Nissan / Infiniti Kentucky Lemon Law Cases

Nissan has no KY plant. Nissan Smyrna TN (the largest Nissan plant in North America, ~3 hours south of Louisville) ships into the KY market. See Tennessee Nissan coverage for TN home-state perspective.

Common Nissan defect categories

CVT (Continuously Variable Transmission) — flagship defect

The Jatco CVT used in many Nissan vehicles has documented failure patterns. Class-action history extensive. Warranty extensions to 84/84K or 120/120K mi for many affected vehicles, but pattern persists.

Affected models common in KY:

• Nissan Altima, Rogue, Pathfinder, Sentra, Versa, Maxima, Murano.
• Infiniti QX60.

Other Nissan defects

• Frontier 5-speed automatic failures.
• Pathfinder issues.
• Leaf battery degradation (older models without thermal management).
• Titan / Titan XD (Cummins 5.0L diesel — discontinued).
• Rogue / Murano CVT.

Infiniti

• QX60 (Pathfinder platform) CVT issues.
• QX80 air suspension.
• Q50 / Q60 (VR30 3.0L twin-turbo V6).
• QX55 / QX50 CVT.

Recall and TSB history

• CVT-related TSBs and warranty extensions.
• Frontier 5-speed transmission warranty extensions.
• Pathfinder various recalls.

Procedural considerations

• BBB Auto Line is Nissan’s certified IDS.
• Written notice to Nissan North America Consumer Affairs under § 367.842.

KCPA exposure

Nissan cases have KCPA exposure for:

• CVT “fixed” representations — paradigm when warranty extensions don’t cure recurrence (strong KCPA punitive-damages basis given extensive class-action history).
• CVT durability representations.
• Leaf battery longevity representations.

Bottom line

Nissan cases in KY center on the CVT failure pattern. Extensive class-action history supports KCPA punitive-damages pleading. Nissan Smyrna TN proximity makes discovery accessible.

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