Transmission Solenoid problems of the 2017 Nissan Altima

Six problems related to transmission solenoid have been reported for the 2017 Nissan Altima. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2017 Nissan Altima based on all problems reported for the 2017 Altima.

1 Transmission Solenoid problem

Failure Date: 12/29/2020

The issue happened multiple times but seems to happen more, the longer the vehicle is running. The first time I was waiting in a parking lot with the air condition running. I was leaving the parking lot and the vehicle paused and lost accelertion power for a few seconds and started going. I though it was an issue with the air condition so I turned off the air condition to see if it would happen again. When I got to a stop light and started to accelerate it paused again then accelerated. The pause seems to be from 5 to 10 seconds before the car would move. The longer the car was running the more it happened. At this time the check engine light was not on. On shorter distances the problem would not start but on long distances or on acceleration, the pause would continue. Finally the check engine light came on and I went to auto zone to get the code checked. It was a p0776 code,"pressure control solenoid b performance or stuck off" . I finally took it to the dealership to get the issue checked and they stated that the transmission would need to be replaced for $6000 on a 3 year old car with only 74000 miles. Problems 1. Lost acceleration for a few seconds before the vehicle will accelerate again 2. Completely lost acceleration and could not move and a hill. 3. Lost acceleration on the freeway and barely made to the side to turn off the car. Seeing the issues for the Nissan Altima and the complaints about the transmission, Nissan needs to take responsibility for a transmission they know has problems and repair the issue. They updated the warranty up to 2016 but not the 2017 or 2018 models that still have issues, using the same transmission as the 2016 models. I will not be buying another Nissan again because of their knowledge of the issue and not correcting it.

2 Transmission Solenoid problem

Failure Date: 11/07/2020

When I was driving my car and stopping at a traffic light and when I would start to drive again the car at times has a problem with acceleration and all of suddenly the check engine light came on I scanned the engine code and it showed a po 776 transmission pressure control solenoid b performance or stuck off the car would not move but when I turned it off after 10 minutes rest the car will start to drive again but with very slow acceleration and the rpm was very high when the car was only moving at 20 mph, my understanding is that this happens to a lot of the cars owners but these Nissan cars Nissan should fix the problems with the transmission they built know full well that these transmissions are no good ,currently there's no recalls on the 2017 Nissan Altima sv with this issue I will never buy another Nissan again till they fix the transmission problems costing the customers money and not fixing the problems with their bad transmission that they know about shame on Nissan the trash vehicles of the century only good for a short time then it junk afterwards.

3 Transmission Solenoid problem

Failure Date: 06/24/2020

The solenoid in the transmission responsible for shifting went bad at 67,000 miles and the valve body had to be replaced in the transmission. I was driving and when it was needing to maintain the speed without gas or brake applied it would jump between gears without reason and felt like a shudder as I was driving it.

4 Transmission Solenoid problem

Failure Date: 02/08/2020

When trying to accelerate, the car will hesitate to gain power from a stop position. Sometimes the rpms will ramp up without me pressing hard on the gas peddle. I have taken it to advance auto and the code that comes up is p0776 pressure control solenoid. The dealership says that the warranty is expired but I've only had this car for 7 months. And I'm sure others are having this issues if not now very soon. Customer will very much soon be very pissed off after 7 months of having their vehicle or when the transmission hits 60k. At this point I don't know what to do and this has been a nightmare and I feel like it was a mistake getting this car.

5 Transmission Solenoid problem

Failure Date: 02/07/2020

When driving the vehicle will make a vibration noise, loses power. Absolutely no throttle response. Almost like getting no fuel, but you can hear the engine revving and vehicle will not move. Then all of the sudden it will start to move slowly. Then it will go. This process will repeat over and over. Until stop and turn the car off. When you come back it acts fine. Then starts over once driven a while. This happen when city driving or highway. I finally got a light to come on after several months of driving this way. Check engine code p0776 pressure control solenoid. That's in the transmission. Dealer says its not covered even though there have been complaints and recalls on other Nissan models with cvt transmissions.

6 Transmission Solenoid problem

Failure Date: 12/01/2019

=tl-the contact owns a 2017 Nissan sentra. The contact stated that the transmission failed when driving at various speed the vehicle decelerates and fails to gain acceleration after a complete stop the transmissio jerks, and slip. The contact statd the when the engine is shut off the vehicle transmisstion regains normal function. Acceleration. The contact also stated there was no warning lights before, during or after the failure occurred. The vehicle was taken to two unknown Nissan dealers to have a diagnostic performed that was unable to locate a failure code for the transmission failure. The contact stated that the vehicle was also taken to a transmission specialist that was able to locate a check engine light code p0776 the electronic pressure control solenoid failed and the transmission needed to be replaced. The transmission was not replaced. The manfuacturer was contacted. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 49,000. Li.




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