Three problems related to vehicle shudder have been reported for the 2015 Nissan Pathfinder. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2015 Nissan Pathfinder based on all problems reported for the 2015 Pathfinder.
The vehicle shakes, jerks and shudders during acceleration at low speeds I. E. 20-40 mph. It feels like it stalls and then goes again. This happened in traffic on the freeway and on the freeway on ramp, in a roundabout and just turning or going through a light. After some research it appears it is the cvt transmission. The vehicle also has a very loud ac blower inside. It sounds like a jet engine when the fan is turned higher.
Transmission when pressing on the gas happens anytime at any speed, the whole car shakes and the vehicle doesn't want to speed up. Was merging onto highway and pressed on the acceleration just a little bit and the vehicle did not want to speed up. All it did for a few seconds was shake and shimmy the vehicle. Felt like the transmission was having issues. This started to happen at 30,000 miles with the vehicle that was just barely 2 years old. Brought to dealership and was told nothing is wrong with transmission but an outdated software for cvs trasnmisssion, they updated it and the vehicle has way higher rpms when you press the gas every so little and the transmission still does the same issu as before. Nissan still states nothing is wrong. I beg to differ when I'm getting on the interstate and the whole vehicle shakes and doesn't want to move and almost caused a crash by being hit when vehicle won't speed up but wants to shake and shimmy the entire vehicle for a few seconds then go is a safety issue!.
The car makes a loud shuddering noise and often will not accelerate.