NHTSA Complaint #10763020 — 2011 NISSAN JUKE

WHILE DRIVING OVER 100 MILES FROM HOME AT 60MPH, ON A MAJOR INTERSTATE, BEHIND A TRACTOR TRAILER, I WAITED FOR NO TRAFFIC IN THE LEFT LANE SO THAT I COULD PASS. I PUT MY BLINKER ON, GOT INTO THE LEFT LANE, GOT NEXT TO THE TRACTOR TRAILER AND THE CAR WENT FROM 65 TO TEN MPH AND WOULD NOT GO ANY FASTER. OBVIOUSLY MY CAR DROPPED BACK AND I VERY SLOWLY GOT BACK BEHIND THE TRACTOR TRAILER AND OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE TRANSMISSION BLEW FROM OVERHEATING! I WAS ABLE TO GET A GARAGE TO LOOK AT IT AND DIAGNOSE IT AND IT WAS RECONFIRMED WHEN BROUGHT TO A NISSAN DEALERSHIP. IT CAME WITH A 60,000 MILE WARRANTY, I PAID EXTRA TO GET A 72000 MILE WARRANTY , AND IT WENT AT 87000. MY RESEARCH SHOWED MANY NISSAN JUKE OWNERS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AFTER DRIVING THEIR JUKE OVER A HUNDRED MILE STRETCH OR MORE. I PAID ALMOST 35000. FOR THIS CAR AND BOUGHT IT WITH TWELVE MILES ON IT. ARE THEY MEANT TO GO LESS THAN 4 YEARS?! I AM NOT THAT RICH! I REPORTED IT TO NISSAN, THEY CALLED ME TODAY AND SAID THEY WERE SORRY THAT THEY COULDN'T HELP ME BUT THAT IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. I COULD HAVE GOTTEN KILLED ON THAT HIGHWAY! NOW I AM OUT A CAR I BOUGHT IN OCTOBER OF 2011 AND IT DIED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2015 (LESS THAN 4 YEARS!) ...UNLESS I PAY $4000. FOR A TRANSMISSION WITH 10,000 MILES ON IT BECAUSE NISSAN SAYS I CANT EVEN GET A NEW TRANSMISSION FOR IT!