2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER Complaints

CAR HAD BEEN EXPERIENCING EXCESSIVE JERKING AND VIBRATION. THE CAR HEATER STOPPED WORKING ONLY BLOWING OUT COLD AIR AND THE CAR BEGAN OVERHEATING. I TOOK IT INTO NISSAN ONLY TO FIND THEY HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THE TRANSMISSION TO ONLY 80,000 MILES, WHICH THE CAR DID NOT HAVE ANY ISSUES AT THAT TIME. I HAD TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR, TRANSMISSION, AND U-JOINT. BILL TO FIX CAR WAS ALMOST $3000.00 FOR A CAR THAT IS ONLY 7 YEARS OLD AND UNDER 100,000 MILES. *TR

DRIVING UP A HILL WITH MY KID IN THE CAR THE VEHICLE STALLED DUE THE TRANSMISSION STALLING FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER. YOU HAVE TO MAKE NISSAN RECALL THESE VEHICLES OR SEND A NOTICE TO EVERYONE THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS GOING TO FAIL DO NOT PUT YOUR KIDS IN THE UNSAFE VEHICLE. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL SOMEONE GETS KILLED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE FUEL GAUGE DISPLAYED AN INACCURATE READING AS THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AND DIAGNOSED WITH HAVING A FUEL LEVEL SENSOR FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 53,000.

MY HUSBAND WAS PICKING UP THE KIDS FROM SCHOOL, AND WHILE HE WAS DRIVING, THE CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING. THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING, BUT THE CAR WOULDN'T MOVE. *TR

DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND TRUCKS SHIFTS VIOLENTLY AND VIBRATES WERE YOU HAVE TO PULL OVER. *TR

THE VEHICLE HAD SOME SHIFTING AND HESITATION ISSUES WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, ESPECIALLY UPON ACCELERATING AFTER DECELERATING ABOUT 5 MPH AT HIGHWAY SPEED. I BROUGHT IT IN TO THE DEALER WHO SAID THE RADIATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO CROSS CONTAMINATION WITH THE TRANSMISSION. UPON THE DEALER REPLACING THE RADIATOR AND FLUSHING THE COOLING SYSTEM/TRANSMISSION, THEY CALLED AND SAID THAT THE VEHICLE IS NOW THROWING OFF CODES AND THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED REPLACEMENT. IN RESEARCHING THE ISSUE ONLINE, I NOTED THERE WAS AN OPEN INVESTIGATION AS WELL AS AND EXTENDED WARRANTY OFFERED BY NISSAN FOR THIS DEFECT. THE DEALER FAILED TO MENTION THIS, SO I FORWARDED THEM THE INFORMATION AND VISITED THEM TO DISCUSS THE DEFECT. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS A LOWER COST VALVE BODY SERVICE THEY COULD ATTEMPT, BUT IF THAT DID NOT WORK, I WOULD NEED THE FULL REPLACEMENT, SO THEREFORE THEY RECOMMENDED THE REPLACEMENT. THE VALVE BODY SERVICE WAS $1300 AND A NEW TRANSMISSION WAS $5300, SO IF THE SERVICE DID NOT WORK I WOULD BE LOOKING AT $6600 PLUS ANOTHER $350 FOR THE COOLING SYSTEM AND TRANSMISSION FLUSH THEY HAD ALREADY PERFORMED. THE VEHICLE HAS 109,000 MILES ON IT, SO IT IS OUTSIDE OF THE EXTENDED WARRANTY NISSAN ISSUED FOR THIS ISSUE. I DID TRY THEIR CUSTOMER CARE LINE TO ATTEMPT TO HAVE THEM COVER THE REPAIR SINCE IT IS ONLY 9000 MILES OUTSIDE THE WARRANTY, BUT THEY SAID THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. BASED ON THE COST OF THE REPAIR VERSUS THE VALUE OF THE VEHICLE, IT'S HARD TO JUSTIFY THE EXPENSE AND THEREFORE I CONSIDERED NOT REPAIRING THE TRANSMISSION. HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE IS USED BY MY WIFE TO DRIVE OUR KIDS AROUND, AND I CAN'T IMAGINE THE CONSEQUENCE OF NOT REPAIRING AND THEN HAVE A COMPLETE FAILURE LIKE SOME OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED WHILE DRIVING. IT'S EVIDENT THAT THIS IS A MAJOR QUALITY AND SAFETY ISSUE, AND THAT NISSAN SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE. *TR

CAR STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC GOING UP A HILL AND OVERHEATED AND HAD WHITE FOAM DRIPPING FROM THE ENGINE AND UNDERNEATH. THE COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION FLUID CROSS CONTAMINATED AND IT RUINED THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. I REPLACED THE RADIATOR AND HAD THE TRANSMISSION FLUSHED. CAR WORKED UNTIL 8-30-13, WHEN VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHUDDER, RPM GAUGE RAN TO 5000, VEHICLE HAD NO POWER ON A HIGHWAY CAUSING A POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUE. A CRASH COULD HAVE ENSUED. HAD CAR TOWED TO DEALER. THE TRANSMISSION IS OUT. NOW I AM FACED WITH A $3000 FEE/CO-PAY, FOR SOMETHING I DIDN'T CAUSE! NISSAN NEEDS HELD RESPONSIBLE. *JB

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON AND FUEL REGISTERED EMPTY ON THE DASH. SINCE THAT TIME FUEL GAUGE HAS NOT REGISTERED CORRECTLY GOING FROM FULL TO EMPTY AT SPORADIC TIME BUT WILL NEVER REGISTER LESS THAN 1/2 A TANK CAUSING ISSUES AS YOU NEVER NOW HOW MUCH FUEL YOU HAVE UNTIL YOU RUN OUT WHICH IS A SAFETY HAZARD. TOOK TO NISSAN THEY SAID IT WAS A FUEL GAUGE ISSUE AND IT WOULD BE OVER 500 TO FIX AS THEY HAD TO DROP THE TANK TO GET AT THE FUEL SENSOR. I WAS TOLD THERE WAS A RECALL DON'T KNOW WHY IT DIDN'T REGISTER AS OTHER PATHFINDERS HAVE THIS ISSUE . ALSO DON'T KNOW WHY A MILEAGE WARRANTY IS PUT ON THIS THEY SHOULD FIX THE ISSUE WITH THE FUEL TANK REGARDLESS AS IT SEEMS AS SOON AS THE VEHICLE HITS 70K IN MILEAGE THIS BREAKS ON THE VEHICLE. ALSO DON'T BELIEVE THEY INCLUDED ALL PATHFINDERS IN THIS WARRANTY AS I AM SURE THE DEALER WOULD HAVE REPLACED IT IF IT WAS A RECALL. *JB

UPON STOPPING AT A MAJOR INTERSECTION, CAR HAD LITTLE POWER. HAD GAS PEDAL COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR AND COULD ONLY GO 2 MPH. ALMOST REAR ENDED AND BARELY MADE THE TRAFFIC LIGHT. BOUGHT MY CAR USED IN MARCH2013 WAS NOT AWARE THEIR WAS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. NOW I HAVE TO PAY A DEDUCTIBLE OUT OF POCKET TO HAVE THE ISSUE FIXED. I HAVE TWO SMALL CHILDREN AND NOT FEARFUL OF THEIR SAFETY WHEN PUTTING THEM IN MY CAR. I CAN'T BELIEVE THERE HASN'T BEEN A SAFETY ISSUE FOUND ON THIS. SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE SERIOUSLY HURT AS PEOPLE CONTINUE TO FIND OUT ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH NISSAN, THE DEALER, AND OUR SAFETY DEPARTMENT. GUESS IT HAS TO TAKE SOMEONE LOSING THEIR LIFE BEFORE SOMETHING IS DONE. *JS

I AM FILING A COMPLAINT ABOUT A DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION. I HAD PURCHASED THE VEHICLE FOR TWO WEEKS, WHEN WITHOUT ANY WARNING, THE TRANSMISSION JUST STOPPED WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY. THIS VEHICLE HAS A HISTORY OF LIQUIDS FLOWING INTO THE TRANSMISSION, THUS CAUSING IT TO NEED TO BE REPLACED. HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS FROM PEOPLE THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED. I WILL NEVER PURCHASE A NISSAN PATHFINDER AGAIN IN LIFE. A TRANSMISSION IS A VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR, THAT I CAN NOT AFFORD. *TT