What Is Wrong Over At Nissan? CR Readers Rank 14 Of 22 Models At Bottom Or Near Bottom Of Segment

Looks like something's wrong at Nissan because, according to a recent Consumer Reports survey, a lot of Nissan owners don't like their vehicles very much.

For that matter, neither do the people who work at Consumer Reports.

In the influential magazine's latest customer satisfaction survey, Nissan finished third from last in the overall brand rankings, just ahead of Mitsubishi and Daimler's (DDAIF) Smart, which sells just one super-tiny car. Added to that, Infiniti, Nissan's luxury brand, tied with Buick as the lowest-ranked luxury brand.

MDarringer - 12/15/2014 7:51:47 PM

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Their CVT transmissions HOWL for one.

leej - 12/16/2014 9:14:38 AM

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Quality has suffered as a result of new factories in the US (sedans and SUVs, split between the Tennessee and Mississippi plants) and Mexico (Sentra). Unfortunately the new Murano will be built in the US too...expect the quality satisfaction rates to drop on this vehicle as a result.

leej - 12/16/2014 9:15:25 AM

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The CVTs in the newer Nissans do not have that 'howl'.

W124E320 - 12/16/2014 1:11:34 PM

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Yes the do! My mother-in-law just bought a new Altima and wants to return it! They're both 70 yrs old and can hear ALL the noise.... she's heard crickets from Nissan & the dealer....

222max - 12/16/2014 10:30:12 AM

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The article doesn't rally state what the problems are. But I think a lot of their issues are related to the CVTs in nearly all of tier products. It's not just the performance but the durability of the CVT transmission. In my experience the things just don't hold up well.

leej - 12/16/2014 1:44:22 PM

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Did your mother-in-law not test drive the Altima before she drove it? My sister has owned 2 Muranos, and I've driven them both and nary a howl in either of those.