealer, I could barely accelerate, could not keep speed, the entire car was shaking violently, and the noise was extremely loud � which was very dangerous to myself and other drivers on the road. Given the diagnosis of near complete failure, I am fortunate it did not fail while driving. I brought it to the dealer for an official diagnosis, in order to have it in Nissan's system as backup for a formal complaint/class action lawsuit. After receiving an outrageous quote for a replacement transmission, I had the car towed back to the transmission shop for rebuilding (6/10/2019). The car is 6 years old, had a single previous owner, has lived in a garage, and has been well maintained.

My transmission is not working it has cause I as well as my fiance to have to miss work sometimes because of the cvt the car shakes and shutters and cuts off this happened to me while on the highway and my fiance where we could have been hit and ended up in a bad accident.

When I start my car and shift the gear from n (neutral) to d (drive), and then press the accelerator, the engine stops. My car stopped in the city signal and I was shocked. I turned on the emergency indicator immediately and somehow managed to accelerate and move the car to a safe place. Also when driving I am seeing fluctuation in acceleration. When at rest in signals, my car engine makes vibrations. I have driven my car only for 53000 miles but I am out of warranty by 4 months. I have clean carfax history. I have good driving record. I have done all the recommended services. Still I get this problem. The multi inspection check they do during every service is superficial at best. Its free of charge for a reason. I am not sure why Nissan doesn't admit this issue and fix this free of charge for customers. This has been a recurring issue with Nissan Altima 2013 and I am surprised there is no recall issued by Nissan.

While driving on city street, vehicle started to shudder and jerk eventually dying in the middle of the road while traveling with a toddler and wife in the car. Was lucky we were not hit by cars behind us and we managed to restart the car and steer away. Nissan dealership identified an issue with the transmission but were not able to reproduce the problem to provide evidence for claiming warranty. My car has 48. 450 miles on it and was purchased new in Nov 2012. Dealership returned the car asking me to come back when problem becomes more frequent. I am forced to drive a car with transmission issues and risking myself to an accident.

When coming to a red light on a one lane highway with a light. Light turned red, when coming to a stop, the car began shaking. I was behind another car and was afraid because the car was shuttering, jerkin, shaking so much I did not feel like I had control of the car. Once I stopped, the car engine shut off. The light turned green, but I was unable to move my car. When I tried to start the car, it would run in park, but when I put it in drive, it would stall out. I was stranded in the middle of an intersection. I could move by car by slight inches every time I restarted the engine and would stall out. Just enough to move the major of my car out of the intersection. Eventually, the battery died and I was towed to a local mechanic. This problem started the day before when I was going to work. I also, took my vehicle to the Nissan dealership I had bought the vehicle from months prior, because the car would shake and shut off when I came to complete stops at street light and stop signs. After, a diagnostic test I was told nothing was wrong. At that time, I was under warranty, I no longer am.

The transmission was working fine as we were running errands and all of a sudden the car would not go into gear. The car also began to shake and then stall. All this happened in minutes. The car was stuck in the middle of the street creating an unsafe position. We took the car to autozone after it would go into gear again and they pulled a diagnostic code of p0776. The code is transmission related. The car was driven on city streets that night.

As I was driving my 2013 Nissan Altima with 35k miles on it, I came to a stoplight at a busy intersection and my car cut off completely without any indication that something was wrong. I was not able to put my foot on the brakes, I could not move my steering wheel, it just cut off. I was able to cut my car back on, however whenever I shifted my gear into drive it cut off again. I had my car towed to the Nissan dealership, and they stated they could not find the issue but reprogrammed my cvt since there was a recall issued for my car. They determined that after driving it for 25 minutes that day and 25 minutes the next that the cvt reprogramming could have been the solution to the problem but to return it to the dealer if it happened again. 3 days later my car began shaking and stalling very roughly while in motion and again cut off in the middle of the road while in drive. This time my young son was in the car with me, and him and I could have both been harmed or caused an accident and harmed someone else. This is unacceptable that Nissan has not recalled these vehicles or the car has been returned to customers without a solution to the problem.

We purchased a used Nissan 2013 Altima approximately 2 months ago. We were driving westbound on interstate 71 between florence, kentucky and louisville, kentucky. The car had about 86,000 miles on it at the time of the incident. While driving the car seemed to vibrate and feel like it was missing or stalling. Frequently the tachometer would rev high without any change in acceleration. We stopped at a rest area just east of louisville. When we left the rest area to merge back on to I-71 we lost all acceleration and had to pull on to shoulder before being struck by an oncoming semi. The car jerked back into movement and we made it into louisville and onto I-64. The farther we went the less responsive the car got and we slowed to a maximum speed of about 30 miles an hour and had to pull onto the very narrow shoulder to get out of the heavy traffic. After letting the car sit for about 10 minutes we were able to get it moving again and after 2 more stops made it to corydon, indiana. At that point we rode in the other vehicle we were traveling with the rest of the way home then returned to corydon with a trailer to haul the Nissan home. We hauled the Nissan to a local transmission shop where the owner determined the cvt transmission pan was full of metal shavings and the transmission was deemed shot! subsequent to this happening we found out that Nissan had extended their power-train warranty from 60,000 to 120,000 miles on earlier models (through 2010), but not the 2013. We have encountered significant time lost, very significant expense, and were in danger of being rear-ended on the interstate when the car lost all acceleration.

I have owned a 2013 Nissan Altima for just over 3 years. The car had approximately 99,000 miles on it when the transmission died on me. I was making the short trip to home depot one day (approx. 3 weeks ago) when my Nissan Altima stalled in the middle of the street! I was at a traffic light when my car shuddered and then stalled in the middle of the busy intersection; thankfully it turned back over and I was able to continue my trip. After I finished my shopping at home depot I came to my car and tried to leave, the car started but would shutter and die as soon as I put it into drive or reverse. Eventually, I got the car towed to the closest dealership which was 40 mins away. At the dealership they told me that my transmission was shot and that it couldn't be fixed and had to be replaced. . . $4,500!!! despite there being a recall on the cvt which controls the 2nd pulley in the transmission, they told me that the cvt recall had nothing to do with my transmission dying. Eventhough, the recall itself states that failing to get the recall performed could cause damage; $4,500 contlstitutes serious enough damage to me! I contacted the Nissan America corporate office and they basically echoed what the dealership said and we're of no help.

Nissan cvt transmissions I always had the shaking and juddering problem after the Nissan cvt software recall the shaking and juddering got worse and know the dealer is telling me the valve in the cvt needs replacing after a month of the recall and after month my powertrain waranty expired the vehicle shakes while reversing or in dfive or in park or just idle.

My Nissan Altima 2013-only has 51,000 miles. I driving towards the gwb and was sitting on heavy traffic heading to the exit when my car started to vibrate and then shut off. All the light on my dashboard came on. I put the steer back to park. And restarted my car, it vibrated a little more when it shut off for the second time. I tried a final time to turn my car back on, which finally did not shut off and was able to drive to work. I was super scared as I was on a major highway, lucky for me it was heavy traffic and the other vehicles were driving slower than usual. This is not safe as I usually drive with my 6 year old with me. I got to work I looked up what had happened to me and there are tons of complains about the same issue with the transmission. I don't know why Nissan has not addressed this issue. I cannot say this car is reliable anymore. I called my dealership and taking the car in tomorrow. I am hoping they can change my transmission as I am still in warranty.

Since owning the Altima. The transmission "shutters and vibrates the car from a stopped position. If the car is parked and you start it put it in reverse or drive it will shake violently and shut off. It will not cause the check engine light to come on. The dealership has hooked it up to computer to fix and replaced a valve twice. Nissan refuses to replace transmission because no fault code is showing when taken to service department. Taken to dealership more than 6 times for this since owning it. It has shut off on them but Nissan still refuses to replace transmission.

My car has 46000 miles in it. Several times now while I am driving mostly when slowing down or starting again after being stopped the car shakes really bad and then dies. It is while driving. This is very dangerous and if it occurs while on the highway could be disasterous. There are many complaints about this. See the link here to other owners hacing the same problem. . Read more...

I recently purchased a Nissan Altima s from clay cooley March 2015 so I only had the car a year and some months and now the transmission is gone out I get my car serviced as I should and now this and no one wants to help clay cooley day I'm out of warranty due to miles over 24000 on the car and I'm stuck out to still fork out a 518 car payment it's not right I need help. I was leaving work my my car started vibration and started to decelerate and jerking like it was about to go dead I thought I had got some bad gas so I pulled over my car started jerking harder and cut off so I turned it back on and I shift it in reverse and it went dead so I cut it back on again and shift it in drive it cut off so I dit there for over an hour then I star it again and shifted it in drive and it didn't go dead I was able to drive home so the next day I went out to see if it would do it again and it didn't while driving my rpms went up high and my car made whining noise and started vibrations again and this time my check engine light came on so I was coming up to a light so I stopped but when I tried to drive it wouldn't move so I put the blinkers on and some guy came behind and pushed me over to the side and I say there for about hour and I started up and it moved so I went straight home and called around and explained what had happened so the man from amco told me to come down so I called for a tow and got towed there and he tested it and said that my transmission is bad and it's a cvt transmission do it cant be rebuilt it has to be replaced for as much as 4000 dollars.

On 7/1/16, while at a stop sign, my car shut off. I was able to restart the car, without hesitation. I drove 2 miles & the car started jerking. Once I let off the gas, while still driving down the road, my vehicle shut off again. I pulled over (luckily), restarted the car, once put into gear, it started jerking & shut off. My car is now at the dealer & I've been advised that I need a transmission. Now, back to the very beginning. . . . 12/30/2013, I was searching for a car, as I had totaled my ever-so-faithful Toyota camry. I went to Nissan to look at a used Altima. I got better financing on a brand new model, for which I'm writing this complaint about. I negotiated, come to a deal, and that was that. I did not purchase an extended warranty because I was buying a Nissan, a brand new Nissan. Anyway, very soon after, I noticed a vibration while my car was in idle, and more so while accelerating. I mentioned my concern numerous times to the service dept at Nissan, was told everything was normal. Eventually I got another opinion from another Nissan dealer, they shimmed my exhaust & replaced my alternator bracket, without resolving my problem. I was advised by their service manager that on 11/29/2013, my vehicles cvt transmission was replaced. One month before I purchased my brand new vehicle. I was never informed of this at the time of purchase, or I would've passed on this car. Now, at 62k miles, 2k miles over warranty, my transmission needs to be replaced. I find it strange that a 2 1/2 year old car is needing a 3rd transmission. My car has only been serviced at the dealer, I've complained of vibration at every service from day 1, now I'm expected to pay $4000 for an obviously defective cvt, which will only be a band-aide. This could result in an extremely unsafe situation & I just pray that Nissan does the right thing & corrects this issue, before it's too late.

Loud vibrating sound when depressing the accelerator at 40mph and 70mph. At low rpms to car also vibrates around 25mph. It also vibrates at 40mph and 70mph when pressing on the accelerator.

Tl- the contact owns a 2013 Nissan Altima. The contact stated that while driving at 15 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. In addition, on some occasions, the vehicle vibrated severely while idle. The failure recurred intermittently. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the continuously variable transmission had failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 69,000. Jo.

When I was driving my 2013 Nissan Altima on August 26, 2015 my car lost pressure and started to jerk, after almost being hit by other drivers, I was able to pull over and call for help. I tried to restart the car and it started up again and when I put the car in drive it shut off. I have made several reports to the service department at the dealership and no help. Finally, after experiencing the horrible deal on yesterday, the tech call to report that he tried to check the car on the machine and its wasn't given him a indication of anything being wrong with the car. He finally drove the car and it started acting up on him and stop and he saw that is was indeed the transmission gone bad. What is so sad about the situation is that I had be complaining about the car a week after I bought in. You could park on a hill and the car will vibrate really hard and I was told this was normal. Complaint after complaint after complaint. I am really terrified out my head to drive this car. I fear for my life and my children. All I can think of is the what if!.

Vehicle vibrates up through steering wheel at 2,000 rpm regardless of speed. Nissan dealer and Nissan USA, inc. Have come to the conclusion that this is a "characteristic" of the vehicle and that they do not intend to repair or address in any manner. This is despite comments by the technician at middletown Nissan of middletown, CT that he's never seen a Nissan Altima exhibit this much vibration before. I've stated that neither I or my wife feel safe in the car and are now concerned that a component of the vehicle could vibrate loose.

At approx. 25 mph or 1500 to 2000 rpm's there is a very noticeable vibration or shudder in the vehicle coming up through the steering wheel and the gas pedal. This also occurs around 60 mph and is very disturbing. Also sometimes when I am stopped for a stop sign, traffic signal etc. , when I step on the gas to move forward, there is no response for approx. 2 to 3 seconds. I was making a right turn once and the vehicle shot forward at a speed that is too dangerous for making the turn safely. I had the vehicle to the dealer on 2-25-15 and they said that the problem I am experiencing is normal for the cvt transmission and it adapts to the driver's habits. I didn't know if I should laugh or cry. I was told to differ my driving habits periodically to alter the transmission. I have been driving for 56 years of accident free days. Nissan has a complaint and has given me a case number. I thought I heard everything until I heard the above excuse. This vehicle is less than 2 years old and at this time has 21817 miles on the odometer. If this is normal, why didn't it do it when I purchased it new? Nissan modified the cvt transmission in the 2015 model, but won't do it in older models for cost reasons. This is totally insane to their customers. This transmission is going to get someone killed, or severely injured and then there will some serious law suits.

Extreme vibration in the front all the way to the seats at any speed above 20 mph. Took to the dealership three times. Laughed at each time. Was told it's the cvt and how it works. That is false as I have driven numerous vehicles including other Altimas with the cvt and the Nissan xtronic cvt. I have never driven a vehicle with so much vibration that concentrated. This is one of the numerous issues with this car. Good way to lose a loyal Nissan customer.

This card start shuddering and with enough vibration to shake the cabin dashboard. Vehicle start shuddering around: 20 / 40 / 55mph when rpm stay around 1500 -- 2000 rpm. With light accelaration, the car will shudder just like with a stick shift with 1 gear higher. Very annoying. Nissan dealer offer no help. First was replace a alternator, but after 10000 miles, it come back again. And the car still suddering with enough vibration to make you crazy and tire of it. The transmission should on a recall.

Occurrence has happened 8 times while driving. The vehicle shudders which leaves about 4 seconds of no throttle response. A loud noise is heard from the transmission area, the vehicle jerks hard and the rpms drop as well. Usually occurs when driving 25-35 mph while slowing down and/or turning.

Vehicle has a shudder when decelerating from 65 to 60. Has progressively been happening more often. In addition to the shudder at higher speeds, it now has started to shudder and lack response at lower speeds at random. The gas mileage has dropped at least 5 mpg since all of these issues started. I have taken to Nissan service twice for the same issue. Both times the problem "couldn't be duplicated" and there isn't a code that shows anything wrong on computer diagnostics. All searches for these issues in relation to a 2013 Nissan Altima 3. 5 sl, return numerous complaints about the same problems and no resolution. Current mileage is15,000. I have been told to keep all reports from service so if there is a problem later I have documentation that it has been an ongoing issue. It appears Nissan should get in front of this problem quickly as it is not leaving a good mark on their name to have such new vehicles with this drastic of a problem.

Car is vibrating when going 40 mph. Vibration also occurring after long drives and then coming to a stop. Car will shake. It is not happening all the time, but is nerve racking when it does. Intermittent issue with the key id not being recognized when entering the car when the doors are locked and you press the unlock button on the door handle. Or when getting into an unlocked car the key is not recognized. Lock the doors and auto start the car button on the key fob not starting the car. Happening on both key fobs. Headlights during long trip were dimming, then would brighten. This during a 6 hour drive. Gas mileage has dropped from 38. 4 mpg to 33. 1 mpg highway driving. Same issue with around town about 5 mpg drop. Mileage seems to differ when filling up car. Goes from over 600+ miles to around 580+ miles. Not sure why when you fill it all the way up the mileage is not the same. Tire pressure seems to differ. Not sure that is reliable reading.

Sporadically when starting car (from a cold start or after 2 hours) the rpms will do the normal going up then slowly down and then lower once in gear; however, once started to drive and stop the car will shake and appear to be trying to choke. . . . Took to service dept could not duplicate the problem and nothing is in the log. . . . . Took to dealership while problem occurring the mechanic felt the shaking and the big bump and said the idle rpms needed to be changed to higher level within 36 hours the car would do the same sporadic problem just at a higher rpm. . . . . . Took it to dealership again left overnight they did not find a problem stated everything is normal and the salesperson demo supposedly does the same thing (which it started normal).

First and foremost, this vehicle is not safe since the air bag light for the passenger has never worked. More than 6 times the dealer has tried to fix to no avail. I wont let passengers sit in the front for their safety. I always have them sit in the back. It looks like I am their employee/driver. Also a huge problem is the cvt transmission. It shudders, grumbles and the whole car vibrates intermittently. First the dealer said it was the alternator and replaced it, that didnt fix it so they said it was a bolt, that wasnt it, finally they just gave up and said they dont know and "they cant reproduce the problem" its all a scam. This car is defective.

Altima 2. 5l eng. Engine vibrations/cvt shuttering started approx. 3600 miles but has continually gotten worse with more miles (7000 mi 12/31/13). Vibrations felt at 1500-2000 rpm (enough to shake the dash components), then vibration goes away. Slight acceleration under load at 1500-2000 rpm and at any speed (20-30, 40-55, 72 mph) will result in vibrations (everytime). Had Nissan service writer ride with me, then he drove the vehicle and confirmed the vibrations. Said to return next week Jan 2014 to further document. Guess what, he said they haven't had this problem??? however, this problem has been reported to Nissan many times over this past year. I now believe this vibration is coming from the eng not from the cvt since I can feel the vibrations when the vehicle is stopped (in park or in neutral). Nissan has an engineering design problem they have been unable to resolve and fail to admit.

Turning right from a stop and as I was accelerating, had violent thunk and vibration in car with loss if acceleration for 1-2 seconds. Before and after that, consistently experience vibration/shudder and decreased acceleration at about 20mph when I let off the gas or don't continue with same level of acceleration.