2015 Nissan Rogue · symptom sheet

Transmission shudders, slips or shifts hard

35owner reports
77,109median miles
1involved a crash

Newest report Nov 10, 2025 · checked Oct 2, 2026

138 of the 551 complaints on this car are about the transmission and drivetrain. 35 of those describe transmission shudder.

1 recall on this systemcovering the 2015 model year

1 crashin 35 reports

Tick what matches of 35 reports

shudders or vibrates at low speed

slips or revs without pulling

hesitates when I accelerate

a dealer did a software update

fluid was changed or flushed

Transmission shudder on other Rogue years

201434 reports 201535 reports 201667 reports 201735 reports

Report counts are for each model year on its own, so a newer car has had less time to collect them. Model years with too few reports of it for a sheet: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.

What this problem usually is

This is the biggest drivetrain group on the site: a transmission that shudders, slips, hesitates or bangs into gear. It's the everyday version of transmission trouble, where the car still drives but doesn't drive right, and it has three narrower sheets of its own for jerking, hesitation and slipping.

Read the full explainer · Which cars report it most

What got replaced

Owners who name the part that was replaced mention the transmission (4 reports).

Recalls and investigations

One recall on the transmission and drivetrain covers the 2015 model year. A recall on the same system isn't always the same failure, so read the defect text.

15V-775Nov 20, 2015

Power Train:Automatic Transmission:Gear Position Indication (Prndl)

In the affected vehicles, due to a problem with the shift selector knob, it may be possible to shift out of the "Park" position without depressing the brake pedal.

Risk, remedy and owner complaints on recall 15V-775

All 9 recalls on the 2015 Nissan Rogue, with the owner complaints on each recalled system

When it happens

The middle half of failures fell between 59,900 and 100,000 miles, from the 27 reports that gave a mileage.

Is this a known problem?

The manufacturer has sent NHTSA 4 service bulletins or notices for the 2015 Nissan Rogue that deal with this problem. Newest first.

Federal rules make a manufacturer send NHTSA a copy of any notice about a defect that goes to more than one dealer or owner. Most of these are service bulletins, the repair instructions manufacturers send to dealers. NHTSA generally leaves safety recall bulletins out of this file, and recalls are listed separately.

Service bulletinNTB15-086gApr 18, 2017
2013-2014 ALTIMA AND 2014-2016 ROGUE; MIL ON WITH DTC P0776, P1715 MAY HAVE HESITATION AND/OR LACK OF POWER This bulletin applies only to Altima vehicles equipped with 4-cylinder engine. The PARTS INFORMATION section has been revised. No other changes have been made.
Service bulletinNTB15-086DAug 9, 2016
2013-2016 ALTIMA AND 2014-2016 ROGUE; MIL ON WITH DTC P0776, P1715 MAY HAVE HESITATION AND/OR LACK OF POWER ALTIMA WITH 4-CYLINDER ENGINE ONLY THE TITLE IS CHANGED, A DTC IS ADDED UNDER IF YOU CONFIRM, AND TCM REPROGRAMMING IS ADDED TO THE SERVICE PROCEDURE.
Service bulletinNTB15084BMar 11, 2016
IF YOU CONFIRM: The customer reports a transmission judder (shake, shudder, single or multiple bumps or vibration), AND One of the following DTCs are stored in the TCM: - P17F0 (CVT_JUDDER (T/M INSPECTION)) - P17F1 (CVT_JUDDER (C/U INSPECTION)) NOTE: - If a transmission ...
Service bulletinNTB15083Sep 23, 2015
IF YOU CONFIRM: The customer reports a transmission judder (shake, shudder, single or multiple bumps or vibration). NOTE: A new diagnostic logic has been established to enhance the diagnostic process by storing diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs) on applied vehicles.

What owners wrote

“cvt transmission slips and will not move the vehicle when it is hot or in stop and go traffic.”
Filed Aug 17, 2024

“Transmission jerks. Cvt transmission causing significant issues. Have already changed faulty valve body, mass air flow sensor, and idle control sensor.”
Filed Aug 28, 2023

Should you keep driving it?

This page can't tell you that. 1 of 35 reports involved a crash. Owners who file are the ones who had a bad experience, and nobody checks their reports. If the problem affects steering, braking, power or a fire risk, treat it as a safety fault and have it inspected before a long or high-speed drive.

File your own report with NHTSA. Complaint counts are how a problem gets an investigation. How reports land on this sheet.

Guide Paid for this repair before a recall covered it? How recall reimbursement works