2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL GAGE WAS NOT READING PROPERLY AND WOULD INTERMITTENTLY DISPLAY THAT THERE WAS ONE-QUARTER OF FUEL WHEN THE FUEL TANK WAS ACTUALLY EMPTY. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAD ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY WHEN THE FUEL WAS LOW OR SHOWING A QUARTER TANK OF FUEL. THE VEHICLE ALSO STALLED MULTIPLE TIMES DUE TO AN INCORRECT READING OF THE FUEL GAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V075000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

CORROSION IN RADIATOR PARTS ALLOWED COOLANT TO CONTAMINATE TRANSMISSION FLUID RESULTING IN FAILURE OF TRANSMISSION. *TR

SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT IS STAYING ON. TOOK TO DEALER AND SES CODE READ CATALYTIC CONVERTER NEEDS TO BE REPLACE. DID SOME RESEARCH ONLINE AND LOOKS LIKE THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM 02 SENSOR DOES NOT REPORT AIRFLOW. $1200 DEALER REPAIR. NOT SURE WHY THERE HASN'T BEEN A RECALL. *TR

CAME TO STOP AT LIGHT. TRIED TO ACCELERATE AND TRANSMISSION WAS NOT ENGAGING. EVENTUALLY WAS ABLE TO PUT CAR IN 1ST GEAR AND TRANSMISSION ENGAGED. WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF ROAD. TURNED OFF VEHICLE AND TRIED TO ENGAGE ANY GEAR. TRANSMISSION TOTALLY GONE. *TR

WIFE WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK. WAS IN MIDDLE LANE OF TRAFFIC STOPPED AT RED LIGHT. TRIED TO ACCELERATE BUT TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE. EVENTUALLY TRANSMISSION WORKED FOR A FEW SECONDS. PULLED OFF ROAD. INSPECTED VEHICLE. ALL GEARS (INCLUDING REVERSE) DO NOT ENGAGE. DID SOME ONLINE RESEARCH THIS EVENING AND LOOKS LIKE THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. WHY HAS THERE NOT BE A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM? *TR

TRIED TO SELL THE CAR AND THE BUYER POINTED OUT THAT THE RADIATOR MUST OF CRACKED AND MIXED WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. HE DID NOT BUY THE CAR AND NOW I AM BEING TOLD THAT I HAVE TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AND THE RADIATOR. APPARENTLY THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM ON THESE CARS AND THEY NEED TO FIX THIS. VERY UPSET AND WILL NEVER BUY A NISSAN AGAIN. *TR

VEHICLE IS A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER. VEHICLE DEMONSTRATES AND EXPERIENCES THE SYMPTOMS DESCRIBED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 10V075000. FUEL GAUGE DISPLAYS 1/4-TANK OF FUEL PRESENT WHEN THIS INFORMATION IS NOT CORRECT. TOOK SAME VEHICLE TO LOCAL NISSAN DEALER. ASKED ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC RECALL, AND MY VEHICLES VALID MEMBERSHIP IN THE NHTSA RECALL GROUP. DEALER'S SERVICE DEPARTMENT RAN A VIN CHECK IN "THE DATABASE" AND ADVISED ME THE RECALL DOES NOT APPLY TO MY VEHICLE, EVEN THOUGH IT DEMONSTRATES EXACT SYMPTOMS DESCRIBED IN NHTSA RECALL. I BELIEVE THIS NISSAN DEALER IS CONFUSING THE NISSAN "VOLUNTARY WARRANTY EXTENSION" PROGRAM DESCRIBED AS, "FUEL SENDING UNIT PROGRAM" WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 10V075000 - THE LATTER NOT A VOLUNTARY BUT GOVERNMENT-ORDERED RECALL. IN APRIL, 2014, I WAS DRIVING THIS VEHICLE WITH THREE YOUNG CHILDREN THROUGH THE I-64 TUNNEL UNDER WHERE THE ATLANTIC OCEAN MEETS THE JAMES RIVER IN NORFOLK, VIRGINIA. OUR VEHICLE ALMOST RAN OUT OF FUEL IN THE UNDERSEA TUNNEL AS I WAS RELYING UPON THE FUEL GAUGE'S REPORT OF JUST OVER 1/4-TANK OF FUEL, WHEN IT WAS IN FACT, NEARLY EMPTY. THANKFULLY, WE WERE ABLE TO CLEAR THE TUNNEL AND MAKE IT TO A NEARBY GAS STATION, WHERE BASED UPON THE AMOUNT OF FUEL THE VEHICLE TOOK, WE WERE RUNNING "ON FUMES" AND COULD HAVE RUN OUT OF GAS - THEREBY BLOCKING TRAFFIC INSIDE THE TUNNEL. COMPONENT(S): FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE. *JS

CONTAMINATION OF RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION FLUIDS. SHOULD HAVE BEEN A NISSAN RECALL TO FIX THE PROBLEM. NOW 10,000 TO REPAIR AND I PUT THE BILL AND TELL ME TO TAKE HOME AND PARK IT. TRANSMISSION COULD GO OUT ANYTIME. WHY NO RECALL AND WHERE IS JUSTICE HERE. I TRADE CARS WHEN MY FINANCES ALLOW ME TO, NOT WHEN I HAVE TO, SO THIS IS MY COMPLAINT WILL NISSAN BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE? I KNOW THERE'S MANY MORE PEOPLE OUT THERE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND NISSAN SHOULD BE ACCOUNTABLE BECAUSE IT COULD HAVE BEEN CORRECTED. *JS

CAR STARTED RUMBLING VERY ERRATICALLY AT HIGH SPEED. HAD I NOT HAD GOOD GRIP ON WHEEL IT WOULD OF BEEN BAD FOR MY FAMILY OR OTHERS. GLAD IT DIDN'T FAIL COMPLETELY LEAVING ME POWERLESS ON HIGHWAY. I BELIEVE THIS WILL RESULT IN DEATHS OR SERIOUS ACCIDENTS. NOT TO MENTION THOUSANDS IN REPAIRS. HAD RADIATOR REPLACED LAST YEAR DUE TILL SAME PROBLEM. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. THIS ALWAYS HAPPENS RIGHT OUTSIDE IF THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. *TR

I WAS DRIVING YESTERDAY NIGHT WHEN MY CAR STARTED JERKING AND STOPPED SUDDENLY ON THE HIGHWAY, THANKFULLY THE CARS BEHIND ME WERE ABLE TO STOP AVOIDING A CRASH BECAUSE THERE WAS LOTS OF TRAFFIC, BUT OTHERWISE, THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A FATAL CRASH. THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE FOR SEVERAL MINUTES, PEOPLE HAD TO HELP PUSH IT OFF THE HIGHWAY. THEN AFTER A WHILE IT STARTED MOVING AGAIN. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR, JERKING ALL THE WAY BACK TO MY HOUSE. I HAD PREVIOUSLY NOTICED A JERKING WHENEVER I AM ACCELERATING OR DECELERATING, I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT IT WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE TRANSMISSION OF PATHFINDERS OWING TO A DEFECT IN MANUFACTURE THAT CAUSES RADIATOR FLUID TO MIX WITH COOLANT AFFECTING THE TRANSMISSION. THEY FLUSHED THE TRANSMISSION BUT THE JERKING CONTINUED. I WAS SEARCHING THE INTERNET ON THIS AND SAW MANY COMPLAINT ON THIS. THIS ISSUE NEED TO BE RESOLVED. I AM GLAD I WAS SPARED BUT LIFE'S ARE BEING PUT IN DANGER. *TR