Problems with 2014 Nissan Pathfinder POWER TRAIN

Car jerks and struggles to increase speeds during this time. when in traffic traveling at a reduced speed car will jerk like the transmission is slipping and fail to increase speed. *tr

Please note the following: all 2013 2014 nissan pathfinders have a faulty transmission that shudders, vibrates, jerks, shakes.. when you slowly accelerate or when you come off the highway doing cruise control and then go to bumper to bumper traffic. when the car gets to about 8,000 there is no denying the problem. nissan refuses to recall the car. they continue to ask that you bring the car in.. and they don't have the 1st clue on how to fix it.. their answer is to give you another transmission and claim the problem is fixed. i had a 2013 the bought back the car and gave me a 2014 and guess what the car is still a piece of garbage. and now they refuse to acknowledge the defect the 2014 has. stay away!!!!!!! *tr

The hood starts to flex or shake at speeds of 70mph and above. transmission has a severe shudder when accelerating slightly between 20 to 30mph.

The whole dashboard shaking when you try to apply gas and it usually happen between the speed of 0-20mph only. i have an apt with the dealer on oct 7th to update the software what i am seeing on the website this is a known problem. paid $44k for this car and now i have to try and see if it fixes it. the dealer told me if the software update doesn't work then they will ask nissan usa corp to see to replace the transmission. i think people should stay away from cvt transmission from nissan as this could lead to a crash. good thing it only happens in low speed acceleration but if it happens in a high speed this will be a big issue. *tr

When i attempted to pull out in traffic from a stop, the vehicle started to move, then shuddered and stopped in front of oncoming traffic. it has done this a few times since then, the most recent was just over a week ago. after taking it to the dealers service dept., i was told it did the same thing with them driving it. i was told they have some kind of bulletin from the factory regarding this issue and it clearly states they have to replace the transmission. they provided another vehicle for me to drive and told me it will take 2 weeks for them to get another transmission and another 2-3 days to install it. two days after leaving it with them, i received a message stating my pathfinder was ready to be picked up. the message stated they had reprogrammed the transmission. i have tried calling several times to question this change of plans, but haven't been able to reach anyone who can explain. *tr

Tl* the contact owns a 2014 nissan pathfinder. the contact stated that while driving approximately 40 mph, the vehicle would hesitate to accelerate as it began to shake. the vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the transmission needed to be replaced. the manufacturer was notified of the failure. the vehicle was repaired but the failure recurred. the approximate failure mileage was 4,000 and the current mileage was 9,000.

Brand new never driven 2014 nissan pathfinder bought. within 3 days of buying vehicle, jerking motion, (like that of going over a rumble strip), while at steady 20mph. jerking stopped with braking and/or accelerating. did not happen again till weeks later. taken to dealership. told nothing was wrong with it after testing for reported 20 miles. problem continued. now happens at high speeds. safety concern as when driving on highway at high speeds, jerks forward, causing breaking, with near rear end crash occurrence. *tr

Accelerating from stoplight across highway when transmission begins to violently shake the entire vehicle. released accelerator pedal to stop violent shaking. reapplied pressure to accelerator pedal to keep vehicle behind us from smashing our vehicle. this exact same scenario has occurred over and over again in the last 4200 miles. this exact violent shaking (juddering) has also occurred when accelerating onto the highway. nissan corporation is fully aware of this issue and refused to fix my vehicle. the pathfinder transmission has a design defect that is a serious safety issue. *tr

Car loses power and shakes a lot during acceleration and during turns. *tr

Purchased 2014 premium platitum nissan pathfinder on 10/9/13. the same evening i noticed the car violently jerking from stop to 35 mph (2000 rpm). i thought it was just a fluke. 4 days later the car did the same thing several times. i immediately took car back to dealership. they claim they could not duplicate issue. 3 days after that, the car violently jerked from stop to 35 mph all morning. i took it back to dealership. they duplicated the issue. said car needs a transmission. i have researched online to determine this is a known issue with nissan. it happens quit frequently with the 2013/2014 cvt transmissions in the pathfinders. check edmunds.com, kbb.com, etc for reviews. the customer reviews all say the same thing. this is a safety hazard because when the car is trying to leave 2nd gear while jerking, it is not picking up speed and can cause someone to run into the back of the car; causing injury or even death. this needs to be looked into immediately and nissan needs to stop production of these transmissions until they can fix the problem. nhtsa please get involved to stop nissan from producing these faulty transmissions and to force them to fix the ones they have sold to innocent purchasers. it's not right that they continue to take innocent people's hard earn money and profit from that, while we are forced to pay to ride in what could be a accident causing vehicle; resulting in injury and/or worse case, death!!! please be proactive. let's save lives before it's too late! *tr

Since 10/12/13, the vehicle has experienced violent shuddering and loss of power. when the vehicle is brought to the nissan service department it is always unable to duplicate. we continue driving the vehicle and it gets worse. finally after it becomes almost unable to drive nissan admits there is a problem and replaces the cvt. we are now on our third cvt since we purchased the car on 7/22/13. we have to travel a two lane mountain highway and it has happened several times and due to losing power going uphill we have almost been hit on numerous occasions. it has also happened on the freeway. it has happened at a busy intersection and the car completely lost power and the car behind us slammed on their brakes and swerved to avoid hitting us. it has happened at speeds from 30 to 60 mph. i am gravely concerned for my family's safety, we also have a newborn and i am scared to have him in this car but i have no choice. i honestly feel that it is a matter of time before we are hit due to these issues. nissan continues to deny this is a safety concern. *tr

Hi sir/madam, my name is [xxx] i reported to nissan usa corporate office. i got a call from [xxx], nissan corporate office on 24 september. informed him the issue.then called [xxx], customer relations of brown's fairfax nissan office. he asked to open a ticket with nissan customer relations. i opened a ticked on 09/30/2013. the case number - [xxx]. gave the information to [xxx], customer relations in brown's nissan, fairfax, virginia. he said he will follow up and update me. there was no update from him so far. today (10/18/2013), i went to the dealer. showed the door sales manager - [xxx] and workshop - [xxx]. [xxx] fixed the door part and transmission (from drive mode to park mode. it is getting stuck at r in power train), he said there is an issue. he checked with the mechanic in the shop. he has to follow up with nissan and i had informed i had opened consumer ticket. [xxx] gave the car back. there is no action so far !!! information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6). *tr

Vehicle flutters at various speeds but more so at lower speeds especially when attempting to stop. vehicle is currently in the purchasing dealership service department. purchased vehicle may 31 2014 with 45 miles. *tr