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2016 Nissan Rogue · symptom sheet

Transmission jerks, lurches or bangs into gear

  • 33owner reports
  • 84,000median miles
  • 0involved a crash

Newest report Aug 15, 2025 · checked Sep 19, 2026

33 of the 67 reports of transmission shudder on the 2016 Rogue describe jerking or hard shifts.

Part of Transmission shudders, slips or shifts hard (67 reports)

Tick what matches of 33 reports

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What got replaced

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

Recalls and investigations

No recall on the transmission and drivetrain covers the 2016 model year as of Sep 19, 2026.

When it happens

The middle half of failures fell between 60,000 and 108,000 miles, from the 24 reports that gave a mileage.

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What owners wrote

“hesitation during acceleration, jerking, shuddering, and delayed / rough shifting. Constant whirring noise, rattling noise when accelerating. RPM above 1 even when parked. Struggles to gain power when accelerating. Sounds and issues listed above have increasing gotten worse over time.”

Filed Aug 15, 2025

“Transmission jerks while driving. It started with a few little jumps here and there, and before long rattling violently. Stopped accelerating in traffic.”

Filed Sep 9, 2024

“The vehicle began experiencing difficulties accelerating especially in instances where acceleration was necessary as in merging onto highways. The car began jerking through acceleration and consequently revving sporadically. I took the vehicle in and was informed the entire transmission needs to be replaced. The car is just passed the warranty in both mileage and the year so the dealership offered no assistance.”

Filed May 29, 2024

“CVT transmission on a 2016 Nissan Rogue SL with 43,800 miles. Its available foe inspection. The vehicle transmission jerks, it hesitates, there is revving, and shudders. The problems was reproduced by a Nissan Dealer and inspected with a diagnosis of a bad transmission needing replacement. No warning or lamps before the 1st incident on April 8, 2024.”

Filed Apr 16, 2024 · 43,800 miles

Should you keep driving it?

This page can't tell you that. 0 of 33 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.

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