Complaint 1497543
2009 NISSAN CUBE • POWER TRAIN • incident Aug 27, 2018
Crash
No
Fire
No
Injuries
0
Deaths
0
- Complaint ID
- 1497543
- Make
- NISSAN
- Model
- CUBE
- Model Year
- 2009
- Component
- POWER TRAIN
- Incident Date
- Aug 27, 2018
- Date Received
- Sep 7, 2018
- Data As Of
- Sep 1, 2026
Complaint Summary
POWER TRAIN
Owner Narrative
RECENTLY MY NISSAN CUBE CAME UP WITH AN ERROR CODE INDICATING A STEP MOTOR MALFUNCTION. THIS IS A COMPONENT OF THE CVT TRANSMISSION THAT TELLS THE TRANSMISSION HOW TO OPERATE. WITHOUT THIS CRITICAL COMPONENT THE VEHICLE DOES NOT BEHAVE PROPERLY. I HAVE INVOLVED IN A NUMBER OF SITUATIONS WHERE THE VEHICLE WILL SUDDENLY STOP AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OR NOT ACCELERATE AFTER REDUCING SPEED CAUSING AN EXTREME HAZARD. NISSAN IS AWARE OF THESE FAILING TRANSMISSIONS AND DID IN FACT INCREASE THE WARRANTY COVERAGE AT ONE POINT. THESE ARE AN EXTREME DANGER ON THE ROAD!!!
Owner-submitted narrative on file with NHTSA. Complaint narratives are self-reported and have not been verified.