My wife has a 2014 Nissan Versa Note with 73k miles. The powertrain warranty ends at 60K and the car needs a new $4k transmission. In doing the research we should have done prior to buying the car it appears that Nissan has a ton of problems with these transmissions. I have already contacted NissanUSA and they are "reviewing" the case. I am fully aware that it is out of warranty and they will probably tell me I am SOL, however there have been a couple of class action suits that were settled with owners getting extended warranties. Am I out of line thinking that they should provide some assistance? The car is probably only worth $6500 or so wholesale in good running condition, so a $4k repair doesn't make sense
Has anyone dealt with anything like this?
The fact that you are reporting that these guys have a higher rate of failure is... concerning to say the least. That being said, Nissan "reliability" seems to fall below the other Japanese makers, Honda and Toyota.
Hasn't given us any mechanical issues yet. Hope it stays that way!
The fact that you are reporting that these guys have a higher rate of failure is... concerning to say the least. That being said, Nissan "reliability" seems to fall below the other Japanese makers, Honda and Toyota.
FWIW, my family has owned many Nissan's over the past 30 years - my parents owned 4 Sentra's in a row - we never had a single major problem with any of them. Can't say the same for Toyota (1 was a serious oil burner at only 50,000mi) or Honda (Civic with a blown motor with only 110,000mi).
Only tranny's I ever had to overhaul/replace were American. (Chrysler/Caddy)
Its part of the reason why I will continue to lease. There's too many horror stories of vehicles over 50k miles, right when you almost have the car paid off. Always having a car payment stuck but atleast its something I can budget for with no surprises.
Since then I've gotten a 2016 Honda CRV and a 2017 Toyota Hybrid Rav 4. Love both and if I'm going foreign it will be between these two.
And while everyone swears by Honda, we had a Honda Odyssey that was an absolute disaster. Electrical problems out the ass, and the dealer was a nightmare to deal with. Never going back to Honda.
And while everyone swears by Honda, we had a Honda Odyssey that was an absolute disaster. Electrical problems out the ass, and the dealer was a nightmare to deal with. Never going back to Honda.
Gave it a sex change last year, put a trailer hitch and trans cooler on it, now she is a he. :D Have been hauling a camper all over upstate NY with it , no problems. Fingers crossed now!
My wife's car was recently wrecked and she was really pushing to get another Toyota, but we got a deal on a Mazda that we couldn't refuse.
Hasn't given us any mechanical issues yet. Hope it stays that way!
This is exactly what I've experienced with my 2013 CRV. The car is constantly trying to shift on it's own to maintain top fuel efficiency. It makes for an unpleasant driving experience if you don't know how to work with it (as you learn after driving it for a while). You almost have to floor it to change into higher gear at times then ease up on the gas to go back to your prior speed and see the lights on the dash go green meaning ECO driving.
Turns out, the damn pumps are on national backorder, so it was either let it sit for 2-3 weeks at a dealership and I rent a car to hold me over, or pay $400 to have the damn thing swapped out by my mechanic.
The pity is I loved the car to that point, but I don't get fooled by the same company twice.
Me too. Never again. Cheap POS
True, but you see patterns of defect and of dealer behavior that should make you think twice in some cases.
In my case, I get that things break. A water pump on a not yet 2 year old car shouldn't, but it's mechanical and it happens. Turns out, it happens very frequently on these models, many times well before you hit 36k miles.
OK, so things break - how the dealer network responds is a different story. When you do a search and find nothing but horror stories regarding the service that said manufacturer's dealers provide when something does go wrong, that should be it. Some makes go at it head-on, and offer recalls for faulty parts. Others issue TSBs and have mechanics look out for certain problem signs and proactively make repairs.
And then some don't give a flying fuck and leave you stranded on the side of the road.
If the OP is out of warranty but the manufacturer knows there's a problem with that series of transmissions, they should do something for him, if not pay for an outright replacement then at least offset some of the cost.
My understanding is that Honda and Toyota CVTs are reliable.
Turns out, the damn pumps are on national backorder, so it was either let it sit for 2-3 weeks at a dealership and I rent a car to hold me over, or pay $400 to have the damn thing swapped out by my mechanic.
The pity is I loved the car to that point, but I don't get fooled by the same company twice.
A lot of car companies have secret warranties. I blew a head gasket on an our of warranty Ford and the dealer went 50-50 with me on the repairs.
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Not even 2 years old, the water pump goes. Fine, not a huge deal - but no dealer within a hundred mile radius that's willing to touch it within the next two weeks. The one I went in to when the pump started to go wouldn't even give me the courtesy of a quick look under the hood to confirm what I thought was wrong.
Turns out, the damn pumps are on national backorder, so it was either let it sit for 2-3 weeks at a dealership and I rent a car to hold me over, or pay $400 to have the damn thing swapped out by my mechanic.
The pity is I loved the car to that point, but I don't get fooled by the same company twice.
The dealer wouldn't give you a loaner? When the part is on national backorder, that is not a good sign. Everyone and their mother has the same problem.
Not just one dealer - not one out of the 6 dealers I called in the NY/NJ metro area.
Three just said they don't do that, one said they'd do it but they were all out, and the last two said they wouldn't provide a loaner since I didn't buy the car from them.
And while the part was on backorder, some dealers had it. I tried to buy it from one, but they specifically said they reserved it for repairs. When I told them I needed it done, I was told 'you can bring your car in on June 4th'.
Which was great, considering my water pump had already just about unraveled.
Now I have to try and find a way to get them to cover it under their emergency repair provision, but I don't see that happening.
Very happy with our 2002 Xterra with 160k miles. Very few problems over the years, though I just called a tow co. for the 3 rd problem in 2 months. Starting to go. Other 2 repairs were minimal to get fixed. 2-300 each.
Also very happy with our 2013 Armada. Zero problems so far with 50k miles. But now I have to think about getting my soon to be driving daughter something and the Xterra won't last much longer.
So I need 2 new(er) cars. Been looking at the Rogue and some other Nissans for us. Thanks to this thread, I'm going to be a lot more cautious or maybe just get a Mazda SUV, keep looking, etc.
a 3 year old car with 72K is not a "bunch of miles over a bunch of years". Cars these days should easily go over 100K without major work required. Some companies can do that and some not so much.
Good for you. Glad it worked out.
So, I DRIVE the car into the dealership and, conveniently, the transmission died while under the care of the dealership. So the dealership performs the recall work and then TOWS the vehicle back to to my house.
Needless to say, that was the last Nissan I ever purchased. Sucks for them, because I was ready to buy a brand new Altima too.
So, I DRIVE the car into the dealership and, conveniently, the transmission died while under the care of the dealership. So the dealership performs the recall work and then TOWS the vehicle back to to my house.
Needless to say, that was the last Nissan I ever purchased. Sucks for them, because I was ready to buy a brand new Altima too.
The rear cross-member had a recall on it years before, but I never got the recall notice. So, for years, I was driving on a bad cross-member that eventually rotted out completely. It just so happened that I went in for unrelated recall work and they notified me of the cross-member recall.
It took two weeks to do the recall work, so I'm guessing the car sat on a lift that entire time. That probably didn't bode well for the transmission.
Even after the tranny failure, they didn't diagnosis it very well for me. They claimed it was old and the "AFT was dirty".
It was infuriating nonetheless but I didn't have much recourse with a car only worth a couple grand.