As most here know, I bought a used 2016 Nissan Altima with under 77,000 miles on it 2 weeks ago. Had the key fob issue last week, which was fixed. Just took a trip from the Tri-Cities area, through Portland, and up to Bremerton, WA. Going into Bremerton, the CVT went into "limp mode" just a mile from Dad's house. Next day, drove it a couple different times with no issue, but the tranny did have a herky-jerky attitude (like hunting for gears).
Coming back yesterday (in the reverse route), still had the jerking issue and went into limp mode once. Called the dealer, told to bring it in when I get home. Drove fine most of the way, until reaching my home base. Limp mode kicked in again, and the car struggled to get the handful of miles to the dealer, sometimes barely going over 20 MPH. Dealer says they will get Nissan to fix the problem, since a TSB was recently issued for the 2012-2018 Nissan w/CVT transmissions.
I'm mainly posting this for anyone who's got one of these vehicles, or is thinking about getting one. I think overheating is the main issue of these. Hundreds of them going out well under 75,000-100,000 miles.
Coming back yesterday (in the reverse route), still had the jerking issue and went into limp mode once. Called the dealer, told to bring it in when I get home. Drove fine most of the way, until reaching my home base. Limp mode kicked in again, and the car struggled to get the handful of miles to the dealer, sometimes barely going over 20 MPH. Dealer says they will get Nissan to fix the problem, since a TSB was recently issued for the 2012-2018 Nissan w/CVT transmissions.
I'm mainly posting this for anyone who's got one of these vehicles, or is thinking about getting one. I think overheating is the main issue of these. Hundreds of them going out well under 75,000-100,000 miles.