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2008 Nissan ALTIMA Power Train Automatic Transmission Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	871620
Internal NHTSA #	10415187
Manufacurer	NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Brand	NISSAN
Model	ALTIMA
Model Year	2008
File date	22/07/11
Component	POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	I was driving my 2008 nissan altima from los angeles to las vegas. When i was about to cross the california line into nevada, my car started sounding like an electric vehicle. We lost speed and i tried shifting my cvt transmission into manual mode. The speeds would not change. After making an emergency stop. I put the car on reverse and then shifted to drive again. The car would move, but the speed would not change. As soon as i arrive to vegas, my car lost all speed and it wouldn't move in direct or reverse. Smoke started coming out of the car. I parked the car and turned it off. When i came back the next day to tow the car to the nearest nissan dealer, the car would turn on, the engine was working, but the dashboard would not turn on and the car would not move either in direct or reverse. I bought the nissan altima brand new from the buena park nissan dealer in california. The car has had all scheduled maintenance and i even took the car to get the transmission serviced at 48,000 miles. My car currently has 72,345 miles in it. When i took my car to the dealer in vegas, another person came in with the exact same issue under the same circumstances. Her vehicle had 75,000 miles and it had been serviced at the vegas dealer day prior to the transmission failing.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	72345
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	LONG BEACH, CA
VIN pattern	1N4AL21E58NXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
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Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
Number of cylinders	4
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Vehicle speed	65
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A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2008 Nissan ALTIMA Power Train Automatic Transmission Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2008 Nissan ALTIMA Power Train Automatic Transmission Problems, Complaints and Defects

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