Transmisson Suggestions
 

My daughter lives in Laconia and is having some trouble with her transmission 2015 Nissan Altima. Any suggestions for a shop to take it too. She tells me it won't go over 40 MPH and she said she has it in drive.

That likely has a CVT (think snowmobile). Nissan has had all sorts of problems with these. I would drive it to a Nissan dealer and trade it in! https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=AwrN...I0qUEE.oTBfsI-

If you read the link, some models had their warranty extended to 100K/ 10 years

Costs you nothing to go to Mike's Quality Car Care, Union Ave, Laconia and talk about it ...... :eek2::eek2: ...... with their service writer at their front desk.

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I have been reading some more and said it also could be a bad Mass airflow sensor that has the same symptoms and the cold can trigger it

About $5,000 for a replacemnt transmission.

The Nissan transmission of this generation Nissan are CVT transmissions manufactured by Jatco.

These transmission are well known to many for transmission failure. Nissan did extend the manufacturer warranty.

There is an extended warranty LINK

If outside this extended warranty then a new transmission probably is required @ as stated around $5,000.00

If the car has low miles and no rust (oil undercoated yearly) it might be worth it. If there is rust and high miles - might be time to look for another vehicle.

Most do not recommend a used transmission from a salvage yard - as one runs into same problem shortly. There are places that do rebuild these transmissions. But most discount these shops as not being reliable nor honor any warranty given.

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Thanks for the info and the link. Hope its ends up being the MAF as she has 92,000 miles on the car. I had seen extensions to 10/100K .

I have had Nissan's since 1986 and the CVT since they came out and never had an issue.i I am a little disappointed with Nissan but quality seems to have dropped everywhere

I'd bring it right to the dealer. My daughter bought a RAV4 that started shuddering soon after she got it. Turns out they had extended the warranty for it, they replaced the torque converter no charge, been great ever since. Hopefully Nissan will something similar for you.

Whatever you do, don't try and diagnose it yourself. If you go somewhere to have it checked out don't tell them you think the transmission is bad. Go somewhere reputable and let them tell you what's wrong.

Here is an explanation of the Nissan CVT transmission.

Part 1
LINK

Part 2
LINK

This utube video shows what is inside a Nissan CVT transmission.

1st 60 seconds of Part 2 explains all.

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Apparently there was a crack in the taillight that was letting water in and causing a false braking indicator to the computer. Replaced the taillight and reprogrammed transmission and all is well now. Was about $700

I didn't think a 2015 would have that kind of technology, esp a lower end vehicle like an Altima?

Transmisson Suggestions
 

Short story long : I had a 2006 BMW X5 (out of warranty) that would flash a warning light, go to low power mode, and give me a message to pull to the side of the road due to a significant electric problem every time I turned right. Took it to the dealer, explained what was happening, they kept it for a day and gave me a diagnosis of a bad battery with replacement at about $250. A couple of weeks later problem recurred. I was walking around the vehicle and noticed that the left rear tail light was 1/2 full of water. Took it back to the dealer. This time they said the water in the taillight was sloshing when I turned right and causing a short that signaled the computer to do its safety thing. Replaced the taillight assembly for about 500, and they wouldn’t credit anything from the battery replacement. Issue never recurred after the taillight replacement.

I told the service manager they basically sucked at diagnosis even after I had told them it only happened turning to the right and never went back to the dealer after having bought 2 vehicles from them.

Short of it: they had that tech at least as far back as 2006.


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When "Old" is Better...
 

YouTube's expert Scotty Kilmer has repeatedly said the same thing.

As I tried to express elsewhere, "Your next car will be an old car".

Out of curiosity, I've checked major sites as to how much as "totally-rebuilt" restorations would cost. My search regarding an old 1971 Volkswagen camper "totally-rebuilt" turned up a 1971 Volkswagen camper, disassembled, rotated on an automotive "rotisserie" to remediate any rust intrusions, undercoated, repainted, ŕebuilt with a larger engine and otherwise totally restored, is now available in California for $80,000.

If purchased, this one example could be worth more money next year, as you drive it!

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