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May 5, 2023
Nissan just filed their defence in the Quebec class action undertaken by the APA, and they`re not giving an inch. We are still waiting for the expert`s report from Nissan`s engineers supporting their claim that there is no defect with their CVT transmissions that could warrant the APA`s class action proceeding.
Nissan`s own data shows that over 5% of its CVT transmissions were failing under 5 years/100,000 km -- that`s a very high failure rate -- several times the generally accepted max for a major component during the warranty. But to a non-expert that could look like a low failure rate, since 95% of the transmissions don`t fail during the warranty! That appears to be one of Nissan`s arguments against extending the warranty to cover all its CVT transmissions. (The APA now has over 2400 complaints from Nissan owners. The actual failure rate is much higher over the life of the vehicle, more than 50% for the worst models and years.)
In the rest of Canada, the powertrain warranty was extended to 7 years or 140,000 km for the following models:
2013-2016 Altima
2013-2017 Juke
2013-2017 Sentra
2012-2014 Versa
2014-2017 Versa Note
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