Nissan was once regarded as one of the automotive world’s great comeback stories. A scrappy Japanese manufacturer that had earned worldwide respect under the leadership of Carlos Ghosn. But now that man is an international fugitive, and Nissan is struggling once again.
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Can Nissan Survive Its Recent Troubles?
Looks like the Ariya is Nissans "Hail Mary" SUV in much the same way the Axiom was Isuzu's. Good luck.
Hollywood director could expand on that escape story
Nissan Z electric ⚡️
How about the 3.5 timing chain tensioner failures
Renault and JATCO have a thing in common. They both make smelly diarrhea
Get rid of JATCO CVTs from the lineup and update the infotainment system in all cars and SUVs. Doesn't take a genius or rocket scientist to figure this out.
Do not!!!!!!!!! Ever buy car with a cvt transmission
my sentra cvt transmission went at 57,000 miles. DO NOT buy Nissan
I wanna get a new nissan but not a new fan of the new sedans
Can CNBC survive it’s recent troubles?
12:38 The Best way for Nissan to get out of the brink of bankruptcy is simple: ELIMINATE THE CVT!!!
It’s their horrible JATCO CVT transmissions which is the main reason they’re failing. Comically unreliable, catastrophic failure before 70k miles is not uncommon.
Probably because they use cvt transmissions smh so sad becauSe the máxima would be the the perfect sedan if it had a regular automatic
When you go down the same path that the American Big 3 went down in the 80s and expect good results selling cheap throw away consumer cars, you pay the price.
They are just not reliable.
No cvt please
Z carbon yes
If the New Nissan Z is going to look like the prototype shown here on UZworld, Nissan is in further trouble. The design sucks just like the 370Z. I've always wanted and liked the Z since the 240Z, 260Z, 280Z, 280ZX, and 300ZX. I just lost the desire to own one.
Is that mr Bean?
We want more GTRS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Damn, the exec legit pulled a solid snake PSA:Get a Honda, won't crap out after 50,000
So what...
'i already told ya ,Jatco" says Scotty 😂
I love neesan They are so reliable 👍 I think I will switch to Toyota for my next car, But much respect to neesan I have been driving neesan most of my life 😮
My Nissan Murano is awesome but it's hitting 120,000 miles so I did a CVT engine fluid exchange. Cuss once that mileage goes beyond 150,000 your on borrowed time with these engines
Maybe if they get rid of those garbage CVTs.
Is not about just fix mechanic problems, i think its more about change the mentality of the company and what they represent to the people, is really sad to see a Japanese car company loose its soul
Also why Nissan is failing is the *CVT Transmission*
just bought a new sentra, looks incredible for the price but im hoping i dont own the car long enough for the transmission to go out lmao
change the transmission..
Well yes, they have the new GTR ready
Step 1; NUKE THE CVT! Step 2; see step 1 Step 3; bring back the manual as default Step 4; see step 1 Step 5; burn the JATCO CVT division to the ground and salt the ground.
I know a way!Bring back Carlos Ghosn
Everyone else: Nissan Americans: KNEESARN
Nissan is most likely to shut down?! #RIPNissan #DisrespectfulNissan
Me: Laughs in Toyota camry
After GTR34 and the 90s Patrols, Nissan became cow dung.
I know people who have had Nissan cars and minivans. They never last. Also one day back in 2011, I was on my way to a Mets game and there was a traffic jam on the highway. When we got to the head of the jam, the guy had a new Nissan Versa and it just broke down in the middle of the highway, he couldn't even pull off to the emergency lane. That is when I said to myself I would never buy a Nissan, ever.
Every once in awhile Nissan just has to get back in touch with its roots as a kamikaze engine manufacturer.
You should have mentioned the quality of Nissan cars plummeting for years thanks to Renault. That’s probably an equal reason for their misery. I can’t imagine why that isn’t mentioned here..
I can answer that question in three letters: CVT
Nissan better stick to manufacturing biscuits.
I love my 08 Nissan Versa Hatchback with a 4 speed auto. So glad I didn't get the more expensive CVT trim.
Putting junk CVTs transmissions in the Rouge was a stupid mistake after the first year. The rouge being a big success without improving quality. The Honda and Toyota CVTs are much more reliable.
I own a 2015 Nissan Xterra Pro-4X with over 75,000 miles. Only two minor warranty issues since I've had it. Just drove it on a 4,100 mile round trip from Vegas to Indiana. Blasted through a snowstorm on I-70 in the Rockies (semi trucks were required to pull over and install chains on their tires). Bulletproof and a vastly better value than a Toyota 4Runner. I also own a 2017 Nissan 370Z 6MT with over 30,000 miles. Zero issues so far. Made in Japan with one of the best V6 engines you can get. 362 horsepower with no turbos. Neither has a CVT.
If I would get a new car I would never ever get a Nissan. My dad had one back in like 2005 and the transmission failed my sister had one in 2010 transmission again. I don't want a nice-looking car if it is just gonna leave me on the streets and won't be reliable.
are they talking about HunterxHunter???
I was unaware of the downhill and got a 2015 altima back in 2015. Least we get warranty extensions... Also I barely drive. Barely at 33k.
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Bring back the s chassis :(
if only they brought back their old sporty cars from the 70s to 90s back and maybe updated slightly
If they started making the 90s 300zx again, absolutely.🤷
You stop innovating, death is destined.
Only reliable Nissan cars are those which are made in Japan like the GT-R, Z models and Patrol (both y61 and y62).
Sell Mitsubishi, and maybe start making transmissions in-house again, instead of making on-size-fits-all BS for Suzuki and Mitsu as well...
They make nice cars..... Not nice transmissions.
The trouble is it is time Honda and Toyota must help Nissan making all engines and transmissions the strongest reliability possible even if Volvo did that back in the 1960s.
I can't tell if this is sponsored content or not
Sooooo i shouldn't by an Altima?
Only good thing Nissan has done in the past couple decades are their VQ engines.
Nissan biggest problem CVT transmission, people stopped buying their junk 20k transmission slipping then stops 21k 🍆
"scrappy" SHOWS CLIP OF LEGENDARY R33
Just wondering but does anyone think that the 400z will do good in sales?
Depends on how much people want them,I'm pretty sure nissans ded
Who cares? Survival of the fit. Succeed or fail in the marketplace. Incentivize quality and price, it's usually a mistake to artificially prop up a poorly run company.
As an owner of a 2017 Nissan Rogue, these cars take more care than average car and you have to baby them which is fine by me, but not usually a thought for the average consumer. The CVTs are sensitive, the QR25DE engines have inconsistencies in valve clearance after 60,000 miles, and the battery seems to have a parasitic drain. Seems to be consistent issues with multiple cars including the 2007 infiniti M35, 2011 Nissan Altima, 2015 Nissan Juke, and so forth. Nissan or Nihan Sangyo has a lot of work to do to turn things around. Their vehicles are alright if you don’t mind cars ending their life at 150,000 miles or less, but they shouldn’t be at their end so soon. They need to do better with quality control, change the consumers perspective of the brand, and a lot of other things.
Just buy a manual, you uncoordinated crybaby’s 😂 all jokes.
With so few around in the US of A, oh where, oh where. Lol
NIS SAN not NEE SARN damn yanks
Don't fuq wit Nissan! They're crooks
Their vehicles have been reliable up until they moved to the smaller SUV I think 2013. I have a 2008 Pathfinder with 200,000km going strong...not a spec of body rust, proactively bypassed the radiator to avoid the transmission/coolant dilemma. I wouldn't buy a newer one as the reviews have been very poor...its too bad.
Its called nissan not neesan
It’s the CVTS!!
Lol the would sell more if gtr ain’t that expensive. 2009 it cost 90k now it cost 135k
@Not4you not4you Markup is insane, I get that. Lol. I’m just talking from a literal standpoint.
@Andrewgyny you miss the point but it ok because you wont understand how much markup is the GTR is.
That is a super small part of their business. Lol. They sold more Sentras in one year than GTRs in 20
He’s a thought Nissan. Get rid of CVTs
Toyota and Honda are moving to them. The prius has had one since forever.
pls nissan live you created gtr one of the best cars all time
Make the Nissan GT-R r-36 lol
Since nissan got together with reanult, the quality of the car went down, starting with those transmission they are putting in all their cars.
@Air-headed Aviator renault has a reputation of a not quality car. And guess what is the problem with these cars? Yes, transmissions.
In the video it is explained how as a strategy to gain 10% of the market the company focused on quantity and value based products at volume. It is that which encouraged questionable choices in quality on components, not any things with Renault. Its silly to think the merger has any influence over that and not the leadership of the strategy, Carlos Ghon
the cvt transmission is killin this company
The white knights only fight on other people houses
Please nissan, your my love and my favorite car brand, please don’t go. You and Honda are number 1
LMAO
umm they have been crap since renault bought them
It was a merger, they’re not entirely owned by Renault.
Yes, they can survive this. Forget about the current models, just make skyline R34. Make various line up from the cheapest R34 to the flagship R34 GTR with rear wheel steering.
lol. They’d go broke so fast if they did that. Money is in duplication.
They need to make another Nissan Hustler :) what a nice truck they were... 35 years ago!
4:26 a crewcab, 4:30 then another crew cab
I love my 01 altima !! I can go a month on 1 tank of gas and it drives better in the snow and ice than most trucks .its not a looker but it's easy to drive
11:35 What's in the box? WHAT'S IN THE BOOOXXX??
I miss the Nissan Patrol.
Ghosn's plan was not to save Nissan, he never did, he wanted to create the world biggest automaker by merging Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi together. This alliance also owns AwtoWAS (Lada), Dacia, Datsun, Infiniti and a couple more less known brands. All together would sell the same amount of cars or even a little more than Volkswagen. The Nissan managers simply didnt want that to happen so they were looking for something to pin on him that no one else would be interested in earlier on, and that was the tax evasion. He then put blame on Nissan. Additional to that he was the one creating Nissans financial problems. Nissan is responsible for 50% of Renaults turnover. Nissan develops and produces nearly all the cars for Renault for example the Kadjar (which is a Qashqai), the old Clio (Nissan Tiida), the new Clio (Nissan Micra), Renault Trafic (Nissan NV200), Renault Captur (Nissan Juke). This is why Nissan cars are more expensive than other, similar cars. They also promote Renault cars way better and more often than Nissan cars. For example the Nissan Leaf is not shown a single time in television ads, now compare to the Renault Zoe. You can also get a Renault Captur with 4 different engines, a Nissan Juke only features one single, underpowered engine with useless DCT for 117HP. This is the consequence of developing (spending money) for the success of other brands. I understand that people in europe will more likely buy a european car but they dont know they are driving a Nissan! Also people who are angry that Nissan had to leave 25.000 employees, you can thank Ghosn. Ghosn saved Nissan to death to help Renault get bigger and bigger, the result are job cuts. You wanna know how? Have a look at what I wrote above. In the end Ghosn is only a French tyrant who wanted to have even more power. This comment includes some inside information from (higher) Nissan/Infiniti employees to who I do not want to reveal more. Even if this is an american channel, I only mentioned Nissans problems in europe. I, for one, have been a passionated Nissan enthusiast and insider for a long time. I want people (viewers of this video) not to get the impression that Nissan is the "bad guy" in this case just because this channel is doing a report based on superficial information they could only get.
Back in the 80's and early 90's Nissan was fighting against Toyota for the No.1 Japanese car maker position, such as Century vs President, Alphard vs Elgrand, Lexus vs Infiniti...then Nissan began to lost its focus developing too many car models that the market couldn't absorb. The painful journey of Nissan still goes on to date.
Build vehicles that people want to buy.......thats the car industry. Simple
If it’s so simple, why do car manufacturers seem to go in so many directions? lol. Simple! There are a lot of different markets, niches, and demographics.
My wife bought a 16 nissian rogue in 2019. Long story short, I got stuck driving it as my own car. The only problem I have with it is after I drive home from work, I go inside and sit down to pee because I feel like less of a man for driving it.
Isn’t that a “You” problem?
I almost forgot about the Gon thing where he hid inside a briefcase to avoid Japanese authorities. 😂
A cello case, actually.
Nissan GT-R: We'll be Ok
Nissan, Ghosn but never forgotten!
Simple plan: solve CVT reliability problems, restrict Renault's decisions and use own mind, let the Samurai's build its cars again, increase Leaf's battery size range and introduce battery cooling & simultaneously lower its price, release Z-proto (aka 400Z) early.
I mean I feel like they haven’t tried lately so there’s that
Nissan is actually a datsun
Not for over 20 years they’re not.
Save your brand with 3 cars redesigned with minimal design changes, just updated safety. Bring back the skyline GT-R r32,r33,r34 with a manual transmission and LHD for North America, update the looks if you like and bring back the RB26DETT...Bring back some old Datsun design true sports cars as well...Again redesign but with the RB26 in there lol
That would save nothing. Lol. Profitability and consumers lean toward duplication, not lack thereof.
Ghosn was a cost-cutter and a bullshitter. Nissan/Infiniti vehicles started to show the cost-cutting. Cheap metal with rust issues. The only way Nissan would recall was if the government ordered them to. Then the class action suits started in the US. Rust issues, transmission issues etc...Infiniti is being chopped will become Nissan plus. Ghosn says Nissan will be gone in 2 years, he may be right.
So y’all not gonna talk about that JATCO CVT? A’ight. Imma head out.
Right!
My Murano was my favorite car, however, it had lapses in engineering that even I could see..the design and dimension were perfect, the CVT/Seat issues/oil cooler/headlamps/window motor.......were not............my first car was a 510 in the early 80's.......despite all that......bottom line, will not even look at another Nissan ever again......I may have 30 years of car buying ahead of me....Nissan will not be one of them....promise.....