2013 NISSAN PATHFINDER Complaints

I BOUGHT A 2013 NISSAN PATHFINDER ON 2016 AND IN 2017 I TOOK IT TO A NISSAN DEALERSHIP FOR HAVING THE SHAKING WHEN ACCELERATING, AT THAT TIME THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS THE CAUSE AND THAT THEY FIXED IT. NOW AFTER TWO YEARS HAVE PASSED MY CAR STARTED TO SHAKE AGAIN PUTTING ME AND MY FAMILY IN A RISK OF AN ACCIDENTS. I TOOK IT TO THE SAME DEALERSHIP AND I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION AGAIN AND NOW THEY ARE SAYING IT HAS TO BE REPLACED SINCE NISSAN HAVE HAD SO MANY COMPLAINTS FOR THE SAME REASON BECAUSE THEY NEVER NOTIFIED THE COSTUMERS ABOUT THIS ISSUES IN THESE SUVS. BUT NOW NISSAN WANTS TO CHARGED ME $4000 FOR THE TRANSMISSION BECAUSE I'M OVER THE 100,000 MILES. BUT WHEN I TOOK THE VEHICLE THE FIRST TIME IT WAS UNDER THE WARRANTY THEY KNEW ALREADY, BY THEN, THE PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSIONS AND THAT WAS THE PERFECT TIME FOR THEM TO REPLACED IT INSTEAD OF FIXING IT. THEY CHOSEN TO PUT ME AND MY FAMILY AT RISK OF CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. THE VEHICLE AT THIS MOMENT IS SITTING THERE AT THE DEALERSHIP.

SUN VISOR DOES NOT STAY IN PLACE AND DROOPS AND OBSTRUCTS VIEW WHEN VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. THIS OBSTRUCTS VIEW AND MAY CAUSE A CRASH. THE SAME HAPPENS TO BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE SUN VISORS. A QUICK INTERNET SEARCH SHOWS THE PROBLEM TO BE PREVALENT.

VEHICLE WITH NO KNOWN MECHANICAL ISSUES/NEVER INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WAS TRAVELING 50MPH ON A MAJOR STATE ROUTE WHEN SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE SEIZED AND BEGAN VIBRATING AS IF IT HAD A FLAT TIRE. AS THE DRIVER TRIED TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE AND PULL OVER THERE WAS A LOUD SCRAPING SOUND. THE CONTROL ARM ON THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE HAD BROKEN FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LICENSED MECHANIC, WHERE UPON INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE REAR SUBFRAME BROKE APART: THE BOLT HOLDING THE CONTROL ARM DID NOT BREAK OFF, A PORTION OF THE FRAME BROKE FROM THE REST OF THE SUBFRAME. THE MECHANIC FOUND NO UNUSUAL RUST OR DETERIORATION ANYWHERE ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT HE HAD NEVER SEEN THIS ISSUE ON A VEHICLE AND THERE WAS NO REASONABLE EXPLANATION WHY IT SHOULD OF OCCURRED. THE MECHANIC ALSO STATED THAT THE DRIVER WAS EXTREMELY FORTUNATE THAT THE VEHICLE WASN'T INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THIS ISSUE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED PRIOR TO HIS COLLISION THE VEHICLE WOULD DISPLAY 'AIR BAGS DEPLOYED' MESSAGE AS WELL AS FRONT PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS OFF WARNING LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE WHEN OCCUPIED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO WOODMEN NISSAN (6840 VINCENT DR, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80918) WHERE THE FAILURE DIAGNOSES WAS NOT KNOWN TO THE CONTACT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC IN TEXAS WHERE A SUB HARNESS AND OCCUPANT SEAT MODULE WAS REPLACED. HOWEVER, THE CONTACT STATED IN DECEMBER OF 2019 WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH AND MAKING A LEFT TURN, WHEN HE IMPACTED ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THE FRONT DRIVER AIR BAGS SEMI DEPLOYED AND THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. HE SUSTAINED HEAD INJURIES WHILE HIS DAUGHTER WAS SITTING IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT SUSTAINED BACK AND LEG INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A TOW LOT AND DEEMED A TOTAL LOSS BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF ISSUES HOWEVER, NO ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,000.*DT*JB *DT *TR*DT*DT*DT *AS*JB MANUFACTURER STATES THAT AIR BAGS FUNCTIONED PROPERLY. THEY STATE THAT THEIR INSPECTION SHOWED THE FULL DEPLOYMENT OF THE DRIVER AIR BAG. THE PASSENGER AIR BAG WAS SUPPRESSED DUE TO A DETECTED CHILD. *DL

SINCE I PURCHASED MY PATHFINDER, I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS CLOSE CALLS IN ALMOST HAVING AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THE MIRRORS AND THE SIDE PANELS INSIDE BY THE MIRRORS, I CANNOT SEE IF ANOTHER VEHICLE IS COMING OR IF I'M AT A 4 WAY STOP I CAN NOT SEE IF THERE IS A CAR ON EITHER SIDE OF ME AT THE STOP. IT'S VERY DANGEROUS. I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE HAVING THIS ISSUE, BUT I JUST SAW A FORUM ABOUT IT ONLINE. I JUST DON'T WANT TO BE IN AN ACCIDENT AND HARM MYSELF OR ANYONE ELSE.

WHEN ACCELERATING YOU CAN FEEL IT VIBRATE OR HESITATION . THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE WITH IT. THE CVT TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE AT 15, 000 MILES. NOW THAT IT IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY, NISSAN WILL NOT FIX OR REPLACE, EVEN THOUGH I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM BEFORE.

MY CAR EVER NOW AND THEN MAKES NO POWER AFTER BREAKING . I HAVE TO TAKE CAR OUT OF GEAR STEP ON GAS PUT IT BACK IN GEAR TO DRIVE AGAIN ONLY HAPPEN EVER SO OFTEN . I THINK THERE IS A RECALL ON FREAK SWITCH .

DOOR HANDLES RANDOMLY BRAKE. THIS HAS HAPPEND WITH 2 DOOR HANDLES WHICH I REPLACED PRETTY CLOSE IN TIME TO EACH OTHER BUT REGULAR USE AND NOTHING ROUGH WITH THEM. IF WE HAVE TO GET OUT IN AN EMERGENCY LIKE AN ACCIDENT THE DOOR HANDLES AREN'T RELIABLE. FROM THE INSIDE YOU CAN'T OPEN THE DOOR BUT IF YOUR CAR ISN'T OPERABLE YOU CANT REACH OUTSIDE TO OPEN IT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR BRAKE LIGHTS REMAINED ILLUMINATED AFTER THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS RELEASED. THE BATTERY TERMINALS WERE DISCONNECTED TO HAVE THE BRAKE LAMPS WERE RESET. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO BE DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THERE WAS NO ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 23,684.

INCREASING ENGINE NOISE, HEAVY HIGHWAY VIBRATION (ALMOST LIKE UNBALANCED TIRES) AND VERY CHOPPY START-FROM-STOP EXCELERATION CAUSED ME TO HAVE THE CAR LOOKED AT BY A MECHANIC. DIAGNOSED AS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. ONLY OPTION IS TO REPLACE. I THOUGHT THERE WAS AN EARLIER RECALL ON THIS MODEL FOR POWERTRAIN ISSUES, BUT MY CAR SHOWS "0 UNREPAIRED RECALL ITEMS"