2013 NISSAN PATHFINDER Complaints

2013 NISSAN PATHFINDER. VEHICLE HAS REPEATED PROBLEMS OF THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG. *TA THE CONSUMER STATED IN JUNE 2014, HE RECEIVED A RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE R1405 TO REPROGRAM THE SOFTWARE. THE REPROGRAMMING WAS COMPLETE, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM SO HE HAD TO RETURN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR ANOTHER REPROGRAM, BUT TO NO AVAIL. ON DECEMBER 1, 2014, THE CONSUMER RETURNED TO THE DEALER SO THEY COULD REPLACE THE SEAT SENSORS TO ELIMINATE THE PROBLEM WHICH DID NOT FIX THE ISSUE. THE DEALER CLAIMED IT MIGHT BE A CONTROLLER THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONSUMER NOT TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE, UNTIL THE ISSUE WAS RESOLVED. *JB

LEFT FRONT INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE BROKE OFF. YOU CANNOT GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THE POWER WINDOW HAS TO BE PUT DOWN, THEN YOU HAVE TO UNLOCK THE DOOR, THEN REACH OUTSIDE THE CAR TO USE THE EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLE TO GET OUT. *TR

I PURCHASED THIS CAR IN MARCH 2014. IT WAS A USED PLATINUM PATHFINDER WITH 4900 MILES ON IT. WITHIN MONTHS, I NOTICED A VIOLENT SHAKING WHEN TRAVELING AT LOW SPEEDS. I TOOK IT IN OCTOBER 30, 2014 TO GET THE SHUDDER FIXED. I WAS TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG, ITS JUST HOW THE CVT WORKS. SO, I LEFT. ON JANUARY 22,2015, THE CAR LOST POWER AS I WAS CROSSING INTO TRAFFIC ON A 4 LANE ROAD. THIS NEARLY RESULTED IN ME AND MY CHILDREN BEING TBONED BY A UHAUL. THANKFULLY THEY WERE ABLE TO STOP IN TIME. IT HAPPENED ONE MORE TIME ON THE WAY HOME THAT DAY AS I PULLED OFF FROM A STOP LIGHT. THE CAR GETS TO ABOUT 20 MPH AND NOTHING. I IMMEDIATELY CALL JERRY ROME NISSAN AND TOLD THEM I WANTED A RENTAL AND THEY NEEDED TO FIX MY CAR. I AGREED TO BRING IT IN THE FOLLOWING WEEK. IN THE MEANTIME, THE POWER LOSS CONTINUED TO HAPPEN. AFTER TAKING THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP, A MASTER MECHANIC TOOK A RIDE WITH ME AND I COULD NOT GET THE CAR TO DO IT. THEY HOOKED THE CAR UP TO THE COMPUTER AND GOT NO CODES...AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE SO THERE IS NOTHING WRONG. I HAVE SPENT THE PAST WEEK RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE AND I'M SURE YOU ARE AWARE, THIS IS A WIDESPREAD, VERY SERIOUS ISSUE WITH THESE CARS. NISSAN IS NEGLIGENT IN CONTINUING TO SELL THESE CARS KNOWING THE CVT IS TOO SMALL FOR THIS VEHICLE. I CONTACTED NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO. THEN I GET A CALL TODAY FROM JERRY ROME STATING THAT THEY HAVE A SERVICE BULLETIN ABOUT THIS CAR SO THEY'LL BE REPROGRAMMING THE TRANSMISSION. I RESEARCHED THAT AND THE BULLETIN THEY'RE SPEAKING OF CAME OUT NOV. 2014. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT EVERYONE KNOW THE SCAM THEY'RE RUNNING. THIS IS CORPORATE GREED AT IT'S FINEST. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOME POOR FAMILY GETS CRUSHED GETTING ON A HIGHWAY. MAYBE THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE WAITING FOR. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY 2013 PATHFINDER AT SLOW SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WOULD LOSE POWER AND NOT ACCELERATE. IT HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 10+ TIMES IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS. THE LATEST TIME I WAS MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN YIELDING TO ON COMING TRAFFIC. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE PATHFINDER WAS MOVING ABOUT 5-10 MPH. THE ONCOMING VEHICLE APPROACHING HAD TO SLAM ON THEIR BRAKES SO THEY DIDN'T HIT US (I HAD 6 KIDS IN THE CAR). THE PATHFINDER THEN KICKED IN AND STALLED AT THE FOLLOWING LIGHT AROUND 1/4 MILE DOWN THE ROAD. IT IS INTERMITTENT AND HASN'T HAPPENED SINCE. PATHFINDER IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER AND THEY SAY THAT THEY HAVE IT FIXED BY A BRAKE SWITCH REPLACEMENT. THE REGIONAL CONSUMER SPECIALIST FROM NISSAN NA ASSIGNED TO US STATED HE WAS NOT AWARE OF ANY ACCELERATION PROBLEMS AT ALL IN PATHFINDERS. *TR

WHEN I FIRST PURCHASED THE VEHICLE MY HUSBAND IMMEDIATELY BEGAN SAYING SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION THE PROBLEM GOT WORSE AS TIME WENT BY. TAKING OFF FROM A STOPPED POSITION IT WOULD STALL BEFORE TAKING OFF. THEN IT STARTED SHUTTERING AFTER TAKE OFF. THEN ESCALATED TO SHUTTERING WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 20-30 USUALLY WHEN I WAS IN THE SCHOOL ZONE TAKING MY KIDS TO SCHOOL. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS NISSAN FINALLY DECIDED TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. I HAVE A BABY AS WELL AS TWO OTHER CHILDREN THAT ARE IN THIS VEHICLE EVERYDAY. ONCE THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED IT STARTED HAVING A PROBLEM AT ANY SPEED WHERE IT FELT LIKE THE MOTOR WAS GOING TO JUMP OUT OF THE VEHICLE WHICH JERKED MY CHILDREN AND SCARED THEM. I M ALSO NOTICING MORE AND MORE PROBLEMS WITH IT NOT WANTING TO GO INTO GEAR. I HAVE ALSO HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE BACK HATCH COMING OPEN AT VARIOUS TIMES FOR NO REASON. ONE DAY I WALKED OUT OF WORK TO FIND THAT IT WAS OPEN THE DOORS TO THE VEHICLE WERE STILL LOCKED. ON ANOTHER OCCASION I FOUND THE BACK HATCH OPEN AND IT HAD RAINED ALL NIGHT AND THE NEIGHBOR STRAYS HAD SLEPT IN MY VEHICLE ALL NIGHT AGAIN THE DOORS WERE LOCKED. NO ONE HAD TOUCHED MY KEYS SO NO REASON FOR HOW IT KEEPS MYSTERIOUSLY COMING OPEN. THE PREVIOUS PATHFINDER I HAD WOULD LET DOWN THE FRONT WINDOWS AT VARIOUS TIMES FOR NO REASON. SAID IT WAS A SAFETY FEATURE...DIDN'T SEEM VERY SAFE TO ME TO COME OUT OF A STORE TO FIND MY WINDOWS DOWN. UNFORTUNATELY CANT TRADE IT IN BECAUSE I WOULD BE TOO UPSIDE DOWN. I KNOW IT WILL COST A LOT TO RECALL AND FIX ALL OF THESE BUT HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO THE COST OF PEOPLES LIVES. HEADED TO NISSAN AGAIN SATURDAY TO SEE WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION THIS TIME. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS STRUCK ON THE REAR DRIVER SIDE BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE SPUN AROUND INTO THE GRASS FACING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT WAS INJURED AND RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,891.

ON SLOW ROAD COASTING BETWEEN 15-20MPH, THE VEHICLE HESITATED AND SHAKED FOR AROUND 3 SECONDS UNTIL ACCELERATED ABOVE 20 MPH. ON DEC 17, MADE THE SAME IN ANOTHER ROAD, SAME MPH. YESTERDAY 12/30 DID IT AGAIN. IN ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ON THE DEALER, 12/26 INFORMED ABOUT THE TWO (2) FIRST EVENTS. THEY RECORDED IT ON THE JOB; THEY NEED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE MORE TIME IN ORDER TO REPRODUCE. IMO AT THIS TIME, WITH SO MANY OWNERS COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS SAME PROGRESSIVE DEFECT, IS NO NEED TO LEAVE A VEHICLE DAYS (AND OTHERS PUTTING MILEAGE ON IT) TO REPRODUCE THIS RANDOM PROBLEM IN ADDITION OF THE INCONVENIENCE OF BEING WITHOUT TRANSPORTATION. *JS

2013 NISSAN PATHFINDER HESITATED (SHUDDER) WHEN I ACCELERATED THE VEHICLE FROM A STANDSTILL IN TRAFFIC ON THE FREEWAY. THE VEHICLE DID NOT MOVE FOR ABOUT 2-3 SECONDS. IT SOUNDED LIKE THE VEHICLES POWER JUST SHUT OFF. AFTER 2-3 SECONDS, THE VEHICLE THEN ACCELERATED. THIS HAPPENS EVERY SO OFTEN FROM A STANDSTILL/PAUSE AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT OR IN TRAFFIC. I HAVE ADDRESSED THE PROBLEM TO MY NISSAN SERVICE DEALER. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER FOR SERVICE. I TURNED THE VEHICLE IN TO THE DEALER ON 12/30/14 DUE TO AN "IKEY ERROR CODE" ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT THE BODY CONTROL MODULE UNIT HAD TO BE REPLACED. TOO MANY ISSUES WITH THIS VEHICLE. LUCKILY I STILL HAVE WARRANTY. DO SOMETHING BEFORE SOMETHING MAJOR HAPPENS. *JS

2013 NISSAN PATHFINDER WILL HESITATE (SHUDDER) WHEN SHIFTING FROM FIRST GEAR TO SECOND GEAR WHILE GOING APROX 20MPH. I HAVE ADDRESSED THE PROBLEM TO MY NISSAN SERVICE DEALER AND THEY GIVE ME THE CAN NOT DUPLICATE ISSUE, NO CHECK ENGINE LITE CODE. NOTHING THEY CAN DO. TODAY 12/30/14 GOING REAL SLOW BEHIND ANOTHER CAR APROX 20MPH THE PATHFINDER IS SHUDDERING AND BANGING LIKE CRAZY, AND LOSS OF POWER. PLEASE NISSAN CO. DO SOMETHING BEFORE SOMETHING MAJOR HAPPENS BEFORE YOU ADDRESS THE PROBLEM. *JS

WHILE TRAVELING AT HWY SPEEDS (65 - 80MPH) THE HOOD VIBRATES AND MOVES EXCESSIVELY IN THE AIR STREAM. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ABOUT TO POP OFF AND CRASH INTO THE WINDSHIELD. MY CONCERN IS FATIGUE CAUSED FROM THE MOVEMENT WILL EVENTUALLY CAUSE THE HOOD TO FLY UP CAUSING AN ACCIDENT OR EVEN BLOWING OFF. *TR