2008 NISSAN PATHFINDER Complaints

2008 NISSAN PATHFINDER. CONSUMER STATES PROBLEM WITH ENGINE LIGHT AND FUEL GAUGE *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED OVER THE PAST YEAR, EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE. ADDITIONALLY, THE FUEL GAUGE WOULD NOT SHOW HOW MUCH FUEL WAS IN THE VEHICLE. WHEN GAS WAS PUT IN THE VEHICLE, THE TANK DID NOT REGISTER AS FULL. THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN FOR THE SMOG TEST, IT DID NOT PASS, BECAUSE THE FUEL LEVEL SENSOR WAS FAULTY. THE CONSUMER DISCOVERED A RECALL WAS ISSUED. HOWEVER, HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED.

NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V075000 COVERS A DEFECTIVE FUEL SENDING UNIT/GAUGE ON 2008 NISSAN PATHFINDERS RESULTING IN THE FUEL GAUGE OVERSTATING THE FUEL LEVEL BY 1/4 TANK. I HAVE A 2008 NISSAN PATHFINDER (VIN# [XXX]) EXPERIENCING THIS EXACT ISSUE WITH THE FUEL GAUGE, YET NISSAN IS CLAIMING MY VEHICLE IS NOT COVERED BY THE RECALL. IF 1 MANUFACTURING PLANT PRODUCED VEHICLES WITH THIS ISSUE IT STAND TO REASON THAT ANOTHER PLANT USING THE EXACT SAME PARTS WOULD ALSO PRODUCE VEHICLES WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AS EVIDENCED BY THE FACT THAT MY VEHICLE FROM ANOTHER MANUFACTURING PLANT DOES INDEED HAVE THE PROBLEM. *TR

MY CAR STARTED MAKING A JUTTER TYPE SOUND WHEN I WOULD BE GOING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH AND WOULD CAUSE MY CAR TO RUMBLE LIKE I WAS GOING OVER A RUMBLE STRIP. THE CAR WOULD LOSE ACCELERATION WHEN THIS WOULD HAPPEN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL LEVEL GAUGE WOULD PROVIDE AN INACCURATE EMPTY READING AFTER REFUELING. THE FAILURE RECURRED SPORADICALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE FUEL TANK WAS FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF FAILURE HOWEVER NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE APPROXIMATE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000.

THOUGHT I WAS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH MY TRANSMISSION. TOOK IT TO GET CHECKED. MY RADIATOR LEAKED CAUSING FLUID TO LEAK INTO MY TRANSMISSION. AS A RESULT HAVE TO GET MY TRANSMISSION & RADIATOR REPLACED. COME TO FIND OUT FROM THE REPAIR SHOP. THEY WERE SEEING ALOT OF NISSAN TRUCKS WITH THIS ISSUE. I WAS TOLD THERE WAS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST NISSAN FRO THIS ISSUE. I THINK NISSAN SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL & REIMBURSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THIS ISSUE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE WOULD PROVIDE INACCURATE FUEL LEVEL READINGS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO HAVE A DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMED WHICH LOCATED THE FAILURE AT THE FUEL SENDING UNIT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER DENIED ASSISTANCE WITH REPAIRS UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V075000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE: STORAGE: AUXILLARY TANK) DUE TO THE VEHICLE MILEAGE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000.

MY 2008 NISSAN PATHFINDER SUDDENLY STOPPED WHILE DRIVING. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT THE RADIATOR CRACKED AND FLUID GOT INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THERE WERE NO SIGNS THAT JY CAR WAS HAVING ANY PROBLEM PRIOR TO THIS. BECAUSE MY CAR IS 1000 MILES OUT OF WARRANTY THEY REFUSE TO WARRANTY IT EVEN THOUGH THIS IS Q KNOWN PROBLEM. MY CAR IS LEASED AND I CAN NOT TURN IT IN UNTIL I HAVE IT IN WORKING CONDITION. IN ORDER TO FIX IT THE DEALER WANTS TO CHARGE ME $9,000. *TR

THE FUEL GAUGE ON OUR VEHICLE IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY RESULTING IN THE NEED TO CALCULATE MILEAGE OR RISK RUNNING OUT OF GAS. SOMETIMES THE FUEL GAUGE WILL SHOW THAT THE TANK HAS GAS AND SOMETIMES IT SAYS THE TANK IS EMPTY. THERE IS A RECALL ON FUEL GAUGES/SYSTEMS FOR 2008 NISSAN PATHFINDERS, HOWEVER NISSAN HAS REPORTED THAT OUR 2008 NISSAN PATHFINDER WAS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS RECALL (BASED ON THE VIN). *TR

I TOOK MY CERTIFIED PATHFINDER IN FOR A FAULTY WINDOW SWITCH AND WHILE IT WAS THERE HAD THEM CHECK THE POWER TRAIN FOR A NOISE I WAS HEARING EVERY INITIAL 1ST TO 2ND GEAR SHIFT AFTER START UP. DEALER NOTIFIED ME THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS CONTAMINATED OR INCORRECT FLUID. I WAS THEN TOLD I WOULD HAVE TO COVER THE COST OF REPLACING THE FLUID. I CONTACTED NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS, AS NOT ONLY IS THE VEHICLE COVERED BY THE NISSAN CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED PROGRAM, BUT I ALSO BOUGHT THEIR SECURITY PLUS WARRANTY. THE TRANSMISSION SERVICE IS NOT DUE FOR ANOTHER 6,000 MILES, AND THE FLUID SHOULD NOT BE CONTAMINATED OR BE THE WRONG COLOR AND HAVE THE VISCOSITY OF WATER, PER THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPT. THEY ARE NOT EVEN ADVISING A STANDARD TRANSMISSION SERVICE, THEY WANT TO REPLACE ALL THE FLUID, AS WHAT IS CURRENTLY IN THE SYSTEM IS UNUSABLE. NISSAN CPO IS DENYING MY CLAIM TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION FIXED, TAKING THE STANCE THAT THEY DO NOT WARRANTY FLUIDS. I AM NOT ASKING THEM TO WARRANTY THE FLUID, STANDARD MAINTENANCE IS MY RESPONSIBILITY. HOWEVER THERE IS AN ISSUES AS TO HOW/WHY THE FLUID GOT CONTAMINATED AND IS NO LONGER USABLE, AND NEEDS TO BE FLUSHED. NISSAN DOES NOT WANT ANY PART IN ADDRESSING THAT ISSUE, EVEN THOUGH THEIR CPO AND SECURITY PLUS WARRANTIES ARE SUPPOSED TO COVER THE ENGINE AND DRIVE TRAIN. AS IT TURNS OUT THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER HAVING SIMILAR ISSUES, APPARENTLY THERE IS AN ISSUES IN THE RADIATOR, WHICH ALSO HAS THE TRANSMISSIONS COOLER BUILD INTO IT, ALLOWING COOLANT TO SEEP INTO THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. KNOWING THIS NISSAN IS STILL TAKING THE STANCE THAT THEY DO NOT WARRANTY FLUIDS AND IS REFUSING TO SERVICE THE TRANSMISSION. THEY ARE BASICALLY ASKING ME TO REPLACE THE FLUID AND HOPE IT DOES NOT GET CONTAMINATED AGAIN AND HOPE NO OTHER ISSUES ARISE FROM A TRANSMISSION OPERATING FOR WHO KNOW HOW LONG WITH BAD FLUID THAT WAS THE INCORRECT VISCOSITY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE FAILED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V075000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE STORAGE: AUXILIARY TANK) AND CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER WHO ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.