2008 NISSAN PATHFINDER Complaints

THE RADIATOR FLUID HAS BEEN LEAKED INTO MY TRANSMISSION. NISSAN SAYS THAT I MUST PAY $2500 TO HAVE IT REPAIRED BECAUSE I AM 1000 MILES OVER THEIR CUTOFF. THEY HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND NEVER INFORMED THEIR CONSUMERS OF THE POTENTIAL PROBLEM. I WOULD HAVE HAD IT CHECKED SOONER IF I WAS INFORMED. I NOW CANNOT DRIVE MY VEHICLE FOR FEAR THAT THE TRANSMISSION WILL GIVE OUT AND CANNOT AFFORD TO HAVE IT REPAIRED. I HAVE NOW SENT A DEMAND LETTER TO NISSAN IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET THEM TO OWN UP TO THIS PROBLEM AND HAVE IT FULLY COVERED. *TT

CAR SUDDENLY STALLS AND WILL NOT DRIVE IN "REVERSE". PER MECHANIC, THERE IS A CRACK IN THE RADIATOR WHICH IS ALLOWING COOLANT FROM THE RADIATOR TO ENTER INTO THE TRANSMISSION. APPARENTLY, THERE HAS BEEN A PREVIOUS LAWSUIT AGAINST NISSAN FOR THIS SAME ISSUE. A RECALL ON THESE "CRACKED RADIATORS" MUST BE ISSUED IMMEDIATELY. *TR

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND FUEL GAUGE WENT TO EMPTY, FILLED TANK UP AND THE FUEL GAUGE STAYED AT EMPTY. NEXT DAY ALL SEEMED OKAY WITH THE FUEL GAUGE, BUT FOUR DAYS LATER RAN OUT OF GAS AND FUEL GAUGE WAS READING A 1/4 TANK OF GAS. *TR

WAS IN TRAFFIC AND FUEL LEVEL GAUGE WAS AT 1/4 TANK. I DECIDED TO STOP AT MY USUAL GAS STATION TO FILL UP. I COMPLETELY FILLED THE TANK AND THEN WHEN I WENT TO LEAVE I NOTICED THE FUEL GAUGE DIDN'T GO BACK UP TO FULL. IT TOOK OVER 30 MILES FOR IT TO FINALLY GO BACK UP TO FULL AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. EVER SINCE THEN FUEL GAUGE DOESN'T GO DOWN PAST 1/4 TANK AND IF I DON'T USE MY TRIP ODOMETER TO GAUGE HOW MANY MILES I HAVE GOWN I WOULD RUN OUT OF GAS! I FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM FROM OTHER OWNERS AND FOUND A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM. ALSO FOUND WHERE NISSAN REFUSES TO FIX THE PROBLEM UNDER RECALL/WARRANTY. I CONTACTED NISSAN WITH MY VIN NUMBER AND THEY SAID MY CAR WAS NOT ONE OF THE RECALLS. THEN I ASKED FOR A LIST OF THE VIN NUMBERS FOR ALL THE PATHFINDERS RECALLED FOR THIS AND THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT GIVE OUT THAT INFORMATION. I TOLD THEM I WANTED VISUAL PROOF THAT MY CAR WAS NOT ONE OF THE RECALLS SINCE I HAVE THE PROBLEM WITH MY CAR. AGAIN THEY REFUSED TO PROVIDE THIS. NISSAN SHOULD BE LIABLE AND BE MADE TO BACK THIS PROBLEM RECALL WITH MY NISSAN PATHFINDER! DO NOT BYE A NISSAN PRODUCT CAUSE THEY DO NOT BACK THEIR PRODUCTS AND PAY FOR RECALLS. *TR

I WAS PULLING OUT INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC WHEN MY CAR LOST POWER AND WOULDN'T MOVE . THE TRANSMISSION BUCKED AND KICKED BACK IN AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE . I BROUGHT VEHICLE TO MY MECHANIC THE NEXT DAY AND HE FOUND THE RADIATOR COOLANT WAS IN MY TRANSMISSION . AFTER FURTHER LOOK HE FOUND COOLANT LINE WAS WERE LEAKING INTO TRANSMISSION WHICH HAD CAUSED FAILURE . MY VEHICLE IS PAST THE NISSAN WARRANTY BECAUSE OF MILES BUT THIS IS A CONTINUING PROBLEM ON ALL NISSAN SUV'S MADE IN THESE TIME FRAMES . THIS ISN'T A WARRANTY ISSUE, IT IS A RECALL ISSUE . NISSAN NEEDS TO STAND UP FOR THEIR MISTAKE AND SUBMIT A RECALL. *TR

FUEL GAUGE SHOWS EM PTY WHEN FILLED. DANGER ON RUNNING OUT OF GAS AND POTENTIAL TO CAUSE ACCIDENT. *TR

THERE WAS A LEAK IN THE RADIATOR THAT CONTAMINATED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. THE RADIATOR AND THE TRANSMISSION BOTH NEED TO BE REPLACED OR REBUILT. NISSAN WILL NOT COVER WARRANTY SINCE THE VEHICLE IS OVER 90K MILES. *TR

RADIATOR FLUID LEAKED INTO TRANSMISSION FLUID CAUSING VEHICLE TO VIOLENTLY SHIMMY AT ABOUT 40 MPH. THE REPAIRS CAME TO $1,334.55. THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE BATTERY ($119.21), RADIATOR ($266.95), RADIATOR HOSE ($14.35), SERPENTINE BELT ($29.95). THEY USED A TRANSMISSION FLUSH KIT ($29.95), A COOLING SYSTEM FLUSH KIT ($29.99) AND A GLOBAL EXTENDED LIFE COOLANT ($29.92). THEY USED $50.00 IN SHOP SUPPLIES AND LABOR WAS $587.00. TAX WAS $87.31. *TR

STARTING LAST SUMMER WE INITIALLY NOTICED A PROBLEM WITH OUR GAS GAUGE READING, BUT IT SEEMED TO GO AWAY. IT IS NOW HAPPENING FREQUENTLY AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. WE WERE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC ON A 4 LANE AND WE THOUGHT WE HAD ENOUGH GAS, 1/4 TANK?, BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN WE RAN OUT OF GAS. WE WERE LUCKY THAT WE WERE NOT HIT BY A SEMI TRUCK. WE FORTUNATELY WERE ABLE TO PUSH IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WAIT FOR MY SON TO COME WITH A CAN OF GAS. WE CALLED DORSCHEL NISSAN IN ROCHESTER AND THEY AGREED THAT IT WAS A RECALL, WE HAD WENT ON YOUR SITE AND CHECKED PRIOR (10V075000). WE SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT. NOW WE RECEIVED A CALL FROM THEM TELLING US THAT IT IS NOT COVERED, THAT IT WAS A WARRANTY EXTENSION ITEM AND THAT WE ARE PAST THE DATE?? WOW, WHAT CUSTOMER SERVICE. I THINK THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND THAT THIS IS NOT A NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR ITEM. THEY OBVIOUSLY HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THESE SENSORS (80,000 RECALLS?) NOW THE GAS GAUGE IS DOING OTHER THINGS, SAYING WE DON'T HAVE ANY GAS WHEN WE JUST FILLED UP? *TR

THE RADIATOR CRACKED SENDING THE FLUID STRAIGHT TO THE TRANSMISSION AND DAMAGED THE TRANSMISSION AND THE RADIATOR SO NOW I NEED BOTH NEW PARTS ESTIMATE ABOUT 5,700 FROM NISSAN DEALERSHIP. *TR