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Problems with 2010 Nissan Altima POWER TRAIN

On average, the 2010 Nissan Altima starts to “feel” problems with the POWER TRAIN and its various aspects after 86 177 miles.

Components Affected by POWER TRAIN Issues

We have classified the 51 complaints from 2010 Nissan Altima about POWER TRAIN into the following categories.

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION 11

Recently reported POWER TRAIN problems on 2010 Nissan Altima

Tl* the contact owns a 2010 nissan altima. while driving 35 mph, the vehicle started to jerk and lost power without warning. the vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the oil consumption fractured and was leaking into the engine. also, the transmission needed to be replaced. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer and dealer were not made aware of the failure. the failure mileage was 127,000.

Cat transmission going out

Transmission skipping

My struts beginning to sound horrible. i was traveling and as i would speed up the rpms would go higher making a whistling noise. service engine light came on. i went had it put on a computer and it's said transmission and torque converter clutch solenoid.

My car hesitates to pull out until over 20 mph i have the cvt transmission which is throwing a code i bought this car from a car lot!

The very first issue was vehicle shut down on its own while in airport traffic. it restarted right away but cuts off immediately you put it in drive or reverse. after several attempts, the vehicle started and drove fine for a few days and the issue started again. when i took it to get checked out the problem refused to replicate. the current issue now is that the rpm jumps up and down while driving causing the engine to rev up while vehicle de-accelerates on its own. vehicle sometimes runs like the emergency brake is engaged. when you put it in drive or reverse it takes a few seconds to engage the gear.

Vehicle will not go past 60 mph, then within 24 hours would not go past 40 mph, within 24 more hours, vehicle will not accelerate over 20 mph and has extreme power loss. was evaluated by transmission shop who confirmed the transmission is failing.

When accelerating from 20mph to 40mph the rpms increase to 3rpm and the transmission hesitates to change the gear. it seems to be an issue with the tcm (transmission control module). i bought my car brand new in 2010. it has 220,000 miles on it. i did some research online and saw this us a known issue with the car. nissan also sent out a bulletin ntb10-121b. they should recall these cars and fix the issue at their cost. attached is the pdf of the bulletin.

Driving on i95 from gatlinburg my car started make a horrible whining noisie, shuck it's has done before just not this bad, it has before but i didn't think much of it and just stopped and let it sit and it stopped . now it happens everyttime i get in the car. or that i have to beg it go when it's in gear, when i pull out i'd doesn't go. i've notice if i slam it from to park forcefully to drive it seems to work fine until the whining and jerking start. i know this is a tranny issue and i i know it's warranty rorb10 yrs or 120000 miles i'm at 102! and i can't drive this car please help!!!

Takata recall while driving on the highway in traffic the vehicle started to shutter and with no where safe to pull over continued down the road. the vehicle took so long to get up to speed i thought something terrible was going to happened. when i got to a safe place i pulled over. i turned the car off and waited. i restarted the car and decided to try again and immediately it started shuttering and no power i instantly pulled over call my husband and then called a towing service. i've read since this happened its more common and dangerous than i ever imagined..

Cvt transmission completely gave out today on the highway and almost caused a terrible accident. my car was going 65 one minute and then lost complete power. started searching online for more info only to find hundreds of other owners with similar complaints from all models and years from 2007 to 2016! my vehicle is included in a special warranty issued by nissan because they are aware of this issue but it's only valid under 120k miles. now i have no car, no money to fix this one or buy another. the unreliability has ruined my life and i don't know how i'm going to get by. sadly, the fear of what i'm going to do with my future is only second to the fear i felt this morning when the car i've poured a lot of money into and take tremendous care of almost got me killed. no dash lights. no warning. no previous knowledge of this very serious problem. fine one day, completely undrivable the next. i was on 83 north in md and almost got rear ended by a semi doing 70+ mph in the left lane.

Problem: accelerating on highway and car would not switch into higher gear preventing car from going more than 20 mph on a 75 mph highway. nissan technician diagnosed that the problem was the cvt transmission and the repairs would have been covered 100% under the warrantee extension if the car had been within the 120,000 limit. our car was just 8% over that limit but nissan's consumer affairs department would not help in any way. the representative said nissan acknowledged the problem with the transmissions and doubled the warrantee but that was all they were going to do. the same problems that are causing these cvt transmissions to fail at 120,000 miles are causing them to fail at 131,000 miles in my case. nissan should be held accountable for repairing the defective transmissions. i am not certain why a recall has not been mandated. this is a documented and acknowledged problem and it is a safety concern to lose power while driving.

When i drive it very far, it slows down and won't go faster than about 50mph. i have to pull over and let it cool off before it will go faster.

After driving for extended periods in warm weather or uphill, car begins to loose power and begins to slow down on the highway. pressing on the gas pedal does not give more power and i need to pull over and wait anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour for the car to reset itself.

One day on the freeway the cars rpms wad going up and down without me pressing or taking my foot off the pedal. i was driving 75 mph. that was i noticed first. the a couple days later car was shifting hard into reverse. i went and got a transmission flush. two days later the car wouldnt move. i put my foot on the pedal and the car wont move. my slip light and check engine light are on now. car gave me a code of po725 engine speed sensor input circuit malfunction. i have replaced it and the car still wont move.