2008 NISSAN PATHFINDER Complaints

RADIATOR LEAKING CAUSING TRANNY TO FAIL, AFTER TRANNY IS REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE STARTS FAILING IN JUST LESS THAN 2 YEARS CAUSING THE CAR TO HAVE TRANNY ISSUES AGAIN NISSAN SHOULD BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR ALL THIS DEFECTS ON THIS CAR, IT POSSES A SAFE ISSUE BECAUSE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE MAKES THE CAR RUN IF THIS FAILS WHILE CAR RUNNING A HUGE ACCIDENT COULD HAPPEN.

MY RADITOR LEAKED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. THEY FLUSHED THE TRANSMISSION AND A WEEK LATER I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2008 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE DRIVER CRASHED INTO THE PRECEDING VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE CHEST, HEAD, AND NECK, WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

TAKATA RECALL ?? THE 2008 NISSAN PATHFINDER RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND BREAKDOWN DUE TO COOLANT LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION. PURCHASED PRE-OWNED WITH NOTHING LISTED ON CAR FACTS (CARFAX), OR WITH ANY ADVISEMENT TO THE ISSUES WITH RADIATOR COOLANT LEAKING INTO TRANSMISSION. AFTER A $1,017 BILL FROM AAMCO FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TO FIND THE ISSUE, (IN WHICH THEY HAD TO PULL THE TRANNY AND INSPECT IT WAS DAMAGED DUE TO FLUID FROM RADIATOR GETTING INSIDE COMPROMISING TRANSMISSION SEALS) I DISCOVERED, ONLINE, THIS ONGOING WELL KNOW PROBLEM..CALLED NISSAN NORTH AMERICA AND DISCOVERED MY VEHICLE WAS COVERED UNDER THE 100K MILEAGE (94955 ACTUAL) AND GOOD THROUGH 8-2017, FROM A PREVIOUS FILED COMPLAINT OR CLASS ACTION, NOT SURE WHICH. HOWEVER, APPARENTLY I ONLY QUALIFY FOR A CO/PAY OF $3,000 ON A VEHICLE VALUED AT TOPS, $7,500. NEEDLESS TO SAY I WOULD HAVE NEVER PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE, HAD I KNOWN THIS WAS AN ISSUE. I HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH MY BANK, THE DEALERSHIP I PURCHASED IT FROM, AND NISSAN NORTH AMERICA AND NO ONE IS WILLING TO ASSIST. I SUPPOSE I WILL CONTACT MY ATTORNEY AT THIS POINT (LEMON LAW, TORT LAWS, SOMETHING) BECAUSE I CANT' SEEM TO FIND ANYONE UNDERSTANDING TO ME, THE CONSUMER, WHOM IS NOT AT FAULT ON THIS DEAL FOR HELP. I AM EXTREMELY UNHAPPY THAT NISSAN HAS ALLOWED THIS TO HAPPEN. THEY SHOULD AT LEAST PUT A CARFAX WARNING OR SOMETHING TO NOTIFY POTENTIAL BUYERS OR OWNERS OF THIS PROBLEM. I UNDERSTAND THAT PARTS GET WORN AND GO BAD, HOWEVER, THIS IN NOT SOMETHING THAT I HAVE NEGLECTED TO FIX, MAINTAIN, CHECK, OR ANYTHING. THIS IS A BAD PART/DESIGN FLAW IN THE COOLANT SYSTEM AND SHOULD IN ALL RIGHTS BE FIXED AT 100% BY NISSAN. BEWARE.

OUR 2008 PATHFINDER LOST ALL POWER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FREEWAY, CAUSING OTHERS CARS TO SWERVE TO MISS HITTING US. AFTER ABOUT 30 SECONDS WE WERE ABLE TO REGAIN A LITTLE BIT OF SPEED ( ABOUT 30 MPH) TO BE ABLE TO PULL OFF THE FREEWAY AND HEAD DOWN AN EXIT RAMP. THIS EXPERIENCE WAS VERY SCARY FOR MY FAMILY AND I WITH TWO YOUNG KIDS IN THE BACK SEAT, WITH CARS PASSING US AT SPEEDS UPWARD OF 70 MPH. EVEN ON THE WAY HOME THAT NIGHT, THE SUV WOULD START TO DRIVE AT NORMAL SPEED, THEN SUDDENLY COME TO ALMOST A COMPLETE STOP AT ABOUT 5 MPH.

MY ONLY ONE FAMILY VEHICLE SUFFERED THE NOW KNOWN 2008 NISSAN PATHFINDER RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND BREAKDOWN DUE TO COOLANT LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION. I'VE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE PRE-OWNED FROM NP MAZDA IN SAN ANTONIO TEXAS. THEY DID NOT INFORM ME OF THIS KNOWN ISSUE WHICH INVOLVED SEVERAL YEAR MODELS FOR THE PATHFINDER. I'VE SPENT A LITTLE OVER $5K OF LOANED MONEY TO HAVE THIS RESOLVE VIA INDEPENDENT TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST AS GUNN NISSAN PRESENTED ME WITH A MUCH HIGHER PRICE QUOTE. I RECENTLY FOUND OUT FROM A LOCAL NISSAN SERVICE SPECIALIST THAT MY VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS AND AS A RESULT OF OCTOBER 2012 CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT SETTLED BY COURT AND NISSAN CORP. I AM ATTEMPTING TO HAVE NISSAN HELP ME WITH SOME OF RECENTLY MENTIONED FINANCIAL IMPACT REGARDING THEIR WELL KNOWN DEFECT.

COOLANT FLUID LEAKED FROM RADIATOR CAP INTO TRANSMISSION CAUSING THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION TO HAVE TO BE REPLACED. VEHICLE HAS 122,000 MILES AND HAS NEVER HAD ANY ISSUES BEFORE THIS. THE FLUID IN RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION IS GUNK.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. IN ADDITION, THE FUEL GAUGE DISPLAYED AN INCORRECT READING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT A FUEL SENSOR FLOAT ARM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, A COUPLE OF MONTHS AFTER THE REPAIRS WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND AN ABNORMAL NOISE EMITTED FROM THE BRAKE PEDAL AS IT DEPRESSED ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, BUT FAILED TO FUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS AN INTERMITTENT BRAKE FAILURE AND THAT THE DELTA STROKE SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO CONFIRMED THE FAILURE AND REPLACED THE DELTA STROKE SENSOR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT AN EXTENDED WARRANTY CAMPAIGN FOR THE FUEL SYSTEM FAILURE WAS AVAILABLE, BUT THE VEHICLE EXCEEDED THE ACCEPTABLE MILEAGE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000.

2008 NISSAN PATHFINDER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO NEVER BEING NOTIFIED ABOUT FUEL GAUGE INACCURACY RECALL NOTICE (10V-075) UNTIL VEHICLE RAN OUT OF FUEL. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED HIS WIFE RAN OUT OF FUEL, WHILE DRIVING ON AN EIGHT LANE FREEWAY, DUE TO THE FUEL GAUGE INACCURACY. THE SERVICE MANAGER AT NISSAN, INFORMED THE CONSUMER THE RECALL ENDED IN 2013. *JB

ON SEPT 1, 2016, I WAS DRIVING MY 2008 NISSAN PATHFINDER ON MY DAILY COMMUTE TO WORK 32 HIGHWAY MILES NOTICED THE RED BRAKE LIGHT COME ON IN THE VEHICLE. I WAS SURPRISED AS MY FRONT & REAR BRAKES WERE DONE IN MAY 2016. ON A 2 LANE HIGHWAY IN THE FAST LANE I DECIDED TO TAKE MY FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR AND TAP THE BRAKES TO SEE IF IT WOULD MAKE THE LIGHT GO AWAY. MUCH TO MY SURPRISE THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, I HAD NO BRAKES! WITH A TRACTOR TRAILER BESIDE ME, A CAR IN FRONT OF ME AS WELL AS BEHIND ME, AFTER ALL IT WAS RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. I PANICKED! I THOUGHT THIS WAS IT! NOT KNOWING WHAT TO DO, I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE GAS , PUT ON MY HAZARDS AND PRAYED, AS THE CAR BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN, I WAS TRIED TO MOVE INTO THE RIGHT LANE WITHOUT ACCELERATING. I WAS FORCED THEN TO ACCELERATE AGAIN TO BE ABLE TO SWITCH LANE AND IT WAS AFTER DOING SO, I WAS ABLE TO GET TO WHAT WAS A HALF OF SHOULDER AND RIDE DOWN IT UNTIL I WAS GOING SLOW ENOUGH I THROUGH IT IN PARK. THINKING BACK I SHOULD HAVE USED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. STRANDED ON HALF OF A SHOULDER FOR 45 MINUTES BEFORE THE POLICE SHOWED UP WAS TERRIFYING. I THOUGHT FOR SURE ONE OF THE TRACTOR TRAILERS WAS GOING TO HIT ME. I WAS SO CLOSE TO THE GUARDRAIL I COULD NOT EXIT MY CAR. A TOW TRUCK TOOK MY DISABLED VEHICLE TO MY GARAGE, ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT MY BRAKES WORKED PERFECTLY FINE. NO LIGHT WAS ABLE TO STOP ON A DIME. I WAS NOT IMAGINING THEY FAILED, THEY DID NOT WORK! MY MECHANIC, THE OWNER OF WARREN BRAKE AND TIRE FOR 40 YEARS, WHAT HE WAS ABOUT TO FIND OUT HE HAS NEVER HEARD. THE COMPUTER GAVE A CODE OF C1179 DELTA STROKE SENSOR SIGNAL FAILURE. WHEN THIS HAPPENS IT WILL CAUSE INTERMITTENT BRAKE FAILURE. I CONSIDER MYSELF LUCKY TO BE ALIVE AND I WANT ACTION DONE NOT ONLY TO FIX MY VEHICLE BUT TO LOOK AT ALL NISSANS TO PREVENT SUCH AN OCCURRENCE FROM HAPPENING AGAIN.