2013 NISSAN PATHFINDER Complaints

TURNING INTO PARKING SPACE AT MCDONALDS. FOOT ON BRAKES, SHIFT LEVER IN DRIVE, ENGINE SPEED AT IDLE. A BRIGHT RED FLASHING "EMERGENCY" LIGHT APPEARED INSIDE THE SPEEDOMETER RING AT THE NINE O'CLOCK POSITION. SIMULTANEOUSLY ACCOMPANIED BY A COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE. THIS LIGHT IS NOT MENTIONED IN THE OPERATORS MANUAL. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE PORT CHARLOTTE FL DEALER AND CHECKED OUT PERFECTLY. THEIR MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THIS LIGHT--IT IS NOT IN THEIR MAINTENANCE MANUAL. I HAVE THREE EYE WITNESSES INSIDE THE CAR AT THE TIME. A LARGE SUV WITH NO BRAKES! WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG? *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING AT AN INCLINE OR AT A STOP BEFORE ACCESSING A HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE RUBBER AND THE ROOF RACKS DETERIORATED CAUSING THE RUBBER TO PARTIALLY DETACH. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 33,000.

MY 2013 NISSAN PATHFINDER HAS BEEN IN THE NISSAN SERVICE DEPT FOR A TOTAL OF 38+ DAYS (5 VISITS TO THE SERVICE DEPT WITH VARRYING LENGHTS OF STAY). THE VEHICLE IS STILL CURRENTLY WITH THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS, THAT'S WHY I SAY 38+ DAYS. THE PASSENGER AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON WHEN I SIT IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR NEARLY A YEAR. DURING THIS YEAR I WAS PREGNANT AND MY WEIGHT WENT UP TO 192 POUNDS. I CURRENTLY WEIGH AROUND 155 POUNDS AND THE PASSENGER AIRBAG LIGHT STILL CONTINUES TO TURN ON. A SPECIALIST CAME OUT FROM NISSAN USA YESTERDAY AND TOLD MY HUSBAND THEY HAVE EXHAUSTED ALL OPTIONS IN REGARDS TO REPAIRING THE PASSENGER AIR BAGS. WE ARE COMPLETELY FRUSTRATED AS NISSAN IS UNABLE TO HELP US OUT, BUT WE HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS THAT OUR SUV IS UNSAFE. ANOTHER NOTE: WE HAVE PHOTOS AND VIDEO OF THE LIGHT GOING ON WHILE I'M SITTING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG FAILED TO DETECT THAT THE SEAT WAS OCCUPIED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE AIR BAG SYSTEM WAS CHECKED AND UPGRADED BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE DEALER INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS FUNCTIONING AS DESIGNED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V138000 (AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 27,000.

WE NOTICED EARLY AFTER PURCHASE OF OUR 2013 NISSAN PATHFINDER THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DISABLE LIGHT WOULD COME ON WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS SOMEONE SITTING IN THAT SEAT. BROUGHT TO DEALERSHIP AND NOT MUCH HELP. REPROGRAM AND THE SAME ISSUE APPEARED IN JUST A FEW DAYS. MONTHS LATER NISSAN ISSUED A RECALL FOR PROGRAMMING. THIS STILL DID NOT CHANGE THE PROBLEM. DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE ENTIRE SEAT AT NO COST TO MYSELF. LIGHT STILL COMES ON WHEN SOMEONE IS SITTING IN SEAT AT RANDOM TIMES OR NO ONE IS THE SEAT. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET HURT WITHOUT THE AIRBAG DEPLOYING CORRECTLY. AND HOW DO WE KNOW IT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO WORK? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V069000 (AIR BAGS) AND REPAIRED. A YEAR LATER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO RESET THE CODE; HOWEVER, THE AIR BAG WARNING LAMP CAME BACK ON INDICATING THAT THE AIR BAG WAS OFF WHILE A PASSENGER WAS IN THE SEAT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR FURTHER INSPECTION AND DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V138000 (AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,000.

THIS VEHICLE WAS PART OF A SAFETY RECALL BY NISSAN FOR THE FRONT PASSENGER AIRBAG OR OCS NOT CORRECTLY IDENTIFYING THE OCCUPANT. IN JUNE 2014 I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO STATELINE NISSAN, KANSAS CITY, MO AND THEY COMPLETED THE RECALL ACTIVITY, HOWEVER, WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, I NOTED THAT THE WARNING LIGHT ON THE FRONT PASSENGER AIRBAG SYSTEM WAS STAYING ACTIVATED WHEN AN ADULT WAS SITTING IN THE SEAT. I TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO STATELINE NISSAN IN OCT 2014 AND AFTER RUNNING THE DIAGNOSTICS, THEY STATED THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG. THEY ADVISED TO MAKE SURE THE FRONT ADULT PASSENGER WAS SITTING STRAIGHT AND NOT LEANING OFF CENTER. I HAVE SINCE NOTED THE WARNING LIGHT WILL PERIODICALLY STAY ON WHEN EITHER AN ADULT IS IN THE SEAT, OR EVEN WHEN NO ONE IS SEATED. I AGAIN CALLED STATELINE NISSAN ON 3/23/15 AFTER READING AN ARTICLE CONCERNING CONTINUED ISSUES WITH THE OCS STILL MALFUNCTIONING AND THE NHTSA RECEIVING COMPLAINT. I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO AS THIS WAS NO LONGER AN AUTHORIZED ACTIVITY FROM NISSAN, BUT TO BRING IN THE VEHICLE WHEN THE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. PLEASE INCLUDE THIS COMPLAINT WITH THE OTHERS. *TR

MY VEHICLE WAS RECALLED BY NISSAN FOR THE AIRBAG SENSOR FAILING TO RECOGNIZE WHEN THERE IS A PASSENGER OCCUPYING THE PASSENGER SEAT, THE RECALL WAS SUPPOSED TO FIX THE ERROR IN THE SENSOR. HOWEVER, AFTER THEY "FIXED THE PROBLEM," THE SENSOR CONTINUES TO INDICATE THERE IS NO PASSENGER IN THE PASSENGER SEAT WHILE OCCUPIED, AND THE AIR BAG IS NOT TURNED ON. WHEN I INQUIRED ABOUT THIS THE MOST RECENT TIME THE VEHICLE WAS IN FOR SERVICE AT THE DEALERSHIP (NISSAN OF OMAHA), THEY TOLD ME THAT THE PROBLEM HAD BEEN FIXED, AND EVEN IF IT INDICATES THE AIRBAG IS TURNED OFF, IT IS ACTUALLY ON. NOT ONLY DID THEY FAIL TO FIX THIS SAFETY PROBLEM, BUT THEY ALSO LIED ABOUT IT WORKING! THIS IS VERY DECEITFUL, AND COULD BE A MAJOR LIABILITY ISSUE AND LAWSUIT DOWN THE ROAD. *TR

INDICATOR LIGHT FOR PASSENGER FRONT AIR BAG INTERMITTENTLY WOULD SAY THAT IT IS OFF WHEN MY WIFE (141 LBS.) SITS IN THE SEAT. WHEN WE WENT TO CURRY NISSAN, 765 MEMORIAL DRIVE, CHICOPEE, MA 01020, THE DEALER WE WERE TOLD THERE WAS NO ASSIGNED WEIGHT FOR THE SENSOR AND SHE SHOULD EAT MORE FOR LUNCH TO GAIN SOME WEIGHT. WE WENT ROUND AND ROUND FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS UNTIL THEY SAID THERE WAS A FIX WHICH THEY DID BUT THE PROBLEM WAS STILL THERE. THEN WE WERE TOLD TO WAIT A FEW WEEKS AND THE WOULD HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THE SITUATION. WHEN I WENT BACK THEY PUT A WEIGHT ON THE FRONT SEAT AND SAID THE SWITCH WAS WORKING FINE. A FEW DAYS LATER WHEN MY WIFE GOT IN THE VEHICLE AGAIN THE LIGHT INDICATED THAT THE AIR BAG WAS OFF. AFTER A LITTLE OVER 2 YEARS OF ALWAYS BEING AFRAID THAT IF WE EVER HAVE A CRASH WHERE THE FRONT AIR BAG SHOULD DEPLOY AND DOES NOT WE WOULD NOT BE HAPPY WITH THE END RESULTS OF HAVING THIS DEFECT IN THE VEHICLE. TODAY WE SAW A REPORT ON COMPLAINTS FILED BY OTHERS ABOUT THIS SAME ISSUE AND WANTED TO PUT OUR INFORMATION INTO THE COMPLAINT. *TR

AT TIMES THE PASSENGER AIR BAG STATUS LIGHT STAYS ON, INDICATING THE AIR BAG IS TURNED OFF EVEN THOUGH AN ADULT IS SITTING IN THE SEAT, THIS CONTINUES AFTER 2 YEARS AND MANY TRIPS TO THE DEALER FOR ZERO THE SYSTEM (2 TIMES), REPLACE SENSORS, TORQUE SENSORS, REPLACE CONTROLLER, UPDATE SOFTWARE (2X) AND A PHONE COMPLAINT TO NISSAN. THIS HAPPENS WHEN I START CAR WHEN WIFE IS GETTING IN THE CAR. WHILE IT IS UNDERSTANDABLE A FALSE READING WILL OCCUR SINCE WEIGHT IS CHANGING AS IT IS SAMPLED, MY ISSUE IS THAT THE FAULT DOES NOT CLEAR FOR 25 TO 30 MINUTES BEFORE THE PROPER WEIGHT IS SENSED. . WHEN WE NOTICE THE WARNING LIGHT I STOP AND TURN THE CAR OFF AND THEN BACK ON "FIXING" THE ISSUE. BUT THE WARNING LIGHT IS HARD TO SEE IF SUN IS SHINING ON THE DASH BOARD AND AT TIMES WE HAVE ALREADY ENTERED A FREEWAY WITH NO GOOD PLACE TO PULL OVER. *TR