2013 NISSAN PATHFINDER Complaints

GOING UPHILLS OR ACCELERATING, THE CAR BEGINS TO ACCELERATE THEN BECOMES JERKY AND LOSES POWER BEFORE RESUMING ACCELERATION. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM SINCE PURCHASED BUT HAS GRADUALLY GOTTEN WORSE. ALSO, RECENTLY HAVE NOTICED FLUID LEAKS OCCASIONALLY.

CVT TRANSMISSION REPLACED 5/2016, ACCIDENT- 6/21/2018 UNABLE TO STOP HITTING AN ANIMAL. REPLACED FOR 2ND TIME 8/2018 TOLD 7/2019 NEEDS REPLACED FOR 3RD TIME TOLD 11/2018 BY NISSAN DEALER NOT TRANSMISSION. GOING UPHILLS OR GETTING ON HIGHWAY RAMP ACCELERATING SUDDEN DECELERATION IMPOSING SERIOUS SAFETY THREAT THAT ANOTHER DRIVER WILL HIT INTO ME. IF VEHICLE WILL NOT ACCELERATE FAST ENOUGH A RISK OF HIGHWAY ACCIDENT/ACCIDENTS

I WAS DRIVING MY 13 NISSAN PATHFINDER. I STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION. WHEN I WENT TO PUSH ON THE ACCELERATOR IT JOLTED FORWARD AND THEN I LOST ALL POWER TO THE ACCELERATOR. HAD MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR AND WAS STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. MY CAR WOULDN'T MOVE. I TRIED TO TURN IT OFF AND IT WOULDN'T TURN BACK ON. THANKFULLY MY FIANC JUMPED THE CAR. ALTHOUGH IT WAS JERKING IN A LOW GEAR, I WAS ABLE TO GET HOME WHICH WASN'T FAR.

THE DRIVER SIDE SUN VISOR IS MADE POORLY. DRIVERS SIDE SUN VISOR DOES NOT STAY IN THE UP POSITION. WHILE DRIVING IT HAS FALLING PROHIBITING VISIBILITY CONSTANTLY. I HAVE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE FROM THE 2013 TO 2018 PATHFINDERS. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE WHILE DRIVING.

SUNVISORS WILL NOT STAY CORRECTLY IN A SECURE POSITION. THIS CAN BECOME A SAFETY ISSUE. IT WILL DROP DOWN AND BLOCK VIEW. THE VISOR DOES NOT SERVE THE INTENDED PURPOSE OF BLOCKING THE SUN DUE TO NOT STAYING IN THE POSITION TO BLOCK THE SUN. THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF THIS ISSUE AND NISSAN HAS TOTALLY IGNORED RECALLING FOR THE CONSUMER. IT WILL TAKE SOMEONE HAVING A SERIOUS WRECK TO GET THEIR ATTENTION.

MY VEHICLE HAS STOPPED RESPONDING TWICE TO ACCELERATION. I PRESS THE PEDDLE AND NOTHING CHANGES AND RPMS REMAIN AT 2000. AFTER 15 MINUTES CAR BEGAN RESPONDING AGAIN. FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE TRAVELING AT 15 MPH IN CITY. SECOND OCCURED ON HWY TRAVELLING 60MPH AFTER SEVERAL HOURS OF DRIVING. TWO INCIDENCES HAPPENED A MONTH APART. VEHICLE HAS 95K MILES ON IT. VEHICLE HAS SEVERAL ISSUES BUT THIS ONE HAS BEEN THE MOST DANGEROUS CONSIDERING I DO LIVE IN A CITY AND NEED TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC.

WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION IF RANDOMLY BECOMES UNRESPONSIVE TO THE GAS PEDAL BEING PRESSED TO ENGAGE THE ENGINE AND CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD. THE VEHICLE DOESN'T SHUT DOWN, THE ENGINE IS STILL RUNNING, HOWEVER, IT DOESN'T RESPOND WHEN THE GAS PEDAL IS ENGAGED TO ACCELERATE. THIS OCCURS WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREETS AND HIGHWAY. THE SAFETY CONCERN IS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS MOVING WITH TRAFFIC AND DOESN'T RESPOND TO THE GAS PEDAL THE VEHICLE BEGINS TO SLOW DOWN AND MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. THE MOST RECENT EPISODE OCCURRED THIS AFTERNOON (7/1/2019) WHILE DRIVING TO THE SERVICING DEALERSHIP FOR A SCHEDULED OIL CHANGE. MY WIFE MERGED TO THE LEFT LANE (ALSO THE PASSING LINE) IN ORDER TO GET OFF THE LEFT SIDE EXIT TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE VEHICLE BECAME DID NOT RESPOND TO THE GAS PEDAL AND SLOWED DOWN TO 45 MPH NEARLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE TRAFFIC ON THE LEFT LANE WAS MOVING APPROXIMATELY 65-70 MPH. MY 2 YOUNG CHILDREN WERE IN THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME AS THEY ARE MOST OF THE TIME WHEN THE VEHICLE DOESN'T RESPOND TO THE GAS PEDAL BEING PRESSED. WE'VE HAD THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSED BY THE LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP (CROWLEY NISSAN) AND THEY'VE FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. WE WERE TOLD THAT'S HOW THE CVT TRANSMISSION IS SUPPOSED TO WORK ( IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO POTENTIALLY KILL YOU AND YOUR FAMILY). I'VE DONE SOME RESEARCH ON THE WEB FOR SIMILAR ISSUES AND THERE ARE MANY NISSAN PATHFINDER EXPERIENCING THE SAME CONCERN. I ALSO CONTACTED NISSAN OF NORTH AMERICA TO EXPRESS THE CONCERN AND THEY HAD NO RESOLUTION, THE REPRESENTATIVE ALSO SAID THEY CAN NOT TAKE WEBSITE INPUT, OR BLOGS OF CUSTOMER EXPRESSING CONCERNS WITH THEIR VEHICLE. THE ONLY SUGGESTION IS THE TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND HAVE THEM DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM, BUT THE DEALERSHIP TELLS US THEY NEED A TROUBLE CODE FROM THE SYSTEM THAT'S FAILING. WHEN THIS OCCURS NO TROUBLE CODE COMES UP, SO, WE'RE GOING AROUND IN CIRCLES.

BRAKE LIGHTS FOUND TO BE STAYING ON WHILE CAR WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE, THIS CAUSES THE ENGINE TO REDUCE POWER POTENTIALLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT IF IT REDUCES POWER WHILE DRIVING, OR BY FOLLOWING VEHICLE THINKING THAT YOU ARE BRAKING WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO ACCELERATE.

SUN VISORS ON DRIVERS SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE DROP DOWN UNEXPECTANTLY, MECHANISM INSIDE OF THE VISOR IS BROKEN AND UNREPAIRABLE. RESTRICTING THE VIEW OF THE DRIVER, WHILE NO LONGER ABLE TO BLOCK THE SUN WHILE DRIVING. HAZARDOUS AND DANGEROUS. DRIVERS SIDE VISOR BROKE WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE RODE PUT VISOR DOWN. WOULD NOT STAY IN PLACE BUT INSTEAD BLOCKED THE VISIBILITY WHILE TRYING TO DRIVE.

VEHICLE WHEN STATIONARY AND IN PARK INTERMITTENTLY WILL NOT SHIFT INTO ANY OTHER GEAR SUCH AS DRIVE OR REVERSE EVEN WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THIS CAUSES THE MOTORIST TO BECOME IMMOBILE. ONE SAFETY CONCERN IS A SCENARIO WHEN A MOTORIST PLACED THE VEHICLE IN PARK WHILE WAITING AT AN OPEN DRAW BRIDGE, TRAIN CROSSING OR OTHER SITUATION THAT THE MOTORIST PLACED THE VEHICLE IN PARK THEREBY MAKING THE VEHICLE IMMOBILE IN THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC. ADDITIONALLY A MOTORIST CAN BECOME STRANDED IN A REMOTE LOCATION WITH NO COMMUNICATION SERVICES AVAILABLE. AN INTERNET SEARCH FOR THIS CONDITION HAS UNCOVERED NUMEROUS OWNERS EXPERIENCING THIS VERY SAME CONDITION ON SAME OR SIMILAR NISSAN VEHICLES. UPON FURTHER RESEARCH IT APPEARS THAT A COMPONENT OR COMPONENTS, SUCH AS RELAY SWITCHES OR SOLENOID(S) MAY BE THE CAUSE OF THE TRANSMISSION GEAR SAFETY INTERLOCK BECOMING STUCK THEREBY PREVENTING THE MOTORIST FROM SHIFTING THE VEHICLE INTO THE DESIRED GEAR.