2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER Complaints

ON THURSDAY 1/23/2014 AT 9:30 AND 9 DEGREE IN QUEENS NEW YORK I STARTED THE ENGINE OF MY 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER AND STARTED OUT FOR MY APPOINTMENT FOR THE DAY WHICH I FAILED TO MARK BECAUSE OF MY CAR. I DID NOT GET TO MY DESTINATION BECAUSE ABOUT TWO BLOCKS FROM MY HOUSE I STOPPED AT THE STOP SIGN AND AS SOON AS I PROCEEDED TO MOVE MY ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND MY VEHICLE STARTED LOSING POWER, I DROVE 10MPH TO THE NISSAN DEALER WHICH IS NOT TOO FAR FROM WHERE I WAS. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE CAR AND TOLD ME THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE RADIATOR WHICH CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION. THEY TOLD ME THEY RECOGNIZE THE PROBLEM BUT IT WAS NOT YET A RECALL ISSUE, I GUESS OTHER PEOPLE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THAT MODEL. THE REPRESENTATIVE SAID NISSAN WILL FIX THE PROBLEM BUT I HAVE THE PAY $2500 +TAX FOR THE DEDUCTIBLE, I ALSO HAD TO RENT A CAR FOR $300 TO GET TO WORK UNTIL MY CAR WAS REPAIRED. I THINK I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY ANYTHING BECAUSE IT IS THE MANUFACTURES FAULT AND NISSAN IS AWARE OF IT. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH NISSAN , I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR SOMETHING THAT I DID NOT CAUSE. *TR

MY FAMILY AND I WERE ON THE HIGHWAY CLOSE TO HOME,IN TRAFFIC WHEN OUR CAR MADE A POP NOISE AND OUR CAR COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. LUCKILY NO ONE HIT US OR HURT, AS LIKE I SAID WE WERE IN A HEAVY COMMUTE. OUR CAR WAS TAKEN TO OUR LOCAL MECHANIC WERE WE FOUND OUT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED DUE TO RADIATOR FLUID LEAKING INTO THE SYSTEM A $5,500 REPAIR WE CAN NOT AFFORD. WE ALSO FOUND OUT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM IN CERTAIN MAKES OF NISSANS, THEY HAVE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS WHICH WE WERE NEVER INFORMED ABOUT. ALL NISSAN OWNERS SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM AND A RECALL TO ALL MODELS! *TR

WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION BEGAN SHIFTING ERRATICALLY. AFTER STOPPING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE ABOVE 20 MPH. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO GET THE VEHICLE HOME SMOKE WAS NOTICED COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION. INSPECTION VERIFIED TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS CONTAMINATED WITH COOLANT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO JERK WITH SEVERE HESITATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

I WENT TO PICK UP MY OLDEST DAUGHTER FROM TRACK PRACTICE AND PLACED MY 4 YEAR OLD IN HER CAR SEAT TO START DRIVING. ALLOWING THE CAR TO WARM UP, I PULLED OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND PROCEEDED UP THE HILL IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN I NOTICED THAT MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE ABOVE 20 MPH. TRAFFIC WAS HEAVY AT THE TIME. THINKING THAT I DID NOT WARM THE CAR UP ENOUGH I PROCEEDED ON MY WAY UP HILLS AT A SNAILS PACE TO RETRIEVE MY OLDEST DAUGHTER FROM HIGH SCHOOL. ONCE I MADE IT TO THE HIGH SCHOOL I FIGURED THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING SIGNIFICANTLY WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE AND JUST WANTED TO GET THE VEHICLE HOME. I HAD TO CONTEND WITH HEAVY TRAFFIC TRYING TO CROSS A LARGE AND BUSY ROAD WITH A VEHICLE THAT ONLY ACCELERATED TO 20 MILES AN HOUR AND AT SOME TIME ACTUALLY STOPPED WITHOUT WARNING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. ALTHOUGH THE SCHOOL IS ONLY 2 MILES FROM HOME IT TOOK ME 30 MINUTES TO GET BACK SAFELY TO MY HOUSE BECAUSE OF THE OFF AND ON AGAIN DRIVABILITY. I TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC THE FOLLOWING MONDAY AND THEY INDICATED THAT MY TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE CAR IS NOT OLD AND TAKEN CARE OF----I SEARCHED FOR RECALLS AND SAW THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION AND HAD MY VEHICLE TOWED TO NISSAN FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE DIAGNOSIS WAS A FAILED TRANSMISSION AS A RESULT OF COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION FLUID MIXING AND THEY INDICATED THAT MY TRANSMISSION WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED AS WELL AS MY RADIATOR---THIS IS A KNOWN QUALITY ISSUE WITH THE NISSAN PATHFINDERS. THE CAR FAILED WITHOUT WARNING PUTTING MYSELF AND MY YOUNG DAUGHTER AT RISK FOR A REAR END ACCIDENT IN THE VEHICLE. NISSAN SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF WHAT THEY HAVE PUT CONSUMERS THROUGH AND A MANDATORY RECALL SHOULD HAPPEN. THIS IS A SAFETY RISK TO EVERYONE WHO DRIVES A NISSAN. *TR

FAULTY TRANSMISSION COOLER SYSTEM - NISSAN PATHFINDER 2006 HAS FAULTY TRANSMISSION COOLING SYSTEM THAT CONNECTS TO RADIATOR. NISSAN PRODUCT/DESIGN FAILED AND CREATED CROSS CONTAMINATION OF ANTIFREEZE & TRANSMISSION FLUID. THIS FAULTY PRODUCT DESIGN POSES SERIOUS SAFETY RISKS TO MY FAMILY AND OTHERS (JUST SEARCH ON THE INTERNET & YOU'LL SEE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS/CLAIMS & CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT). THIS ISSUE CAN CAUSE SUDDEN STOPS AND ENGINE FAILURE. MY PATHFINDER STARTED RUNNING HOT AND THAT WAS FIRST INDICATION THERE WAS A PROBLEM. MECHANIC SAID TRANSMISSION FLUID HAD LEAKED INTO THE RADIATOR AND RADIATOR FLUID LEAKED INTO TRANSMISSION. WE HAD TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR, THERMOSTAT & FLUSHED TRANSMISSION 4 TIMES (VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR). THIS JUST HAPPENED AND UNCERTAIN IF TRANSMISSION WILL CAUSE PROBLEMS AND REQUIRE REPLACEMENT. WE HAVE KEPT REGULAR MAINTENANCE AND USED EXTENDED LIFE/SYNTHETIC PRODUCTS TO HELP KEEP THE ENGINE & TRANSMISSION WELL LUBED. *NOTE: WE DIDN'T QUALIFY FOR NISSAN RECALL & CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT DUE TO MILEAGE OF VEHICLE. BASED ON NISSAN'S EXCLUSION TERMS, WE WON'T BUY ANOTHER NISSAN PRODUCT. *TR

TRANSMISSION: HAVING PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION - IT WILL NOT GO ON REVERSE. RESEARCHING ON THE INTERNET I FOUND THAT THIS IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. THE RADIATOR WOULD CRACK CAUSING THE COOLANT TO MIX WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. *TR

AS MY WIFE AND I WITH OUR 5 CHILDREN WERE ON OUR WAY TO CHURCH, DRIVING AT 45MPH THE CAR STARTED JERKING DROPPING AT 20MPH WITH TRAFFIC BEHIND US ON A TWO WAY HIGHWAY WE HAD TO PULL OVER ON A DIRT EMBANKMENT. WE TOOK THE CAR TO NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND THE SERVICE REP ESTIMATED THE COST OF $9,000. PROBLEM IN RADIATOR CRACK LINE INSIDE TRANSMISSION FLUID COOLER. ANTIFREEZE LEAK INTO TRANSMISSION CAUSING DAMAGE. *TR

ON AUGUST 19TH WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN I NOTICED WHAT APPEARED TO SMOKE COMING FROM MY ENGINE AND NOTICED MY TEMPERATURE GAUGE READING THAT IT WAS OVERHEATING. I PULLED OVER ON THE SHOULDER AND OBSERVED, WHAT I NOW KNOW WAS, COOLANT VAPORIZING FROM MY ENGINE. AT THIS TIME ALL THE MECHANICS I CALLED WHERE WRAPPING UP FOR THE DAY, SO I HAD IT TOWED AND TAKEN TO A LOCAL NISSAN SERVICE THE NEXT MORNING. AFTER PAYING $49.95 FOR THE INSPECTION THE SERVICE CENTER INFORMED ME THAT THE RADIATOR FAILED MIXED COOLANT IN THE TRANSMISSION FLUID KILLING MY TRANSMISSION AS WELL. THEY GAVE ME AN ESTIMATE OF $5,901, $6,373.08 AFTER TAXES, TO FIX THE DAMAGES. I REMEMBERED BEING SENT A NOTICE OF A RADIATOR RECALL, THAT I WAS TOLD DIDN'T CONCERN MY VEHICLE WHEN I BROUGHT IT IN, SO I ASKED ABOUT IT. I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS A CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST NISSAN FOR THIS ISSUE AND THEY EXTENDED THE YEARS/MILEAGE ON THE WARRANTY AND I SHOULD CALL THEIR 800 NUMBER. I CALLED THE NUMBER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE RECALL DIDN'T EFFECT MY VIN# AND THAT MY MILEAGE WAS OUTSIDE OF THE EXTENSION. I WASN'T PREPARED FOR $6K IN ADDITIONAL EXPENSES SO I STARTED LOOKING AROUND FOR A MORE AFFORDABLE PRICE. I ENDED UP FINDING A SHOP THAT WAS ABLE TO DO THE WORK FOR $2,784, AND DURING THE PRICE SHOPPING AND REPAIRS I SPENT $495.72 ON A RENTAL TO GET AROUND. DURING THIS ORDEAL I BOTH ASKED THE MECHANIC WHO ASSESSED MY VEHICLE AND GOOGLE THE ISSUE ON THE INTERNET. BOTH SHOWED THAT I WAS EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUE THAT MY VIN WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE EFFECTED BY, AND THAT IT WAS A COMMON ISSUE FOR MY MODEL. BOTH SOURCES ALSO INFORMED ME THAT THE SITUATION WAS A TICKING TIME BOMB THAT NOTHING SHORT OF COOLANT SYSTEM WORK AROUND OR REPLACING NISSAN'S DEFECTIVE RADIATOR WOULD STOP IT FROM OCCURRING. *TR

I BROUGHT MY 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER TO A LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP TO CHECK OUT A COMPLETELY UNRELATED ISSUE WHEN I WAS MADE AWARE THAT MY CAR HAD THE PROBLEM OF A CRACKED RADIATOR THAT CONTAMINATES THE TRANSMISSION FLUID THAT COULD LEAD TO MAJOR PROBLEMS IF NOT CORRECTED. SINCE I HAVE LESS THAN 90,000 MILES, I'D HAVE TO PAY A CO-PAY OF $2500 OUT OF POCKET. EVIDENTLY THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS ISSUE, ALTHOUGH THERE SHOULD CERTAINLY BE ONE SINCE THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MANY OTHER CARS AND SHOULDN'T BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CONSUMER TO PAY FOR AN ISSUE THAT IS CLEARLY A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. I PERSONALLY AM NOT IN A POSITION TO SIMPLY DUMP $2500 INTO A VEHICLE AND THIS MAKES THIS PROBLEM EVEN MORE DIFFICULT AND HARD TO ACCEPT. SOMETHING ABSOLUTELY NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS. *TR