2008 NISSAN ROGUE Complaints

2008 NISSAN ROGUE AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHT. DEALERSHIP SAYS PASSENGER SIDE OCCUPANT SENSOR IS BAD. CURRENTLY NOT COVERED BY ANY RECALL. *TR

THIS INVOLVES A NISSAN ROGUE S 2008 WE PURCHASED NEW FROM THE DEALER. AT APPROXIMATELY 55,000 MILES WHILE ON A TRIP TO DESTIN, FL OUR CVT TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO MALFUNCTION ON THE HIGHWAY. IT CAUSED CAR TO LOSE SPEED, NO LONGER PULL, IDLE ERRATICALLY, AND NOT BE ABLE TO GET UP TO SPEEDS OVER 55 MILES AN HOUR. IT WOULD ALSO NOT PULL OFF FROM STOPS BUT RATHER JUST COAST OUT INTO THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION, LEAVING THE DRIVER WITHOUT CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC. WE WERE INSTRUCTED BY THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP TO LIMP THE CAR BACK TO ATLANTA SO THEY COULD REPLACE THE CVT TRANSMISSION AND STATED THEY KNEW IT WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THOSE PARTICULAR CVT'S. ONCE WE GOT THE CAR BACK, NISSAN EXPLAINED THAT THEY HAD INSTALLED A NEWER MODEL OF CVT IN OUR CAR AND THAT IT WOULD NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. NOW, JUNE 23, 2012, OUR CAR IS BACK AT THE DEALER WITH THE SAME ISSUE. THE CAR NOW HAS 102,00 MILES. THIS TIME WE ARE ON OUR WAY TO CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE WHEN THE CVT BEGINS TO ACT UP. SYMPTOMS INCLUDED LOSS OF POWER, LOSS OF SPEED AND IDLE LEAVING US UNABLE TO SWITCH LANES AND GET OFF HIGHWAY DUE TO LACK OF PULL AND POWER. THE CARS IDLE OR RPM BEGINS TO JUMP ERRATICALLY AND REDLINING CAUSING THE CAR TO LUNGE FORWARD UNCONTROLLABLY AND THEN LOSE POWER BACK AND FORTH. NOW IMAGINE THIS ALL WHILE YOUR WIFE AND THREE DAUGHTERS (AGES 9, 4, AND 9 MONTHS) ARE IN THE BACK SEAT. VIRTUALLY HAVING NO CONTROL OVER THE CAR WHILE OTHER VEHICLES SPEED BY AT 70 MPH TRYING TO AVOID SMASHING YOU TO PIECES. THIS TIME THERE IS NO LIMPING IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. BARELY ABLE TO MAKE IT OFF THE HIGHWAY, THE CVT IS SEVERELY DAMAGED AND INOPERABLE. CVT FLUID IS DRAINING RAPIDLY OUT OF SEVERAL DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. AS WELL, THE ENTIRE BODY OF THE CAR IS COATED IN TRANS FLUID AND SMOKE BILLOWING OUT OF THE HOOD DUE TO THE FLUID COATING THE ENGINE TOO. *TR

SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS, ROGUE WILL NOT ACCELERATE WHEN TRYING TO GO FROM STOPPED POSITION. NO POWER TO GO UPHILL OR PULL INTO TRAFFIC. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME, ONLY OCCASIONALLY, BUT IS HAPPENING MORE OFTEN. YESTERDAY, CAR DID THIS WHILE TRAVELING AT SPEED OF 55+ MPH. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME IT SLOWED WHILE ALREADY AT HIGH SPEED. MY DAUGHTER DRIVES THIS VEHICEL AND WE ARE PARKING IT FOR NOW AS THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL INCIDENCES WHERE SHE HAS ALMOST BEEN HIT BY ONCOMING CARS. *TR

WE WERE COMPLETELY STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN WAITING TO PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC. THERE WERE CARS COMING BUT AT A SAFE ENOUGH DISTANCE SO WE ACCELERATED, GOT INTO THE ROADWAY AND THE CAR WOULDN'T MOVE. WE HAD THE GAS PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND THE CAR WOULDN'T MOVE. SINCE THEN WE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE INCIDENTS OF THIS WHERE THE TRANSMISSION FREEZES AND WE ARE STUCK IN ONCOMING TRAFFIC. IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEONE HITS US. SINCE I HAVE READ OF MULTIPLE PROBLEMS EXACTLY LIKE THIS WITH THIS VEHICLE. WHY HADN'T THERE BEEN A RECALL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN ROGUE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REPLACING THE TIRES HE NOTICED THAT THE SENSOR TRANSMITTER WAS BROKEN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 09V393000 (TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS). THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 32,746.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN ROGUE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL WHEN THE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE TEST RESULTS DETERMINED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS FAULTY. THE DEALER REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION. A YEAR LATER, THE FAILURE BEGIN TO RECUR. THE CONTACT DID NOT TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AGAIN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000.

FUEL SENDING UNIT IS FAULTY. CANNOT GET ANY IDEA OF FUEL LEVEL IN THE VEHICLE. ONLY 45000 MILES ON THE CAR. NISSAN HAS RECALLED THIS FOR THE FRONTIER AND PATHFINDER, SO IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THEIR VEHICLES, BUT THE DEAL IS CHARGING ~$500 TO FIX IT. *JS

STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN. PUSHED THE ACCELERATOR BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. CONTINUED DOWN THE ROAD AND COULD NOT GO ABOVE 40 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY. STOPPED THE CAR AT THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, TURNED OFF THE CAR. THOUGHT MAYBE JUST A HICCUP AND WOULD RETURN TO NORMAL. STARTED IT UP AND BEGAN TO DRIVE AND STILL WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE ABOVE 40 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY. CALLED THE SHOP AND LET THEM KNOW I WAS ON MY WAY. ON THE WAY TO THE SHOP THE CAR RAN FINE, GOING NORMAL SPEED. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO FIND ANY RECORD IN THE COMPUTER OF THE PROBLEM AND SO FAR HAS BEEN UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN ROGUE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SENSOR FOR THE AIRBAGS FAILED AND THE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE AIR BAG SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 75,000. UPDATED 6/4/12 *CN

NHTSA PREVIOUSLY CONDUCTED A RECALL ON 2008 NISSAN ROGUES FOR PROBLEMS WITH THE PASSENGER SEAT SENSOR NOT CONNECTING PROPERLY WITH THE SRS, MAKING THE SRS INDICATOR FLASH AND RENDERING THE PASSENGER AIRBAG USELESS. I PURCHASED MY ROGUE USED A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO, AND WHEN THE PROBLEM AROSE, CHECKED YOUR DATABASE TO FIND IF THERE WAS A RECALL. THE NISSAN CUSTOMER SERVICE FOLKS TELL ME THAT MY VIN IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECALL. A BRIEF SEARCH ON GOOGLE HOPING TO HELP ME FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH THIS REPAIR WOULD COST, INDICATES THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ROGUE OWNER AFFECTED BY THIS. I WONDER IF THE RECALL WAS SUFFICIENTLY BROAD. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THIS MALFUNCTIONED ON ITS OWN, BUT WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE. *TR