NHTSA Complaint #11113636 — 2014 NISSAN VERSA

MY 2014 NISSAN VERSA CVT TRANSMISSION IS HESITATING, FAILING TO ACCELERATE, AND ACTING ERRATICALLY. THIS IS CAUSING UNSAFE DRIVING CONDITIONS. ON 2 SEPARATE OCCASIONS, I AND MY SON WERE ALMOST "T-BONED" WHILE PULLING OUT INTO A BUSY INTERSECTION. THE CVT, AT TIMES, FAILS TO ACCELERATE PROPERLY, PUTTING DRIVER AT RISK. THIS CAR HAS 122,500 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. THE ORIGINAL CVT TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 65,000 AND THE REPLACEMENT CVT TRANSMISSION IS NOW FAILING. I BROUGHT MY CAR INTO MY DEALER, NISSAN AUTOFARE STRATHAM, AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT I NEED A NEW CVT TRANSMISSION. I HAVE SINCE SENT CERTIFIED LETTER TO NISSAN NORTH AMERICA NOTIFYING THEM OF THIS. I SPOKE TO MARKITA SCOTT, ARBITRATION SPECIALIST/DISPUTE RESOLUTION FOR NISSAN NORTH AMERICA. SHE DIDN'T SEEM TO REALLY CARE ABOUT THE SAFETY ASPECT, AND STATED NISSAN WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING FOR ME EVEN THOUGH THIS NEW TRANSMISSION FAILED AT JUST 55,000 MILES. I BELIEVE THIS IS A MANUFACTURING/DESIGN FLAW WITH THIS PARTICULAR CVT TRANSMISSION AS I HAD 2 FAILED TRANSMISSIONS IN JUST 122,000 MILES. I ALSO BELIEVE THAT THESE FAILURES REPRESENT A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY HAZARD AND THE RESEARCH I DONE INDICATES THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM IS WIDESPREAD. THERE'S A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT PENDING AGAINST NISSAN FOR THIS CVT PROBLEM WITH THIS PARTICULAR MODEL. THANK YOU.