Disappointing Road Trip - 2014 Nissan Rogue SL AWD Long-Term Road Test

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imageDisappointing Road Trip - 2014 Nissan Rogue SL AWD Long-Term Road Test

Our long-term 2014 Nissan Rogue is a versatile crossover, but it has a bit of trouble when it's hot outside and the cabin is full.

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  • delreydelrey Member Posts: 2
    Should've grabbed the Cherokee! The V6 may have been up for the task better as for the acceleration goes.
  • veedubber86veedubber86 Member Posts: 57
    Man, I would never buy any current Nissan, under any circumstances. They're all just really lackluster and as you said, uninspiring, cars. And I say this having rented an Altima, Sentra, and Versa within the past year. Nissan needs to stop building rental cars.
  • artsy3artsy3 Member Posts: 1
    First, when it's 100+ degrees outside you have to do a couple common sense things to get the A/C to work well. You open the windows for a minute to let the 140 degree air out, then you start A/C on fresh air for a minute or two so it's not recirculating super heated air before switching to max. Second, send a guy who isn't infatuated with name dropping V8 gas guzzlers to drive a 4-cylinder crossover if you want a review that has any value whatsoever to the readers.
  • dgcamerodgcamero Member Posts: 148
    Yes, it was 100+ degrees...you need an American vehicle's A/C system, or least a 5 or 7 series BMW or a Toyota's A/C...
  • allthingshondaallthingshonda Member Posts: 878
    Even the best A/C's can only cool the incoming air temperature 40-50 degrees lower than ambient temperature. Meaning that if the interior air of the car is 140 then the best it could do is blow 90 degree air out the vents at start up. As artsy3 said, opening the windows for a few minutes to let the hot air out will lower the interior temperature 30-40 degrees in a few seconds. And American vehicles, rightfully so, get credit for having the best A/Cs in the business. But did you know that Toyota and Honda both use Denso air conditioning systems. The new Acura MDX has a Delphi (GM) air conditioning system, and Hyundai uses Visteon (Ford) air conditioning systems. The service adviser at my Acura dealer was talking to a customer with an older model TL that needed a new compressor; and he told him that he was able to get one cheaper than Acura parts by using a Toyota part number. Exact same compressor just different part numbers.
  • agentorangeagentorange Member Posts: 893
    Another vote for US sourced A/C. My Jag comes from the era of Ford ownership and the cools really well.
  • carolinabobcarolinabob Member Posts: 576
    Who makes Nissan's A/C? BTW, I had a Toyota RAV4 that had a very weak A/C.
  • subiefanil83subiefanil83 Member Posts: 2
    American A/C today is not what it was back in the day. The difference between automotive A/C performance is more equal today. The MDX may have a Delphi system, but there was a post a few days ago about its A/C being weak. I had a rental GM recently, and it's A/C was not like the GM we owned back in the late 90's/early 2000's.
  • tlangnesstlangness Member Posts: 123
    Thanks folks - as you'll notice in the photo, all the windows are down.
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