2013 NISSAN PATHFINDER Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LUPIENT NISSAN OF BROOKLYN PARK (7910 LAKELAND AVE N, BROOKLYN PARK, MN 55445, (763) 244-2650) BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 215,671.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE STATIONARY AND IN THE PARK POSITION, HER VEHICLE SUDDENLY BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARDS AS SHE WAS STANDING OUTSIDE OF THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR. THE VEHICLE HAD ROLLED OVER THE CONTACT'S LEFT FOOT AND SUDDENLY CAME TO A STOP AFTER ROLLING A FEW FEET. AN AMBULANCE WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE AND THE CONTACT WAS TREATED FOR A BROKEN ANKLE AND BRUISING TO LEFT KNEE. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT HAD TO HAVE SURGERY ON HER LEFT ANKLE. CONSUMER ALSO HAD BRUISES ON LEFT AND RIGHT LEG. THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER HAD YET TO BE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD YET TO BE SERVICED OR DIAGNOSED FOR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.*DT*JB

ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, OR INCREASING SPEED FROM A TURN, THE CAR SPUTTERS, POWER FLUCTUATES, AND SOMETIMES IT VIBRATES AND FEELS LIKE I AM DRIVING OVER A GRID. SHIFTING IS ROUGH WHILE DRIVING, AND THE CAR SOMETIMES FEELS LIKE IT'S GOING TO STALL, OR LIKE I'M DRIVING A STANDARD TRANSMISSION AND I'VE LEFT OFF THE CLUTCH TOO SOON. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN ONGOING AND STARTED INCONSISTENTLY

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH DOWNHILL WHEN THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL DOWNHILL INCREASING IN SPEED. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO PRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL HOWEVER IT FAILED TO STOP. THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER A NEARBY HILL AND CRASHED INTO A TREE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED INJURIES TO THEIR BACK, NECK, CHEST, AND LEGS. THE PASSENGER RECEIVED INJURIES TO THEIR NECK AND LEGS. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS NEEDED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER (NISSAN OF QUEENS 93-25 ROCKAWAY BLVD, OZONE PARK, NY 11417; (718) 835-8300) AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO IDENTIFY THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. THEN ABOUT 2 MONTHS AFTER, WHILE STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN THEY ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE BUT THE ENGINE BEGAN TO REV UP WITHOUT ACCELERATING. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO AGGRESSIVELY SHAKE AND ALL THE EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR LIGHTS BEGAN TO ILLUMINATE. THE CONTACT HAD TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER MENTIONED ABOVE WHERE THEY WERE UNABLE TO IDENTIFY THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE HAD OCCURRED AGAIN AND DURING THE MOST RECENT FAILURE THE CONTACT HAD TO PRESS THE EMERGENCY BRAKES AT THE SAME TIME OF THE BRAKE PEDAL TO TURN OFF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED BACK TO THE DEALER MENTIONED ABOVE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOW INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 21V020000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING) HOWEVER THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED UNDER THE RECALL AS OF YET. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF ALL THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 37,000.

THE PATHFINDER WAS RECALLED DUE TO TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THE SETTLEMENT HAD BEEN SETTLED. SO I CALLED THE COMPANY DIRECTLY AND FOUND OUT THAT THE PATHFINDER HAD NOT EVER BEEN CHANGED FROM THE PREVIOUS OWNER. SO NO ONE WANTED TO HELP ME. SO WE HAD TAKEN THE PATHFINDER IN BEFORE I KNEW OF THE RECALL DUE TO TRANSMISSION LEAKING. HAD PURCHASED EXTENDED WARRANTY THEY REFUSED TO REPAIR THE TRANSMISSION. SO LAST MONTH I HAD TO COME UP WITH MONEY TO HAVE A TRANSMISSION PUT IN. BECAUSE IT WAS STUCK IN PARK AND DRIVE. NO TAKE IN CONSIDERATION I HAD CONTACTED NISSAN DIRECTLY AND THEY REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING AND KNEW THIS YEAR HAD JUST SETTLED A CIVIL LAWSUIT. SO I NEED HELP WITH BEING REIMBURSED BY NISSAN. THERE WAS AS IF, IT WAS STUCK IN LOW GEAR, HIGH PITCH SOUND WHEN STARTED, HESITATED WHEN LEAVING A STOP LIGHT, DIFFICULT TIME PICKING UP SPEED, CONSTANTLY LEAKING TRANSMISSION LIQUID, HIGH PITCH NOICE WHEN WAS PUT IN REVERSE AND JERKING AS WHEN IT WAS ON THE HIGH WAY TRYING TO SHIFT GEARS. HAD A PARTICULAR SMELL AT TIMES. EVEN CALLED CVT ABOUT THE PROBLEM. EVERYONE REFUSED TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. WAS UNABLE TO ATTACH THE SECOND PAGE OF THE DOCUMENT. I CAN PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION WHEN WE FIRST TOOK IN THE PATHFINDER WITH THIS PROBLEM.

THE VEHICLE SHUDDERS BADLY WHEN DRIVING AT SLOWER SPEEDS AND ALSO WHEN DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AND I CHECKED ON PATHFINDER FORUMS THAT 2013S HAVE LOTS OF COMPLAINTS LISTED FOR SAME PROBLEM.

MY WARRANTY ENDED AT 80,000 AND MY TRANSMISSION WENT OUT ON ME AT 83,000. WARRANTY ENDED JULY 2020 BUT I WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF SUCH INFORMATION. I HAVE PURCHASED TWO VEHICLES FROM NISSAN AND I WILL NOT PURCHASE ANOTHER ONE DUE TO THIS MATTER. B/C NISSAN WILL NOT COVER IT AND WANTS $6,500 TO REPLACE IT WITH A USE TRANSMISSION. THEY HAVE LOST IT.

THE LIGHT INDICATING THE PASSENGER AIRBAG WAS DISABLED CAME ON ONE DAY AND NEVER WENT OFF, INDICATING THE PASSENGER AIRBAG WAS NEVER ENABLED, EVEN IF AN ADULT WAS SITTING IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. FIRST TIME TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR THIS ISSUE, THEY "CLEARED THE CODES" AND TOLD ME TO COME BACK IF IT HAPPENED AGAIN. IT HAPPENED AGAIN IMMEDIATELY UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE TO DEPART FROM THE DEALERSHIP. SECOND VISIT TO THE DEALERSHIP HAD ME REPLACE THE AIRBAG CONTROL MODULE/DIAGNOSIS UNIT (TO THE TUNE OF OVER $1,100 TOTAL PARTS/LABOR/TAX) BECAUSE THE LIGHT WOULD NOT GO OFF EVEN WHEN RESET, AND IT WAS NOT "THROWING ANY CODES." I WAS TOLD SOMETHING ELSE COULD STILL BE WRONG, BUT WITH THIS UNIT REPLACED, IT WOULD PROVIDE THE "CODES" FOR WHATEVER ELSE MAY REQUIRE REPAIR. HOWEVER, ONCE THIS PART WAS REPLACED, THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. DEALERSHIP THEN SAID THE "NEXT STEP" IS TO REPLACE 2 AIRBAG SENSORS AND ANOTHER RELATED UNIT (ANOTHER ~$600). IF THE LIGHT IS STILL ON AFTER THAT, THEY JUST KEEP GOING DOWN THE LIST OF AIRBAG SYSTEM PARTS TO REPLACE UNTIL THEY FINALLY FIX THE ISSUE. BASICALLY, NO ONE KNOWS WHAT'S REALLY WRONG, SO WE'LL JUST KEEP REPLACING PARTS THAT PROBABLY DON'T ACTUALLY NEED TO BE REPLACED UNTIL WE FINALLY REACH THE ONE THAT DOES. APPARENTLY, THIS IS HOW NISSAN REPAIRS THEIR AIRBAG SYSTEMS (WHICH A QUICK ONLINE SEARCH INDICATES THEY HAVE PLENTY OF ISSUES WITH). THE AIRBAG DIAGNOSIS UNIT CLEARLY DOESN'T ACTUALLY "DIAGNOSE" ANYTHING. MEANWHILE, I AM AT THEIR MERCY BECAUSE AN AIRBAG ISSUE IS CAUSE FOR STATE INSPECTION FAILURE AND IS OBVIOUSLY A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN.

THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT RESPOND WHEN I ACCELERATE IT AND IT DOES NOT PASS THE GEAR CHANGES, WHEN IT GOES OVER 40 MILES PER HOUR AND I STEP ON THE ACCELERATOR SO THAT IT INCREASES SPEED IT DOES NOT AND DOES NOT ACCELERATE.

BRAKE LIGHTS STAYING ON EVEN WHEN BRAKE PEDAL NOT DEPRESSED AND ALSO CAUSING CAR TO NOT ACCELERATE SOMETIMES AND CAUSING THE SHIFT INTERLOCK TO NOT AUTOMATICALLY WORK TO BE ABLE TO SHIFT OUT OF PARK.