2013 NISSAN PATHFINDER Complaints

MAY 2017 THE PASSENGER SIDE SUN VISOR BROKE AND WAS REPLACED BY ME. IN JULY 2017 THE MECHANISM ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE SUN VISOR BROKE AND RELEASED UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE I WAS DRIVING BLOCKING MY VIEW OF THE ROAD AND CAUSING ME TO ABRUPTLY SWERVE INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE VISOR ISSUE SEEMS TO BE A COMMON ONE WITH THE 2013 AND 2014 PATHFINDER AND IT IS WITHOUT A DOUBT A SAFETY HAZARD. ABRUPTLY OBSTRUCTING THE LINE OF SIGHT OF A DRIVER SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A SAFETY CONCERN AND SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE.

IN PARK, MY GEAR SHIFT WILL NOT ENGAGE SO I CANNOT GET OUT OF PARK. THIS STARTED HAPPENING ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO. IN THE BEGINNING IT WOULD HAPPEN MAYBE ONE OR TWICE A WEEK. NOW ITS ABOUT EVERY OTHER TIME I GET IN MY VEHICLE. IT CAN TAKE ANYWHERE FROM 5 TO 15 MINUTES BEFORE I CAN GET IT OUT OF PARK AND IN GEAR

DRIVING HOME WITH FAMILY ABOUT 11:30 PM ON HYWAY THE SUNROOF EXPLODED AND GLASS WENT EVERYWHERE VERY UNHAPPY ABOUT THE SITUATION BECAUSE MY KIDS COULD OF BEEN HURT VERY BADLY LUCKY I HAD VISOR CLOSED BY TOOK ME 2 HOURS TO CLEANUP ALL THE GLASS THEN WHEN TRYING TO GET FIXED I AM BEING TOLD THE GLASS FOR SUNROOF IS ALMOST $800 VERY UNHAPPY ABOUT IT WHY CAN'T THIS GLASS BE LAMINATED

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SUN VISORS ON THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDES FAILED TO FUNCTION PROPERLY. THE DEALER (MAUS NISSAN IN NEW PORT RICHEY, FL) REPLACED BOTH VISORS. SHORTLY AFTER THE REPAIR, THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE CONTACT WOULD NEED TO REPLACE BOTH VISORS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD FOLLOW UP WITHIN THREE BUSINESS DAYS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 08/22/17*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE VISOR WAS REPAIRED. UPDATED 12/14/2017*JS

THE CAR BEGAN JUMPING AND JERKING AS IT ACCELERATED ON BOTH THE INTERSTATE AND CITY STREETS. I WAS CERTAINLY NOT IN CONTROL. THE TACHOMETER KEPT ACCELERATING AND DECELERATING ON ITS OWN. AFTER I ACCELERATED TO ABOVE 45-50, IT STOPPED JERKING AND BECAME SMOOTH AGAIN. UPON STOPPING AT A STOP LIGHT OR SIGN, THE VEHICLE WAS JERKY AND HAD TROUBLE ENGAGING AND SHIFTING. IT WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.

VEHICLE DOES NOT RESPOND WHEN THE GAS PEDAL IS DEPRESSED, RESULTING IN NO ACCELERATION. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM AND HAPPENS AT RANDOM, AND AT VARYING SPEEDS: INCLUDING ACCELERATION FROM A COMPLETE STOP, ACCELERATION AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, AND ACCELERATION AT CITY SPEEDS. WHEN THIS HAPPENS, RPMS DO NOT RISE WHILE THE GAS PEDAL IS DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE BECOMES TOTALLY UNRESPONSIVE. THIS PROBLEM BEGAN OCCURRING AFTER THE DEALER REPLACED THE CVT AND TORQUE CONVERTOR ' BOTH DEEMED BAD BY THE DEALER. VEHICLE HAS BEEN BACK TO THE DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS TO ADDRESS THIS CONCERN, BUT THE DEALERSHIP CANNOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM, AND THERE ARE NO CODES APPEARING DURING DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE PROBLEM IS ONGOING AND THERE HAS BEEN NO RESOLUTION. NISSAN CORPORATE HAS NOT FORMALLY ACKNOWLEDGED THIS TO BE A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM, BUT IS 'AWARE OF SOME CONCERNS'.

I HAVE A 2013 NISSAN PATHFINDER AND THE SUN VISORS HAVE AN ISSUE WHERE THEY DO NOT STAY UP. THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE AS IF YOU GOOGLE IT, THERE ARE MULTIPLE THREADS DESCRIBING THE ISSUE. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE AS THE SUN VISOR ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE BLOCKS YOUR VISIBILITY. ADDITIONALLY, IT MAKES A LOUD CRACKING SOUND ANYTIME YOU OPEN OR CLOSE IT. I CONTACTED NISSAN LAST YEAR IN 2016 AND THEY BASICALLY SAID, "OH WELL. YOU ARE OUT OF WARRANTY." THE ISSUE WITH MY VEHICLE IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND IS ALSO A SAFETY CONCERN. I CAN BE DRIVING MY VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE SUN VISOR WILL SUDDENLY FALL DOWN AND BLOCK MY VIEW. WHEN I CONTACTED NISSAN LAST YEAR, MY VEHICLE WAS NOT EVEN A YEAR OUT OF WARRANTY. I HAD NOTICED THE ISSUE WITH THE SUN VISORS FOR A WHILE, BUT DID NOT TAKE THE VEHICLE IN PREVIOUSLY DUE TO PERSONAL ISSUES GOING ON (I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A SEPARATION AND DIVORCE). THE DRIVER'S SIDE SUN VISOR IS HANGING SO LOW NOW THAT I HAVE TO PUSH TO THE LEFT SIDE OF MY VEHICLE IN FRONT OF THE WINDOW SO I CAN SEE WHEN I DRIVE. I HAVE INCLUDED SOME PICTURES SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE SUN VISOR IS SITTING ON A PERMANENT BASIS. EVEN IF I PUSH IT UP, IT FALLS BACK TO THIS POSITION. YOU CAN SEE FROM THE FINAL PICTURE THAT IS BASICALLY AT MY EYE LEVEL. I CAN UNDERSTAND NISSAN NOT WANTING TO REPLACE BOTH SUN VISORS, BUT THE DRIVER'S SIDE VISOR IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN. AT $250 A PIECE, I CAN'T REALLY AFFORD TO SPEND $500 TO HAVE THEM BOTH REPAIRED. I HAVE 2 SMALL CHILDREN AND I'M EXTREMELY CONCERNED FOR THEIR SAFETY AND MINE WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE.

DEFECTIVE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES. PASSENGER HANDLE MADE A CRUNCH NOISE AND STOPPED WORKING. 3 MONTHS LATER IT HAPPENED TO THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR HANDLE. THE DEALER CLAIMED THIS IS A TRIM ISSUE. IT IS NOT. IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. WHAT IF THE CAR WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION AND WAS ON FIRE AND THE DOOR HANDLE DIDN'T WORK? THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE IN MY MIND. I HAVE DONE RESEARCH ONLINE AND IT TURNS OUT THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING THIS SAME ISSUE. NISSAN SHOULD RECALL THESE IMMEDIATELY.

FOR THE SECOND TIME SINCE PURCHASING THE VEHICLE NEW THE WEATHER STRIPPING FOR THE ROOF CARGO RACK HAS COME LOOSE. WHEN THIS HAPPENS IT TAPS ON THE DOOR WINDOWS CREATING A DISTRACTION WHILE DRIVING PARTICULARLY AT HIGHWAY (INTERSTATE) SPEEDS

REAR HATCH WILL NOT OPEN; DEALER INVOICE STATES "REAR HATCH STRUTS ARE FAULTY". DISCOVERED WHEN ATTEMPTED TO LOAD FURNITURE IN CAR; SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO NO AVAIL.