general problems of the 2012 Nissan Cube

I own a 2012 Nissan Cube with 80,000 miles on it. My teenager was driving the car when it stalled out on her and would not accelerate. It eventually caught enough to accelerate and the service engine light came on. Took it in to the dealership and the transmission needs to be replaced. It is an internal failure of several sensors on the cvt transmission. I have read online at multiple sites that this is a largely occurring incident with Nissan and these models. A transmission should not fail at 80,000 miles! it is a dangerous occurrence that can cause serious injury to the driver if on an interstate or otherwise busy highway (we live in a metropolitan city). This needs to be investigated, as Nissan is not offering any warnings, recalls or assistance to the problem.

When driving on the interstate during warm weather, you will go to acceralate to only be met with the lose of power and your speed will drop from 70 to 20 without warning. The dash does not light a warning and you must hit your hazard flashers quickly and hope the cars behind you brake in time. You then must move to the shoulder of the road with the vehicle "sputtering" to do 20 mph on a roadway with 60 plus mph traffic. I have spoken to Nissan corp. , and two dealership concerning this issue with all stating they did not know the cause. After much research and from dealing with this issue since 10,000 miles, I feel that Nissan is aware of the issues and have not properly made the necessary steps to correct the issue. The issue is the transmission cooler is not working properly. When the temperature is below 65 degrees, I do not have any issues driving the same routes and at the same speeds. When the temperatures outside are in the upper 70's I can drive 270 miles before the issue occurs. With temperatures in the low 80's, it will occur within 100 miles. I will no longer travel over 50 miles when temperatures reach the 90's. I had the transmission fluid changed at 30 and 60, and 90 thousand miles. The dealership then told me at 120,000 that it was not due till 150,000 miles per the owner's manual. I am now at 140,000 and cannot drive over 50 miles if the weather is too hot.

On February 10th, after the car warmed up for 20 minutes, the car's rpm's would jump by 500 every few seconds. I brought the car in (dealership where I bought it) to have it looked at and showed them a video I had taken of it happening at 60 mph and 70 mph. Since no warning lights were lit up on the dash, they said it was fine. On February 16th, the car behaved as though the overdrive was off and I headed to the dealership. Before reaching the dealership, the car would not accelerate and I was stuck. The car was shut off and after 5 minutes I was able to restart it and continue. They later told me the entire transmission needed to be replaced. . Read more...