| Issue ID | 876960 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 10420843 |
| Manufacurer | NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. |
| Brand | NISSAN |
| Model | ROGUE |
| Model Year | 2008 |
| File date | 18/08/11 |
| Component | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | The car started jolting when starting from a stop and then eventually went into gear and drove. Took it to the dealership to investigate (putting a total of 10 miles on the car between time the issue started and dropping off at dealer - mastria nissan in raynham, ma). Dealer told us the cvt transmission needed full replacement, but car was safe to drive until dealer got the part... It would just sound weird. Dealer called about 5 days later and told us to drive the car in to have the repair done under a new warranty nissan was offering due to excessive defects in the cvt transmission. On the way there, the car started decelerating rapidly on its own approaching a stop light and felt like it was going to stall... Eventually slowing to about 1 mile an hour... Really limping along as i tried to make it up to stop light to turn onto a side street to call a tow truck. As i limped up to the stop light, the transmission suddenly switched into la different gear and accelerated very fast and shot me out into the intersection through a red light! I just barely avoided a serious collision and then immediately pulled the car off the road and called the tow truck. I am reporting this issue because this cvt defect is deadly!!! Nissan is just treating it as a warranty item... But it really needs a full recall! It can make the car immediately accelerate or decelerate without any action by the driver... And the fact that it happens most at low speeds means it is likely to happen when slowing for an intersection or attempting to pull out into traffic. It is also an issue because it goes from no symptoms to full failure very quickly. Please do something to make nissan recall these cvt transmissions before someone gets killed. |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 70000 |
| Number of Occurences | 1 |
| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | BRIDGEWATER, MA |
| VIN pattern | XXXXXX |
| 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 |
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| Vehicle speed | 2 |
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