NHTSA Complaint #10945191 — 2013 NISSAN JUKE

I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE BRAND NEW. UP TO DATE ON ALL SERVICING. 81000 MILES. ON 1/12/2017 WAS DRIVING VEHICLE AND WENT TO ENTER INTO HIGHWAY. WHILE ENTERING INTO HIGHWAY CARS SPEED STARTED TO DECLINE AT A FAST RATE DOWN TO 25 ON A 70 MPH HIGHWAY. ALMOST CAUSING AND ACCIDENT. WAS MAKING A POP/WHISTLING SOUND UNDER HOOD. COULD NOT DRIVE ABOVE 40 MPH WITHOUT THE SOUND GETTING LOUDER AND WORSE. CALLED MY MECHANIC AND TOOK IT STRAIGHT THERE. WHEN HOOKED UP TO DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE IT SHOWED IT WAS THE TURBO. TRIED TO DRIVE CAR HOME BUT COULD NOT MAKE IT UP HILLS. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD. LOSS IN PERFORMANCE IN THE TURBO CAUSES SPEED LOSS AT A DRASTIC RATE. THIS COULD BE FATAL IN SITUATIONS WHERE ACCELERATION IS NEEDED. PART WENT OUT WITH NO PRIOR WARNINGS. I COULD HAVE BEEN STRUCK ON THE HIGHWAY OR CAUSED AN ACCIDENT ENTERING ON IT SO SLOWLY. CONTACTED NISSAN AND TO MY SURPRISE THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL ON THIS PART EVEN THOUGH I HAVE READ HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ON THE SAME ISSUE.