There are 21 owner-reported speed control & cruise complaints for the 2012 Nissan Roguein NHTSA's database. These are unverified consumer reports and may not reflect confirmed defects.
1/2024 car loses power going from 70mph to about 40mph - dealership adjusted transmission fluid, 12/2024 started having power issues again dropping from 40mph to 20mph. Dealership said they couldn't do anything until it starts happening more frequently. So I'm suppose to just drive it with a potential crash that could hurt or kill someone. Not acceptable, Nissan needs to recall 2012 Rogues due to transmission issues before someone gets killed.
The main and most dangerous issue is first hearing high pitch whining/winding sound while driving as the rpm's start to spike and stay high resulting & causing vehicle to lose power and speed for no apparent reason. Subsequently, as you attempt to depress the gas pedal to increase speed to try to mitigate the issue, the vehicle continues to lose power and speed regardless of how depressed gas pedal is (even completely depressed to floorboard). Within seconds vehicle is forced to a stop from lack of power and acceleration and will not continue to drive at all. This issue is nothing less than terrifying and incredibly dangerous especially while on the freeway with heavy traffic speeding and whizzing past you at 70+ mph. If this is happening to people at night, it's only a matter of time before someone will be killed by the speeding and oblivious traffic coming from behind if that has not already occurred. I was travelling with my child and our dog in the back and wonder would have happened if I couldn't have merged into the slower lanes in heavy traffic and off to the shoulder to "safety." What will happen to a family in the fast lane that is not able to merge to safety or when they find themselves forced and stuck in the middle of the freeway between the median and the fast lane?? In addition, upon starting, vehicle will also idle higher than normal and stay high with slight fluxuation even while in park. While driving, rpm's continue to spike with every gear shift and vehicle is slow to respond and keep up with desired speed and will continue to worsen as time progresses. The longer the drive, the more (tired) and sluggish it seems with both lack of response, lack of power, and lack of speed. First signs of issue were while idling at stoplights, vehicle will shake and seem to idle very low as if going to die while at idle. There is also a noticeable shake while driving especially at higher speeds with this problem remaining and lasting the duration of drive.
Unknown I was driving to st. Louis on the highway and was going 70 mph and then I hear a winding noise and loss acceleration and had my foot all the way down on the gas pedal and it would not speed up I was only going 40 on a highway that I was going 70 mph on and kept losing speed
When driving on the highway the vehicle will desegregate. Check engine light goes on and off and received 5 different codes for the transmission. Tire ?? system comes on and off. The engine overheats a lot especially on hot climates. I drove from New York to North Carolina and had to stop 5 times on the side of the road so the car could cool down.
MY 2012 NISSAN ROGUE SV THAT I PURCHASED 16 MONTHS AGO HAS HAD THE SAME REOCCURRING PROBLEM WHERE YOU'LL BE DRIVING AND THE ACCELERATOR WILL GET REAL HARD AND DROP DOWN TO 20 MILES AN HOUR IT'S BEEN IN THE SHOP SEVEN TIMES HAD SEVERAL PARTS REPLACED THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO HAVE NO REOCCURRENCE THEME IT'S HARD TO FIGURE OUT WHY AND WHEN IT DOES IT WE'VE GONE AS LONG AS SIX MONTHS AND 4000 MILES WITHOUT ISSUE OR THREE TIMES IN THE SAME WEEK THE PROBLEM IS IT'S ALMOST CAUSED 4 BAD ACCIDENTS WE ARE VERY LUCKY MY WIFE IS SCARED TO DRIVE IT I WOULD DO ANYTHING TO GET IT FIXED BUT WE'VE TRIED AND TRIED AND TRIED AND IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM ANYBODY CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT AS MUCH AS I DON'T WANT TO PUT IT ON THE ROAD AGAIN WE DON'T HAVE THE MEANS TO JUST WALK AWAY, THE CAR HAS 78K MILES AND RUNS GREAT EXCEPT FOR THIS DANGEROUS ISSUE
The vehicle will not accelerate, seems to be a problem with the transmission
AFTER AN 1.5 HOURS ON AN INTERSTATE (NON-STOP DRIVING) THE VEHICLE BEGINS TO DECELERATE SPEED. WITH NO LIGHT INDICATOR OR EXPLANATION. THE ACCELERATOR GAUGE IS GOING UP AND DOWN REALLY QUICKLY, LIKE THE CAR IS OUT OF SYNC WITH THE SPEED. NO INDICATOR LIGHT OR ANYTHING TURNS ON. I WILL BE GOING AT A SPEED OF 75 OR 80 AND WITHOUT WARNING, IT DECREASES IN SPEED. I CAN PUT THE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR AND IT STILL CONTINUES TO SLOW DOWN. THERE IS NO OVERHEATING FUMES OR SMELL AT ALL. I HAVE TO PULL OVER AND WAIT UNTIL THE ENGINE COOLS DOWN BEFORE RETURNING ONTO THE HIGHWAY. THIS HAPPENED THE FIRST TIME IN 2017 (PROBABLY 70,000 MILES) WHEN I TOOK A ROAD TRIP AND I THOUGH IT WAS A ONE TIME OCCURRENCE. UNFORTUNATELY, IT HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES AFTERWARDS, BUT ALWAYS AFTER I'VE BEEN ON THE ROAD FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR. I'VE TAKEN IT IN TO BE SERVICED TWICE, THE WATER PUMPS WERE REPLACED, BUT STILL I HAVE THE SAME ISSUE. THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT HAPPENED SEPTEMBER 2020. I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE HAVING THIS ISSUE UNTIL I LOOKED ONLINE AND SAW OTHERS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE EXACT SAME THING. I JUST TRY NOT TO TAKE LONG ROAD TRIPS. DAY TO DAY DRIVING IS NOT AN ISSUES.
VEHICLE STARTS TO STALL WHILE DRIVING . AFTER A STOPPING AT LIGHT IT WAS SLOW TO ACCELERATE.
WHEN DRIVING FOR SO LONG AS IN LONG DISTANCE THE VEHICLE WON'T ACCELERATE. SPEED LIMIT COULD BE 75 MPH AND AFTER ON THE HIGHWAY FOR ABOUT A HOUR CAR SPEED WILL DROP AND WON'T ACCELERATE PASS 60 MPH. GAS PEDAL COULD BE ALL THE WAY DOWN AND STILL WON'T ACCELERATE.
MY CAR WILL STOP ACCELERATING AS I'M GOING UP A HULL ON A HIGH WAY OR WHEN I STOP IT WON'T ACCELERATE BACK BACK UNTIL I TURN THE CAR OFF AND THEN BACK ON.
I'VE HAD PROBLEMS WITH ACCELERATION OF CAR TWICE ON THE HIGHWAY. CAR FEELS AND SOUNDS LIKE IT IS STUCK IN ONE GEAR. I COULDN'T DRIVE FASTER THAN 75 MPH. CAR STARTED TO SLOW DOWN EVEN WITH MY FOOT ON THE GAS PEDAL. SPEED DROPPED FROM 75 TO 65, FROM 65 TO 60, FROM 60 TO 55, FROM 55 TO 49, FROM 49 TO 45, FROM 45 TO 30, FROM 30 TO 10 MPH. ALL OF THIS HAPPENED WITHIN 2 MILES OF THE NEAREST EXIT. I TRIED USING CRUISE CONTROL TO MAINTAIN SPEED AT 65 MPH, BUT IT DIDN'T WORK. CAR TOWED BY AAA ON 9/10/17.
MANY TIMES WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY, USUALLY GOING UPHILL, I HAVE TROUBLES WITH THE VEHICLE'S ACCELERATION. THE CAR STARTS TO MAKE A FUNNY SOUND, AS IF IT'S TRYING TO ACCELERATE, BUT IS UNABLE TO. I'VE HAD TO PULL OVER BECAUSE THE CAR WILL SLOW DOWN AND WILL NOT GO PAST LIKE 40 MILES PER HOUR, EVEN IF I'M STEPPING ON THE GAS. IT'S VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE I'M TYPICALLY NOT IN THE SLOW LANE, SO I START TO IMPEDE TRAFFIC WHEN THIS HAPPENS, AND CARS GET REALLY CLOSE TO HITTING ME.
E CAR STOPS ACCELERATING IF ANY OF THESE CONDITIONS HAPPEN: - UPHILL FOR OVER 3 MILES - AFTER 45-70 MILES - HIGH TEMPERATURES (85 OR ABOVE) - DRIVING MORE THAN 1 HOUR DRIVERS MUST PULL OVER AND LET TRANSMISSION COOL BEFORE PROCEEDING, THAN HAPPENS AGAIN OVER AND OVER.
IN THE LAST 30 DAYS I HAVE MADE THE EXACT SAME 5 HOUR ROUND TRIP DRIVE THREE TIMES. ON TWO OF THESE TRIPS, I EXPERIENCED SUDDEN LOSS OF ACCELERATION AFTER APPROXIMATELY 3-1/2 HOURS OF DRIVING (BOTH INSTANCES STARTED WITHIN 5 MILES OF THE OTHER). THOUGH BOTH OCCURRED WITHOUT ANY SIGN OF A MECHANICAL PROBLEM AND CONTINUED UNTIL CAR HAD BEEN STOPPED AND SHUT OFF FOR 30 MINUTES OR MORE, TODAY'S EVENT NEARLY CAUSED LOSS OF LIFE! WHEN TRYING TO MERGE ONTO I-95 FROM I-295 IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC I SUDDENLY COULD NOT ONLY ACCELERATE TO GET ON 95 AND MOVE OVER 2 LANES TO CLEAR THE EXIT ONLY AIRPORT LANE BUT CONTINUED TO SLOW DOWN IN MASSIVE HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC! DURING THIS TIME THE GAS PEDAL WAS FULLY DEPRESSED WITHOUT RESULT OTHER THAN RPM CHANGE TO ALMOST 3. NO CODES WERE DETECTED EITHER TIME. THIS CAR WAS PURCHASED NEW, HAS BEEN WELL TAKEN CARE OF AND REGULARLY SERVICED. IT HAS 75,214 MILES ON IT. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IN THE 3 TRIPS I MADE WAS STOPPING FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES TO EAT BEFORE DRIVING BACK ON TRIP #2 AND HAD NO PROBLEMS AT ALL WITH ACCELERATION.
SUMMARY: WHILE DRIVING MY 2012 NISSAN ROGUE MY CAR BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN EVEN WHILE I WAS STEPPING ON THE ACCELERATION. RPMS WOULD SOAR UP ANY TIME I STEPPED ON THE PEDAL SO I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, LET THE CAR COOL FOR A FEW MINUTES THEN TRIED TO START IT UP AGAIN AND AS I STEPPED ON THE PEDAL THE CAR BARELY ACCELERATED (JUST INCHED ALONG), LEAVING ME TO CALL AND HAVE IT TOWED BACK. THE CAR WAS BROUGHT TO THE USED CAR DEALERSHIP, THE NEXT DAY I RECEIVED A CALL THAT MY TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE CAR IS ONLY 3.5 YEARS OLD (WELL TAKEN CARE OF) AND EVEN THOUGH IT HAS 67,000 MILES ON IT, A CAR AS NEW AS THIS ONE SHOULDN'T BE HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. I CONTACTED NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND AFTER GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THEM A FEW TIMES THEY DECIDED THEY ARE NOT GOING TO HELP ME BECAUSE THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY, MIND YOU BACK IN 2003-2010 THEY PUT OUT AN EXTENDED WARRANTY PROGRAM ON ALL NISSAN ROGUES DUE TO TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, SO THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THE ISSUE THEN I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY AREN'T ACKNOWLEDGING THE ISSUE NOW. I AM STILL PAYING THE CAR OFF AND NOW I HAVE PAID $3,400 TO HAVE THE TRANS FIXED, THAT TRANSMISSION LASTED 12,500 MILES BEFORE A 3RD TRANSMISSION I WAS TOLD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS I HAVE FOUND THAT THE CVT TRANSMISSIONS IN NISSAN CARS IS NOT AN UNCOMMON PROBLEM, ACTUALLY A VERY COMMON ISSUE. WELL THE 3RD TRANSMISSION ONLY LASTED 4,990 MILES. I'M TOLD I NEED ANOTHER TRANSMISSION. #4 THIS IS RIDICULOUS. I HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUED WITH THE CAR SINCE IT HAD 54,000 MILES ON IT.
TRANSMISSION..ACCERALATION PROBLEM..CAR SLOW DOWN AND STOP ON THE HIGHWAY...PUSH OVER IT OVER WAITED 20 MINS AND STARTED AGAIN.I WAS TRAVELING WITH THREE CHILDREN IN THE CAR ..TAKING MY SON BACK TO COLLEGE..WE COULD OF LOST OUR LIFE ON THE HIGHWAY
LOST POWER 2X IN PAST YEAR. ONCE ON CITY STREETS, EVEN THOUGH GAS PEDAL FLOORED, CAR BARELY MOVED. NEXT ON HIGHWAY, HAD TO CRUISE UNTIL COULD SAFELY EXIT HIGHWAY. ISSUE POSSIBLY WITH CVT TRANSMISSION
CRUISE CONTROL BLINKING AND UNUSABLE. *TR
WAS DRIVING NORTH ON INTERSTATE 75, ATLANTA, GA, WHEN THE FRONT LEFT TIRE CERTAINLY BLEW CAUSING ME TO LOOSE CONTROL OF CAR AND REAR-ENDING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. MY CAR WAS A TOTAL LOSS AS WELL AS THE AUTO I HIT. PURCHASED THIS AUTO ON JUNE 25, 2013 WITH 8,283 MILES. NOTICED IN JULY THAT THE TIRE PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND STAY ON FOR A DAY OR TWO; SO I HAD THE CAR LOOKED AT ON 2 OCCASIONS AND WAS TOLD THAT IT SOMETHING PERTAINING TO THE SENOR BUT IT WAS OK BECAUSE THE LIGHT WOULD GO OUT ON IT OWN. THE NIGHT OF THE ACCIDENT THE LIGHT WAS ON AND ALL OF A CERTAIN I HEARD A LOAD POP SOUND WHICH WAS THE TIRE BLOWING OUT AND I LOSS CONTROL OF THE CAR CAUSING THE ACCIDENT. WHEN THE MARKET VALUATION REPORT WAS RAN ON FEBRUARY 27, 2014 I LEARNED THAT THIS VEHICLE HAD A RECALL ISSUED BY NHTSA ID: 12V068000. I BELIEVE THAT WAS WHY THE TIRE PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT CONTINUED TO COME ON FOR A FEW DAYS THEN IT WOULD GO OFF BUT THE TIRES ALWAYS HAD THE SAME AMOUNT OF AIR IN EACH TIRE EACH TIME IT WAS CHECKED. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 NISSAN ROGUE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH, THE SPEED SUDDENLY REDUCED TO 55 MPH AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE, REDUCED IN SPEED, AND STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DUPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000. UPDATED 6/3/15*CN
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