Nissan Rogues from 14-17 have an issue where if you plug in a key programming tool and run it, the on board computer will just brick. This includes the dealer tool, not just 3rd party tools.
There’s never been a recall for this issue.
That is reason enough to never buy a Nissan for me.
Also Thursday, Nissan reported a 221.9 billion yen ($1.4 billion) loss for the fiscal first half. It recorded a 19.2 billion yen profit during the same period a year ago.
What the fuck happened to their sales ? Did China kill it ?
Nissan, at least here in Europe, only makes uninspiring crossovers and not one of them is better than the uninspiring crossovers made by their competitors.
In some markets they have their big-ass SUV, the Armada/Patrol, but the latest generation of that came out this year or last year depending on market and it lost the V8 (already no appeal to the type of people who would’ve bought them). Now the twin turbo V6 supposedly has great drivability characteristics, but is barely any more fuel efficient than the V8 behemoth that came before it… And of course the V8 sounded good.
In August this year they cancelled their only “cool” car, the Nissan GT-R which hadn’t had a true second generation, only facelifts, over 18 years of production.
Someone I knew, had either a 2016 or 2018 Qashqai, I forgot the exact year. After more than one engine repair, they decided it wasn’t worth repairing anymore. This was about 2-3 years ago. The car barely had kilometers on it. I’ve owned numerous cars over 15 years old and even over 20 years old with multiple times the mileage, which gave me less problems, and I’m talking about cars from manufacturers reputed for building problematic cars. Audi, BMW, etc…
The new Leaf has better specs on paper than the old ones, but it looks really cheap inside and why the hell do we have yet another front-wheel drive “SUV”? I think even Hyundai and Kia EVs feel more premium at this point, and it’s not like the Leaf is much cheaper. The Ariya has good specs on paper, but looks less practical than the Ioniq 5 and my god, why is everything a capacitive touch button on a flat surface? Just make real buttons ffs.
There’s not a single Nissan I’d buy right now that’s available for me on the market. The Z is cool, but not available in Europe unlike its predecessors. The GT-R was a dream car for me as a teenager, but now that I could even start approaching GT-R affordability territory in a few years if my ex hadn’t ruined everything for me financially, it’s being discontinued. Maybe I’ll own a second-hand one in 10 years, unless they start going up in price like R34s. Even the Navara, which actually wasn’t the absolute worst pick-up truck, has been discontinued.
Nissan’s just fumbled everything. I know there’s a place for uninspiring crossovers. Hell, SUVs saved Porsche. But Porsche knew how to make an SUV fast, comfortable and able to off-road well. Nissan just knows how to make a crossover that looks like shit, has no power, isn’t comfortable, breaks down fairly early compared to even European rivals, let alone the other Japanese companies… I think their ONLY saving grace is that X-Trail is not too bad off road? Unless the latest generation changed that too. And the kicker? None of these vehicles are cheap anymore. The prices of every manufacturer have gone up, so at this point Nissan’s not a lot cheaper than some entry-level Škoda that (and it pains me to say this, because I hate Škodas) is a much nicer vehicle.
They have completely failed to keep up with their competitors. They were slow to adopt new technology, when they did it was unreliable. When you’re shopping for a car, if you compare a Nissan rogue to a Honda CRV, the Honda just seems a little nicer. The technology works better, and it’s the same goddamn price.
Hey now, Nissan went electric with the Leaf (and had the worst battery solution) faster than competitors, it adopted the (worst) CVT for its lighter duty vehicles early, and rarely, if ever, redesigned some of the most (un)inspiring vehicles around!
Nissan did corner the subprime market like no one else though.
Exactly how I’ve felt for a while now. Nissan hasn’t been doing the R&D investments they should’ve been doing, for decades now. The first and second gen Leafs were their last real contributions to the automotive industry. The first one because it made EVs more mainstream, and the second because it made actually EVs more affordable.
Nissan already gets transmissions for the Z and hopefully some other vehicles from Mercedes. Nissan’s partner Renault uses Mercedes small diesel engines.
What they should do now is badge-engineer a low-end Mercedes like the GLA, GLB, or their electric equivalents, and sell it for less than Mercedes does. If Mercedes is willing. Do what Toyota did with the new Supras and BMW, except do it with the Skyline and Mercedes, the M256 inline 6 is a pretty decent engine for power.
Of course they could look to some other manufacturer for help too, doesn’t have to be Mercedes, but Mercedes knows how to make cars and they have a working relationship already. But they need a GOOD car that they don’t need to invest tons of R&D into, to boost their reputation and income for a while.
The funds will be used to modernize internal systems at its headquarters and accelerate digital modernization and the rollout of AI-driven systems
If a signigicant portion of those funds are going to AI, they are doomed.
They already sell their vehicles to Altima drivers. I think doom was already on the menu.
They were doomed from the second they tied their company success to those terrible awful JATCO steel belt CVT’s.
And told everyone those and the normal ATs didn’t ever need their fluid changed.
A bunch of manufacturers said the same of their own transmissions, and they were all scammers for it, too.
They don’t because the car will be in the wreckers before the fluid needs changing.
Then they sell a new one. Isn’t that good for them?
Any company that puts two thermostats in a 4 cylinder engine gets a no from me.
All they need is a transmission not made of cheese.
Lolol the lengths a CEO will go to protect their ego. (Rather than be a subsidiary to Honda because he wants to be an equal partner.)
To be fair, Honda isn’t exactly a great company today either, it’s been a good 20 years since they made a decent car.
Honda E is the closet thing they’ve got to something decent, but overbuilt to the max and therefore 3x more expensive than it should be.
Now I’m no Honda fangirl. The 1.5L is their least reliable engine in a while and they don’t offer a manual Civic below the Si, which is very underpowered and underspecced for its price. They also have removed Civic features to put them in the Integra instead of just making the Integra better. I also think the Integra is overpriced and Acura doesn’t make much else that appeals to me. The new Accord is a borefest and they killed the Accord manual by saying there’s no consumer demand when they decide how many get produced and they sold every one that was produced. The Honda E I agree should’ve been way cheaper and simpler.
After all of that still, to say Honda hasn’t made a good car in 20 years is completely bizarre and incorrect. I would so much rather be in a Civic or CR-V today than a Corolla or RAV4. Personally, I avoided both and got a VW GLI but that’s besides the point.
Loved the Honda E design, reminded me so much of the Golf Mk I. If they would have made budget version like Fiat does with the 500e, they could have had a chance, but I thibk the Honda E was too early and too expensive to reach that goal. I’m sad they stopped selling it completely.
The civic type R is widely regarded as one of the best cars you can get today.
You don’t even have to go up to the Type R. Every car review of the Civic Hybrid is basically “we hate this car because it’s so perfect.” It’s the default “I’m looking for a good car.”
The Pilot is also one of the best in its class amongst family 3 rows.
The fit is discontinued but it’s beloved by its owners
At starting MSPR of ~48K I’m sure there are good contenders.
Yeah but to say they haven’t made a good car in 20 years is absurd. I’m an MX-5 guy myself.
Correct. Still very reliable and suffering less of the overall car industry issues.
Sure, lean into AI. Don’t worry about the really shitty transmission you’re still sticking in most of your cars, AI will fix it
Hope the money truck doesn’t have a CVT
I get this joke.
My quest feels this comment in it’s poorly built tranny
even the cars are woke! this is ridiculous!
Tranny…hahahahahahahaha
FU Asshole!
Do you laugh at the N word as well woke master?
How about the R word?
Keep making fun of marginalized people.
F right off with that bullshit.
holy troll bait batman.
Lordy, are you going to hate what we call a ford transit van in the UK…
According to the article, they’re selling it for ¥97 billion but will lease it back, so they will post a ¥73.9 billion gain from the sale. But in the first half of 2025, they posted a loss of ¥221.9 billion. So selling their HQ will offset about two months’ worth of losses.
Oof.
I’m driving a 26 year old Nissan and it still runs great.
Please don’t become another shitty car company. I thought I had an easy choice to make when I needed a new vehicle.
Theyve been shit for a good while
Sadly, it’s age is the reason you love that Nissan. Their cars have been steadily getting worse the last decade or two
But shareholder earnings have improved. And in the end, isn’t that what we all want? /s
Their ex-ceo who was responsible for all the cost cutting packed himself in a suitcase to escape the country, so maybe it didn’t work out after all
Once about 2002 hit, things went to shit for Nissan.
I dunno, I had a 2007 Nismo 350Z, #94, and that cr was sweet af. It may not have been representative of the brand as a whole.
That’s true for the 350’s, I’ll agree. Their v6 engines were pretty rock solid and those were designed and built by Nissan in Japan, along with the transmissions, and they weren’t CVT’s. A lot of their econo vehicles had Renault junk in them and their 4 cylinder engines didn’t hold up as well. Fun cars to drive, but not as fun or nimble as the s2000 I used to own and now dearly miss.
Same. I drive a 22-year old 350Z Roadster manual and I plan on keeping it forever. I beat on it cause it’s a sports car, yet it’s never needed anything more beyond basic maintenance. They just don’t make them this simple and reliable anymore.
Stop making shitty cars
Well I am fine with my nissan leaf.
It was cheap (bought used) and does what it should do.
Drive around and stuff.
Yeah Nissan has been shit for 20 years, not surprising that it’s catching up to them.
Depending on the vehicle, it’s been a lot longer than that.
Nissan hasn’t made a decent sedan/saloon for the western market in 33 years. Bluebird U12 was the last good model. U13 used the awful, terrible, no good KA24 motor, where Japan got an SR20DE(T)
Yeah, the Rogue is a joke! We have had two and they both were/are shit and have so many recalls and issues, it’s absurd! Fuck em!
The new Z is very reminiscent of the old Datsun 280. Or 240? Whatever, the cool one.
Isn’t it remimiscent of about all of them?
No one bought the new Z.
And those that did immediately wrapped them around trees because the handling is shit.
What on earth are you talking about? It’s on the 370Z chassis, one of the most loved enthusiast platforms out there.
Anyone wrapping it around a tree has a case of driver error to blame. Having owned every generation of Z since the 300ZX, I found it to handle excellently.
It’s a lovely car.
On the topic of car manufacturers, are there any new non-chinese (i.e. state funded) car-brands or is the market so consolidated and regulated that entry is pretty much impossible?
Hyundai, VW, Rivian, Polestar, Lucid, and GM still make electric cars, and generally good ones.
A used 2021 model 3 or y from Tesla will probably be th cheapest you can get without getting something like a used bolt, volt, or leaf.
With the others I agree, but Polestar does not make good cars. They’re literally, measurably, the fastest cars to break down.
Polestar is also owned by Geely
I thought Rivian had the lowest reliability rating among electric cars?
Yeah, sorry, I confused them.
there’s the electric car startups like rivian or whatever
