This is a direct result of Nissan selling boring cars with transmissions made of glass and jagged rocks for years without any sign of changing course.
Their niche was performance(even their budget cars had very good power compared to competitors), they should have left the boring appliances to Toyota and Honda.
Yep, the only Nissan vehicle I'd recommend at the moment is the Mercedes X-class.
(For those who don't understand the joke - thanks to the Renault-Nissan-Deimler partnership, all 3 companies share a lot of components, and the X-Class is literally a Nissan Navara with mercedes interior and badge)
Ultimately most modern cars are fairly reliable, however apples to apples Nissan has the worst CVT transmission out of all the Japanese automakers. Even Subaru overcame their CVT transmission issues eventually. If Nissan has done anything to fix it we'll have to wait till the 2017+ cars get up in their miles to find out.
That bad reputation is the reason used Nissans go so cheap these days.
Their niche was performance(even their budget cars had very good power compared to competitors), they should have left the boring appliances to Toyota and Honda.