I blame Nissan Advertising not their proucts. For example I'm on my third ownership of Nissan Leafs. Drove and drive in hot Scottsdale and terrible cold Boise winter. Here's my maintenance costs: one new tire, two windshield wipers, one silicone tube, one recall to replace bolt under driver's seat and one recall to add a few pages in my owner's mamual. I drive short distances and charge at home. My 2023 Leaf Plus is fun to drive and super dependable! Love my Nissan Leaf!
basically the last "good" year for Nissan in terms of overall build quality outside their trucks. In 2008 or so Renault took over and started implementing those awful transmissions.
He mentioned their best seller is the roque and that car has a cvt, I stand with you and agree wich is why in their newer models the have automatic transmission
Youve got it all wrong. Its in the US where the problem is. There are no E-Power Nissans available in north america. But you can get E-Power in other countries.
In Japan, it doesnt matter if you are telling the truth or lying, saying something on the internet, damage their reputation, that is enough to sue you and lose the case, they care about reputation, not the thruth.
Compare to how much the Chinese car manufacturers charging their Chinese customers in China, and how much the US/Japanese/European car manufacturers are charging American customers in USA ---- you guys should know how they are fleecing you, and you should know how rotten they are !
As one who worked at Nissan dealers for 20 years (until this year) I can tell you the dealer I worked at in 2021 and 2022 were making 5-6K per copy over MSRP. Absolutely gouging. Industry wide, including all the luxury, it was was even higher per copy. Dealers weren't hurting in that time. But as one who was on the parts and service side, I can say we hurt because no one was driving. They were furlough or working remote from home. Cars don't break or need service if you don't drive them. It still hasn't recovered since pre-covid.
No one wants their cheap CVT Transmissions. People want cars that last not cars that breaks down to cost a fortune to repair. If a car maker cheats their customer, customer walks away. Take care of the customer, customer takes care of you.
Toyota solved the CVT "problem" by adding a manual "1st gear" to alleviate slip on take off. Why Nissan hasn't is bad engineering to save money = unreliable transmissions = no buyers.
@fladave99 Thanks Bro for this GREAT finding, as if soft snow is similar to when the rubber meets the road. Nissan WOKE soft (Snowy) Engineers are not in sink with reality and lost perception of the customer who needs real reliable cars to drive daily.
I love my 2005 Infiniti G35 6mt coupe before Carlos Ghosn destroyed both Infiniti/Nissan. When Beverly Hills Infiniti closed, that was the last nail for Infiniti. They also stopped selling in Europe. The newer cars were expensive and overpriced. My G35 was the same price as my 1990 new twin turbo Z at $35,000. I still have not seen the new Z in LA starting at around $54,000?! They had $10,000 mark ups and now $2000 below MSRP at 4 LA dealerships. Bad management, bad products, goodbye Nissan/Infiniti! Sadly, Toyota quality is following Fords quality job none with large recalls.
The surest way to preserve your cvt is drive normally and Change theCVT Fluid every 30 to 40k. The fluid is dirty (very dark to black) at these Intervals. 2010 murano owner with 114k miles with no problems.
IHAVE DONE THIS OVER (55) TIMES EVERY CHANGE @ NISSAN USA DEALERSHIPS THE MECHANICS LAUGH AT ME FOR DOING SO. HOWEVER, THE CAR NISSAN 2011 - ROGUE HAS 141, 000 MILES ON IT AND IS NOW FAILING OVERALL. RUST GALORE, CVT ISSUES, GRINDING NOISES HORRIBLE. TIRES ARE GOOD THOUGH - THYE ARE MICHELINS.
When Carlos Ghosn started at Nissan his first job was saving them from near bankruptcy. During Ghosn's term they developed and sold the Nissan Leaf. After getting Ghosn arrested and kicked out of Nissan, the company is back to it's poor performance.
I just recently completed my lease term for a Nissan frontier. Had no interest in one, but there was a deal when I needed to get kind of an emergency car. A car on short notice that was cheap in a short term. We really agreed to like the frontier. Much better than I had ever thought about. I’m not gonna buy one because they were too pricey, but the lease deal was very good and I offered the dealer a certain payment for it and they actually came back with substantially lower payment as their counter offer. It was a no-brainer. They came in well under what I was hoping for. And it was a great truck for the time that I used it.
In Business School, one of the things a teacher drove home was if your business is in trouble,rais your prices. He was presuming you would continue the advertisement and provide top notch service. Nissan has high prices but 97% of their CVT TRANSMISSIONS ARE FAILING
Its not just Nissan it all of them. GM is delaying its EV trucks but you can find videos of all the big 3 of having lots 2023 inventory not sold in there gas fleets.
The real reason for Nissan's troubles is their self-destructing CVT transmissions. The word got out about how bad these transmissions are. I bought a 2008 Nissan Versa new in 2008. I now have 73,000 miles on it. I drive very conservatively hoping that the tranny will not disintegrate. Had the transmission fluid changed once at the dealer. I hope my luck holds.
Change the fluid every 20k mils or so maybe bit longer if it looks good. It's the only way to string them out reliably. Normal trans don't need so many services if not heavy use.
@@Komputar Yeah, amazing. My daughter got hers in 2018, and brand new. She hasn't had any problems at all. I think it has 60K on it. She just gets maintenace done when it should be.
Our 240Z with some addons such as a 280 engine, better rear-end, Jatco improvement, lasted about 660-thousand miles before we got rid of it. We could no longer get parts for it. We milked it by using home-made replacements, but finally gave up. We bought an Infinity full-4WD and it ran fine until it starting leaking oil in the axles, and the after-market and scrap dealers could no longer supply a non-leaking axle assembly. It was a very capable 4WD with the dual-speed trans, and we drove it through water, snow, dirt, sand, rocks, until the tires all fell off (several times). Now we are only Toyota and GM(old).
I visited a Nissan dealership recently, and they had a fully stocked car lot. Toyota dealership barely had enough new cars to do test drive. If you want a car you order it and wait until it arrives.
If the LEAF was a profitable car for Nissan, they would be updating/upgrading it every year. The reality is the LEAF doesn't add any value to the bottom-line, and Nissan would've been better off not investing in it at all.
@metalmike570 there is a reason why of all the *OEMS* , NISSAN will be the first one to go out of business. Nissan tried to buy "PostStar", but NISSAN couldn't get it because the banks turned NISSAN down. Nissan stocks is garbage. NISSAN cars are not selling. The word is out how bad the cars are. NISSAN stop making the *Titan* truck because no one was buying it.
They need to recover what they can from Ghosn. I know it's a drop in the bucket but maybe a start. Also bringing the Alpine to infinity dealers to compete with cayman seems like a no Brainer.
OMG! Mate, never entice a major company or anyone for that matter to sue you regardless of how right you think you are. They just might do it and you could end up in court and fighting litigation for years at enormous expense, much stress and anxiety, loss of time and happiness, just to prove a point. They have deep pockets and legal representation that would far superior to what you can afford and could make your life miserable for a very long time, even if you win, Just not worth making a challenge like that. Hope that doesn’t happen to you, Good luck 🤞
I doubt it. The publicity will hurt Nissan more than rhe damage from Viking's badmouthing. Imagine the media will expose all the dirty shit they did or seemed to have done. Esp if what Viking said is true.
Nissan have a couple of hybrids for sale in Australia, but they're so much more expensive than other better known hybrids like Toyota that I don't think they sell too well. Eg in the SUV market: Nissan Qashqai e power hybrid $52k, Toyota Rav4 hybrid $36k. Nissan would be lucky to sell a few dozen a month at that price.
Dealers not making money means they sell cars with huge discounts, so in this case it is good for use and I actually scored full options Qashqai for 35k euro not any other brand has such options for such price well below MSRP. Also CVT problems are not so big in new models plus 5 years warranty,
And United States Jeep Dodge ram dealers prices are far higher than what the cars are worth. That’s why they just sit, but Nissan just developed a bad reputation with their CVT That is why Nissan doesn’t sell
Why would you be buying a Nissan, their CVT Transmissions have issues and they've had this issue for something like 2 decades. They don't fix it, people get annoyed and wont buy it again. Engine, other things, great reliability... The Transmission is the weakest link.
My dad 2010 Nissan Dualis CVT is still going strong in 2024 with 250,000kms. His example could be just an exception but being belt driven I belive that the CVT, will last you as long as your not mashing the gas pedal and taking off from the lights like your running late everytime you drive. My dad drives very conservatively and i think that's why his CVT is still going with no issues.
I understand that CVT transmissions aren't as reliable. However, I have a 2017 Nissan Sentra CV with about 80k and it's driving/running well. I got a transmission fluid change a couple thousand miles ago to try and avoid issues before they start. I bought it in Jan, 2019 with 46k and I think it was well maintained by the dealer it came from, that used it as a loaner car. I've bought 4 new tires, a battery and several oil changes (free with maint pkg). The only non-standard repair, is a steering wheel assembly replacement that cost a little over $900. It would intermittently start spraying wiper fluid. The longer the issue went unfixed, the worse it got. It's been working correctly since that was replaced 4 months ago. Car has been used for 5 years with only one issue so far. Not nearly as unreliable as "the internet" is claiming.
After a few years those cars built a few years back get lot rot.A condition where the fluids breakdown and need to be changed before sale which no dealership does.
The market is saturated and no one is buying cars 🚗 The product is no longer competitive. Nissan management are happy to turn up at the office and sip their coffee 😮
I think all the Japanese Car makers are in trouble, I can only see Toyota surviving in the long term and "consolidate or die" may be the only future for global legacy brands. The chinese are not invulnerable either and probably have too many manufactuers, many wont survive but the ones that do may become global behemoths.
They have been since the late 1990s Asian recession - all the great models that made them great in Japan got killed off by the early 2000s, terrible decision making outside Asia
Dealers ripping off in my NY area too - March 2024 New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced settlements worth more than $1.9 million with five Nissan car dealerships in New York City and on Long Island for overcharging over a thousand New Yorkers who wanted to purchase their leased vehicles at the end of their lease term. An investigation by the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) found that the dealerships added junk fees or falsified the price of vehicles between 2020 and 2023. The agreements require the dealerships to pay more than $1.6 million in restitution to more than 1,100 consumers and a civil penalty of $340,000.
That seems to be an ongoing issue in the US. In many other countries, dealerships are directly owned and operated by the automaker...so they have control over the price and service-level. Often times the same American company will be owning a few dealerships in the same region.
Not weird. Because of the price of the new Tacomas, they are stacking up in some parts of the country & in other parts of the country, the 2024 Tacomas are selling very well.
ironic that the car company that was one of the first with a mass market EV is now in trouble after doing virtually nothing with EVs for the last 15 years.
Crap I have a 2019 pathfinder CVT. I went to the dealer on friday. Their prices are way to high. A used base module with 18,000 miles very small plain truck 30,000 bucks the 2 wheel pro4x 43000. No way will i pay that much for a gusied up frontier that looks like a off road but doesn't have 4 wheel drive. The Pathfinder Rock Creek is a good-looking SUV with good power. But if that 4x4 runs on a cvt in the front,forget it.
I owned 4 Nissan and was a lifelong supporter. Then I bought a Murano and it didn’t make it to 100k miles. I’ll never give a CVT another chance and can’t afford a GTR.
Biggest pile of junk I have driven is my 2019 Titan SL with 50,000 miles. I look at it wrong and my check engine light comes on. If I sneeze inside the truck another chunk of paint decides to peel off.
Just checked my local dealers and 23 models were few and really didn't have anything off like 1000 off a 40,000 23 model isn't really wanting to sell to me
If Nissan sales crashes by 70% then that has very little to do with competition from EV sales in the country. EV sales in the US were 9% in 2023. So simple math tells us this is due to other circumstances
For anyone I know, marketing would be useless because nobody believes what they have to say. They listen to their friends, family and watch or read reviews.
And that's *exactly* why a family member cancelled their order for a Mercedes BEV. _AND_ that was without me saying a word about BEVs and how unsuitable BEVs would be for the journeys that family member has to do all the time. Cancelled before I knew anything about it, just based on the EV experience of their friends and neighbours. And that's with their spouse already having a home charger for their PHEV so no extra costs there.
I'm in the U.S. I leased a nice Mazda CX-5 2024. It probably will be my last gas vehicle. I'm betting EVs (or hybrids) are stable for the U.S. market in about 3 to 5 years, and that's when to make that move. In any case, I love Nissan cars. I had one in the past. Nissan dealers didn't offer any bargains on 2024 or (excess) 2023 models.
In our family we have a 2006 Toyota Caldina (Bulletproof at 252,000 KM's) , a 2015 Nissan Leaf (Wifes car, it plugs into the wall,as complex as a golf cart, completly trouble free after five years. ) and finally a 2016 Ford Transit van with Add Blue, DPF, EGT a Turbo and more sensors than I can count That puppy has cost us a fortune in repairs its insanely complex but I understand most modern engines are the same. I'm convinced that sometime in the future Automotive historians will look back at the modern ICE engine and wonder what the hell we were thinking.
Serves them right, they insisted on keeping those crappy CVT's and the cost to repair is pissing customers off. Cheap these boxes might be to produce, but they should be doing something about them until they can produce a decent hybrid.
This is Nissan... Same 30 years ago when I work for them....they dream to be the same on the Mercedes level....but full of problem wit everything.....cvt, electronic...brakes....etc... But manager don't care and dream.....
I guess this is also due to corporate issues in the last 20 years, selling off nissan to renault, having the CEO arrested and no clear vision of what happens in the market, issues and new trends against where they want to be. Just recently they came up with renewed models that were 10 years due
Murano is super outdated and that's the 2nd most popular size category in the US. The Pathfinder is new but I don't recall seeing it frequently and sales number shows it's selling less than the last gen. Altima and Sentra are both old and sales are way below the previous gen. Maxima and Versa are discontinued. Rogue and the trucks are the only thing Nissan is selling
It is about Nissan brand and its cars but NOT some other Chinese EV & gas car brands which are doing okay compared to all other non-Chinese car brands.
Too bad because the old Nissans were awesome. Had a 97 Nissan pick up that had 392 thousand before it was stolen, a 2005 Nissan Sentra that has been beaten up badly with 224,000 miles still keeps trucking and a 2004 Frontier with 220 thousand that runs like a top. Now the newer Nissans just are not reliable cars with maybe the Frontier being an exception.
I think that Nissan, back in 2017 when they fired Carlos Ghosn, laid down the roots of their downfall just like Volkswagen did in 2022 when they fired Herbert Diess. Sometimes you should listen to your CEO even when he is telling you things you don't want to hear.
The CVT destroyed NIssan. I just cant believe they continued running it for so long. Prior to the CVT I owned Nissan's and they lasted so long it would piss me off.
It does not matter that sales slump for a moment - Nissan cars are NOT bad at all. In fact Nissan Qashqai (Rouge) is the longest produced car of all suvs - they have been producing them since 2006 ! And still every year there is a new Rouge release, if it was so bad would they keep on producing them ? Check out new 2024 model - They look really nice and for the price are simply good. What Nissan does wrong is to try to jump on this EV wagon which is simply bad for them for now.
Our 240Z with some addons such as a 280 engine, better rear-end, Jatco improvement, lasted about 660-thousand miles before we got rid of it. We could no longer get parts for it. We milked it by using home-made replacements, but finally gave up. We bought an Infinity full-4WD and it ran fine until it starting leaking oil in the axles, and the after-market and scrap dealers could no longer supply a non-leaking axle assembly. Now we are only Toyota and GM(old).
@@brunonikodemski2420 a friend had a 240Z back then, fun drifting car he got, one night 20 some years back our friends split into two groups, one in his 240Z and the other into my 2nd gen integra, we raced from Oakland Chinatown to SF pier 39, it only took us a little over 10 mins, yeah… we were doing 90 to 120mph all the way through, even on the Bay Bridge! So glad no one got hurt during that young and dumb event 😅
@@UniZi You may have seen one of my earlier replies. We did the Bend, Oregon, to Santa Barbara run on H5 (mostly) at an average of about 94mph. Two gas stops, at night, no cops, but almost got killed when dodging a pack of deer on the highway. Typical speed right around 120-130. Checked oil during run, and the headers were Red-hot glowing. Do NOT try this again. I'm 80 now, and as the joke goes, "If I thought I would live this long, I would have taken better care of myself". PassItOn.
Clearly Nissan only needs to tell the public it will guarantee the new improved transmissions for 7 years, every thing else they do well. CVT are great for light, low torque cars, others need the DCT (computer controled manual and clutch) for the weight and torque loads.
Nissan has a hybrid in Japan and Europe, the X-Trail, basically the same car as the Rogue in North America, but it has a hybrid drive similar to the Volt: the gasoline motor's purpose is to recharge the batteries. I just read a Motortrend review from late 2023 that says it's very zippy and feels like an EV. Even has one-pedal driving. But has better range than a pure EV. They said it's coming to the U.S. market in 2026. Is that too late? Not sure. They've also got several more pure EV's and hybrids coming in '26. Seems like they had a bit of a slump in the 2022-24 period when it comes to product development but perhaps they'll pull out of it in a couple of years. Note that they are not an independent company; they're part of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance; Renault owns 15% of the company. Probably, rather than let Nissan go under, Renault will lend them money, or invest money, to keep these promising new products coming. Nissan's too big to fail, IMHO.
Hmmm, I am old enough to remember when the Nissan Maxima became family sedan of the year, in 1994. It was safe, comfy, powerful, fun to drive and affordable, but most importantly reliable. IMO Nissan needs to scale back and focus on Quality, not quantity. Mazda made some mistakes in the past and recovered. I am sure Nissan can do it with the right management and design team, so Back to the drawing table!
The irony looking over all the comments below re the reliability and customer service reputation of their ICE cars (CVT is just on ICE?), is that my current nissan env-200 has been the most reliable and cheap to run car I have ever owned. So much so I might not need to buy another car again, but will look to third party battery upgrades when needed over the next 6 years or so.
Good points, but to have a staple brand in Japan go bankrupt overnight isn't going to happen. The state would come in and bail out Nissan if it got to that point.
(Nov 7, 2024) Nissan Motor said it will cut 9,000 jobs and reduce its global production capacity by one-fifth as it struggles with falling sales, particularly in China, where a price war and a surge of local EV offerings have hit foreign brands hard.
Is this very different from a dealer cancelling RAM contract and wanting 2 return 180 milion worth of cars? Whole market is rotten and difficult at the moment and possibly the future...
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I blame Nissan Advertising not their proucts. For example I'm on my third ownership of Nissan Leafs. Drove and drive in hot Scottsdale and terrible cold Boise winter. Here's my maintenance costs: one new tire, two windshield wipers, one silicone tube, one recall to replace bolt under driver's seat and one recall to add a few pages in my owner's mamual. I drive short distances and charge at home. My 2023 Leaf Plus is fun to drive and super dependable! Love my Nissan Leaf!
My 2007 Nissan Altima is still running good. I've never had a problem with the transmission
I heard that at that time they were not CVT transmissions.
basically the last "good" year for Nissan in terms of overall build quality outside their trucks. In 2008 or so Renault took over and started implementing those awful transmissions.
They would rather go bankrupt than sell cars for reasonable price
WOW!!! The collapse is happening faster than any projection, even Tony Seba.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Dont need to be a brain surgeon to realise what is going to happen !! Nissan been struggling for years, and years !!
Nothing will happen to Nissan, they will have deal incentives to buy like
low interest rates, and very competitive pricing - llower than other brands.
Stellantis (Dodge Jeep) is in big trouble as well.
Because of ridiculous prices. Nissan still has some decent prices.
Their CVT issues have been seriously damaging.
He mentioned their best seller is the roque and that car has a cvt, I stand with you and agree wich is why in their newer models the have automatic transmission
Hopefully it's not to late
When they put a 3 cylinder engine in the 2023 Rogue I decided not to get another one when my lease was up.
Nissan management must have been educated in US business schools.
Youve got it all wrong. Its in the US where the problem is. There are no E-Power Nissans available in north america. But you can get E-Power in other countries.
Trump went to a college and majored in Economics. He is really good with numbers
and money. Please don't vote for Kamalah just for DEI purposes.
And It's pronounced Nis - sahn right?
In Japan, it doesnt matter if you are telling the truth or lying, saying something on the internet, damage their reputation, that is enough to sue you and lose the case, they care about reputation, not the thruth.
Only in Japan?
Sounds like USA
In my country too
@@hpw-ws6bj In the US, truth is an absolute defense. Although there may be an iffy lower court ruling, it will pretty much always lose on appeal.
@@Boris_ChangThailand is same. Deformation is huge thing here.
And how much did they gouge when they had the upper hand. No mercy.
Compare to how much the Chinese car manufacturers charging their Chinese customers in China, and how much the US/Japanese/European car manufacturers are charging American customers in USA ---- you guys should know how they are fleecing you, and you should know how rotten they are !
As one who worked at Nissan dealers for 20 years (until this year) I can tell you the dealer I worked at in 2021 and 2022 were making 5-6K per copy over MSRP. Absolutely gouging. Industry wide, including all the luxury, it was was even higher per copy. Dealers weren't hurting in that time. But as one who was on the parts and service side, I can say we hurt because no one was driving. They were furlough or working remote from home. Cars don't break or need service if you don't drive them. It still hasn't recovered since pre-covid.
@@mindeloman Nissan's prices are typically lower than most other brands. That's
why they always survive.
No one wants their cheap CVT Transmissions. People want cars that last not cars that breaks down to cost a fortune to repair. If a car maker cheats their customer, customer walks away. Take care of the customer, customer takes care of you.
It is that simple. For some reason, certain car manufacturers can't figure this out or have forgotten how to.
Toyota solved the CVT "problem" by adding a manual "1st gear" to alleviate slip on take off. Why Nissan hasn't is bad engineering to save money = unreliable transmissions = no buyers.
@fladave99 Thanks Bro for this GREAT finding, as if soft snow is similar to when the rubber meets the road. Nissan WOKE soft (Snowy) Engineers are not in sink with reality and lost perception of the customer who needs real reliable cars to drive daily.
@@jgarbo3541 That is why I drive a 4Runner Toyota .
Most people don’t want a car to last
They buy it new
Keep it 3 years then sell it
Nissans CVTs fail is one of the most damaging pr a car brand has had. Even VW was able to move past diesel gate.
I love my 2005 Infiniti G35 6mt coupe before Carlos Ghosn destroyed both Infiniti/Nissan. When Beverly Hills Infiniti closed, that was the last nail for Infiniti. They also stopped selling in Europe. The newer cars were expensive and overpriced. My G35 was the same price as my 1990 new twin turbo Z at $35,000. I still have not seen the new Z in LA starting at around $54,000?! They had $10,000 mark ups and now $2000 below MSRP at 4 LA dealerships. Bad management, bad products, goodbye Nissan/Infiniti! Sadly, Toyota quality is following Fords quality job none with large recalls.
The surest way to preserve your cvt is drive normally and Change theCVT Fluid every 30 to 40k. The fluid is dirty (very dark to black) at these Intervals. 2010 murano owner with 114k miles with no problems.
think that really what it is, ppl dont want to do daily Maintenace or their cars alot of time or they drive their car to hard.
IHAVE DONE THIS OVER (55) TIMES EVERY CHANGE @ NISSAN USA DEALERSHIPS THE MECHANICS LAUGH AT ME FOR DOING SO. HOWEVER, THE CAR NISSAN 2011 - ROGUE HAS 141, 000 MILES ON IT AND IS NOW FAILING OVERALL. RUST GALORE, CVT ISSUES, GRINDING NOISES HORRIBLE. TIRES ARE GOOD THOUGH - THYE ARE MICHELINS.
When Carlos Ghosn started at Nissan his first job was saving them from near bankruptcy. During Ghosn's term they developed and sold the Nissan Leaf. After getting Ghosn arrested and kicked out of Nissan, the company is back to it's poor performance.
It makes me happy seeing them in trouble after what they did to Ghosn.
And if he was still in charge they would be profitable.
I just recently completed my lease term for a Nissan frontier. Had no interest in one, but there was a deal when I needed to get kind of an emergency car. A car on short notice that was cheap in a short term. We really agreed to like the frontier. Much better than I had ever thought about. I’m not gonna buy one because they were too pricey, but the lease deal was very good and I offered the dealer a certain payment for it and they actually came back with substantially lower payment as their counter offer. It was a no-brainer. They came in well under what I was hoping for. And it was a great truck for the time that I used it.
Their Trucks are very good.
Their cars 2010 to present are garbage .
@@icosthop9998 My daughter got her Versa new in 2018, no problems at all with it.
She just gets regular maintenance done.
In Business School, one of the things a teacher drove home was if your business is in trouble,rais your prices.
He was presuming you would continue the advertisement and provide top notch service.
Nissan has high prices but 97% of their CVT TRANSMISSIONS ARE FAILING
Its not just Nissan it all of them. GM is delaying its EV trucks but you can find videos of all the big 3 of having lots 2023 inventory not sold in there gas fleets.
It looks like the 3 Cylinder Turbo Trax is selling good.
The real reason for Nissan's troubles is their self-destructing CVT transmissions. The word got out about how bad these transmissions are. I bought a 2008 Nissan Versa new in 2008. I now have 73,000 miles on it. I drive very conservatively hoping that the tranny will not disintegrate. Had the transmission fluid changed once at the dealer. I hope my luck holds.
Change the fluid every 20k mils or so maybe bit longer if it looks good. It's the only way to string them out reliably. Normal trans don't need so many services if not heavy use.
2010 Nissan Versa here with 182,000 miles on it with original transmission & engine.
@@Komputar Yeah, amazing. My daughter got hers in 2018, and brand new.
She hasn't had any problems at all. I think it has 60K on it. She just gets maintenace done when it should be.
@@N4CR Right, I have a Front Wheel Drive Rogue (2019), Not an All WHeel Drive. Those are really the ones that got or had problems.
@@Komputar You have 4 speed auto, not CVT if it was CVT that would be a minor miracle.
Nissan Leaf is one of our favorite cars ever had
Our 240Z with some addons such as a 280 engine, better rear-end, Jatco improvement, lasted about 660-thousand miles before we got rid of it. We could no longer get parts for it. We milked it by using home-made replacements, but finally gave up. We bought an Infinity full-4WD and it ran fine until it starting leaking oil in the axles, and the after-market and scrap dealers could no longer supply a non-leaking axle assembly. It was a very capable 4WD with the dual-speed trans, and we drove it through water, snow, dirt, sand, rocks, until the tires all fell off (several times). Now we are only Toyota and GM(old).
They now go for stupid money
Smart move
Thanks for bringing us updated information. Keep up the Great work.
This car-company started as Datsun and wend broke in 90ties.
Datsun was lit! I had the statin wagon🎉
It's pronounced Nis - sahn right?
Dam CVT transmissions. They were better cars when they were called Datsun.
You have to thank that french guy who throw nissan into the toilet
Only thing is way back when the Datsun's were just too small.
The last and only time I bought a Nissan was 44 years ago. Meanwhile I've bought more than 20 cars since.
I visited a Nissan dealership recently, and they had a fully stocked car lot. Toyota dealership barely had enough new cars to do test drive. If you want a car you order it and wait until it arrives.
The leaf , terrible to think it would ever sell. Same components as 2013 model, slap sensors , slap bigger battery. Nothing more
If the LEAF was a profitable car for Nissan, they would be updating/upgrading it every year. The reality is the LEAF doesn't add any value to the bottom-line, and Nissan would've been better off not investing in it at all.
If I remember their Renault CEO snuck out of Japan while under arrest in a suitcase.
I remember all the whiteknighting of that POS CEO by his supporters, having the gall to criticise Japan’s near perfect conviction rate
An attache case
Their Trucks are very good.
Their cars 2015 to present are garbage .
Not true, my daughter got her Versa new in 2018, no problems at all with it.
She just gets regular maintenance done.
@metalmike570 there is a reason why of all the *OEMS* , NISSAN will be the first one to go out of business.
Nissan tried to buy "PostStar", but NISSAN couldn't get it because the banks turned NISSAN down.
Nissan stocks is garbage.
NISSAN cars are not selling.
The word is out how bad the cars are.
NISSAN stop making the *Titan* truck because no one was buying it.
@@icosthop9998 They won't go out of business, probably have fire sales!
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@@metalmike570Is this a stick shift Versa? Those are good.
@@External2737 No it's an automatic, I'd guess it has 65,000 miles now.
She did not drive it far to work except this last year. 🙏
They need to recover what they can from Ghosn. I know it's a drop in the bucket but maybe a start. Also bringing the Alpine to infinity dealers to compete with cayman seems like a no Brainer.
OMG! Mate, never entice a major company or anyone for that matter to sue you regardless of how right you think you are. They just might do it and you could end up in court and fighting litigation for years at enormous expense, much stress and anxiety, loss of time and happiness, just to prove a point. They have deep pockets and legal representation that would far superior to what you can afford and could make your life miserable for a very long time, even if you win, Just not worth making a challenge like that. Hope that doesn’t happen to you, Good luck 🤞
Yes. Never underestimate the land of the "tall poppy" syndrome. Saboteurs abound...
I doubt it. The publicity will hurt Nissan more than rhe damage from Viking's badmouthing. Imagine the media will expose all the dirty shit they did or seemed to have done. Esp if what Viking said is true.
Is this a thing? Freedom is nice
Nissan have a couple of hybrids for sale in Australia, but they're so much more expensive than other better known hybrids like Toyota that I don't think they sell too well.
Eg in the SUV market:
Nissan Qashqai e power hybrid $52k,
Toyota Rav4 hybrid $36k.
Nissan would be lucky to sell a few dozen a month at that price.
Dealers not making money means they sell cars with huge discounts, so in this case it is good for use and I actually scored full options Qashqai for 35k euro not any other brand has such options for such price well below MSRP. Also CVT problems are not so big in new models plus 5 years warranty,
Nissan is not the only one; in the United States jeep Dodge and ram dealerships have 2023 and even 2022 model still sitting
And United States Jeep Dodge ram dealers prices are far higher than what the cars are worth. That’s why they just sit, but Nissan just developed a bad reputation with their CVT That is why Nissan doesn’t sell
Love the challenge!
if i had the money to get a brand-new car or 2, i would. especially the new leaf and the Ariya. nice looking cars.
🎉Thanks
Why would you be buying a Nissan, their CVT Transmissions have issues and they've had this issue for something like 2 decades. They don't fix it, people get annoyed and wont buy it again. Engine, other things, great reliability... The Transmission is the weakest link.
They've moved away from CVTs in their new cars
My dad 2010 Nissan Dualis CVT is still going strong in 2024 with 250,000kms. His example could be just an exception but being belt driven I belive that the CVT, will last you as long as your not mashing the gas pedal and taking off from the lights like your running late everytime you drive. My dad drives very conservatively and i think that's why his CVT is still going with no issues.
@@Whyunounderstand Agree, I've got 2 of their CVTs. Trouble free, but I don't race them.
The Frontier and the Z are still worth buying.
Just search for yourself about new Tesla cars in the USA parked in parking lots rented by Tesla, gathering dust because they can’t sell them.
profitability of anything less than inflation means losing money
I would buy a Nissan if they got rid of CVT transmissions
I understand that CVT transmissions aren't as reliable.
However, I have a 2017 Nissan Sentra CV with about 80k and it's driving/running well. I got a transmission fluid change a couple thousand miles ago to try and avoid issues before they start. I bought it in Jan, 2019 with 46k and I think it was well maintained by the dealer it came from, that used it as a loaner car. I've bought 4 new tires, a battery and several oil changes (free with maint pkg). The only non-standard repair, is a steering wheel assembly replacement that cost a little over $900. It would intermittently start spraying wiper fluid. The longer the issue went unfixed, the worse it got. It's been working correctly since that was replaced 4 months ago.
Car has been used for 5 years with only one issue so far. Not nearly as unreliable as "the internet" is claiming.
After a few years those cars built a few years back get lot rot.A condition where the fluids breakdown and need to be changed before sale which no dealership does.
The market is saturated and no one is buying cars 🚗 The product is no longer competitive. Nissan management are happy to turn up at the office and sip their coffee 😮
Nissan deserves to go, they have no respect for their customers.
I think all the Japanese Car makers are in trouble, I can only see Toyota surviving in the long term and "consolidate or die" may be the only future for global legacy brands. The chinese are not invulnerable either and probably have too many manufactuers, many wont survive but the ones that do may become global behemoths.
Nissan is toast. 😮
They have been since the late 1990s Asian recession - all the great models that made them great in Japan got killed off by the early 2000s, terrible decision making outside Asia
TY
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@@metalmike570 😃
I got rid of my 2023 rogue with 5000 miles no issues but too small
Dealers ripping off in my NY area too - March 2024 New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced settlements worth more than $1.9 million with five Nissan car dealerships in New York City and on Long Island for overcharging over a thousand New Yorkers who wanted to purchase their leased vehicles at the end of their lease term. An investigation by the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) found that the dealerships added junk fees or falsified the price of vehicles between 2020 and 2023. The agreements require the dealerships to pay more than $1.6 million in restitution to more than 1,100 consumers and a civil penalty of $340,000.
That seems to be an ongoing issue in the US. In many other countries, dealerships are directly owned and operated by the automaker...so they have control over the price and service-level. Often times the same American company will be owning a few dealerships in the same region.
Good to see the "OAG" actually doing their job. 👍
What? No mention of the Carlos Ghosn story? Man, you left out one of the best parts!
Loved my 206 LEAF, it's to bad.
I just checked our local dealership for 2023s they don't show any.. lots of 2024s lots of used but zero 2023s showing weird right..
They shouldn't have 2024s. Where are they putting to 2025s?
Not weird.
Because of the price of the new Tacomas, they are stacking up in some parts of the country & in other parts of the country, the 2024 Tacomas are selling very well.
Have a y62 Patrol. Reasonable 4wd but they have barely changed the Patrol in 14 years.
In my opinion the Frontier is the best looking small pickup.
ironic that the car company that was one of the first with a mass market EV is now in trouble after doing virtually nothing with EVs for the last 15 years.
Crap I have a 2019 pathfinder
CVT.
I went to the dealer on friday.
Their prices are way to high.
A used base module with 18,000 miles very small plain truck 30,000 bucks the 2 wheel pro4x 43000. No way will i pay that much for a gusied up frontier that looks like a off road but doesn't have 4 wheel drive.
The Pathfinder Rock Creek is a good-looking SUV with good power.
But if that 4x4 runs on a cvt in the front,forget it.
I'm not a Tesla fan but you nailed it when you mentioned how differently the media would be handling this if it were Tesla and Musk. Touche!
Cheers bro I've seen this
I owned 4 Nissan and was a lifelong supporter.
Then I bought a Murano and it didn’t make it to 100k miles. I’ll never give a CVT another chance and can’t afford a GTR.
I only like Frontier, Patrol, 4th Gen Pathfut and xterra....
Biggest pile of junk I have driven is my 2019 Titan SL with 50,000 miles. I look at it wrong and my check engine light comes on. If I sneeze inside the truck another chunk of paint decides to peel off.
no charging in NA ... its big thats a problem
NISSAN DIED WHEN THEY MARRIED RENAULT.🤬🤬🤬
Just checked my local dealers and 23 models were few and really didn't have anything off like 1000 off a 40,000 23 model isn't really wanting to sell to me
If Nissan sales crashes by 70% then that has very little to do with competition from EV sales in the country.
EV sales in the US were 9% in 2023. So simple math tells us this is due to other circumstances
Morning mate even Bots get 24 hours muted I'm back 🙂
It’s sad 😢 I loved my Datsun 120Y back in the day, there design lost its way 10 yrs ago 😮😮
I guess you're in Europe because I never heard of that one.
For anyone I know, marketing would be useless because nobody believes what they have to say. They listen to their friends, family and watch or read reviews.
And that's *exactly* why a family member cancelled their order for a Mercedes BEV.
_AND_ that was without me saying a word about BEVs and how unsuitable BEVs would be for the journeys that family member has to do all the time.
Cancelled before I knew anything about it, just based on the EV experience of their friends and neighbours.
And that's with their spouse already having a home charger for their PHEV so no extra costs there.
I'm in the U.S. I leased a nice Mazda CX-5 2024. It probably will be my last gas vehicle. I'm betting EVs (or hybrids) are stable for the U.S. market in about 3 to 5 years, and that's when to make that move. In any case, I love Nissan cars. I had one in the past. Nissan dealers didn't offer any bargains on 2024 or (excess) 2023 models.
In our family we have a 2006 Toyota Caldina (Bulletproof at 252,000 KM's) , a 2015 Nissan Leaf (Wifes car, it plugs into the wall,as complex as a golf cart, completly trouble free after five years. ) and finally a 2016 Ford Transit van with Add Blue, DPF, EGT a Turbo and more sensors than I can count That puppy has cost us a fortune in repairs its insanely complex but I understand most modern engines are the same. I'm convinced that sometime in the future Automotive historians will look back at the modern ICE engine and wonder what the hell we were thinking.
Well maybe I'll get a discount on that new frontier.
Serves them right, they insisted on keeping those crappy CVT's and the cost to repair is pissing customers off. Cheap these boxes might be to produce, but they should be doing something about them until they can produce a decent hybrid.
Sam, just for your understanding, Japanese fiscal year runs from April 1 to March 31.
maybe they should extend their EV output..sell the Sakura in the USA, while developing more EV platforms
NIssan needs a hybrid as well. Changing the Rogue to a 3 cylinder VC turbo was
a compromise, and it gets decent gas mileage but it's no hybrid.
This is Nissan...
Same 30 years ago when I work for them....they dream to be the same on the Mercedes level....but full of problem wit everything.....cvt, electronic...brakes....etc...
But manager don't care and dream.....
I guess this is also due to corporate issues in the last 20 years, selling off nissan to renault, having the CEO arrested and no clear vision of what happens in the market, issues and new trends against where they want to be. Just recently they came up with renewed models that were 10 years due
Murano is super outdated and that's the 2nd most popular size category in the US. The Pathfinder is new but I don't recall seeing it frequently and sales number shows it's selling less than the last gen. Altima and Sentra are both old and sales are way below the previous gen. Maxima and Versa are discontinued. Rogue and the trucks are the only thing Nissan is selling
It is about Nissan brand and its cars but NOT some other Chinese EV & gas car brands which are doing okay compared to all other non-Chinese car brands.
I love your channel.
Thank you so much!
Too bad because the old Nissans were awesome. Had a 97 Nissan pick up that had 392 thousand before it was stolen, a 2005 Nissan Sentra that has been beaten up badly with 224,000 miles still keeps trucking and a 2004 Frontier with 220 thousand that runs like a top. Now the newer Nissans just are not reliable cars with maybe the Frontier being an exception.
I think that Nissan, back in 2017 when they fired Carlos Ghosn, laid down the roots of their downfall just like Volkswagen did in 2022 when they fired Herbert Diess. Sometimes you should listen to your CEO even when he is telling you things you don't want to hear.
The CVT destroyed NIssan. I just cant believe they continued running it for so long. Prior to the CVT I owned Nissan's and they lasted so long it would piss me off.
Constantly Vehicle Troubles?
Let this be a lesson to all crap car manufacturers
It does not matter that sales slump for a moment - Nissan cars are NOT bad at all. In fact Nissan Qashqai (Rouge) is the longest produced car of all suvs - they have been producing them since 2006 ! And still every year there is a new Rouge release, if it was so bad would they keep on producing them ? Check out new 2024 model - They look really nice and for the price are simply good. What Nissan does wrong is to try to jump on this EV wagon which is simply bad for them for now.
I miss my old 300z and 350z…
Our 240Z with some addons such as a 280 engine, better rear-end, Jatco improvement, lasted about 660-thousand miles before we got rid of it. We could no longer get parts for it. We milked it by using home-made replacements, but finally gave up. We bought an Infinity full-4WD and it ran fine until it starting leaking oil in the axles, and the after-market and scrap dealers could no longer supply a non-leaking axle assembly. Now we are only Toyota and GM(old).
@@brunonikodemski2420 a friend had a 240Z back then, fun drifting car he got, one night 20 some years back our friends split into two groups, one in his 240Z and the other into my 2nd gen integra, we raced from Oakland Chinatown to SF pier 39, it only took us a little over 10 mins, yeah… we were doing 90 to 120mph all the way through, even on the Bay Bridge! So glad no one got hurt during that young and dumb event 😅
@@UniZi You may have seen one of my earlier replies. We did the Bend, Oregon, to Santa Barbara run on H5 (mostly) at an average of about 94mph. Two gas stops, at night, no cops, but almost got killed when dodging a pack of deer on the highway. Typical speed right around 120-130. Checked oil during run, and the headers were Red-hot glowing. Do NOT try this again. I'm 80 now, and as the joke goes, "If I thought I would live this long, I would have taken better care of myself". PassItOn.
@@brunonikodemski2420
Wise words of the aged. Thank you.
@@UniZi L😂L
Nissan's variable compression engines will save the day. You'll see, you'll see.
Clearly Nissan only needs to tell the public it will guarantee the new improved transmissions for 7 years, every thing else they do well.
CVT are great for light, low torque cars, others need the DCT (computer controled manual and clutch) for the weight and torque loads.
Nissan has a hybrid in Japan and Europe, the X-Trail, basically the same car as the Rogue in North America, but it has a hybrid drive similar to the Volt: the gasoline motor's purpose is to recharge the batteries. I just read a Motortrend review from late 2023 that says it's very zippy and feels like an EV. Even has one-pedal driving. But has better range than a pure EV. They said it's coming to the U.S. market in 2026. Is that too late? Not sure. They've also got several more pure EV's and hybrids coming in '26. Seems like they had a bit of a slump in the 2022-24 period when it comes to product development but perhaps they'll pull out of it in a couple of years. Note that they are not an independent company; they're part of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance; Renault owns 15% of the company. Probably, rather than let Nissan go under, Renault will lend them money, or invest money, to keep these promising new products coming. Nissan's too big to fail, IMHO.
Nissan is too stupid to bring something that makes sense to the US
Ya I don’t know how they can make a profit , I leased a Leaf for $173 a month with 0 down for a 2 year lease
Hmmm, I am old enough to remember when the Nissan Maxima became family sedan of the year, in 1994. It was safe, comfy, powerful, fun to drive and affordable, but most importantly reliable. IMO Nissan needs to scale back and focus on Quality, not quantity. Mazda made some mistakes in the past and recovered. I am sure Nissan can do it with the right management and design team, so Back to the drawing table!
Funny to see an ad for a Nissan rogue right in the middle of this video. 😊.
The irony looking over all the comments below re the reliability and customer service reputation of their ICE cars (CVT is just on ICE?), is that my current nissan env-200 has been the most reliable and cheap to run car I have ever owned. So much so I might not need to buy another car again, but will look to third party battery upgrades when needed over the next 6 years or so.
Gotta cater to the paying customer. They catered to extremely high discount rentals and people they don’t pay their bills.
They cant blame EV'S since they aren't trying to swll any.
Good points, but to have a staple brand in Japan go bankrupt overnight isn't going to happen. The state would come in and bail out Nissan if it got to that point.
They cater to the low end, but the low end consumer is tapped out.
Versa baby. Manual.
(Nov 7, 2024) Nissan Motor said it will cut 9,000 jobs and reduce its global production capacity by one-fifth as it struggles with falling sales, particularly in China, where a price war and a surge of local EV offerings have hit foreign brands hard.
It's sad to see this. They've simply spent too much money creating vehicles with neither the character, nor substance to compete in today's market.
Is this very different from a dealer cancelling RAM contract and wanting 2 return 180 milion worth of cars? Whole market is rotten and difficult at the moment and possibly the future...
Time for Renault Group to buy them out, outright and sack all the executive.😂
The 'Leaf' didn't do much for their reputation.
Maybe add some GT-R stickers to every model ? You're Welcome !