Rogue Oddities

[ddaisydee76]

As my wife (ddaisydee76) and I were driving back down to the dealership in our new Rogue, we noticed some things that seemed odd primarily in the stereo. Only one of them (vibration in the engine) made me a little concerned. The others were just strange.

1) Here's a fun game. You have a CD playing and you want to pause it to have a short discussion. Find the pause button on the stereo (sorry for the blurriness of the photo):

(Hint: we never found one.)If it truly doesn't exist, this seems like a very strange feature to remove from a CD player. Everyone pauses CDs from time to time. Sure, you can just turn the stereo off, but then you have to wait for the electronics to initialize again and the CD to spin up before it can start playing again.

2) The picture above is of the premium Bose stereo with CD changer. Notice the "Load" button to the left of the CD slot for loading the CDs into the changer. What does that button do on stereos that don't have a CD changer. "Mute." That's right, the low stereo has a mute function that the high end stereo doesn't. Again, this seems backwards to me. Pay more, get less.

3) As I mentioned in a different thread, I noticed an engine vibration in 2 different Rogues when driving 20-40 MPH with the tach between 1,000 and 1,500 RPMs. This is common in city traffic with your foot very lightly held on the gas pedal. This was a scenario I had overlooked during test drives where I'm usually more interested in acceleration, braking and handling, so I take those categories more to the extreme so I'm comfortable in various emergency situations. Never occurred to me to try the mundane daily commute situation of basic stop-and-go traffic...

Don't get me wrong. We like our Rogue. It offers some of the best features in its price class, but most of the information on this forum has been 100% pro-Rogue. These are some strange things we noticed, which may give a more balanced view.

--ddaisydee76's husband

[rsm]

What if you hit Aux while your cd player is playing (when you want a pause) and hit CD when you're done? does it work?

[exeunt]

Not sure this is all too uncommon. My Accord EXL doesn't have a pause button either. The power button takes it offline, and hitting it again brings it back in a few seconds. I don't mind the short wait in order to save myself yet another button on the console. In my opinion, if they can get away with less buttons and a simpler interface its worth it.

[chumley]

I had never noticed before, but my Mazda 6 doesn't have a pause button either. I just power off/on and it starts at the same place.

[Ever Victorious]

The Versa is the same way, no mute... big power button in the center.

I drive for a living, ranging between 24,000 and 36,000 miles per year on my own vehicle.

I agree with exeunt, the simplification of the interface is well worth the second or two wait. And if you happen to be on an aux or FM setting when you turn it off, you get it back the instant you hit the button.

rsm - Haven't tried the Rogue, but on the V's stereo you cannot switch to aux if the stereo doesn't detect anything plugged into the aux port. It's designed that way to prevent user error.

As for the noise... I'd lay you odds it has more to do with your transmission than engine. Same noise has been reported on CVT V's, but not on 6MTs or 4ATs.