2009 Nissan Rogue Steering Problems

“I was highway driving for 40 miles when my Nissan Rogue started to get loose and make an odd noise when I applied the brakes. The rode was damp in places, but not enough to engage the anti lock brakes. Traveling on, it would occasionally repeat the noise and wobble. 60 miles into the trip, I was traveling 55 MPH and not applying the brakes when the steering got extremely wobbly and I had little control over the car. It was very difficult to even pull over. …”

“At about 1200 to 1500 rpms the vehicle starts to vibrate throughout the steering wheel. When sitting in traffic for 30 minutes and driving within that range your hand becomes numb. When I started to do research on it appears that alot of people are having the same problem and the new york times even wrote an article about it. You have to drive the car over 50 MPH to avoid it. That leads to speeding where I live. Nissan is aware of the problem and they indicated that some people are more sensitive to the issue than other people. …”

“Car transmission makes whining sound. As you drive up an incline it gets worse. Car shuts down while driving. You are forced to pull over as you have no power. After 5 -10 minutes the car will start up again. Car was brought to Nissan and they were aware of the issue. They installed an external oil cooler as their CVT transmission has issues with overheating. This is most definitely a safety issue as the car just shuts down and apparently this is a known problem by Nissan. Nissan charged $1000 to fix the issue which should be a recalled safety issue with the car. …”

“On 12/30/10 at 11,300 miles. When turning steering wheel car would make a grind and creaking noise from front end at random times. Dealership was unable to duplicate sound. On 12/29/11 at 16,448 miles. When turning the steering wheel at any speed the car would make a grind and clunk noise from the front end. The sound became gradually worse over time and was consistently heard. Brought car to the dealership. They replicated sound and replaced both front strut bearings. Repairs covered under warranty. On 8/14/13 at 23,839 miles. Returned car to dealership for grind and clunk sound again. …”

“This winter a crack in the seal opened up on the driver's side wheel well. We were not aware of the crack. We noticed that the car was collecting water in the carpets down on the floor board. The water became increasingly worse over time down on the floor of the car. We tried looking for leaks and drying out the car with towels. We could not find the leaks. We tried to dry the car out as much as possible, yet, every time my soon drove the car to school at Everett Washington Community College the water became increasingly worse down on the floor of the car. …”