Nissan Cube Complaints (2009)

101 consumer complaints on file.

#10947886January 27, 2017
STRUCTURE:BODY, ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
SIMILAR TO NHTSA ID NUMBER:10717816 AND OTHER COMPLAINTS SEEN ONLINE. EXHAUST SYSTEM COMING APART AT THE FLANGE HEAT FROM THE BROKEN EXHAUST HAD MELTED THE BACK BUMPER ALSO, THE HEAT SHIELD SEPARATING THE EXHAUST FROM THE FUEL TANK APPEARS TO NOT COVER THE AREA OF THE COMMON SEPARATION. NISSAN DEALER SAW THIS OCCUR ON MY CAR, DID NOT TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY OF THEIR FAULTY FLANGE OR CARBURETOR. IT WAS IN WARRANTY AT THAT TIME AND THEY SHOULD HAVE FIXED IT. VERY DISHONORABLE PRACTICE TO HAVE A FAULTY FLANGE CREATE ISSUES SIGNALING CARBURETOR REPLACEMENT AND CAR BUMPER MELTED AS A RESULT FROM IT. I BELIEVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY SHOULD TAKE PLACE TO FIX THIS POTENTIAL ROAD OF CUBE CATCHING FIRE HAZARD, ALTHOUGH IT IS ONLY PLASTIC.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10937767December 27, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
CAR WILL NOT START. SITTING ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET. ELECTRONIC STEERING CONTROL LOCK DEFECT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10929832December 4, 2016
POWER TRAIN
WAS DRIVING HOME WITH MY HUSBAND FROM THE GROCERY STORE. PULLED ONTO HIGHWAY AND CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING. PULLED OVER AND CAR WOULD REV UP BUT NOT GO IN DRIVE OR REVERSE. CAR WAS TOWED BACK HOME AND BEING TRADED IN. IT'S 1,000 MILES OVER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. THEY SHOULD RECALL THESE KNOWING THE CVT IS BAD. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10928967December 1, 2016
STEERING
THE STEERING LOCK COLUMN IN MY 2009 NISSAN CUBE FAILED, DISABLING THE CAR FROM STARTING, AND PUTTING ME IN A SAFETY RISK AS I WAS STUCK IN A LOCATION AWAY FROM MY HOME, AND UNABLE TO START MY VEHICLE. IT WAS NOT A BATTERY ISSUE- THE LIGHTS WORKED, I COULD UNLOCK AND LOCK THE VEHICLE, BUT I COULD NOT START THE CAR USING MY INTELLIGENT KEY. IT WAS TOWED TO A NISSAN DEALERSHIP WHERE I AM BEING CHARGED NEARLY $1,000 IN PARTS AND LABOR TO REPLACE A PART THAT NISSAN HAS ACKNOWLEDGED IS FAULTY. DESPITE AN EXPIRED EXTENDED WARRANTY THAT WAS PLACED ON THAT PART, NISSAN HAS NO RECALL ON THE PART AND OWNERS EVERYWHERE ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10915691October 13, 2016
STRUCTURE:BODY, POWER TRAIN
I AM THE 2ND OWNER OF THIS CAR. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE APRIL OF 2016. THE ONLY LIGHT THAT HAS BEEN ON HAS BEEN THE TPM LIGHT. ON JULY 3RD,2016 , I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WITH MY CHILDREN WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY STALLED. IT COMPLETELY STOPPED DRIVING NO MATTER HOW HARD I WOULD PUSH ON THE GAS. WHEN I HAD TO VEHICLE INSPECTED, IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION THAT HAD FAILED. ACCORDING TO THE DEALERSHIP, THERE WAS AN EXTENDED WARRENTY ON THIS CVT TRANSMISSION BECAUSE OF PROBLEMS IT WAS HAVING. THERE WAS NO LIGHT ON OR ANYTHING TO SHOW THAT THERE HAD BEEN AN ISSUE WITH THIS TRANSMISSION, IT JUST SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING AS I WAS DRIVING. I CONTACTED NISSAN DIRECTLY AND THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING THEY CAN DO BECAUSE IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. I FEEL THIS IS UNSAFE BECAUSE PEOPLE DO DRIVE WITH THEIR CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A BAD COLLISION ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN IT SUDDENLY JUST STOPPED. IN THE SAME INCIDENT, THE BACK DOOR SUDDENLY WILL NOT OPEN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10914086October 5, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
THE ELECTRONIC STEERING CONTROL LOCK MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING ME TO BE UNABLE TO START MY VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY IN MY DRIVEWAY AT THE TIME. THERE WERE NO MOVEMENTS OR SOUNDS COMING FROM THE CAR WHEN I TRIED TO START IT. ONLY THE SECURITY INDICATOR LIGHT AND THE KEY LIGHT WERE ON IN THE DASH. NO RESPONSE FROM THE CAR WHEN WE ATTEMPTED TO JUMPSTART IT. THIS ESSENTIALLY LEFT ME COMPLETELY STRANDED AND WITH LIVING OUT IN THE COUNTRY WAS VERY DIFFICULT AND EXPENSIVE TO GET THE VEHICLE TOWED INTO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP. I DID RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT LOTS OF OTHER 2009 CUBE OWNERS HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM AND JUST LIKE ME MANY HAVE PREVIOUSLY HAD THEIRS "FIXED" ONLY TO HAVE THE PART MALFUNCTION AGAIN AND HAVE TO PAY FOR IT OUT OF POCKET. THIS IS NO CHEAP FIX AND I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO SPEND MONEY I CAN'T AFFORD TO SPEND IN ORDER TO HAVE A WORKING VEHICLE. THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AND TAKEN CARE OF BY NISSAN AS IT COULD LEAD TO SOME REALLY DANGEROUS SITUATIONS. I AM ALMOST ALWAYS OUT CAMPING IN RELATIVELY UNPOPULATED WILDERNESS AREAS, TYPICALLY WITHOUT CELL SERVICE AND IF THIS HAD HAPPENED THEN I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I WOULD HAVE DONE. I REALLY HOPE THEY STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND ISSUE A RECALL/REFUND FOR THE PROBLEM JUST LIKE THEY DID FOR THE ALTIMA ISSUES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10907194September 16, 2016
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:LOCK
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN CUBE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO UTILIZE THE REAR HATCH, THE DOOR WOULD NOT UNLOCK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10895953August 15, 2016
STEERING
ESCL FAILED FOR 3RD TIME. DROVE THE CAR, PARKED IT FOR 15 MINUTES AND IT WOULD NOT START WHEN I CAME BACK OUT. THIS WILL MAKE THE 3RD ESCL INSTALLED IN MY CAR BY NISSAN SINCE I BOUGHT IT NEW IN JULY 2009. THE 2ND ESCL WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY ON NOVEMBER 2011 AT 22912 MILES. THE 3RD ONE COST ME $892.09 PLUS $140 TO TOW IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. IT TOOK NISSAN WARRANTY 2 WEEKS TO TELL ME THAT THEY WOULD REIMBURSE ME FOR THE COST OF THE PART ONLY. DEALING WITH THE WARRANTY PEOPLE WAS MORE FRUSTRATING THAN GOING TO THE DMV. I WOULD RATHER HAVE A ROOT CANAL WITHOUT NOVACAINE THAN DEAL WITH THEM AGAIN. TALK ABOUT MAKING YOU WANT TO JUST WALK AWAY AND NOT BUY ANOTHER NISSAN. I LOVE MY CAR BUT NISSAN'S CUSTOMER SERVICE FOR FAULTY PARTS SUCKS. THE ESCL HAS ISSUES THAT STILL AREN'T RESOLVED. NISSAN SAID IT WAS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. THAT IS BULL- NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR IS REPLACING BRAKES, TIRES AND EXHAUST. I JUST REPLACED MY TIRES LAST YEAR AND MY BRAKES AND MUFFLER ARE STILL IN GOOD SHAPE AND ORIGINAL FROM WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR. THEY SHOULD LEAVE THE ESCL OFF GOING FORWARD. IT DOES NOTHING FOR YOU IF IT LEAVES YOU STRANDED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10888220July 25, 2016
STEERING
NISSAN ISSUED A VOLUNTARY SERVICE CAMPAIGN BULLETIN NTB11-057 ON JUNE 23, 2011. THIS NOTICE ACKNOWLEDGES A MANUFACTURING DEFECT WITH THE ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK (ESCL) WHICH RENDERS THE VEHICLE INCAPABLE OF STARTING. I OWN A 2009 CUBE EQUIPPED WITH AN ESCL WHICH HAS MALFUNCTIONED. WHEN THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN PROCEEDED TO INITIATE A SERVICE COMM TO REPAIR THE DEFECT AS INSTRUCTED IN THE BULLETIN PRODUCED BY NISSAN WHEN HE ENTERED MY VIN THE VOLUNTARY SERVICE CAMPAIGN WAS NOT NOTED ON MY VIN RECORD. I CONTACTED NISSAN CORPORATE OFFICE TO DETERMINE WHY AND THEY HAD NOR RECORD OF THIS ISSUE ALTHOUGH IT IS CLEARLY REPORTED ON NHTSA'S WEBSITE AND THE ACTUAL BULLETIN WAS OBTAINED FROM NISSAN. A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH REVEALED SEVERAL OWNERS WHO UTILIZED THIS BULLETIN TO HAVE THEIR VEHICLES REPAIRED. MY CAR CANNOT START WITHOUT THIS REPAIR BEING COMPLETED. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THIS BULLETIN IS LEGITIMATE AND WHY MY VEHICLE FITS THE DESCRIBED AFFECTED VEHICLE BUT IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO BE REPAIRED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10850088March 16, 2016
POWER TRAIN
WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH CAR LOOSES POWER UNDER ACCELERATIN AND THEN STALLS WHEN YOU GET BELOW 10 MPH WILL START BACK UP AFTER SITTING FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES THE CAR IS A 6 SPEED MANUEL. NO LIGHTS CAME ON IN THE DASH THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES NOW
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10824901February 8, 2016
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN CUBE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 26,000. UPDATED 04/07/16*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TWICE. THE MANUFACTURER REFUSED ANY ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE AFTER THE SECOND FAILURE. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10821232January 20, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS, WITHIN A 7 DAY PERIOD, AFTER A SHORT DRIVE IN COLD WEATHER, AND THEN PARKED FOR 1/2 HOUR PERIOD, THE IGNITION WOULD NOT RESPOND (I.E. START) WHEN KEY WOULD BE TURNED TO START POSITION. THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO SERVICE FACILITY, WHERE NO COMMON PROBLEM COULD BE FOUND, AND IGNITION OPERATED AS EXPECTED. THIS IS THE SAME SITUATION AS REPORTED ON NHTSA REFERENCE #10040035, NISSAN TSB #NTB-11-057 FOR THIS MAKE, MODEL, YEAR, WITH THE SOLE EXCEPTION THIS CAR HAS A INTELLIGENT KEY IGNITION, AS OPPOSED TO PUSH BUTTON IGNITION FOR THE CARS COVERED UNDER THE NISSAN TSB. IN CALL TO NISSAN CONCERNING THE PROBLEM, THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP ACKNOWLEDGED THE TSB, BUT STATED THAT IT ONLY CONCERNED MODELS WITH THE PUSH BUTTON START.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10818703January 7, 2016
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN CUBE. WHILE DRIVING 3 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE VEHICLE STARTED OUT FINE AND THEN FELT AS IF IT WERE PLACED IN THE NEUTRAL GEAR. THE CONTACT WAS DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WITH NO RESPONSE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10788232November 4, 2015
STEERING
THE INTELLIGENT KEY SYSTEM WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED YELLOW AND REMAINED ON WHILE THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING AND WHILE THE ENGINE WAS STOPPED. I TOOK MY CUBE TO THE LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRICAL STEERING LOCK SYSTEM WAS MALFUNCTIONING. THIS SAME DEALERSHIP REPAIRED MY CUBE 9/19/2011 FOR A RECALL ON THIS SAME PART. PART D8700-1FA0C LOCK STEERING WAS MALFUNCTIONING AND HAD TO BE REPLACE AGAIN IN MY 2009 CUBE. THE DEALERSHIP RECOMMENDED THAT I CALL NISSAN TO REPORT THE ISSUE AND SEE IF THEY WOULD COVER THE REPAIRS. NISSAN REFUSED TO COVER ANY OF THE REPAIRS AND SAID TO CALL BACK IF IT HAPPENED AGAIN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10787096October 29, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES, ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
THIS CAR SINCE PURCHASE HAS HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED FOUR TIMES. WHEN THE TRANSMISSION FAILS THE CAR COASTS TO A STOP WHICH ON THE HIGHWAY IS A DANGER AS THE CAR IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO BE HIT BY OTHER CARS. IN ADDITION WHEN THE TRANSMISSION FAILS THE ENGINE STOPS AND THE BRAKING SYSTEM IS RENDERED INOPERABLE THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THE CAR IS VIA THE EMERGENCY BREAK. THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE IN THESE CARS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AS NISAN HAS EXTENDED THE WARRANTY T TEN YEARS. WHEN THE TRANSMISSION FAILED ON MY SON HE WAS ON THE HIGHWAY AND BARELY MADE IT TO THE BREAKDOWN LANE WITHOUT GETTING HIT. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE DUE TO THE FACT IF THE DISABLED CAR IS HIT IT COULD CAUSE FATALITIES DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE SYSTEMS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10785387October 22, 2015
STEERING
ESCL (ELECTRIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK) NEEDS TO REPAIRED ON MY '09 CUBE. I SHUT MY CAR OFF AFTER DRIVING IT FOR 10 MINUTES AND IT WOULD NOT START AGAIN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10746787August 6, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
CAR FAILED IN A REMOTE AREA WOULD NOT RESTART AFTER STOPPING, TOWED TO LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND THEY STATED THAT IT WAS THE ELECTRONIC STEERING CONTROL LOCK COMPLETE FAILURE AND STOPS VEHICLE FROM STARTING. WIFE SUFFERED FROM HEAT EXPOSURE DIRECTLY RELATED TO SITUATION, THIS PART WAS RECALLED AND I HAD THE RECALL REPAIRED. IF A BASIC SEARCH ON THIS YOU WILL FIND THAT THIS IS A COMMON AND EXPENSIVE PROBLEM THAT NISSAN ENDED UP DISCONTINUING THIS PART ON LATER CARS. BUT THIS FAILURE IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10736221July 24, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
NISSAN CUBE 2009 -TRANSMISSION FAILURE; NO WARNING LIGHTS JUST STARTED MAKING A NOISE AND SLOWING DOWN WOULD NOT CHANGE GEARS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10736053July 23, 2015
ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MUFFLER WELD SEPARATED (NO RUST OR EXTERNAL DAMAGE) AT THE MID PIPE CAUSING MUFFLER TO TILT AND START TO MELT THE REAR BUMPER COVER MOUNTS AND BUMPER COVER. MUFFLER THEN SEPARATED COMPLETELY CAUSING LOUD NOISE AND POSSIBLE EXHAUST GAS TO ENTER CABIN. CONTACTED NISSAN AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO ISSUE AND NISSAN WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING TO CORRECT OR HELP WITH COST
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10721273May 25, 2015
POWER TRAIN, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
THE TRANSMISSION RANGE SWITCH (COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS A NEUTRAL SAFETY SWITCH) WILL SOMETIMES FAIL TO MAKE PROPER ELECTRICAL CONTACT. THIS CONDITION RESULTS IN TWO OF THREE CONDITIONS. ONE CONDITION IS A FAILURE OF THE PRNDL INDICATOR ON THE DASHBOARD (AS OPPOSED TO THE PRNDL INDICATOR AT THE SHIFTER CONTROL) TO ILLUMINATE. THE NEXT TWO CONDITIONS ARE MUCH LESS BENIGN; THEY CAN BE MUCH MORE FRUSTRATING OR DANGEROUS. THE VERY FRUSTRATING CONDITION IS: BECAUSE THE SWITCH FAILS TO INDICATE THE SHIFTER IS IN PARK OR NEUTRAL, THE ENGINE CANNOT BE STARTED. THE VERY DANGEROUS CONDITION IS: IF BEFORE THE SWITCH FAILS TO MAINTAIN PROPER CONTACT THE ENGINE HAS ALREADY BEEN STARTED, THEN THE IDLING ENGINE (AS USUAL) IS SUFFICIENT TO GET THE VEHICLE INTO AN INTERSECTION; HOWEVER, THE ENGINE WILL DELAY ACCELERATION BY QUITE A FEW SECONDS, REGARDLESS OF THE ACCELERATOR'S POSITION, AS THE DRIVER ATTEMPTS TO GET THROUGH THE INTERSECTION. MY RECOMMENDATION FOR AN EFFICIENT RECALL IS TO RECOMMEND NISSAN DEVELOP REDUNDANCY INTO THIS SWITCH. NISSAN COULD EASILY REDESIGN THIS SWITCH TO DOUBLE (OR EVEN TRIPLE) THEN SWITCH'S SLIDING CONTACTS. DOING SO WOULD ALLOW THE MULTIPLE, IDENTICAL "POLES" AND "THROWS" TO BE CONNECTED PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER BEFORE THEY ARE ELECTRICALLY ROUTED TOWARD THE EIGHT-PIN CONNECTOR. THIS REDUNDANCY WOULD EASILY, QUICKLY, EFFICIENTLY, AND CERTAINLY REDUCE THIS INFREQUENT BUT VERY PROBLEMATIC CONDITION TO AN ISSUE WHICH OUGHT (STATISTICALLY) BECOME SO INFREQUENT IT'S NO LONGER A CONCERN. THE TRANSMISSION RANGE SWITCH IS NISSAN PART NUMBER: SWITCH ASSY 20150227 31918-1XCOD AND IS VERY LIKELY USED ON MORE VEHICLES THAN JUST THE CUBE MODELS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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