2013 NISSAN PATHFINDER Complaints

DRIVERS SIDE AND PASSENGER SUN VISORS WILL NOT STAY IN THE UP POSITION. THEY HANG DOWN AND BLOCK THE VIEW ALL AROUND. WE HAVE FIXED THEM 3 TIMES ALREADY. THE WARRANTY HAD JUST EXPIRED HE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED AND NISSAN WANTS TO CHARGE $175 EACH TIME IT BREAKS.

THE DRIVER'S SIDE VISOR BROKE (A PIECE INSIDE THE VISOR) EARLY ON IN OWNERSHIP BUT NOT ENOUGH TO BOTHER ME. NOW, IT HANGS DOWN IN MY FACE OBSTRUCTING MY VIEW WHILE DRIVING.

AT FIRST THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS FADING TO THE FLOOR AT A STOP. REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER. CONDITION BETTER BUT PEDAL STILL SPONGY AND THEN, ADDITIONALLY, WHEN DRIVING, AT RANDOM TIMES THE BRAKE PEDAL GOES DOWN 3/4 OF THE WAY BEFORE ANY BRAKE PEDAL PRESSURE IS FELT AND THE VEHICLE IS ABLE TO STOP. THIS IS VERY SCARY AS YOU ARE NOT SURE IF THE VEHICLE IS GOING TO STOP OR NOT. DEALER THEN REPLACED ABS ACTUATOR WITH NO REMEDY TO RANDOM PROBLEM. DEALER ADDITIONALLY REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER AGAIN WITH NO BETTER OUTCOME. DEALER UNABLE TO FIX THIS SERIOUS BRAKE PROBLEM EVEN AFTER CONSULTING AND TROUBLESHOOTING WITH NISSAN ENGINEERS. NOW WE ARE UNABLE TO DRIVE VEHICLE UNTIL NISSAN ENGINEER CAN GET TO DEALER IN 2 WEEKS? TO PERSONALLY TROUBLESHOOT THE BRAKES. VEHICLE ONLY HAS 57,000 MILES ON IT AND NOW IS ON IT'S 3RD MASTER CYLINDER AND 2ND ABS ACTUATOR WITH NO SAFE SOLUTION AS OF YET.

DRIVER'S INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE BROKE AND YOU CANNOT EXIT THE VEHICLE WITHOUT ROLLING DOWN THE WINDOW AND OPENING FROM THE EXTERIOR. THIS A SAFETY PROBLEM IF THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT AND THE WINDOW WOULD NOT GO DOWN.

SUNVISORS BREAK TOO EASY. THERE ARE MULTIPLE REPORTS ON INTERNET A PIECE OF PLASTIC BREAKS IN MODELS AS NEW AS 2014. IN MY PATHFINDER BOTH SUNVISORS BROKE AND I HAD TO PURCHASE REPLACEMENTS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING OPERATED AT 50 MPH, THE HOOD INDEPENDENTLY OPENED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 75,000.

BOTH SUNVISORS OF MY CAR BROKE AND HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTED MY FIELD OF VISION NOT TO MENTION THAT IT STICKS OUT INTO MY FACE WHEN I DRIVE. T THE SUNVISOR CAN'T BE STORED SAFELY (CLICK INTO POSITION)AND CAN'T BE PLACED IN FRONT OF THE SUN BECAUSE IT IS DANGLING- BROKE. THE SAME HAPPENED TO MY PASSENGER SIDE. MY HUSBAND PUT CLAMPS TO HOLD THEM BACK BUT TODAY I FINALLY WENT TO NISSAN TO REPLACE THEM. IT COST $313!!! I HAVE OWNED MANY CARS AND THE SUNVISORS HAVE NEVER BROKEN.... I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH NISSAN BUT THEY DIDN'T CONSIDER THISOME A RECALL.

THE LIFT GATE/HATCH POWER STRUTS CORRODED AND SNAPPED WHILE IT WAS CLOSING. FORTUNATELY, I WAS NOT UNDERNEATH IT. I HAD TO REMOVE IT TO CLOSE THE DOOR. BOTH SIDES ARE CORRODED THROUGH AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS ABOUT 65K MILES AND THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE RUSTED THE WAY IT DID. I'VE HEARD THERE IS A BULLETIN ISSUED BY NISSAN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, BUT THEY HAVE ONLY OFFERED TO PAY HALF OF THE $1550 COST TO REPLACE THESE EXPENSIVE PARTS.

MY 2013 NISSAN PATHFINDER HAS EXPERIENCED 8 INCIDENTS OF NO ACCELERATION, SOMETIMES AT CRITICAL MOMENTS, LIKE MERGING FROM ONE HIGHWAY TO ANOTHER IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. ONE INCIDENT INVOLVED A SEMI-TRUCK NEARLY REAR-ENDING ME ON A FLYOVER RAMP WHILE MY PATHFINDER WAS STUCK AT 40 MPH. IT WAS LIKE A FUNERAL PROCESSION STUCK BEHIND ME UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO GET ON A SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY, AFTER THE FLYOVER RAMP. ALL 8 INCIDENTS HAVE HAPPENED AFTER THE CAR WAS SERVICED ON 2/14/17 BY THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP FOR RECALL PC500 (DEALING WITH THE TRANSMISSION). WE HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH OUR PATHFINDER BEFORE THE WARRANTY/RECALL WORK WAS DONE. THE CAR TENDS TO GET STUCK IN LOWER SPEEDS, BETWEEN ABOUT 15-40 MPH. IT HAS DONE THIS TWICE FROM A DEAD STOP AT A RED LIGHT. WHEN IT FINALLY DID ACCELERATE FROM THE RED LIGHT, IT SHOT OFF LIKE A ROCKET AND CAUSED US TO GO OVER A MEDIAN AND OFF THE ROAD. IT DOES IT ON LOCAL STREETS AND ALSO ON HIGHWAYS. THE SEVERITY OF THE SITUATION SEEMS GREATER WHEN IT HAPPENS ON THE HIGHWAY, HOWEVER, IT COULD BE DEADLY ON LOCAL ROADS AS WELL. I AM SCARED TO TURN LEFT WITHOUT AN ARROW FOR FEAR OF IT NOT ACCELERATING. I HAVE TO DRIVE DIFFERENTLY, ALLOWING TONS OF SPACE/TIME TO PULL OUT OF PARKING LOTS, IN CASE IT DOESN'T ACCELERATE. I HAVE ALL OF MY SERVICE RECORDS AND HAVE DONE EVERYTHING TO SERVICE THE CAR THAT IT REQUIRES.

BOTH DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE SUN VISOR ARE TOO HEAVY FOR THE CLIPS THAT HOLD THEM AND OVER TIME STARTS TO HANG AND EVENTUALLY BREAK AT THE SWIVEL. THIS IS A DANGEROUS AS THE VISOR BLOCKS YOUR LINE OF SIGHT AND ONCE IT BREAKS IT IS COMPLETELY IN YOUR WAY. I REPLACED THE PASSENGER SIDE WHILE UNDER WARRANTY AND ITS ALREADY HANGING AGAIN, THE DRIVER SIDE ONE WAS HANGING AND BROKE AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. THE SERVICE MAN AT THE NISSAN DEALER SAID THEY KEEP A TON OF THEM IN STOCK, BECAUSE THEY ARE ALWAYS BREAKING/HANGING. DRIVING THIS CAR IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE.