The Rogue has a drive-by-wire throttle body, it reads a sensor in the accelerator pedal and drives the throttle electronically.TaiLuu wrote:When this happens throw it in neutral and remove air box to see if the TB is opening.
Have the dealer inspect the electrical system including the battery and charging system. It's possible the headlights placed an additional load on the vehicle's electrical system and the system voltage dropped to the point other issues started to appear.u511arw wrote:Because I noticed the headlights affected the acceleration, I turned the lights on a couple of times before stopping for gas and everytime, the problem returned and then went away when the lights were turned off. After getting gas, I experimented with the lights and the problem returned. Fortunately, I got home before dark. A few days later I took a short trip in the evening and had no problems even when I used the lights. I guess I'll take it to the dealer just so they will have a record of the problem, but sounds like nothing will be done since I can't now replicate the problem.
Thanks for sharing that, we've got another resolution to this problem, and it's a completely new one. I'm surprised to hear of this fix, "it's too hot so drain some trans fluid". What happens when winter arrives, do they have to then add some fluid to compensate for extreme cold I wonder? Strange, but I imagine they only drained a very small amound and it's good to know that the Nissan Engineers have designed and prescribed this fix, its not sometihng the tech's at your dealership thought up on their own.lizzies1 wrote:Well, for anyone interested or anyone who has the same intermittent acceleration problems after being on the highway, my dealer finally called the Nissan Tech Line (after having my car for a week and not being able to duplicate the problem or find any errors on the computer). Another Rogue came into the dealer with the same symptoms as mine so I guess they decided it was time to call for help. Anyway, NIssan said they are aware of this problem and they blame it on the high heat we have had here in St Louis and the temperature of the transmission fluid. As the fluid heats, it expands so much that the transmission thinks it has been overfilled which causes these problems. According to Nissan engineers, all they had to do was lower the level of the CVT transmission fluid. As for why this only happens to some Rogues and some CVT transmissions, my dealer really couldn't explain that to me. Oh well, maybe this info will help someone with the same problem in the future! And I HOPE this solves my Rogue's problem!!!
Well Get the car checked for Codes even if the CEL doesn't light up.kots1 wrote:I have the same problem for the first time. I was driving in a hot weather (there was a heat wave notice that day) for about 60+ miles with A/C on full blast doing 85mph. Then suddenly exact thing as what Leo2005 has experienced. My car won't accelerate but it went away after parked for 2 hours+. I've also been getting that weird sound like Leo2005 since last year but I just ignored it. Leo2005, do you have any updates on your issue? I have about 57k on my 2008 Rogue. One common denominator is that this exact thing (loss acceleration and no check engine light) is happening with 2008 Nissan Rogue only. I want to do a cleaning of MAF sensor and throttle body but it seems like that didn't help Leo2005.
Thats A Tranny slip.Leo2005 wrote:Well...The problem kinda disappeared but not completely. RPM was working normally I believe but I got a weird sound during accelerating after 70 mph about 3k rpm. Here's the video that I captured (sorry the quality isn't perfect) but the car is going back to the dealership soon:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olxJr8ak3Pg[/youtube]