2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER Complaints

BROUGHT MY VEHICLE INTO THE LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP IN 2013 FOR A BASIC SERVICE AND OIL CHANGE. THE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE RADIATOR/TRANSMISSION COOLING SYSTEM WERE WELL ESTABLISHED. THERE WAS NO DOCUMENTED INFORMATION IN THE SERVICE VISIT FILE ON MY 2006 PATHFINDER TO SHOW THAT AN INSPECTION FOR THIS KNOWN DEFECT WAS DONE. THIS BRINGS US TODAY WHERE MY PATHFINDER CURRENTLY SITS AT THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP IN NEED OF A NEW RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. AS A RESULT OF THE DEFECT, WHILE DRIVING MY TRUCK STARTED TO OVERHEAT AND THEN THE TRANSMISSION DROPPED INTO 1ST GEAR WHILE GOING 50 MPH. WHILE IN TRAFFIC WITH ONE OF MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR, THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO RAPIDLY DECELERATE. SO NOW I HAVE TO DECIDE TO PAY FOR THIS REPAIR, THAT IS DONE USING THE SAME PARTS WITH NO GUARANTEE IT WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. THIS IS THE THIRD SERIOUS ISSUE THAT I'VE HAD WITH THIS TRUCK.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE HESITATED AND JERKED BEFORE MOVING FORWARD. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND THE RADIATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,000.

ON 8/11/2015 I CONTACTED NISSAN REGIONAL TO FILE A COMPLAINT, 19756783, ABOUT A POSSIBLE ISSUE WITH MY TRUCK. I WAS TOLD TO TAKE THE TRUCK IN TO A NISSAN DEALERSHIP TO HAVE A DIAGNOSTIC. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP BUT WAS TOLD I HAD TO PAY A $139.99 DIAGNOSTIC FEE. I DIDN'T HAVE THOSE FUNDS AT THE TIME. MY TRUCK IS NOW STARTING TO SHOW SIGNS OF JERKING WHILE DRIVING. A MONTH AGO , I WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR FLUIDS MAY BE MIXING TOGETHER. AUTO MECHANIC SAID THE FLUIDS LOOKED MILKY. I DRIVE MY FOUR CHILDREN , AGES 11 MONTHS TO 8 YEARS OF AGE ON A DAILY BASIS TO AND FROM SCHOOL AND AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES. WE HAVE FAMILY IN THE KENOSHA, WISCONSIN AREA WHICH WE OFTEN FREQUENT. I AM EXTREMELY CONCERNED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WILL FAIL WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT A HIGH SPEED. WHENEVER I HAVE TO GO FAR, I DRIVE OUR SEDAN WHICH SEATS 5 PASSENGERS, YET THERE ARE 6 PEOPLE IN OUR FAMILY. I AM AWARE THIS IS NOT SAFE, HOWEVER I FEEL THAT IT IS SAFER THAN DRIVING MY TRUCK WHICH CAN STALL AT ANY TIME NOW. AT THIS TIME, OUR CHILDREN ARE OUR FIRST PRIORITY AND WE WANT TO PREVENT ANY MISHAPS TO HAPPEN. WE DON'T WANT TO BE STRANDED WITH OUR FOUR CHILDREN. I HAVE MY TRUCK MAINTENANCED QUITE OFTEN BECAUSE I TAKE PRIDE IN DRIVING A NISSAN. I DON'T WANT TO MY EXPERIENCE FROM NISSAN TO GO FROM POSITIVE TO NEGATIVE. NISSAN, PLEASE LISTEN TO MY CONCERN AS WELL AS OTHERS. I CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY THE $3,000 DEDUCTIBLE YOU ARE ASKING FOR TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR REPLACED. WE ARE ON A FIXED INCOME AS MY HUSBAND IS THE ONLY BREAD-WINNER IN OUR HOME. PLEASE HELP.....

I'M CURRENTLY FINANCING A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER WHICH I PURCHASED JUNE 2012 AT 78000 MI. IN FEBRUARY OF 2014 I WENT TO GET AN OIL CHANGE AND THE MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT THERE IS OIL IN THE ANTIFREEZE COMPARTMENT. A FEW DAYS LATER I NOTICED THAT MY CAR "SHUTTERED"EVERY TIME I SHIFT GEAR TO REVERSE OR TO DRIVE. I NOTICED MY VEHICLE "LOSING POWER" WHEN I ACCELERATED. AT ONE INSTANCE I WAS DRIVING UP A HILL AND THE VEHICLE BASICALLY LOST POWER AND IT STARTED TO REVERSE BACKWARDS WITHOUT THE GEAR BEING SHIFTED INTO REVERSE. I IMMEDIATELY STOPPED THE CAR WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKES AND TURNED THE CAR OFF. SCARIEST EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND I SENT IT TO A NISSAN DEALERSHIP. THEY INFORMED ME THAT THERE WAS A MANUFACTURED DEFECT WITH THE MAKE AND MODEL OF MY CAR. THE ENGINE COOLANT IS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO BECOME DAMAGED. AFTER MONTHS OF CALLING NISSAN NORTH AMERICA THEY BASICALLY TOLD ME THERE'S NOTHING THEY CAN DO. I FOUND THAT ABSURD SEEING THERE WAS A SETTLEMENT FOR THIS ISSUE MY CAR WAS EXPERIENCE. I ENDED UP PAYING $4000 TO REPAIR THE TRANSMISSION/RADIATOR AND OTHER ISSUES CAUSES BY THIS MANUFACTURED DEFECT THROUGH A NISSAN DEALERSHIP IN APRIL 2014. A YEAR GOES BY AND I'M NOW I'M EXPERIENCING THE SAME "SHUTERRING" ISSUE WHEN SHIFTING GEARS AND I NOTICED THAT MY TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING ONCE AGAIN. THIS IS MY FIRST EVER VEHICLE. IT'S ABSURD WHAT NISSAN HAS DONE. THERE HAS TO BE JUSTICE FOR NISSAN OWNERS. NEVER AGAIN WILL I BUY A NISSAN MODELED CAR. NEVER!!!!!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V075000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE DEALER WAS ABLE TO CONFIRM IF THE VEHICLE NEEDED THE REPAIR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

IT WAS ON SATURDAY AUG 8TH, WHILE ON A FAMILY WEEK END GET AWAY, WHILE DRIVING IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC IN THE CARPOOL LANE OF THE FREEWAY, THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO SLIP AND JUMP A COUPLE OF TIMES.. I WAS PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL WITH NO MOVEMEN, I DIDNT KNOW WHAT TO DO, SO I TURNED IT OFF AND BACK ON AGAIN AND PUT IT IN 44 FEARING FOR THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY THAT WAS WITH ME, I GOT IT TO MOVE AND PULLED IT OVER TO CENTER DEVIDER. I TURNED IT OFF AGAIN AND TOOK IT OUT OF 4X4 AND LET IT SET FOR A FEW MINUTES. WE WERE GOING TO CALL AAA, BUT I DECIDED TO TRY IT AGAIN, AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE AWAY SAFELY. THAT WAS 2 WEEKS AGO, I HAVE ONLY DRIVEN IT AROUND MY HOUSE AND HAVEN'T HAD THAT HAPPEN AGAIN. I AM HESITATING TAKING IT TO THE DEALER BECAUSE I WAS JUST THERE A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO REPLACING THE TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER. $1850

BEWARE 2006 PATHFINDERS RADIATOR PROBLEMS THEN TRANSMISSION DIES. OUR TRANSMISSION WENT SUDDENLY AS WE WERE ON A MINI TRIP. WE GOT STUCK SEVERAL TIMES TRYING TO GET HOME. VERY DANGEROUS. THANK GOD WE DID NOT GET INTO AN ACCIDENT AND NO ONE HIT US AS WE WERE STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY HIGHWAY. WE WERE LUCKY WE GOT HOME SAFELY BUT IT WAS A SCARY AND DANGEROUS EXPERIENCE. WE DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR. WE THEN GET IT TOWED AND OF CAUSE ITS THE TRANSMISSION. SAME PROBLEM EVERYONE IS HAVING WITH THESE CARS. NISSAN SHOULD OF HAD THESE CARS RECALLED OR EXTENDED THE WARRANTIES SO THAT NO ONE HAS TO DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM AND GO THROUGH THE HELL WE WENT THROUGH ON OUR MINI TRIP TRYING TO GET HOME SAFELY. THEY ARE RISKING PEOPLE'S LIVES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE DISPLAYED THAT THERE WAS ONE QUARTER OF FUEL IN THE VEHICLE, HOWEVER, THE FUEL TANK WAS EMPTY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED ON ANOTHER OCCASION THAT AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS REFUELED, THE FUEL GAUGE DISPLAYED THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS EMPTY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL SENSOR UNIT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V075000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED, IT STARTED TO ACCELERATE INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE MECHANIC STATED THAT COOLANT FROM THE RADIATOR WAS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE MECHANIC ALSO STATED THAT THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 156,000.

I TOOK MY PATHFINDER IN TO THE LOCAL NISSAN DEALER FOR A CHECK UP--CHUGGING AT 35MPH, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT SPORADICALLY GOES ON AND OFF, GAS GAUGE STOPPED FUNCTIONING. NISSAN RAN THE DIAGNOSTICS AND TOLD ME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS BECAUSE I NEED TO PAY $500.00 TO REPLACE THE FUEL SENSOR. I BELIEVE THIS IS A PART THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY RECALLED. I DON'T KNOW IF NISSAN CONSIDERS THE FIX ONCE AND DONE BUT VEHICLES DRIVEN IN SALT AND SAND WINTER CONDITIONS WILL NEED EXTRA ATTENTION. THE TRANSMISSION TROUBLE IS SOMETHING NISSAN KNOWS ABOUT BUT REFUSES TO RECALL. I WAS TOLD I NEEDED TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION--OVER $5000.00. IF NISSAN KNOWS ABOUT THESE PROBLEMS, WHY MUST I, A NOW UNHAPPY OWNER, PAY FOR THESE REPAIRS?