general problems of the 2013 Nissan Pathfinder - part 2

The transmission is shuddering and bucking. After numerous research it appears this is a common issue and should be made a recall by Nissan. To repair this issue it will cost more than what the vehicle is worth.

The contact owns a 2013 Nissan Pathfinder. The contact stated when she attempted to bring the vehicle up to any speed the vehicle hesitates and jerks into gear. The contact stated that the "check engine" warning light was illuminated. The contact had taken the vehicle to an independent mechanic, who diagnosed the vehicle with a "cvt judder. " the contact stated that she researched online and related the failure to NHTSA campaign number: 14v142000 (power train). The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was 138,397.

When accelerating there is a judder. It only happens when accelerating.

Car starts high rev and barely wants to move. Then check engine light comes on diagnoses code cvt solenoids stuck.

The contact owns a 2013 Nissan Pathfinder. The contact stated while driving 70 mph, when the vehicle seized. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The contact was able to park on the side of the road. The vehicle was not drivable. The contact towed the vehicle to independent mechanic and was informed the transmission was needing to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact called the local dealer and made them aware of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. Upon investigation, the contact associated the failure with NHTSA campaign number: 14v142000 (power train), however the VIN was not included. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 230,000.

Was driving around yesterday when the vehicle started acting funny. When you put it into reverse, the vehicle would not recognize the shift immediately, and would instead make a hard jerk when the vehicle did go into gear. Similarly happened putting the vehicle into drive as well. Vehicle also is shuddering on acceleration. Went to a local part store to check it out, and ended up being code p17f0 with no immediate remedy available from Nissan.

I have been experiencing the transmission shutter and jitter on the highway going to work and sometimes I lose speed which causes me to slow down to less than posted highway speeds in order to exit off the highway. The shudder judder that occurs happens intermittent and there are times when I feel that when I try to accelerate on the highway, the pedal does not react to my input into the gas. Not sure if it is a safety thing but the dealership visit that I had at classic Nissan of texoma in denison texas in April I was told that the shudder and judder was supposed to be fixed by an electronic update by Nissan. There continue to be tons of issues with not just this model year but others based on the cvt transmission in these cars and the manufacturer needs to do something about it now before someone gets seriously hurt. I've had a few close calls which is why I decided to research and report with you because I feel the dealership or the manufacturer are not listening loud and clear to the owners of these cars such as myself.

Im one of the couple thousands around the us and canada having a cvt transmission problems in a Nissan vehicle. Vehicle started having issues around 80k miles. Now still having issues with 120k vehicle looks brand new still. Cvt issues on my 13 Pathfinder are having a very aggressive vibration at low speed to mid speed. Nissan was told at several dealerships about the issue. They said. Nothing they can’t do because of vehicle has no recalls.

Gear selector will not shift out of park with the brake pedal depressed requiring the use of the manual override switch to shift the car into gear.

From time to time it will not shift out of park.

Accelerating from a stop, or increasing speed from a turn, the car sputters, power fluctuates, and sometimes it vibrates and feels like I am driving over a grid. Shifting is rough while driving, and the car sometimes feels like it's going to stall, or like I'm driving a standard transmission and I've left off the clutch too soon. The problem has been ongoing and started inconsistently.

The contact’s niece owns a 2013 Nissan Pathfinder. The contact stated that while his niece was driving at various speeds, the transmission hesitated, and the vehicle stalled. No warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle became inoperable and was towed to the residence. The vehicle was then towed to a local dealer, where it was diagnosed that the continuously variable transmission (cvt) needed to be replaced. The contact was made aware that the warranty had expired, and the vehicle remained at the dealer awaiting the repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.

My warranty ended at 80,000 and my transmission went out on me at 83,000. Warranty ended July 2020 but I was not notified of such information. I have purchased two vehicles from Nissan and I will not purchase another one due to this matter. B/c Nissan will not cover it and wants $6,500 to replace it with a use transmission. They have lost it.

Tl- the contact owns a 2013 Nissan Pathfinder. The contact stated that while stationary and in the p park position, her vehicle suddenly began to roll backwards as she standing outside of the driver side door. The vehicle had rolled over the contact's left foot and suddenly came to a stop after rolling a few feet. An ambulance was called to the scene and the contact was treated for a broken left foot, a broken ankle and bruising to left knee. As a result, the contact had to have surgery on her left foot. The dealer nor the manufacturer had yet to be notified of the failure. The vehicle had yet to be serviced or diagnosed for the failure. The failure mileage was unknown. Jo.

Hood flutters going down the highway. Has been previously adjusted under safety recall. Not repaired completely by dealership. Cvt transmission judder. Has been reprogrammed by dealership, did not repair problem. Bands now slipping and out of mileage warranty. Occupant sensor for airbag previously repaired by dealership. Still does not work. Replaced cushion. Still not repaired. Dealership refuses to repair. Liftgate scratches roof when opening. Dealership said the liftgate has a code. Brandon Nissan in brandon florida. Will not repair any of the technical service bulletins on this vehicle.

The contact owns a 2013 Nissan Pathfinder. The contact stated she was starting the ignition but was unable to shift gears out of park. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was not drivable. The contact towed the vehicle to an independent mechanic and was informed that the transmission needed to be replaced. Upon investigation, the contact associated the failure with NHTSA campaign number: 14v142000 (power train) however, the VIN was not included. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure and referred her to the local dealer to diagnose the vehicle. The contact towed the vehicle to the local dealer, where it was diagnosed with needing the transmission to be replaced and for several recall repairs to be performed on the vehicle. The contact was informed that NHTSA campaign number: 14v142000 (power train) was not performed. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 152,000.

The contact owns a 2013 Nissan Pathfinder. The contact stated while driving 30 mph, the vehicle hesitated with the 4 wheel drive warning light illuminated. The contact pulled off the roadway and waited approximately 10-15 minutes before resuming driving to the residence. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to exceed 15 mph. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic however; the mechanic was unable to provide a cause for the failure. The vehicle was then taken to destination Nissan located at 770 central Ave, albany, NY 12206, where the mechanic diagnosed the vehicle and determined that the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact associated the failure with NHTSA campaign number: 14v142000 (power train) however, the VIN was not included. The manufacturer was informed of failure. The failure mileage was 170,000.

Vehicle loses acceleration when driving, and even with full gas pedal doesn't pickup speed. This is very unsafe when driving and prone to causing accident or death risk. The dealer couldn't trace the issue after performing standard diagnostics. This issue is happening very frequently, with no remediation or resolution by dealers. This same vehicle has brakelight issues. The brakelights stay even though no brakes are in use and/or vehicle is parked. The brake and acceleration has to be pressed frustrating number of times before they turn-off. This issue may potentially cause on-road accident risk or drain the battery. There is no error message nor diagnostic displayed in teh vehicle.

Tl- the contact owns a 2013 Nissan Pathfinder. The contact stated while driving 50 mph, when the vehicle began to forcefully shake. The contact stated she was able to park on the side of the road and then the check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was not drivable. The vehicle was towed to local dealer route 22 Nissan located at 56 us-22, hillside, NJ 07205, (855) 586-9766, where it was diagnosed with needing transmission on be replaced. The vehicle has not been repaired as of yet. The manufacturer had been informed of failure and filed a complaint (number: 38348755). The failure mileage was 119,000. Dp.

When accelerating you can feel it vibrate or hesitation . This is the second time I have had this issue with it. The cvt transmission has been replaced once at 15, 000 miles. Now that it is not under warranty, Nissan will not fix or replace, even though I have had this problem before.

Defects shifter assembly, cvt transmission, brakes, kraft Nissan invoice 317628 12-13-2019. Aamco blu steel automotive repair order j004629 transmission cvt, dtc p1 cvt judder, b2603 shift position, hvac sun load sensor.

Sometimes stays in park and I have to try for minutes to move to th letter d . T his happens maybe twice a week for 3 months already.

Tl the contact owns a 2013 Nissan Pathfinder. The contact received a notice regarding an unknown manufacturer recall. The notice stated that there was a class action lawsuit that granted her a free repair for the vehicle's transmission and catalytic converter. The contact drove to carriage Nissan (2400 browns bridge rd, gainesville, GA 30504, 678-944-8663) to have the vehicle serviced and was informed that there were no failures associated with the vehicle; therefore, the recall did not apply. While driving 50 mph, the check engine warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the transmission needed to be replaced. The contact was also informed that she no longer qualified for the manufacturer recall and would have to pay out of pocket for the repairs. The manufacturer was contacted and stated the same thing as the dealer. No further assistance was offered. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 90,410.

While the vehicle is in motion if randomly becomes unresponsive to the gas pedal being pressed to engage the engine and continue moving forward. The vehicle doesn't shut down, the engine is still running, however, it doesn't respond when the gas pedal is engaged to accelerate. This occurs while driving on city streets and highway. The safety concern is when the vehicle is moving with traffic and doesn't respond to the gas pedal the vehicle begins to slow down and may cause an accident. The most recent episode occurred this afternoon (7/1/2019) while driving to the servicing dealership for a scheduled oil change. My wife merged to the left lane (also the passing line) in order to get off the left side exit to the dealership. The vehicle became did not respond to the gas pedal and slowed down to 45 mph nearly causing an accident because traffic on the left lane was moving approximately 65-70 mph. My 2 young children were in the vehicle at the time as they are most of the time when the vehicle doesn't respond to the gas pedal being pressed. We've had the vehicle diagnosed by the local Nissan dealership (crowley Nissan) and they've found nothing wrong with the vehicle. We were told that's how the cvt transmission is supposed to work ( it's not supposed to potentially kill you and your family). I've done some research on the web for similar issues and there are many Nissan Pathfinder experiencing the same concern. I also contacted Nissan of north America to express the concern and they had no resolution, the representative also said they can not take website input, or blogs of customer expressing concerns with their vehicle. The only suggestion is the take it to the dealership and have them diagnose the problem, but the dealership tells us they need a trouble code from the system that's failing. When this occurs no trouble code comes up, so, we're going around in circles.

Brake lights found to be staying on while car was parked in the garage, this causes the engine to reduce power potentially causing an accident if it reduces power while driving, or by following vehicle thinking that you are braking when you are trying to accelerate.

Since 2014 we have replaced 5 transmissions and 4 of these have been in the last month . The first one was a recall . I am wondering how many times will they continue to work this issue before they fix it or take the vic as a loss due to this issue never being handled. This is our family car and I cannot consider selling it or trading it in if it keeps breaking. Nissian has said they replaced this with a new transmission multiple times but how does the same new transmission keep breaking . I need answers .

Vehicle transmission is not functioning as it should causing the vehicle to stop accelerating while driving.

Engine light came on, took it to my repair shop to run a computer check. It came back with the cvt p17f1 transmission code. Nothing has happened yet, the light came on yesterday, taken in today to get it checked out. My repair place said they saw where Nissan had a recall on my type or Pathfinder years 2013-2015 but when I looked up my truck with the VIN, it says no recall on my vehicle. I'm trying to see why my vehicle doesn't have a recall on the transmission?.

Around 90k miles I began to feel a slight vibration when accelerating. Now that my extended certified pre owned warranty is out, it ran out at 100k and I currently have 105k miles on it, the vibration has become more noticable affecting acceleration . Upon reviewing many complaints online I feel like I am having same issue. The cvt transmission. It used to accelerate fairly smooth but now vibrates, if you release the gas some and reapply the gas, it seems to help it smooth it out. Smooths out over 60 miles and runs pretty smooth. So problem occurs during acceleration between 15 to 45 miles per hour.

Tl the contact owns a 2013 Nissan Pathfinder. The contact stated that the rear brake lights remained illuminated at all times. There were no warning indicators illuminated. In addition, when the vehicle was in park, the gear shifter independently shifted out of park. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or an independent mechanic for diagnostic testing or repairs. The manufacturer was notified of the failures and informed the contact that the VIN was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 16v380000 (exterior lighting). The approximate failure mileage was 98,000.

Cvt transmission replaced 5/2016, accident- 6/21/2018 unable to stop hitting an animal. Replaced for 2nd time 8/2018 told 7/2019 needs replaced for 3rd time told 11/2018 by Nissan dealer not transmission. Going uphills or getting on highway ramp accelerating sudden deceleration imposing serious safety threat that another driver will hit into me. If vehicle will not accelerate fast enough a risk of highway accident/accidents.

Jerking motion an slipping when accelerating from stop. Also jerking will driving.

On 08/16/2016 I purchased a motor vehicle from star Nissan located at 5757 w. Touhy Ave. , niles, IL 60714 (2013 Nissan Pathfinder SUV VIN). On October of 2016 I was driving in the express way going 60mph and my vehicle suddenly stopped accelerating and came to a complete stop while I had other vehicle passing me by at 60+ mph. I had to pull to the side to avoid getting hit in the rear. The vehicle finally took off but not without jerking and rattling noises. I immediately came off the express way. I took the vehicle to star Nissan and they admitted my car on 10/22/2016. I was contacted by Nissan and was told that they replicated the problem and the cvt would need to be changed and everything should be fine. The changes were made and on 10/28/2016 I received the vehicle back. My vehicle has been back to the dealer on 11/12/2016, 11/16/2016, 04/22/2017, 07/12/2017 7/28/2017 with the same symptoms and the problem has never been rectified. On 07/01/2017 my vehicle was driven by a� Nissan service technician for 237 miles in order to replicate the problem again. They were successful but now stated that the problem was a relay light. They gave me the vehicle back on 07/06/2017. My vehicle was admitted again on 07/25/2017 with the same problems. The technician had to drive my vehicle 344 miles to replicate the symptoms once again. However my vehicle was admitted until 08/17/2017. The Nissan consumer affairs office sent out an engineer who made recommendations. The recommendation was to remove brake light relay and replace brake switch. I was given the vehicle back and the problems has persist. On 11/13/2017 my car jerked and came to a stop in the middle of a busy intersection this has been a nightmare and I have almost been a part of an accident on several occasion due to this problem. I am now car-less because this vehicle is not safe to drive.

Seal on transmission leak and can not get out of park.

Intermit - vehicle fails to accelerate after depressing gas pedal. After releasing the gas pedal - intermit operation still present. This issue occurred when the vehicle was in motion on local streets, parking lots and highways. Current speed of vehicle does not appear to be factor, only when trying to accelerate.