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2012 Nissan ALTIMA Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1354496
Internal NHTSA #	10950055
Manufacurer	Nissan North America, Inc.
Brand	NISSAN
Model	ALTIMA
Model Year	2012
File date	04/02/17
Component	POWER TRAIN
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	Driving vehicle at time of transmission failure. Have a 2012 nissan 2. 5l altima with recent extended warranty that just expired. (of course). I have been dealing with the car and its hesitation and chugging issues since october 2015. I brought car into the dealership and on three separate occasions concerned about the performance of the vehicle. First time in shop i was told that the scope showed no warning codes and recommendation was to complete the 100,000 mile maintenance of flushing transmission and spark plug replacement, which was done and car seems to ruin ok... For a few days. Then same issues. We took a trip to colorado from minnesota and the problem with hesitation and chugging with automatic gear shifting. I took the car back in and again in december with technician now driving the car was told nothing was showing up. Car continued to get worse with now no acceleration, so i took it in a week ago when the car was showing alot more signs of something wrong, and technician drove with me in the car and stated to service manager that he didn't experience anything that indicated an issue. The next day, of course on a saturday, the car would not go over 5 miles an hour and created almost a massive accident on local city street. I immediately took it in to the dealership and was finally given the news (which i knew all the time) that codes where indicating a transmission failure and unfortunately was in need of a new transmission! Cost $3,900 and some change!!! That's when i started researching and saw this problem dated back to 2008 with nissan products. Nissan did settle on a class action suit by providing car owners an extended warranty, yet knowingly, they continued to manufacture cars with the same transmission! I am outraged that dealers continue to sell these cars.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	20
Number of Occurences
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	EAGLE LAKE, MN
VIN pattern	1N4AL2AP2CCXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
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Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	5
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What is Recall?
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.
What is Failure?
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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2012 Nissan ALTIMA Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2012 Nissan ALTIMA Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects

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