2015 SL AWD Premium: weird steering

[followingnfront]

So I've had my Rogue for a little over a year now, and a week or so later on my first road trip, I noticed that the steering felt rubbery and it doesnt have a good on center feel. After 3 alignments at different times over the past year and few months (living in NYC), and about 20k miles, there hasnt really been a difference.

I can hold the steering wheel completely straight on a completely flat road and the car will drift right AND left in the lane without me moving the wheel at all! Its not an alignment thing. It feels like the steering is giving its own inputs in each direction almost.

It feels like I'm suggesting that the car go in a direction moreso than steering it.

Anyone else feel like they have to mess with their steering wheel ALOT more than other car's they've had?
Anyone else notice the vagueness and weirdness in the steering of the 2nd gen?

Thanks

[Rogue One]

Nissan's steer-by-wire system

Nissan Will Put Drive-By-Wire in 2013 Cars

The Japanese automaker says it plans to be the first to put drive-by-wire, rather then traditional mechanical steering, into production cars. And that's just part of Nissan's push for new technologies to save us from ourselves.

By processing steering inputs against a bevy of variables such as speed and vehicle direction, the process tries to correct for driver error—swing the wheel wildly, and the car turns subtly rather than careening off the road, because the computer system knows that's probably not what you intended.

[ImStricken06]

i just posted this under another thread, but i think it applies to this thread as well:

"this is a total gimmick of a system. i wish nissan would get its head out of its rear, and back under the hood where it needs to be. back to the times when nissan stood for 200,000 quality, and value. now it stands for odd designs and useless features..... like a honking TPMS system, 'trace' systems, and steer-by-wire."

wait till the 'steer by wire' system burns a control module mid-flight at 65mph...
-nissan has lost its mind.

[E.T.]

Nissan's steer-by-wire system

Nissan Will Put Drive-By-Wire in 2013 Cars

The Japanese automaker says it plans to be the first to put drive-by-wire, rather then traditional mechanical steering, into production cars. And that's just part of Nissan's push for new technologies to save us from ourselves.

By processing steering inputs against a bevy of variables such as speed and vehicle direction, the process tries to correct for driver error—swing the wheel wildly, and the car turns subtly rather than careening off the road, because the computer system knows that's probably not what you intended.

I don't have the same issue as the OP, but I do feel the steering is weird. Must be the "drive by wire." At slow speeds, the steering wheel turns way too easily. It firms up a bit at speed, but just doesn't feel right to me. I much prefer the firmness of my car's steering.

[followingnfront]

To my knowledge the only vehicle Nissan has made with that system so far is the Q50. I believe the Rogue just has electric ASSIST steering in place of hydraulic assist

Edit: yeah I just checked... Its just electric assist in the Rogue