Nissan Versa Note owners have reported 72 problems related to power train (under the power train category). The most recently reported issues are listed below. Also please check out the statistics and reliability analysis of Nissan Versa Note based on all problems reported for the Versa Note.
The transmissions are faulty. My original one broke at around 60k miles as I bought the car at 50k miles used. Then the refurbished one that was sent to replace it had shrapnel inside of it. The third one was put in my vehicle as a brand new transmission and broke within a month, the belt that is submerged in fluid was burned up. Then the fourth one was put in and within a year I am now getting this replaced again due to the same issue and this one was straight from Nissan brand new. On to transmission number 5. . . . .
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Tl-the contact just purchased a used 2017 Nissan versa. The contact stated that while driving on the highway at 40 mph during rush hour the vehicle stopped accelerating. The contact pressed the accelerator pedal down to the floor and the vehicle reeved up but would not move forward. The contact glided to the side of the road and stopped and restarted the vehicle and the it finally moved forward. This process happened six times before the contact finally made it to the exit ramp off the highway. The contact had to call the police to make a turn off the street. The vehicle was towed to the dealer atlanta best used cars 5141 buford hwy, peachtree corners, GA 30071 (770) 449-9711. The dealer was still in the process of diagnosing the issue and has not called back yet. The manufacturer had not been called yet. The failure mileage was 105,000. Tf.
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Purchased the car in August 2019 at 125,000 miles. By October 2019, the cvt transmission went out and will cost $4,400 to replace by Nissan. My 18yo niece was driving when the car failed to accelerate and it could've been detrimental or fatal for her. I looked it up and found there's an open class action lawsuit against Nissan for knowingly installing defective transmissions in their versas. How could they do this? are they waiting to see how many people are killed or injured while driving defective cars? it's not right. The worst thing is that Nissan's response to the suit is extending the warranty to 84,000 miles, which doesn't help me and many others in the same situation, instead of recalling and fixing the issue, which is what should be done! why punish people for mileage when the transmission was destined to fail from the beginning? this car is only 4 years old. It's ridiculous and wrong.
Nissan versa 1. 6 liter cvt transmition 119,800 miles transmition fail,dangerous to drive and hiway with this bad manufacture transmitions.
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Transmission pulls and tugs, sporadic acceleration/deceleration,.
I own a 2017 Nissan Versa Note and the cvt transmission feels sluggish and acts as if it is slipping. It revs up high but does not accelerate quickly. Then the car catches up and begins to pick up speed. I must accelerate hard to get up to highway speed and the engine sounds as if it is accelerating than decelerating. I get the same problem when accelerating from a stop light in city traffic. I believe this cvt has had recalls on it but I don't see any on my particular vehicle.
Brought this car used from a used car dealer in lilburn, GA for my college age daughter to get back and forth to school/work. While she was driving, the check engine light came on, I took the car to Nissan south in morrow, GA for a diagnostic test and was told that the car needs a new transmission, that it would cost $3861. 00 plus tax. I'm now finding that the cvt transmissions on these cars are crap! and Nissan USA corp is aware of the problem. Nissan opened a case for the car, we received a call from joshua w/Nissan customer care and was told there was nothing they could do about the car (even though the mileage is under 100k). Why is Nissan able to profit off of consumers while selling a knowingly defective product? why hasn't the NHTSA stopped Nissan from selling this vehicle? I will never buy another Nissan again, ever!!!!.
Transmission went out at 70012 miles.
I was going on to the highway and I was trying to go fast to move in to on going traffic and my car wouldn't move faster and started making this weird sound like a chugging noise along with a scrape sound every time I put my foot on the gas.
When driving on I-65 south in columbia, TN, the vehicle lost power and would not go above 60 mph with the rpm revving to 5. This happened suddenly and without warning and almost caused an accident. Thankfully the vehicle behind me was able to move over to the other lane.
My vehicle is at 95,000 miles, and the rpm has begun fluctuating when it shouldnt be. At idle power, it tends to stay around 1,500-1,800 rpm when it should be between 700-1,300 rpm. On the road, and on the highway, the rpm bounces erratically, and the automatic cvt transmission shifts considerably hard between gears when my speed drifts between 25-45 mph and sometimes near highway speed. Harder than it used to. I have to apply extra braking to stop my car when at stop signs or traffic lights or parking. Turning does fine, though the engine drives harder than it should due to the higher rpms. I have been looking up what causes this, and everyone and everything says my transmission is going out. Automatic transmissions shouldn't be failing before 100,000 miles. This has been happening to loads of other people who own Nissans with cvt transmissions. And I believe an investigatiom by the NHTSA is warranted. As well as a recall by Nissan to fix this issue that has apparantly been going on for a few years.
Around 65,000 miles I started having an issue with the ctv / automatic transmission. The car sometimes jerks/shakes as I accelerate and takes longer than it used to to speed up. This has put me in immediate danger several times - for example, switching lanes on the highway, I can no longer be certain that I will switch lanes in time for the other cars not to hit me. I took this car to a mechanic who said it may be my transmission fluid - I got the fluid changed in an official Nissan shop in norwell, MA. The issue was not resolved - and when I called the Nissan shop again, they said if the engine light is not on, there is no problem. The issue has not resolved and they do not want to help.
Car was studdering. Gradually got worse . Would hesitate when pulling into traffic from a stop dont know how many times I have almost gotten t- boned. Now transmission is completely blown. Paid 12k for a car sitting in my driveway because I dont have a few grand laying around.
While driving vehicle on parkway it started losing power. As I was driving, the engine would rev but it would not pick up speed. Then as I was driving up the hill to my house the car stopped moving, but it was still on. Now the car jerks as ur driving and will not pick up speed.
Was driving the car in on busy street the transmission started not changing and was wizzing would not pickup speed then it just stopped in middle of traffic.
The transmission does want to change from fist to second , very high rpms and I have too let off the gas and it changes but not very smooth.
It has a hard time shifting. It goes up to almost 6 rpm's before it shifts. Please let me know if this is normal. You can call me at 228-861-3818 my name is carolyn seeley.
Tl the contact rented a 2018 Nissan Versa Note. While driving approximately 5 mph and attempting to turn, the vehicle shifted into reverse on its own. The vehicle struck a wall and damaged the rear of the vehicle. A police report was not filed and there were no injuries. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The rental company had the vehicle repaired. The contact mentioned that a strong odor of fuel was present inside the cabin while the vehicle was rented. The approximate failure mileage was 15,058.
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This vehicle was bought for my college-aged daughter to drive to work and school. She was stranded in north carolina when the car failed to accelerate, the engine revved high and the car "just died. " I managed to get it back to tennessee and drove it myself. While turning left across traffic, the car did not accelerate at all. If it had been a busy time of day, the results could have been catastrophic for my family. I had my mechanic of 30 years look at the car, he says it needs a new transmission. "might can drive it for a while but I wouldn't let your daughter get in it. " this car is only 4 years old and needs a new transmission??? plus it is a death trap for my daughter who is a young driver? I need some advice for this please.
This vehicle went from 60 mph to less than 30 with the rpms over 5000 on the robert f kennedy bridge. If it wasn't for the fast thinking person behind her this would've resulted in a major accident. She was not able to go over 30 with the rpms over 5000 all the way to long island. Took it to the Nissan dealer and it is the cvt transmission she needs a new transmission her vehicle is less than two years old that she has had it she bought it with 51,000 miles on it it now has 75,100 miles on it the dealer will not take responsibility for the bad transmission they want us to pay over $2000 to fix. They will not stand by their product and fix it and less we come up with $2000 this is a known problem with Nissan and there's cvt transmissions can you help the car is still sitting at Nissan because we do not have the money nor would we expecting to have to come up with this large sum.
Car has a little less than 35000 miles. The car has terrible problems engaging any gear. Transmission is wasted. I was going to cambria from orange county. I felt the car a little weird arriving in cambria, but it still ruined. As I was coming to orange county, the car abandoned me in the freeway. I had to take it off the highway and drive through streets to my house. Car is broken.
Transmisi�n is failing. I report for extended warranty with carmax, they state to make a report since supposedly warranty had expired.
Transmission went out at 93492 on 03/26/2018 costing me $3749. 74.
I have a large lag when I hit the accelerator pedal and I have a fuel issue in the tank that I was to get a repair notice on. Trouble filling the tank.
I bought this car with 36,00, thousand miles. After 20,000 miles I had enough. Too many problems, ps light (indicating steering wheel problem) on the panel for no reason and Nissan charged me for that. I changed the right axle, and now I'm going to have to change left axle for the same reason (no explanation from Nissan, only that the part is not working properly and making noises). Problem number three, last week my car started doing a loud noise, and today I discovered that I'm going to have to change all the catalytic system (almost a thousand dollars for that).
When your hand is resting on the stick shift,and you accelerate. The shifter moves back and forth. I have owned manual transmissions all my life this does not feel right. It does it all the time. Took it back to dealer they said nothing wrong ,it is a cvt trans. It feels loose to me.
Intermittant shudder, vibration when accelerating. Vehicle has 45,000 miles on it; this started probably at about 37,000 miles, within the last year. Bought it new fall 2013. Have mentioned it to krenzen motors in duluth, mn. They have test driven it but have not felt the shudder. Have told them about the problem at least twice when I've had the car in for oil changes. They told me the transmission warranty is 60,000 miles or 5 years, whichever comes first. I've really liked the car and have had only a few other minor problems. However, I'm beginning to feel unsure about driving the car, especially out of town. My son had a similar transmission problem with his 2010 Nissan including lack of acceleration. They traded the car right away.
Cvt started slipping as seen by tachometer jumping up and hearing the engine rev up as I went up a small hill (much like if I had a clutch to push in on a regular transmission) later that day on the way home on the interstate on level road did the same thing. Pulling up a small hill as I proceed to the dealership and giving it gas to get up that hill, cvt made a very loud 'thump' (like I popped the clutch). Car is not safe to drive now. Car has only 51,000 miles on it.
While using the air conditioning compressor (a/c, defroster) the car while at a stop, or while driving at slow speeds under 10 m. P. H. Will cause the car to surge forward unexpectedly. I can have my foot firmly pressing the brake pedal down, and can feel the vehicle struggling to move forward against me. Anyone with size 10 shoe and above (men) foot becomes trapped in accelerator area. Cruise control constantly fails to hold proper speeds, and varies from 10 mph + or - above intended speed while on a flat non incline surface.
2014 Nissan Versa Note with 9501 miles at time of last incident. When the problem occurs the car shifts rough at low speeds (10 mph) to medium speeds (45 mph). While the car is shifting rough the rpms of the engine maintains a normal flux in rpm but nothing drastic like an engine that is struggling to stay running. Once the car comes out of the rough shifting then the car quickly stalls. When the car stalls it does not spit and sputter like a car having problems running. This has happened 3 times within the 9501 mile that we have driven the car. This has happened at 45 mph while driving in traffic and while moving through a parking lot at about 10 mph back to back within a min of each stalling at about 10 mph. The owners manual says to use at least 87 aki and the lowest rating in our state is 87. We have always used at least the low grade and at times used mid-grade 89. Nissan dealership only suggestion is to use premium gas.
Car surges forward after stopping. Its like the transmission has jumped forward. If your foot isn't firmly on the brake, it could hit a car in front. It does it almost all the time. Windshield washers aim very low, with no adjustment to raise them up.
Shift hard from park.
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The cvt will shift into a lower gear while stopped with constant brake pressure. 3 to 10 seconds after a complete stop. This "lower shifting" causes the car to move forward without the knowledge of the driver should the driver think he/she is stopped and performing other normal tasks (I. E setting navigation or radio,) this has the possibility of causing vehicle damage or pedestrian injury; without the knowledge of the driver. I can easily make a video of this problem available.
Pulling away from a toll booth on I-80, car would not accelerate. Check engine light. Towed to dealer at owner's expense, pulled tran codes p0500, p1574, p1715, p1720 and p0720. Only had car for 5 days. After 17 days at dealer, replaced 2 sensors, 31935-1xf00 sensor asmy-rev (n/c) 1 31935-1xf01 sensor asmy-rev at recommendation of Nissan tech line. Dealer was unable to replicate the problem prior to repair. This was a life threatening occurrence, car would not accelerate while pulling into traffic.