NHTSA Complaint #10649951 — 2011 NISSAN ROGUE

TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE FROM COLUMBIA, SC TO CLINTON, SC 2011 NISSAN ROGUE BEGAN LOOSING POWER AND WOULD NOT MAINTAIN HIGHWAY SPEED WHEN CLIMBING HILLS. WITH ACCELERATOR PUSHED TO FLOOR VEHICLE SPEED DROPPED FROM 70 DOWN TO 50-55 ON INCLINES. DECELERATION CONTINUED AS LONG AS VEHICLE WAS ON INCLINE. SPEED INCREASED WHEN VEHICLE CRESTED HILL. PULLED OVER, CHECKED TRANSMISSION FLUID AND ALLOWED VEHICLE TO COOL. ONCE VEHICLE COOLED PROBLEM CORRECTED AND WE WERE ABLE TO RETURN TO COLUMBIA. TOOK VEHICLE TO DICK SMITH NISSAN IN LEXINGTON SC FOR REPAIR. DEALER WAS UNABLE TO RECREATE PROBLEM AND INDICATED NO CODES INDICATED. PROBLEM RECURRED IN MAY 2014 WHEN RETURNING TO LEXINGTON, SC FROM CHARLESTON. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTES AT HIGHWAY SPEED (70-75 MPH) PROBLEM RE-OCCURRED. SAME SYMPTOMS - LOSS OF ACCELERATION ON INCLINES - CAUSED VEHICLE TO DROP FROM TRAFFIC AND UNABLE TO MAINTAIN SAFE SPEED. PULLED OVER AT REST AREA - CHECKED VEHICLE. AGAIN REPORTED PROBLEM TO DEALER BUT UNABLE TO RECREATE PROBLEM. OCTOBER 2014 - PROBLEM RECURRED TRAVELING FROM LEXINGTON TO ATLANTA. SAME SYMPTOMS LOSS OF POWER AND SPEED ON UPHILL GRADE - UNABLE TO MAINTAIN HIGHWAY SPEED. EXITED HIGHWAY AT AUGUSTA AFTER 1 HOUR ON INTERSTATE. WHEN TRIED TO TURN LEFT FROM STOP OFF OF EXIT RAMP -PUSHED ACCELERATOR - VEHICLE STARTED FORWARD AND THEN LOST POWER IN INTERSECTION BLOCKING TWO LANES OF CROSS TRAFFIC. VEHICLE CREPT THROUGH INTERSECTION VERY LUCKY WE WERE NOT STRUCK BY CROSS TRAFFIC. PLAN TO RETURN VEHICLE TO DEALER AGAIN. *TR