14th Aug 2021, 14:12
In my opinion, the decision Nissan made that Renault was a good company to work with combined with the CVT transmission direction are the main reasons they’ve become an irrelevant car brand. Infiniti, too. I would never buy any Nissan with a CVT. Even the 2000 Maxima with a manual I had was a money pit (including the catalytic converter at <70k miles). Had a 93 204SX, 96 Hardbody, and 94 Maxima with very few issues. Those days of Nissan are long gone.
20th May 2022, 16:33
A true hooptie car. It's a junk car with bursting transmissions, and poor exhaust parts and components. Why did Renault merge with Nissan to begin with? IMO it was all about the money they could make and advertise.
23rd May 2022, 01:15
Why the merger and the drop in material quality?
One man: Carlos Ghosn. He did an incredible job of flooding the bottom of the market with penny-pinched Nissans.
23rd May 2022, 21:49
I tend to agree with this. Nissan tended to be the alternative to a bland Toyota, offering the same quality and reliability, in the 1980s and '90s. Suddenly now, dragged down by their stubbornness in insisting on their disreputable CVTs, they've fallen off the radar. They're making a comeback with style, I like the dashboards... but then again that CVT is a deal breaker (without even thinking of anything else).
23rd May 2022, 22:10
I am sorry for your experience with Nissan.
I still own a 1997 Maxima that just went thru 275,000 miles and used .25 quarts of oil on a 2000 mile trip. It is 5 speed and runs like new.
This was built , of course, built before Ghosn de-contented Nissan cars starting in 2000.
They went outside Japan to source cheap parts after 2000.
It seems that Nissan has reached rock bottom in 2022. They were content to sell program cars to the big fleets.
The new 2023 Z is promising. The 240Z turned heads 50 years ago.
Bon chance.
6th Sep 2022, 15:19
Original poster here: Exactly at 178,000 miles my transmission started making whining noises. Took it to an independent mechanic, and he literally said your transmission is now headed to "stairway of heaven" LOL.. He told me it would take at least $2k or more of parts and labor to properly fix it (he meant used transmission from a junkyard) and there would be very high chance of failure rate which he won't know exactly unless I continue routine transmission fluid changes. Guess this car has had its last ride.
13th Aug 2021, 19:02
IMO it's a total disaster of a car. Not sure why they even bothered with building it, when it had such poor fit/finish and quality. It's no wonder so many of these failed Nissans end up on the side of the road with blown transmissions, or busted cat converters. The repairs keep piling up...