2016 Nissan ALTIMA - Ratings, Complaints and Recalls

"my 2016 nissan altima has roughly 80k miles, all the sudden my transmission began to fall a part, nissan is fully aware of this issue, but they don't want to take responsibility. there are so many nissan owners with the same issue"

"at 107,000 miles my 2016 nissan altima would experience an issue when coming to a stop after about 30 minutes worth of driving. after stopping at a light or stop sign, when i pushed on the gas pedal, nothing happened. i could press the pedal all the way to the floor, and the only change was that the tachometer would go up. i would have to restart the car in order for the gas pedal to work. after taking the car in to the nissan dealership, i as told that i would need a new transmission and the cost would be $5100+ after taxes. i shopped around, but most all other transmission shops said that they would have to get the cvt transmission from nissan. so the only thing different from these other transmission shops and the nissan dealership was the labor cost. i was told by the service department at nissan, that the older cvt transmissions wear out a lot sooner than the newer ones. with nissan only giving a 12month/12,000mile warranty, your gambling if this newer transmission will at least run for as long as the original one. there has to be a recall on these nissan cvt transmissions"

"the contact owns a 2016 nissan altima. the contact stated that after stopping at a traffic light, the light turned green, and the contact depressed the accelerator pedal however, the vehicle jerked and stalled. there was no warning light illuminated. the vehicle was restarted and driven to the residence. the vehicle was then towed to the dealer, where it was diagnosed with a faulty transmission. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure, and a case was filed. the failure mileage was approximately 74,300."

"car intermittently fails to accelerate when gas pedal is engaged. gas pedal has been fully engaged at times and car does not accelerate. had issues in 2021 and now it is reoccurring. this issue has occurred while in interstate traffic, as well as, day to day driving around town."

"transmission slippage or failure to engage when trying to accelerate onto highway. transmission would slip during acceleration causing other motorists to have to immediately slow or stop to avoid collision. identified by nissan service that transmission needs replacement. check engine light came on approximately 200 miles before diagnosis by nissan service. at approximately 84k miles. no forewarning by the vehicle or communication from nissan prior to this incident. advised that nissan is aware of the issue and have extended some warranties regarding the issue but not communicating to customers. apparently issue is not isolated to just the altima but several other nissan models. failures of this transmission type have been reported as early as 25k miles."

"cvt issues. with shudder in speed control and lack of transmission staying engaged seems like it is popping in and out of gear at any speed. lack of power and changes in speed creates safety issues with other drivers on the road."

"my wife's car started having problems with acceleration lately. at a stop the car would sometimes have problem accelerating and i would have to tap on the gas pedal a few times. if that doesn't work, i would have to keep on pressing the gas pedal without releasing it. the rpm will sometimes not go up then suddenly it revs to 4k even 5k. the car would go on limp mode or not even go forward when i'm revving the car. it happened both on highway and city streets. i was almost hit by a truck on the freeway. this is very dangerous. i did some research and found that many owners have the same problem. there is even a lawsuit i found on the internet pertaining to the same issue. no one wants to spend the time and money to fix a transmission problem especially if it's a problem from nissan itself and not because of negligent owners not taking proper care of their cars. it costs about $3500 to $4000 to replace a transmission! please investigate and put a recall for the transmission for the nissan altima. all owners who have spent money and time should be reimbursed!"

"my car has several problems with accelerating either during highway speeds or from a dead stop. first , the car starts fine and engine runs fine, does not idle rough or stall out. the problems arise after driving for a few miles and i come to a complete stop, either at a stop light or sign. when the light turns green and i attempt to move the car, there is a severe lag in response to get the car moving. when it does start moving (after about 5-6 seconds), it barely rolls forward at less than 1 mile an hour. it does not matter how many times i depress the gas pedal, or if i have it to the floor, the car barely moves without any sound or rise in rpms. the car may cover a distance from 15 feet to 150 feet at this snail pace until suddenly the rpms shoot up to 4-5000 and the vehicle takes off like a rocket. the first time this happened i was making a lefthand turn and while sitting in the turn pocket i pressed the accelerator and the car started to creep along and put me right in the way of oncoming traffic which luckily slowed down for me to crawl across. the next time it happened was when i left a stoplight and the car started crawling then suddenly shot off and almost hit the car in front of me which had slowed down for a dip about 30 feet from the stop light. both very dangerous situations. the car also tends to lose acceleration while driving at highway speeds with the rpms dropping approximately 1000 rpms as when crossing intersections leaving me to crawl through a long intersection while now with cross traffic on the green light. this happens during freeway speeds as well. also, at freeway speeds the car will top out at 40 mph with the rpms winding away at 4-5,000 rpms while traffic is flying by me at 65-75 mph. all these scenarios are prime conditions for an accident or collision. symptoms first appeared about two months ago, now daily. the nissan dealer refuses to do transmission repair saying the computer throws no codes. will not take my word on the problems."

"the car has been experiencing transmission problems since about 95,000 miles. i contacted nissan of north america about the issue and they told me they knew of the issue, extended warranty to 88,000 miles. i bought car used with 87,000 and no issue until 95,000. issue is, the car stalls in stop and go traffic, it revs and jumps when starting, makes a humming noise while gas pedal is engaged. took it in for recalls and nissan of lagrange even said the cvt transmissions are junk. nissan needs to recall every car that has this transmission and fix the issue."

"transmission failing. will not take off from stand still, then jerks and goes after revving. jerks badly and shudders when accelerating, then refuses to accelerate to highway speeds over 55mph."