1996 NISSAN PATHFINDER Complaints

PE00 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 50MPH ON HIGHWAY AND SHE HEARD A NOISE, RIGHT REAR TIRE EXPLODED. TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE, AND CONSUMER LOST CONTROL, AND VEHICLE ROLLED MORE THAN ONCE. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED, AND THERE WERE TWO INJURIES. THESE WERE BRIDGESTONE DUELER H/T 689, SIZE WAS P26570R15. *AK *MJS

STEEL BELT SEPARATOIN - BUBBLE FORMATION CAUSING ROAD INSTABILITY - WAS IN REAR, HAD BEEN IN FRONT I WOULD NOT BE TYPING THIS. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 9.5 X 30 )

WE HAD SOME MAJOR REPLACEMENT OF PARTS IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO BUT DON'T REMEMBER IF IT MADE THE SAME SOUND AS BEFORE OR NOT. DEALER SAID IT WAS THE STRUTS BUT THOSE ARE IN THE FRONT AND THE SOUND IS COMING FORM THE REAR. *AK

REAR AXLE DISCONNECTED FROM THE DIFFERENTIAL WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 50 MPH. WHEEL WITH BRAKE SYSTEM AND AXLE WHICH CONTINUE ACROSS MEDIAN STRIP ONTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND IS REFUSING TO PAY FOR REPAIRS. *AK *ML

EXCESSIVE HEAT FROM CD PLAYER, CAUSED PREMATURE FAILURE OF DASH LIGHTS (AC & OTHER). *AK

CONSUMER TOOK CAR TO DEALER TO HAVE TIRES ROTATED. MECHANIC COULD NOT DO A FRONT END ALIGNMENT BECAUSE STRUTS WERE LEAKING, AND CAUSING TIRES TO BREAK DOWN. TIRES WON'T HOLD TO THE GROUND. *AK

VEHICLE WAS HIT HEAD-ON BY ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND ALL AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. BUT SEAT BELT DETACHED FROM VEHICLE, AND DRIVER LOST HER LIFE. CONSUMER FELT THAT IF SEAT BELT HAD NOT DETACHED, DRIVER MIGHT STILL BE ALIVE. *AK *ML

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY RATE OF SPEED VEHICLE WILL COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN, CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

DURING VEHICLE OPERATION, WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM THE STARTING POSITION, THE VEHICLE STALLS.*AK

DRIVING AT SPEED OF 50MPH, WHEN CHANGING LANES, DUE THE ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND HWY CONDITION, VEHICLE LOST CONTROL AND TILTED OVER. *AK