Nissan Altima CVT Transmission Consumer Complaints and Failures
The Nissan Altima has been sold with a continuously variable transmission for close to twenty years, and the complaints owners file about it barely change from one generation of the car to the next. The shudder feels the same in a car built when the CVT was new as it does in one built last […]
Nissan Maxima CVT Transmission Complaints: What You Need to Know
Nissan built the Maxima around a transmission that never shifts, and for a while that was the selling point. It was a large comfortable sedan with a smooth V6 and none of the steps a normal automatic makes, and the continuously variable transmission inside it was chosen for exactly the quiet the car was sold […]
Nissan Engine Failure Lawsuit: What You Need to Know
The first warning is almost always a sound. A knock at cold start, a rattle that rises with the engine, a vibration through the seat that was not there a month ago in a Rogue or a QX50 that still looks new. The noise is only the opening, and owners describe what comes next the […]
Top Lemon Problems in the Nissan Sentra: What Owners Should Know
A Sentra is a car people pick with a calculator. You compared payments, checked the insurance, looked at the fuel economy, and this was the line on the page that let the rest of the month stay intact. It was never meant to be exciting, only cheap to own and quietly dependable. For a while […]
Nissan Titan and Frontier Transmission Complaints: What You Need to Know
A Titan owner and a Frontier owner do not usually have much in common. One bought a full-size V8 pickup for towing, the other bought a mid-size truck that fits in a normal parking space, and the two rarely end up reading the same page about the same complaint. They do here. Nissan put the […]
Nissan Murano CVT Transmission Complaints: What Owners Should Know
If your Murano shudders at freeway speed, or sits for two or three seconds before it will pull into traffic, you have probably already heard a number from the service advisor. That number is usually why an owner starts reading instead of just booking the appointment. From here there are three realistic moves and no […]
Common Nissan Pathfinder Problems: What You Should Know
Nissan has been putting the Pathfinder name on the back of an SUV for about four decades, and that name is the most consistent thing about it. What sits underneath has been swapped out more than once. Two people can both say they own a Pathfinder and be describing vehicles that share a badge and […]