Nissan gearbox class action lawsuit claims CVTs jerk, shake, fail to accelerate and then fail completely.
Jan 9, 2022 – A Nissan transmission lawsuit alleges that Nissan Altima and Nissan Sentra vehicles were equipped with defective continuously variable transmissions (CVTs) from 2017 to 2018.
Alleged transmission problems make the Nissan vehicles jerk, jerk, rattle, jerk and get acceleration problems.
According to Nissan gear lawsuit:
“This is a class action. Members of the proposed class action, which includes citizens of California, are citizens of states other than Tennessee, where Nissan is headquartered, and California, where Nissan North America, Inc. was founded through late 2021. and Delaware, where Nissan North America, Inc. is being formed. “
The CVT class action lawsuit was filed by Nevada plaintiff Minerva Martinez, who purchased a new 2017 Nissan Altima in April 2017. On September 29, 2021, the vehicle had driven approximately 70,000 miles.
The Altima began to suffer from a loss of power, no acceleration and the feeling that the car would not stop even if she did not press the accelerator pedal. She also says the vehicle didn’t accelerate even when she pressed the accelerator.
In September 2020, when the Nissan Altima had 51,644 miles, the plaintiff took the car to a dealer and informed them that the car sometimes lost power when accelerating and going uphill.
The plaintiff says she told the dealer that the loss of power and inability to accelerate were so extreme that she felt the brakes were applying even though her foot pressed the accelerator.
The Nissan transmission lawsuit says service records show that the technician reviewed Ms. Martinez’s complaint and reprogrammed the transmission control module. This allegedly did not solve the transmission problems.
In January 2021, the Altima allegedly suffered delayed acceleration when it lurched into another vehicle, causing the plaintiff to return the car to the Nissan dealer when the car was 59,905 miles on the odometer.
“According to the service records and despite Ms. Martinez’s complaint, Nissan incorrectly identified the complaint as one with brakes and refused to diagnose or attempt to fix the safety problem with the transmission. This refusal came despite Nissan having Ms. Martinez’s vehicle kept to himself by the dealer. ” thirty-three (33) days. “- Nissan Transmission Lawsuit
Since it did not believe that the accident was caused by braking problems, the plaintiff fears that the Altima will suffer further transmission problems. The plaintiff says it acquired an expanded service contract for $ 2,836 when the dealer returned her vehicle.
Nissan Transmission lawsuit blames coolers
The Nissan gear lawsuit alleges the vehicles were designed and / or built with inadequate cooling systems and defective radiators. The class action claims that the temperature of the gear oil is controlled by a small radiator instead of a radiator.
The plaintiff claims that the cooler is too small or poorly made and does not regulate the temperature of the CVT fluid properly. The fluid is designed to lubricate the transmission components including the valves, pulleys, and belts.
This allegedly causes the Nissan transmission to overheat, which activates a transmission oil temperature mode to reduce the performance of the CVT. The lawsuit alleges that it does when Nissan vehicles jerk, shake, fail to accelerate, and eventually suffer transmission failures.
According to the Nissan transmission lawsuit, the automaker has allegedly been aware of the CVT problems since at least 2013 and has issued technical service bulletins on the transmissions to its dealers.
The Nissan class action lawsuit goes on to claim that even if Nissan replaces the gearbox, the automaker is using a defective CVT as the replacement gearbox.
“If Nissan had disclosed the CVT defect to the plaintiff and the group members, they would not have bought the class vehicles, would have paid less for them and / or would have required Nissan to replace the defective CVT with a non-defective version before the warranty period expired.” – Nissan gear lawsuit
In October 2021, Nissan and customers reached a settlement agreement in five lawsuits in a consolidated transmission class action lawsuit involving the Nissan Rogue 2014-2018, Nissan Pathfinder 2015-2018, and Infiniti QX60 2015-2018 vehicles.
The Nissan Altima and Sentra transmission lawsuit has been filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California: Minerva Martinez, vs. Nissan North America, Inc.
Plaintiff is represented by Miller Shah LLP, Capstone Law APC, Maddox & Cisneros, LLP, Pearson, Simon & Warshaw, LLP.
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