2008 Nissan Rogue Power Train

ISSUES SINCE MAY 2008. PURCHASED NEW 08 NISSAN ROGUE SL AWD. HAVE HAD TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS INCLUDING, LUNGING FORWARD, RATTLING NOISES, JERKING ACCELERATION, AND VIBRATION ON ACCELERATION. CONTINUOUS PROBLEMS STARTED UNDER 35MPH AND NOW ARE PRESENT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. NISSAN CLAIMS ITS MIGHT BE NORMAL AND THAT THERE MAY BE NO SOLUTION TO A PROBLEM THEY CANT FIGURE OUT. ADDITIONALLY THEY SAY IT WILL NOT CAUSE HARM, HOWEVER, IF THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT IT IS, HOW CAN THEY SAY THAT?*TR

ISSUES SINCE 5/5/8 JUST AFTER PURCHASING NEW 08 NISSAN ROGUE SL AWD TRANSMISSION FAILURE/LUNGING FORWARD, RATTLING NOISES, MISSING DURING ACCELERATION, AND SEVER VIBRATION ON ACCELERATION. CONTINUOUS PROBLEMS UNDER 35MPH. NISSAN CLAIMS ITS NORMAL AND WILL NOT REPLACE TRANSMISSION UNTIL IT COMPLETELY FAILS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN ROGUE. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 20-45 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A KNOCKING SOUND COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. SHE IS IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 1,968.

THIS AN E-MAIL TO THE NISSAN MOTOR CORP REFERENCE 6261634 I WAS JUST RECENTLY CONTACTED BY ONE OF YOUR TECH REPRESENTATIVES FOR MY AREA IN RESPONSE TO MY INQUIRY ABOUT MY 2008 NISSAN ROGUE CVT TRANSMISSION NOISE. IT APPEARS THAT YOUR FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM IS TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. THIS SEEMS ODD, HAS THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT THE NEXT TRANSMISSION WILL NOT HAVE THE SAME RUMBLING CVT NOISE. ALSO THIS IS A NEW CAR AND YOU DON'T EXPECT TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED AFTER A FEW MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP. IN FACT CHECKING WITH THE BLOG PAGE OF THE NICO CLUB, THIS SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH MANY NISSAN ROGUE OWNERS. I HAVE CALLED MY LOCAL NISSAN DEALERS AND FOUND THAT ALL THEM ARE HAVING SIMILAR COMPLAINTS FROM SOME OF THEIR ROGUE OWNERS. RAMSY NISSAN HAS HAD FOUR COMPLAINTS, ROCKLAND NISSAN SEVEN COMPLAINTS, WHITE PLAINS NISSAN THREE COMPLAINTS, O'BRIEN NISSAN TWO COMPLAINTS AND ROUTE 23 NISSAN HAS HAD FIVE COMPLAINTS. WHAT IS ALSO INTERESTING IS ALL OF THESE DEALERS HAVE THE SAME ANSWER TO FIXING THE PROBLEM AND THAT IS, 'NISSAN IS A WHERE OF THE PROBLEM' AND THEY ARE WAITING FOR A SOFTWARE FIX. IT APPEARS TO ME THAT NISSAN SOLD THE VEHICLE WITH A KNOWN DESIGN FLAW WITH THE ROGUES CVT TRANSMISSION. I WAIT FOR YOUR REPLY AND RESOLUTION TO MY COMPLAINT. *TR

CAR WITHOUT WARNING LOST DRIVE AND FORWARD SPEED ON HIGHWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS A SAFETY CONCERN BECAUSE IT COULD HAVE BEEN REAR ENDED FROM CAR BEHIND. CAR LEAKED TRANSMISSION FLUID ( HAZARD MATERIAL ON STREET ) . REPLACED TRANSMISSION AND TRANSFER CASE. AXLE SEAL WAS DAMAGED AT TIME OF ASSEMBLY AND LOST ALL FLUID AT 1200 MILES. CAR HAD BUCKED 3 TIMES BEFORE. *TR

LOW-SPEED RUBBERY GRINDING/RATTLE FROM FRONT END/TRANSMISSION. DEALER REPLACED HALF-SHAFT, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE. DEALER SAID TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT IS NECESSARY, BUT PROBLEM WOULD LIKELY RECUR AS NISSAN HAS NOT RESOLVED THE PROBLEM. ADVISED TO WAIT UNTIL MANUFACTURER CAN FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM. *TR