2009 Nissan Cube Complaint Log

2009 Cube would not start. Steering wheel locked prevented me from starting the car. Called AAA and they tried to jump start and still would not start. AAA towed my car to Capital Nissan in San Jose and they confirmed it was the Steering Lock Unit. Replaced and charged me 1363.46. After researching online there was a recall (not my Cube and I don't know why) back in 2011. I also found that "recalls never expired". I feel because this incident happened at a later time the Steering Lock Unit became defective. I've noticed the warning light on my dashboard for awhile but it was off and on and have been taking my car for maintenance over the years at Premier Nissan (now called Capitol Nissan in San Jose) and thought maybe the tech would find the problem. I feel because it was defective and recalled I shouldn't have to pay for parts and labor. Also on my Invoice they wrote down the mileage as 140000 and that is not true. My Cube has 138000.

The TPMS light keeps flashing off and on and all my tires are the pressure they're supposed to be

Many complaints about the nissian cube... the battery are good and even put new batteries in the key fob.. the car isn't registering it and steering wheel is locked bc is a security feature.. many complaints online for these.. is this a recall yet?

Started my car at 9. Went to start my car at 10. Wouldn’t start. The escl has failed.

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The contact owns a 2009 Nissan Cube. The contact stated that the horn failed to operate as needed while driving at various speeds. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where he was informed that the clockspring was defective and needed to be replaced. The contact was also informed that if the clockspring was not replaced, the air bags may not deploy in the event of a crash. The manufacturer informed him that there were no recalls on the vehicle. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 142,000.

THE BACK DOOR LATCH/LOCK DOESN'T WORK. IT PERMANENTLY LOCKED AND CAN'T BE UNLOCKED WITH KEY OR ELECTRONIC KEY FOB. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND LOCKED IN MY APARTMENT DESIGNATED SPACE. WHEN I TRIED TO OPEN THE TRUNK, IT WOULDN'T UNLOCK. MY RESEARCH ON THE CUBE OWNER'S BLOG INDICATED SEVERAL OTHERS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THEY HAD ESTIMATES FROM DEALERS OF SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS TO REPAIR THE LOCK. NISSAN DEALERS ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. IT REQUIRES REPLACING THE ENTIRE LOCKING MECHANISM. THERE ARE A FEW INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS ON LINE OF HOW TO REPAIR THE LOCK. IT REQUIRES REMOVING BACK DOOR INSIDE OF VEHICLE.

TIRE VALVE STEM LEAKING AIR, TIRE GOING FLAT ON 2009 NISSAN CUBE. I SEE THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE BEFORE.

ON 07/20/2020 TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING. VEHICLE VIBRATES AND SHUTTERS IN MOTION. LACK OF POWER. AT 124,000 MILES. UNABLE TO GET TO 50 MPH. VEHICLE ALSO VIBRATES WHEN STATIONARY.

MY 2009 NISSAN CUBE HAD A RECALL FOR THE MANUFACTURING DEFECTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ELECTRICAL STEERING COLUMN LOCK (ESCL). IT WENT OUT IN JANUARY 2020 AND THE NISSAN DEALER WANTS 832.00 TO REPAIR WHAT IS A NISSAN MANUFACTURING DEFECT. INVESTIGATING THIS IT WAS FOUND THAT IN JANUARY 2012, JUST BEFORE THE CAR WAS PURCHASED FROM THE NISSAN DEALER, THE ESCL RECALL WAS FIXED AT THE MURFREESBORO DEALERSHIP. AS I WASNT THE OWNER AT THE TIME I DO NOT HAVE PAPERWORK TO SHOW THIS, ONLY THE WORD FROM THE DEALER. THE ESCL IS OBVIOUSLY STILL A PROBLEM BUT THE DEALERSHIP SAID SINCE IT WAS FIXED ONCE THAT MET THE RECALL CRITERIA AND I HAVE TO PAY FOR THE MANUFACTURERS DEFECTIVE ESCL. THE RED LIGHT WITH THE KEY CAME ON WHEN IT WAS PARKED AT A STORE AND WOULDN'T MOVE SO IT WAS TOWED TO THE NISSAN DEALER. THEY HAVE STATED THE PART IS 579.93 AND THE LABOR WILL BE 312.50. NISSAN CONSUMER HOTLINE WAS CONTACTED AND THEY SAID THAT IT WAS REPAIRED BUT WOULDN'T GIVE ME A DATE/PLACE SO I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP I BOUGHT IT FROM TO GET THIS INFORMATION. THEY ARE THE ONES WHO STATED IT WAS DONE IN JANUARY 2012 WHEN IT WAS IN THEIR POSSESSION TO SELL ON THE LOT. SINCE IT IS A DOCUMENTED MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY AND THE DEALERSHIP SUPPOSEDLY DID THE WORK WHILE THE CAR WAS FOR SALE ON THEIR LOT (MEANING WE HAVE TO TRUST THEY ACTUALLY DID THE EXPENSIVE REPAIR), WHEN THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS WHY IS IT NOT BEING COVERED? THIS IS A WELL DOCUMENTED PROBLEM THROUGHOUT THE INTERNET OF NISSAN 2009 CUBE OWNERS WHO TO THIS DAY ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE ESCL AND THE EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE REPAIR BILLS THAT GO WITH IT.

1) CHECK AIR BAG LIGHT WAS FLASHING A MONTH AFTER I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND IT WAS REPAIRED. THE LIGHT IS BACK ON ALMOST A YEAR LATER AND HAS CONTINUED TO FLASH ON AND OFF. 2) TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT CONTINUES TO GO ON AND OFF AND I REPLACED AND ALIGNED MY TIRES AND STILL IT CONTINUES. 3) WHEN PUTTING GAS IN MY TANK THE GAUGE IS NEVER ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP AND YET THE PUMP WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO INPUT MORE GAS. ALSO THE GAS IS NOT LASTING THE AMOUNT OF MILE IT SHOULD, AND THE READING DOES NOT SEEM ACCURATE.

VEHICLE STOPPED WHILE IN MOTION ON HIGHWAY. TRANSMISSION WENT COMPLETELY OUT.

THE ANTITHEFT LOCK MALFUNCTIONED. NOW THE CAR WONT START.

REAR HATCH DOOR LOCK DOES NOT UNLOCK THE DOOR. THE LOCK HAS WORKED AND THEN IT QUITS WORKING. IN AN EMERGENCY A PERSON WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO EXIT THROUGH THE HATCH DOOR. ACCORDING TO THE INTERNET THIS IS A FREQUENT OCCURRENCE IN THE EARLY MODELS.

THE CUBE WILL FREQUENTLY STOP WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. IT IS POSSIBLE TO PUMP THE ACCELERATOR AT THE MOMENT THIS HAPPENS AND SOMETIMES THE ENGINE WILL CATCH AND CARRY ON. IF THIS DOES NOT WORK, THE CAR MUST BE SHUT DOWN FOR A FEW MINUTES BEFORE ATTEMPTING A RESTART. UNFORTUNATELY ONCE THIS SITUATION HAPPENS, IT WILL VERY LIKELY RECUR SOON AFTER. IT IS MY OBSERVATION THAT THIS HAPPENS MOST OFTEN WHEN THE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE IS QUITE HIGH (75 F AND ABOVE). ON COOL DAYS THE SITUATION IS NOT LIKELY TO HAPPEN UNLESS THE CAR IS DRIVEN OVER AN HOUR IN DURATION. AS ANOTHER OBSERVATION IT IS MORE LIKELY TO HAPPEN IF THE GAS GAUGE IS LESS THAN FULL. I TRIED TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM TWICE FOR MAUS NISSAN BUT IT DID NOT OCCUR. THERE WAS A ENGINE SERVICE LIGHT ON DURING BOTH THOSE ATTEMPTS INDICATING A CATALYTIC CONVERTER ERROR. SINCE THAT TIME (EARLY 2018) THE PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES WITHOUT ANY SERVICE ENGINE WARNING BEING ON. THE FIRST TIME THE PROBLEM OCCURRED, I TOOK THE CAR INTO NISSAN IN CHATTANOOGA. THEY SAID THERE WAS A LITTLE TOO MUCH TRANSMISSION FLUID. THEY REMOVED SOME AND I CONTINUED ON THE FLORIDA. WITHIN 10 MINUTES THE PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN. WHILE IN FLORIDA, WE LIMIT DRIVING TO EARLY MORNINGS AND EVENINGS FOR LESS THAN 30 MINUTES AND WE MAINTAIN THE GAS TANK ON FULL.

SAME ISSUE AS THE OWNERS IN THIS THREAD WITH REGARDS TO THE ESCL. WENT TO START MY CAR AS A SNOW STORM WAS STARTING AND NO LUCK. MY LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE ESCL AND THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THE CUBE. HOWEVER, MY PARTNER OWNS A 2009 ALTIMA AND HAD THE SAME ISSUE A MONTH AGO AND GOT IT FIXED AT NO COST. THE FACT THAT NUMEROUS 09 CUBE OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING THIS ISSUE AROUND THE SAME TIME WITH NO OFFER TO RECALL OR REIMBURSE US IS RIDICULOUS. I HAVE EMAILED CUSTOMER SERVICE WITH SCREEN SHOTS OF EVERYONE'S COMPLAINT AND REACHED OUT TO NISSAN VIA TWITTER. THEY HAVE RESPONDED AND ARE LOOKING INTO THE ISSUE NOW. FINGERS CROSSED THEY DO SOMETHING FOR US

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN CUBE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD DIFFICULTY STARTING. THE CONTACT HAD TO LOCK THE STEERING WHEEL IN ORDER FOR THE ENGINE TO START. IN ADDITION, THE KEY FOB HAD TO BE VISIBLE TO START THE VEHICLE PROPERLY. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE REMAINED PARKED AT THE CONTACT'S HOME. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND REFUSED TO ASSIST THE CONTACT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

THE STEERING LOCK HAS FAILED, AND THE START BUTTON NO LONGER WORKS ON THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE "PLUNGER" HAS FAILED WITHIN THE STEERING ELECTRICAL BOX.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN CUBE. WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO JERK AND FAILED TO ACCELERATE. ALSO, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT COASTED THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO DRIVE NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO METRO NISSAN OF MONTCLAIR (LOCATED AT 9440 AUTOPLEX ST, MONTCLAIR, CA 91763), BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 132,000.

THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE ELECTRICAL STEERING CONTROL LOCK (ESCL) THAT PREVENTS THE CAR FROM BEING ABLE TO START.

TAKATA RECALL: CAR WAS FINE WHEN I PARKED IT WHEN I GOT UP THE NEXT MORNING, I CRANK IT PUT IT IN REVERSE AND THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. TOWED THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY ARE SAYING IT'S THE CLUTCH IN THE TRANSMISSION. I CAN'T SEE HOW IT GO OUT OVERNIGHT SITTING CART, I'VE OWN THE CAR 1 YEAR AND 1 MONTH JUST PASSED THE WARRANTY. CARMAX MAXCARE WILL NOT COVER IT SAYS IT IS A MAINTENANCE ISSUE. I HAVE NO PICTURES OR DOCUMENTATION AT THE MOMENT THE CAR IS AT A NISSAN DEALER JUST SITTING

RECENTLY MY NISSAN CUBE CAME UP WITH AN ERROR CODE INDICATING A STEP MOTOR MALFUNCTION. THIS IS A COMPONENT OF THE CVT TRANSMISSION THAT TELLS THE TRANSMISSION HOW TO OPERATE. WITHOUT THIS CRITICAL COMPONENT THE VEHICLE DOES NOT BEHAVE PROPERLY. I HAVE INVOLVED IN A NUMBER OF SITUATIONS WHERE THE VEHICLE WILL SUDDENLY STOP AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OR NOT ACCELERATE AFTER REDUCING SPEED CAUSING AN EXTREME HAZARD. NISSAN IS AWARE OF THESE FAILING TRANSMISSIONS AND DID IN FACT INCREASE THE WARRANTY COVERAGE AT ONE POINT. THESE ARE AN EXTREME DANGER ON THE ROAD!!!

THE STEERING LOCK COLUMN UNIT IN MY 2009 NISSAN CUBE FAILED, DISABLING THE CAR FROM STARTING, AND PUTTING ME AT RISK AS I WAS STUCK IN A LOCATION AWAY FROM MY HOME, AND UNABLE TO START MY CAR. MY CAR WAS PARKED ON A CITY STREET. 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 IN NEWPORT, RI WHERE I AM BEING CHARGED $814.00 IN PARTS AND LABOR TO REPLACE A PART THAT NISSAN HAS ACKNOWLEDGED IS FAULTY NOT ONLY IN THE CUBE, BUT ALSO IN THE ALTIMA. WHEN I CALLED NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS, THEY SAID THERE IS NO CURRENT RECALL CAMPAIGN AND DUE TO THE AGE OF THE CAR THERE WAS NOTHING THEY WILL DO. CONSUMER AFFAIRS CASE NUMBER IS 31941337.

TAKATA RECALL. MY CUBE WILL NOT GO ANYWHERE, I PUT IT IN DRIVE PUSH GAS AND CAR WILL NOT ROLL. IT WON'T DRIVE IN ANY OF GEARS. VEHICAL DROVE MY FAMILY LAST NITE, WE WENT ON A TRIP, GOT TO DESTINATION WENT TO BED , WOKE UP TO LEAVE AND CAR WILL NOT GO ANYWHERE . STARTED THE ENGINE AND PUT CAR INTO DRIVE PUSHED ACCELERATOR AND CAR WILL NOT ROLL. WE ARE STUCK IN YOSEMITE 150 MILES FROM HOME.

ENGINE WILL NOT START AFTER TURNING OFF. CAR CANNOT BE MOVED BECAUSE SHIFTER WILL NOT COME OUT OF PARK AND VEHICLE WILL NOT MOVE. STEERING COLUMN;

DRIVER SIDE POWER WINDOW WILL SHATTER IF LEFT DOWN PARTLY WHEN YOU OPEN THE DOOR. I WAS PARKED AND THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE.

THE CAR HAS A TRANSMISSION FAILURE IF I DID FULL STOP AND TRY TO MOVE THE CAR WILL TAKE ABOUT 10 SECONDS TO MOVE, I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID BECAUSE THE CAR IS REBUILT TITLE THEY WON'T FIX BUT THE TRANSMISSION IS FACTORY DEFICIT AND CALLED THE CUNSOMER AFFAIR AND WILL NOT HELP ME. IT'S NOT SAFE TO DRIVE IT EVEN IF YOU TAKING A LEFT TURN IN MAY STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OTHER ROAD IT WAS IN MURFREESBORO TN AND MY JOB IS LIKE AN HOUR AWAY FROM HOME

TIRE WILL NOT HOLD AIR

CAR WOULD NOT START. ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK.

INNER FENDER FELL OFF IN PARKING LOT AND WAS RUN OVER. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN DEVASTING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND COULD HAVE BEEN A HAZARD FOR OTHER DRIVERS. ALSO THE BOTTOM COVER CAME LOOSE AND WAS DRAGGING ON THE GROUND.

I COULD NOT PUSH START WITH MY KEYS IN MY POCKET LIKE I USED TO. I DO NOT HAVE THE CAR SO I WAS UNABLE TO TAKE A PICTURE IT IS BEING FIX I HOPE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN CUBE. WHILE PARKED, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL LOCK FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 150,000.

CAR WILL NOT START. SITTING ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET. ELECTRONIC STEERING CONTROL LOCK DEFECT.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN A DOWNTOWN PARKING GARAGE WHILE MY WIFE WAS AT WORK. SHE CAME OUT OF WORK AFTER DARK, WITH NO ACCESS BACK INTO A BANKING BUILDING, AND THE CAR WOULD NOT START. AFTER CALLING ME AND TRYING A COUPLE THINGS, WE CALLED OUR ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AND I GOT IN MY CAR TO DRIVE 45 MINUTES THERE. MY WIFE HAD TO WAIT IN THE LOCKED CAR, ALONE, UNTIL MYSELF AND THE TOW TRUCK ARRIVED. THIS WAS AN UNSAFE SITUATION. WE HAD IT TOWED TO A DEALER AND FOUND OUT THE NEXT DAY THAT THE ESCL (ELECTRONIC STEERING CONTROL LOCK) HAD FAILED, WHICH PREVENTS THE CAR FROM STARTING. AFTER SPENDING $650 TO HAVE IT REPAIRED, I DID SOME INVESTIGATION AND FOUND THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM NOT JUST ON THE NISSAN CUBE, BUT WITH ALTIMAS, MAXIMAS, 370Z AND INFINITI VEHICLES. AFTER OUR REPAIR, NISSAN HAD EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON THE PART, BUT WE WERE PAST THE MILEAGE AND THEY WOULD NOT REIMBURSE US. THEY STILL HAVE AN OPEN SERVICE CAMPAIGN FOR THE ALTIMAS AND MAXIMAS, BUT NOT THE CUBE OR OTHER AFFECTED VEHICLES. THIS IS A SEVER SAFETY CONCERN. MY WIFE WAS ALONE IN A DARK PARKING RAMP FOR ALMOST AN HOUR IN THE INNER CITY. IMAGINE IF THIS HAPPENED TO OTHERS AFTER NISSAN HAS ACKNOWLEDGED IT AS A PROBLEM, AND SOMEONE GETS MUGGED OR KILLED WHILE IN AN UNSAFE AREA AND CANT GET THEIR CAR STARTED. NISSAN SHOULD ISSUE A 100% RECALL ON ALL AFFECTED VEHICLES AND PROVIDE REIMBURSEMENT FOR OWNERS WHO HAVE ALREADY PAID FOR THE REPAIR.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

BACK DOOR HANDLE FAILS TO UNLOCK NO KEY ACCESS TO OPEN OR FIX...KNOWN PROBLEM FOR THESE CARS. TPS SENSORS MALFUNCTION

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.

NISSAN CUBE 2009 -TRANSMISSION FAILURE; NO WARNING LIGHTS JUST STARTED MAKING A NOISE AND SLOWING DOWN WOULD NOT CHANGE GEARS.