2009 NISSAN CUBE Complaints

CAME TO A VERY SUDDEN STOP TO AVOID A COLLISION. VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AFTER THIS. EPISODE LASTED ABOUT 20 SECONDS AND THEN FUNCTIONED PROPERLY. HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 6 MORE TIMES SINCE FIRST INCIDENT. ALWAYS SEEMS TO HAPPEN WHEN EXITING OFF INTERSTATE AND COMING TO A STOP. VEHICLE STARTS INTO INTERSECTION AND THEN ACCELERATOR SEEMS UNRESPONSIVE. WHEN THIS IS HAPPENING THE CAR DOES NOT REV EVEN THOUGH ACCELERATOR IS PUSHED TO THE FLOOR REPEATEDLY. EPISODE WILL LAST APPROX. 15-30 SECONDS AND THEN SEEMS TO RETURN TO NORMAL. VERY UNNERVING WHEN FACING ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE TRANSMISSION HAS ALREADY BEEN REPLACED ONE TIME AT ABOUT 75K. NEVER PERFORMED THIS WAY UNTIL AFTER DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION. *TR

PERSONAL RESEARCH WAS DONE ON THE INTERNET TO FIND HOW THIS HAPPENED ON OTHER NISSANS, THE VERSA, THE ALTIMA, AND NOW THE CUBE. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS CAN CAUSE A WRECK BECAUSE THE PARTS CAN FALL ONTO THE ROAD FROM A SPEEDING CAR, AND HIT ANOTHER CAR ON THE HIGHWAY. THE ISSUE IS WITH THE WELD, AND THE BEAD OF THE FACTORY MUFFLER BEING CONNECTED TO THE EXHAUST PIPE BY A FLANGE IT IS WELDED TO. THE FLANGE BECOMES UNWELDED TO THE PIPE BY EITHER RUST PERFORATION THROUGH SALT ON THE ROAD IN SNOW AREAS, BY A CHEAP WELD, OR INSUFFICIENT BRACING OF THE EXHAUST SYSTEM COMPONENTS. IT HAS BEEN READ THAT NISSAN CANADA FIXES THESE FREE BASED ON A GOOD WILL EFFORT TO KEEP CUSTOMERS. HOWEVER, IT IS UNSEEN AND UNKNOWN IF THIS PROBLEM WILL BE ADDRESSED BY ANY RECALL IN THE USA. A SIMPLE FIX COULD BE APPLIED IF IT IS DUE TO RUST PERFORATION, PUT A SEAL OVER THE FLANGE TO KEEP SALT OUT. OR MAKE IT A ONE PIPE SYSTEM. OR BRACE IT MORE SUFFICIENTLY SO THAT IT DOESN'T FALL APART SO EASILY AS THE PRESSURE AND WEIGHT OF THE EXHAUST PIPE SYSTEM IS SUPPORTED. THEREFORE, THIS SEEMS LIKE IT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED AND OWNERS SHOULD BE NOTIFIED SO THAT THE DRIVER DOESN'T CAUSE AN UNNECESSARY WRECK IN THE SNOW, OR OTHER NORMAL OPERATION AS THE PIPE COULD FALL OFF. IN SUMMARY, THE WELD OF THE MUFFLER TO THE EXHAUST PIPE FLANGE BREAKS APART TOO EASILY AS PREVIOUSLY KNOWN IN VERSA AND NOW THE CUBE. *TR

WE LEFT SEARS AND PROCEEDED TO PULL OUT OF PARKING SPOT. STEPPED ON GAS PEDAL AND RPM WENT TO OVER 5 GRAND. VEHICLE MOVED BY DRIFTING. AFTER RPMS DROPPED VEHICLE STARTED TO MOVE BUT NOT VERY WELL. VEHICLE SHOWED SIGNS OF TRANSMISSION NOT ENGAGING. THE TRANSMISSION IS A CVT TYPE AUTOMATIC. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS DECIDED TO SHUT CAR OFF AND RE-START. HOPING THIS METHOD WOULD ALLOW FOR ECM TO RE-BOOT. NO SUCH LUCK. CAR CARRIED ON FOR SEVERAL MILES.DANGEROUS PART OF JOURNEY WAS AT RED LIGHTS AND INTERSECTION. WAS HOPING THAT WE WOULD NOT BE REAR-ENDED BY SOMEONE IN HURRY. CALLED NISSAN DEALER,OTHER ONE THAN DEALER I ORIGINALLY BOUGHT THE CAR FROM,TO SEE IF I COULD GET CAR IN TO SHOP. DESCRIBED INCIDENT AND THIS DEALER GAVE US A SLOT FOR 9:00AM NEXT DAY. DEALER CHECKED CAR. COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM BUT CHECKED CAR'S COMPUTER. 3 CODES WERE STORED INDICATING TRANSMISSION PART FAILURE. DEALER ORDERED TRANSMISSION AND HAD IT DELIVERED IN 2 DAYS. DEALER CURRENTLY HAS CAR IN SHOP AND WAS GETTING STARTED REMOVING TRANS. WILL HAVE CAR BACK,HOPEFULLY THE FOLLOWING DAY. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THE DEALER PERFORMING SERVICE IS ANOTHER NISSAN DEALER AND NOT THE ONE I BOUGHT CAR FROM.THIS IS ALSO THE 3RD DEALER I HAVE USED FOR OTHER PROBLEMS.THIS DEALER IS VERY RESPECTFUL OF IT'S CUSTOMER AND BENDS OVER BACKWARDS TO HELP. I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH FUEL GAUGE NOT SHOWING FULL TANK WHEN FILLED. THIS HAPPENED AROUND 12K MILES. I TRIED A DEALER CLOSER TO US. HE TOOK THE CAR IN TO CHECK IT OUT,EVEN THOUGH HE DID NOT HAVE THE PART IN STOCK TO REPAIR VEHICLE. TOOK 3 WEEKS TO GET CAR IN AND ANOTHER 3 WEEKS TO GET IT BACK IN FOR THE REPAIR. AFTER TAKING IT IN FOR THE REPAIR THEY DID NOT HAVE US ON THE SCHEDULE AND HAD LOST THE PART. AFTER CALLING NISSAN OF AMERICA THIS "BAD"DEALER REPAIRED THE CAR. THIS DEALER WAS WORSE THAN 1ST DEALER. *TR

THE VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT INTO 2 DIFFERENT NISSAN DEALERSHIPS FOR REPAIR OF AN A/C LEAK. ON NEITHER OCCASION WAS THE LEAK FIXED. HOWEVER, WE WERE CHARGED > $360 ESSENTIALLY FOR FREON. WHAT RECOURSE DO I HAVE? TXS *TR

I WAS TRYING TO BACK OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND THE CAR JUST STALLED WHEN I DEPRESSED THE GAS PEDAL. THE VEHICLE HESITATED AND THEN SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. THIS CONDITION WAS REPEATED SEVERAL TIME WHILE JUST DRIVING AROUND TOWN IN NORMAL TRAFFIC. IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD. IF I WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION AND HAD TO ACCELERATE TO AVOID A CRASH, THIS TYPE OF ISSUE COULD LEAD TO DISASTER. THIS SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN WIDELY REPORTED ON THE INTERNET WITHOUT ANY CONCERN BY NISSAN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN CUBE. THE CONTACT WAS TRAVELING 5 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE PROPERLY AND THE THEN ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED AFTER THE PEDAL WAS NOT BEING DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES AND SERVICED FOR UNINTENDED ACCELERATION ISSUES BY REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION. THE CONTACT HAD NOT DRIVEN THE VEHICLE SINCE THE TIME OF REPAIRS AND WAS UNAWARE IF THE FAILURE HAD BEEN REMEDIED.THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,907 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 31,890.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN CUBE EQUIPPED WITH TOYO A20 TIRES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WAS REPLACING A FLAT TIRE WHEN HE WAS INFORMED THAT THREE OF THE FOUR TIRES WERE SPLITTING AWAY NEAR THE WHEEL WELLS. THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE WAS THE ONLY TIRE NOT EXHIBITING THE FAILURE. THE TIRES WERE NOT REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN CUBE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, SHE NOTICED THAT THE TPMS WARNING LIGHT HAD ILLUMINATED. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, SHE NOTICED THAT BOTH FRONT TIRES WERE DEFLATING FASTER THAN NORMAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THEY INFORMED HER THAT THE STEEL AROUND THE VALVE STEM HAD CORRODED AND CAUSED AIR TO LEAK OUT OF THE TIRES FASTER THAN NORMAL. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY INFORMED HER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 09V393000 (TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 34,800.

THE TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT SENSOR REMAINS LIT. THE PRESSURE ON THE TIRES ARE CORRECT AND THERE IS NOT LOSS OF PRESSURE, HOWEVER THE SENSOR LIGHT DOES NOT TURN OFF. THERE HAS ALREADY BEEN A RECALL ON OTHER CUBES FOR THIS MATTER. *TR

WHILE ADJUSTING THE REAR VIEW MIRROR ON MY 2009 NISSAN CUBE THE MIRROR BRACKET BROKE. IT HAS BROKEN TWICE NOW AND NOT WITH EXCESSIVE FORCE. REPLACED AT DEALER UNDER WARRANTY,DEALER SAID THAT THE PROBLEM IS COMMON AND MAYBE NISSAN WILL COME UP WITH A MORE PERMANENT FIX. AS OF NOW THEY JUST PUT SAME OLD DEFECTIVE TYPE PART IN. *TR