Nissan North America Facing Class Action Over Alleged Transmission Defect, Should have recalled
A Nissan Altima transmission recall should have been issued years ago according to a proposed class-action lawsuit that alleges 2013-2014 Altimas shake, shudder, make a whining noise, hesitate and finally fail from transmission failures.
The lawsuit includes all consumers who purchased or leased 2013-2014 Nissan Altimas equipped with CVT transmissions.
The Nissan Altima transmission class-action lawsuit was filed Tennessee and the name of it is Gann, et al., v. Nissan North America.
From classaction.org
A proposed class action filed in Tennessee against Nissan North America, Inc. alleges 2013-2014 Altima vehicles suffer from a transmission defect that causes “shuddering, hesitation, stalling, unusual noises,” and ultimately total failure. The alleged defect in Nissan’s continuously variable automatic transmissions (CVTs) presents a significant safety risk, the complaint states, as vehicles stricken with the issue can lose momentum suddenly before stalling—supposedly without illumination of the cars’ brake lights.
According to the 29-page suit, the defect presents itself when a driver hits the accelerator; despite pressing the pedal, nothing occurs, the case claims. This event is sometimes followed by a sudden surge of power, which the lawsuit says increases the risk a driver will lose control over his or her vehicle. The cost of a total transmission replacement, which the suit points out consumers regularly have to undergo once the defect manifests, is upward of $3,000, according to the case.
Nissan allegedly knew the CVTs in certain Altima models were defective yet instead misrepresented the safety of the vehicles to proposed class members, the case says. As the lawsuit tells it, Nissan “knowingly engaged in omissions of material facts and false and misleading representations” concerning the performance of its 2013-2014 Altima transmissions.
A copy of the complaint can be found here.
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