2009 Nissan Rogue Power Train
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The contact owns a 2009 Nissan Rogue. The contact stated that while driving up an incline at various speeds, the stalled while depressing the accelerator. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, the vehicle shuddered without warning. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where the rotor was replaced on the passenger’s side front however, the failure persisted. The contact was referred by another mechanic to an authorized dealer to schedule an appointment for the vehicle to be diagnosed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was unknown.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ROGUE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. GREENWAY NISSAN OF JACKSONVILLE, 1726 CASSAT AVE, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32210, (904) 779-3502, WAS CONTACTED BY PHONE AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED NOR INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 139,000.
ONCE THE VEHILCE IS WARMED, THE VEHICLE WILL NOT ACCELERATE FROM A STOP. WITH THE ACCELERATER PEDAL HELD DOWN IN ABOUT 15 SECONDS THE RPM WILL RISE AND THE VEHICLE WILL KICK INTO GEAR AND BEGIN TO ACCELERATE.
ONCE THE CAR HAS BEEN DRIVEN CONTINUALLY FOR AT LEAST 45 MINUTES OR MORE THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT COMES AND THE CAR LOSES PRESSURE AND STARTS MAKING A WHINING NOISE. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY.
I HAVE A 2009 NISSAN ROGUE WITH 106742 MILES,I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP FOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS.THE DEALER IS TELLING ME THAT THE GUARRANTY COVERS ONLY IF THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED,WHEN I READ THE GUARRANTY COVERS REPAIRS,REPLACEMENT AND EVEN TOWING.THEY WANT ME TO PAY FOR THE PARTS IN THE REPAIR OF THE TRANSMISSION.THE VEHICLE IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY.
REAR DIFFERENTIAL WENT OUT. GRINDING THE TEETH AND CRACKING ITS CASING INTO TWO PIECES
DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY THE ENGINE REVED TO HIGH RPMS AND LOST POWER. THERE WERE TWO BABIES IN THE CAR. WE WERE IN THE CARPOOL LANE AND WITH NO POWER WE HAD TO CROSS 3 LANES OF TRAFFIC AND WAIT ON THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY WITH BABIES FOR TOW TRUCK. WAS TOWED TO A FRIENDS AUTO SHOP WHERE WE WERE TOLD ABOUT NUMEROUS KNOWN ISSUES WITH THE CVT TRANSMISSION.
CAR DECELERATES ON ITS OWN. WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AND ON SMALL ROADS, THE CAR WILL SLOW AND EVEN WHEN ACCELERATOR IS PUSHED THE RPMS WILL NOT INCREASE OVER 3000 AND THE ENGINE DOES NOT REV AND THE VEHICLE LOSES ACCELERATION. THIS IS A VERY HAZARDOUS SITUATION. THE VEHICLE DOES NOT ACCELERATE IN ORDER TO PULL OVER TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF TRAFFIC. ALL FLUIDS ARE MAINTAINED. THE VEHICLE IS PROPERLY SERVICED.
LOOSES POWER UPON DRIVING NO EXCELLERATION AND IT WONT GO IT'S LIKE THE THROTTLE PETAL ISN'T EVEN THERE WHEN YOU START OUT IT DRIVES GREAT BUT WITHIN 20/30 MILES IT'S LIKE THE CAR TAKES OVER AND IT JUST WON'T GO' WE DO REGULAR SERVICE AND WE HAVE DONE TRANSMISSION SERVICES CVT FLUID AND FILTER THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED NISSAN SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE
CAR WILL NOT ACCELERATE OR RESPOND TO GAS PEDAL ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME OR UPHILL. WHEN THE GAS PEDAL IS DEPRESSED THE VEHICLE WILL JUDDER AND LOOSE SPEED. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP IN 2016 FOR CVT OIL COOLER RECALL AT 93,063 MILES. BROUGHT VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP WITH LOSS OF ACCELERATION AT 119,931; HOWEVER, NO HARD CODES TO DIAGNOSIS ISSUE, SENT ON MY WAY, WITH A DIAGNOSIS OF BAD WHEEL BEARING. RETURNED LESS THAN A MONTH LATER WITH UNRESOLVED ISSUE (LOSS OF ACCELERATION) AT 121,075 MILES. DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED THAT THE CAR NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSION AND WILL NOT BE COVERED UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY, 1,075 MILES OVER WARRANTY.
LOSS OF POWER AND JUDDERING (SHAKING) OF VEHICLE OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES WHILE ACCELERATING, DRIVING UP HILLS, DRIVING FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME (OVER 1 HOUR), OR WHEN THE AIR TEMPERATURE WAS OVER 80 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, ALL WHILE ACCELERATOR WAS DEPRESSED. WHEN I TRIED TO FLOOR THE ACCELERATOR, THE RPM'S INCREASED BUT THE CVT DID NOT ENGAGE. HAD TO REMOVE FOOT FROM ACCELERATOR THEN REAPPLY, EVENTUALLY AFTER THE CAR SLOWED EVEN FURTHER, THE CVT RE-ENGAGED. WORST ISSUE HAPPENED WHILE ON THE I90 INTERSTATE, ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE AND CAR LOST POWER AND JUDDERED ALMOST CAUSING A COLLISION WITH VEHICLE BEHIND ME. TOOK VEHICLE INTO DEALERSHIP TWICE FOR THIS ISSUE, FIRST TIME THE DEALERSHIP COULD NOT REPLICATE ISSUE. TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK INTO THE DEALERSHIP WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM ORIGINAL ISSUE AND DEALERSHIP CONFIRMED ISSUE AND SAID NEW TRANSMISSION WAS NEEDED. HOWEVER, NOT COVERED UNDER NISSAN EXTENDED WARRANTY BECAUSE THERE WERE NOT HARD FAULT CODES. CALLED NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS ON IN JULY 2018 WHO SAID MY VIN IS NOT PART OF ANY UPDATES/RECALLS FOR THIS ISSUE AND WOULD NOT COVER REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT OF TRANSMISSION.
WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, THE CAR SUDDENLY LOSES ALL ACCELERATION. EVEN WITH THE ACCELERATOR COMPLETELY DEPRESSED, THE CAR JUST STOPS. RPMS WON'T GO ABOVE 2500, AND MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE HAD TO MAKE SEVERAL EMERGENCY STOPS ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY, SOMETIMES IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, AND REQUIRING US TO CUT ACROSS MULTIPLE LANES.
DRIVING UP A HILL ON HIGHWAY ROUTE 80 WEST AT 65 MPH WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN SPEED STARTED TO DECREASE I PRESSED DOWN FULLY ON GAS WITH NO RESPONSE TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP SPEED CONTINUED TO DECLINE TO 55 MPH WITH TRAFFIC FLYING BY ME HONKING HORNS ETC I PUT HAZARDS ON AND CONTINUED TO PRESS GAS WITH NO RESPONSE WAS ABLE TO GET UP HILL AND SPEED AND TRANSMISSION RETURNED TO NORMAL. VERY HAZARDOUS FOR THIS TO OCCUR WITH KIDS IN THE CAR AS WELL.
CVT LOST POWER ON HIGHWAY WITHOUT NOTICE AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE
I PURCHASED VEHICLE NEW FROM DEALER. AT APPROX 83,000 MILES I BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE ACCELERATION PROBLEMS. I WAS NOT ABLE TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP W/ PEDAL FULLY DEPRESSED. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS I WAS ALMOST IN A CAR ACCIDENT BECAUSE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. TOOK IT TO DEALER AND I WAS INFORMED THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE TRANSMISSION. DEALER REPLACED TRANSMISSION. NOW AT 115,000 MILES I EXPERIENCED THE SAME TYPE OF PROBLEM, EXCEPT NOW THE CAR SHAKES WHEN I TRY TO ACCELERATE. I AM UNABLE TO REVERSE OR ACCELERATE. I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE WARRANTY ON THE TRANSMISSION EXPIRES AT 90,000 EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION. NISSAN NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND FIX THIS!!
NISAN ROUGE 2009 LOST POWER AFTER 2 HOURS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY RPM STOCK ON 2500
VEHICLE LOSES POWER, HESITATES, AND LACKS ACCELERATION, ALL TO THE POINT OF BEING UNSAFE WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC. I OFTEN CANNOT MAKE IT UP HILLS AND CANNOT PASS CARS ON HIGHWAYS I'VE ALREADY HAD THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION AND TRANSFER CASE REPLACED (IN JANUARY OF 2015), AND NOW REQUIRE A NEW TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE. THE INITIAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE CAME AT APPROXIMATELY 74,000 MILES. I PURCHASED THE CAR WITH APPROXIMATELY 54.5K MILES ON IT.
WHEN THE CAR IS IN MOTION DRIVING FOR A PERIOD OF 30 MINUTES OR LONGER OR GOING UP A HILL THE ACCELERATION STOPS AND THE CAR WILL SLOW DOWN NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU PRESS ON THE GAS PAEDAL. I HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED IT HEATING UP ACCORDING TO THE TEMPETURE BUT THE CAR DOES SMELL LIKE BURNT. I HAVE TO TURN OFF THE CAR AND LET IT COOL TO DRIVE AGAIN, BUT THE ISSUE WILL CONTINUE IF I DRIVE MORE THAN 30 MINUTES OR UP A HILL.
GOING DOWN THE INTERSTATE GOING 65 MPH AND WE LOST ALL POWER COULDNT GO OVER 30 MPHWE HAD TO PULL OVER AND WAIT THEN WE FINALLY GOT MOVING AGAIN THE POWER LOSS KEPT HAPPENING NOW MY SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AND THEY 1100 TO FIX THE PROBLEM NISSAN KNOWS ABOUT THE PROBLEM BUT WON'T RECALL IT
WAS DRIVING ON HWY & STARTED LOSING POWER UP HILLS. CALLED DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPT & THEY SAID TRANSMISSION ISSUE. HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED ABOUT 3 YEARS AGO & THE VALVE BODY & COOLING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED THIS TIME. THERE ISN'T A BIG ENOUGH COOLING SYSTEM FOR THE TRANSM & NISSAN IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE. WERE 3 OTHER ROGUE'S GETTING REPAIRED FOR TRANSMISSION ISSUES AT THE SAME TIME. ISSUE OFTEN ARRIVES SOON AFTER WARRANTY EXPIRES. DEALERSHIP SVC DEPT INDICATED THAT IT HAPPENS OFTEN AND NEEDS TO BE RECALLED.
VEHICLE GOING UP HILL WILL LOOSE POWER, CVT TRANSMISSION DOES THIS RANDOMLY WHEN GOING UP ANY HILL. I AM GOING TO DIE TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF ONCOMING CARS BEHIND ME. I AM AFRAID TO GO ANYWHERE THAT HAS AN UPHILL GRADE ON ANY ROAD.
TRANSMISSION OVERHEATS AND FAILS. WAS REPLACED AT 90K MILES AND HAPPEND AGAIN AT 130K MILES. IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD. IT GOES INTO "SAFE MODE" AND THEN QUITS WHILE DRIVING
NO ACCELERATION AFTER DRIVING FOR ABOUT AN ONE HOUR AT 70MPH. THE CAR START LOOSING POWER AND WHEN I PRESS THE GAS IT JUST SCRIM WITH NO ACCELERATION. THIS PROBLEM MANY MANY ROUGE 2009 USERS SUFFER FROM, NISSAN SHOULD RECALL AND FIX THE PROBLEM.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ROGUE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST ACCELERATION. THE CONTACT COASTED THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CVT TRANSMISSION NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,054.
AFTER DRIVING AT HIGH SPEEDS FOR A WHILE I LOOSE ACCELERATION. AND WHEN I COME TO A STOP THE CAR WILL NOT GO FOR LIKE 5 SECONDS AFTER I STEP ON THE GAS.
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The 2009 Nissan Rogue has 68 Power Train complaints on file. Review the timeline above for detailed owner experiences.