2011 Nissan Rogue POWER TRAIN,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
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Just bought my 2011 Nissan Rogue today and drove around off and on all day with no issues. I went to my son's house for approximately 5 minutes (left car running) and when I went to leave I had no acceleration. I tried pushing on the gas pedal with no luck. It literally coasted about a block before it finally stopped moving. I made a few phone calls and was told to shut the car off for about 5 minutes (which I did) and then turn it back on (which I did) and I put it in drive and it was all of a sudden fine. I feel as if there has been more than enough complaints regarding this issue with the 2011 Nissan Rogue and nhtsa should address this matter with Nissan who should be held accountable for this. I personally bought the vehicle based on all the good things I was told about it but now, not even 24 hours after buying it, I am regretting my decision. I should have stuck with my kia soul (she never let me down)!! I feel this is a HUGE safety issue
LOST EXCCELERATION WOULD NOT GO ABOVE 60 MPH, THE RPMS WERE GOING OVER 3 I HAD TO PULL OVER ON THE HIGHWAY. THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHT OR ANYTHING IT JUST HAPPENED, IT EVENTUALLY STARTED BACK UP BUT SOON LOST POWER AGAIN, I WAS BARELY ABLE TO TURN ONTO THE STREET GOING TO THE AUTO SHOP WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. I OWNED THIS VEHICLE LESS THAN A YEAR ONLY 4 MONTHS WHEN THIS HAPPENED. THIS WAS A VERY ALARMING SITUATION I ALMOST GOT RAN OVER THANKFULLY I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER. THEY CHECKED IT OUT AND COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING THEN FINALLY SAID IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION THEN ALSO MENTIONED THAT I HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE AXLE WHICH WAS LEAKING AND COSTED ME MORE MONEY, WHICH I DON'T THINK I SHOULD HAVE HAD TO PAY SINCE I ONLY HAD IT FOR 4 MONTHS. THIS VEHICLE IS UNSAFE AND I DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING IT ANYMORE SINCE I GOT IT BACK. I HAVE DONE RESEARCH AND SEE THAT THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN RECALLED I HAD NO IDEA TO EVEN LOOK FOR A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE. I HAVE A FRIEND WHO HAS A 2016 THAT HAS THE SAME PROBLEM RECENTLY HAPPEN TO HER ON THE ROAD.
CAR STARTED MAKING SLIGHT WHIRRING NOISE WHEN ACCELERATING. TOOK IT IN TO BE LOOKED AT AND THEY COULDN'T FIND AN ISSUE. WENT ANOTHER WEEK AND THE NOISE GOT WORSE AND STARTING SKIPPING AND LOSING POWER WHEN I TRIED TO ACCELERATE AFTER IT'S BEEN SITTING FOR A FEW HOURS, MOSTLY JUST IN FIRST GEAR. ALMOST GOT IN AN ACCIDENT PULLING INTO TRAFFIC AND LOST COMPLETE POWER FOR A FEW SECONDS, WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET INTO A TURN LANE BEFORE I GOT HIT BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC. TOOK IT TO ANOTHER MECHANIC AND DETERMINED IT WAS TRANSMISSION AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THEY'RE TELLING ME MY CAR COULD TURN INTO A GIANT PAPERWEIGHT AT ANY MOMENT.
BOUGHT THIS CAR WITH 51,000 MILES, AFTER TWO HOURS DRIVING STARTING LOOSING POWER AFTER ANY STOP, DIDN'T MOVE ANY DIRECTION WITH ALL THE PEDAL GAS ALL THE WAY DOWN. TOOK THE CAR TO NISSAN SERVICES MANY TIMES, THEN CHANGED SENSORS, TRANSMISSION AND OTHERS STUFFS, MY WARRANTY EXPIRED FROM NISSAN AND FROM THE ONE I BOUGHT ON SIDE. AND I AM STILL HAVE THE PROBLEM, NOW ALL CHARGES ON ME. THE PROBLEM HAPPENED ANY WHERE AFTER 1 O 2 HOURS DRIVING. I HAD BEEN IN DANGEROUS SITUATION MANY TIMES. I AM PLANNED TO STOP FURTHERS PAYMENTS.
LOSS OF ACCELERATION WITH NO WARNING LIGHTS THERE IS A SERVICE BULLETIN OF THIS ISSUE NTB16-090. THIS CAR WITH NO WARNING DROPPED FROM 60 MPH ON A HIGHWAY TO A DRIFT, ENOUGH TO ME TO GET OFF OF THE ROAD BUT ONLY BECAUSE I WAS GOING DOWN A SLIGHT GRADE. LUCKY FOR ME THERE WAS NOT TRAFFIC OR I WOULD HAVE BEEN REAR ENDED BECAUSE IT WAS A DRASTIC CHANGE IN SPEED IN SECONDS. WITH MY FOOT ON THE GAS IT JUST BECAME A WINDING SOUND. OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, CAR WOULD NOT GO IN DRIVE OR REVERSE. I TURNED IT OFF FOR AWHILE AND CALLED NISSAN DEALER AND WAS ABLE TO START THE CAR BUT ONLY TO MOVE IT FURTHER OFF THE ROAD BEFORE SAME ISSUE STARTED AGAIN. VEHICLE HAD 1 OWNER PRIOR TO ME AND HAD DOCUMENTED REGULAR MAINTENANCE/SERVICE THROUGH THE DEALERSHIP AT WHICH IT WAS PURCHASED.
ON JUNE 15, 2018, I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND MY NISSAN ROGUE 2011 WITH A CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION (CVT) STARTED TO LOSE POWER FOR NO APPARENT REASON, AND IT DECELERATED FROM 70 TO 40 MILES PER HOUR (MPH) IN A 70 MPH ZONE. THE ENGINE WAS MAKING A WHINING NOISE WHILE REVVING AT HIGH RPM'S. I TRIED TO ACCELERATE BACK UP TO THE SPEED LIMIT AND IT WOULDN'T ACCELERATE MORE THAN 40 MPH AND THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO REV AT HIGH RPM'S. I HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE FREEWAY SHOULDER AND PUT MY HAZARD LIGHTS ON WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH. I EXITED THE OFF RAMP AND STOPPED AT THE STOP SIGN. WHEN I TRIED TO ACCELERATE, THE CAR WAS VERY SLUGGISH AND I HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AGAIN BECAUSE IT WASN'T ACCELERATING AND WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT 2 MPH. THE ONLY WAY I COULD DRIVE WAS TO DOWN SHIFT TO LOW AND DRIVE AT LOW SPEED ON SURFACE STREETS. CARS WERE HONKING THEIR HORNS BEHIND ME BECAUSE MY CAR WOULD TAKE 5 - 10 SECONDS TO MOVE FORWARD FROM A STOP SIGN. I HAD TO STAY IN LOW GEAR BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T ACCELERATE IN REGULAR DRIVE GEAR. I STOPPED AT AN AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SHOP AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE LOCAL AAMCO TRANSMISSION SHOP REFUSED TO WORK ON NISSAN ROGUE TRANSMISSIONS. THE AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SHOP SAID THAT IT WOULD COST $4,500 FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION. I SHOULDN'T BE HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS ON A 2011 VEHICLE. I HEARD THAT NISSAN EXTENDED THE WARRANTY FOR NISSAN ROGUE TRANSMISSIONS BUILT BEFORE 2011. MY NISSAN ROGUE WAS BUILT IN 2011 SO THE WARRANTY EXTENSION DOESN'T APPLY TO MY VEHICLE.
I WAS TRAVELING TO SACRAMENTO FROM LOS ANGELES IN OCT. 2016. AFTER DRIVING FOR ABOUT 4 HOURS MY CAR STARTED TO LOSE SPEED. I PUSHED THE PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND I COULD NOT ACCELERATE ANY FASTER. I PULLED OFF THE FREEWAY AND WAITED FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND THEN GOT BACK ON THE ROAD AND THEN WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND NEVER WENT OFF. ON THE WAY HOME I WAS HEADED UP THE GRAPEVINE (I-5 SOUTH) AND I LOST SPEED AGAIN AND PULLED OVER TO THE TRUCK LANE GOING UPHILL AND MY SPEED DROPPED AS LOW AS 20 MPH AND THAT WAS WITH ME PUSHING THE PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. I HAD SEVERAL SEMI-TRUCKS BEHIND ME AND COULD NOT CHANGE LANES WITHOUT POSSIBLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. I WAS VERY SCARED AND ONCE I MADE IT UP THE HILL I WAS ABLE TO GAIN A LITTLE SPEED GOING DOWNHILL AND CONTINUED HOME. II TOOK MY CAR TO A MECHANIC AND HE TOLD ME THAT IT WAS AN ISSUE W/MY TRANSMISSION. I CALLED NISSAN AND SINCE I WAS BARELY OVER MY WARRANTY I WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR MY TRANSMISSION MYSELF AND I WAS VERY UPSET AS MY CAR HAD JUST OVER 60,000. I STARTED RESEARCHING MY ISSUE AND DISCOVERED THIS WAS A COMMON, KNOWN PROBLEM WITH NISSAN AND ROGUE'S IN PARTICULAR. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND I HOPE THEY DO SOMETHING BEFORE SOMEONE LOSES THEIR LIFE. HAVING YOUR SPEED DROP SO DRAMATICALLY ON A BUSY INTERSTATE W/SEVERAL SEMI-TRUCKS IS VERY FRIGHTENING. SINCE THEN I HAVE NOT DRIVEN MY CAR ON TRIPS OVER 2 HOURS AWAY BECAUSE I DON'T FEEL SAFE. I HAD THIS SAME TYPE OF PROBLEM MONTHS BEFORE ON A TRIP TO LAS VEGAS BUT JUST LET IT GO BECAUSE NO WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A FLUKE. I WAS COMPLETELY SHOCKED TO SEE THAT NISSAN KNOWS OF THIS PROBLEM W/THE TRANSMISSION AND HAS DONE NOTHING TO FIX IT. I NOW HAVE A RATTLING NOISE COMING FROM MY CAR AND I'M AFRAID TO SEE WHAT THAT IS GOING TO COST ME. I ONLY DRIVE TO/FROM WORK AND WORK LESS THAN 5 MILES FROM MY HOME. UGH!!
I WAS ON THE THRUWAY/HIGHWAY AND MY RPMS GOT HIGHER AND HIGHER, EVEN THOUGH MY CRUISE CONTROL WAS ON. ENGINE WAS REVVING UP, AND SUDDENLY LOST POWER TO THE CAR, EVEN THOUGH THE GAS PEDAL WAS TO THE GROUND. THANKFULLY, TRAFFIC WAS SLOW AND I WAS LUCKY. I PULLED OVER AND CALLED GEICO FOR A TOW TRUCK.
WHEN IN HIWAY RUNNING WITH CRUISE CONTROL AT 60MPH OR MORE GOING UPHILL LOOSE POWER AND EVEN WITHOUT CRUISE GOING UPHILL ENGINE LOOSE POWER AND ITS DANGEROUS IT HAPPEN GOING TO SAN DIEGO CA AND AGAIN GOING TO ALBUQUERQUE NM AND LOCALY AT TRANSMOUNTAN RD WE NOTICE NO ENGINE OVER HEAT NO TRANSMISSION OVER HEAT AND EVERYTHING NORMAL BUT THE LOOSE OF POWER WHEN TRAVELING OVER THE HILL AT 60 MPH OR MORE WITH OR WITHOUT CRUISE CONTROL
A COUPLE OF TIMES WHILE DRIVING THE CAR STOP SUDDENLY WITHOUT ANY WARNING AND THE ENGINE SLOWLY DIED. THIS IS QUITE WORRYING BECAUSE I AM NOT SURE HOW I WOULD COPE ON A BUSY INTERSTATE ROAD.
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
WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH ON THE NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE, THE CAR SUDDENLY DROPPED IN ACCELERATION TO 40MPH. PRESSING ON THE GAS CAUSED THE RPM TO REV, HOWEVER NO CHANGE IN SPEED OCCURRED. UPON INQUIRING ABOUT THIS ISSUE, I CAME TO FIND OUT THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH NISSAN'S CVT COMPONENTS THAT THE COMPANY IS AWARE OF, HOWEVER NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED. EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS, SUCH AS HEAT WAVES, USING THE CAR FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME, AND TRAVELING UPHILL HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTED TO TRIGGER THE LOSS OF ACCELERATION. THIS COMMON FLAW FOUND WITH NISSAN CARS IS HIGHLY DANGEROUS AND WILL INEVITABLY RESULT IN THE LOSS OF LIFE.
TWICE NOW, LAST AUGUST 2014 AND JUNE 2015, TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON AROUND 70 MPH, VEHICLE DECELERATES ON ITS OWN. GAS PEDAL TO THE FLOOR, BUT STILL LOSING SPEED. HAD TO GET TO NEXT EXIT AND TURN VEHICLE OFF FOR FEW MINUTES BEFORE PROCEEDING. SECOND TIME IT HAPPENED, TOOK TO NISSAN DEALER. COULD NOT REPLICATE PROBLEM BUT RECOMMENDED A TRANSMISSION COOLING UNIT BE INSTALLED AT COST OF ABOUT $1300, WITH NO GUARANTEE THIS WILL FIX PROBLEM. MILEAGE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED WAS 58,600. SECOND TIME AROUND 74,000 MILES. NISSAN CVT WARRANTY EXTENSION DOES NOT INCLUDE 2011 MODELS. ENDS WITH 2010 VEHICLES, ALTHOUGH THIS VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING SAME PROBLEM AS PREVIOUS YEARS MODELS.
I HAD BEEN DRIVING APPROXIMATELY AN HOUR IN 90 DEGREE WEATHER ON THE INTERSTATE GOING 65 MPH WHEN MY NISSAN ROGUE LOST THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE. WITH THE ACCELERATION PEDAL FULLY DEPRESSED, THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND EVENTUALLY STOPPED ALTOGETHER, CAUSING ME TO ATTEMPT MANEUVERING AROUND CARS GOING OVER 70 MPH TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I WAS ALMOST STRUCK TWICE. AFTER 20 MINUTES I WAS ABLE TO START THE CAR AGAIN AND DRIVE AT 40MPH TO THE DEALERSHIP. I WAS TOLD TODAY IT WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE AND IT WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED COSTING ME $1000. PREVIOUS MODELS OF THE ROGUE THROUGH 2010 HAD AN EXTENDED WARRANTY OFFERED FOR THIS ISSUE THROUGH 120,000 BUT MINE IS A 2011 AND I WAS TOLD I HAVE TO PAY FOR IT MYSELF. I HAVE CONTACTED 1-800-NISSAN1 AND FILED A COMPLAINT. THIS IS INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATING AND DANGEROUS. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 NISSAN ROGUE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY DECELERATED. THE VEHICLE ALSO FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALERSHIP FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE DEALER STATED THE ENGINE WAS CONSUMING AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF TRANSMISSION FLUID CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SHIFT INTO FAIL SAFE MODE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION DIP STICK METER AND REDUCED THE TRANSMISSION LEVEL. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 72,000.
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The 2011 Nissan Rogue has 15 POWER TRAIN,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL complaints on file. Review the timeline above for detailed owner experiences.