Issue ID | 1213565 |
Internal NHTSA # | 10759225 |
Manufacurer | Nissan North America, Inc. |
Brand | NISSAN |
Model | ROGUE |
Model Year | 2013 |
File date | 21/08/15 |
Component | POWER TRAIN |
Product type code | VEHICLE |
Description of the problem | My car has a cvt transmission that is very sensitive to heat. When it gets hot (which can occur when driving long distances, up hill or in hot weather) the car goes into safe mode that reduces the speed of the car dramatically and you have no acceleration power. I was traveling for about an hour and half at a constant speed of 75-80 on a flat to rolling freeway in the summer (temperate average here about 100*). All of a sudden i have no acceleration power. I start dropping speed on a two lane freeway with no shoulder and construction walls on either side when people are coming up on me at 90 mph. By the time i make it to the next exit, which is uphill, i am only driving 40 mph even though i have it floored. When i exit, stop at the (2 way) stop sign to pull into the rest stop a cross the road, i have to slam my foot to the floor to get my car to inch across the intersection. The whole time i hoped no other cars would come flying down the road that did not have a stop sign. Once i get to the rest stop and turned my car off, it ran fine for the next hour and so and it happened again. Scared me half to death. When i took it to the nissan dealership, they told me that nissan is aware of the issue (which many people have complained about) but unless they can duplicate the problem, they cannot fix it. So they drove my car for at 20 minute test run, then to lunch, then home at night (when it is not as hot) and cannot duplicate the problem. They are going to give my car back to me. I travel for work and often have to drive long distances, at freeway speeds in hot weather. I feel that this is a safety hazard if all a sudden i lose all power to my car on a freeway. I also feel that nissan should not require this problem to be duplicated when it is such a random scenario that causes it and the dealerships are not willing to test that type the scenario accurately |
Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 57000 |
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Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
City and State | ARLINGTON, TX |
VIN pattern | JN8AS5MT8DWXXXXXX |
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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No. of injured persons | 0 |
No. of fatalities | 0 |
Date of purchase | 29/06/24 |
Was original owner? | N |
Anti-lock brakes | N |
Cruise control | N |
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Vehicle speed | 75 |
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