2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER Complaints

VEHICLE (2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER) GOING APPROXIMATELY 55MPH ON INTERSTATE BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS AFTER BEING SWITCHED INTO FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SWITCH OUT OF 4 WHEEL DRIVE THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SWITCH BACK TO 2X2. AFTER PARKING, TURNING OFF THE VEHICLE AND TURNING BACK UP, UPON SWITCHING IN TO REVERSE THE CAR THUMPED AND SWITCHED, THE IMPACT OF THE THUMB CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATED IN REVERSE AT HIGHER THAN CONTROLLABLE SPEED, THUS CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CRASH IN THE OBJECTS BEHIND. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED INTO AN AUTO DEALER. AFTER INSPECTION IS WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE COOLANT TUBE HAD LEAKED, CAUSING TRANSMISSION/RADIATOR FLUID TO LEAK. I WAS INFORMED THAT IF THE COMPLICATIONS FROM THE LEAKAGE HAVE OCCURRED EARLIER, IT WAS MORE THAN LIKELY, HIGHLY FEASIBLE, THAT I WOULD HAVE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE COMBINATION OF THE INABILITY TO GET THE 4X4 TO LOCK AND CHANGE, ALONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, COMPOUNDED BY THE RECENT ENGINE PROBLEMS (WHICH I WAS JUST INFORMED OF) COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL, NOT JUST FOR ALL PASSENGERS IN MY VEHICLE, BUT ALL THOSE AROUND ME ON THE INTERSTATE. NISSAN NEEDS TO HAVE A COMPLETE RECALL OF ALL OF THESE TRANSMISSIONS. *TR

2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO RECALL NOTICE CONCERNING FUEL SENDING UNIT *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED ON JANUARY 9, 2009, HE HAD TO HAVE THE FUEL SENDING UNIT REPLACED AT A COST OF $ 425.95. IN JULY 2010, THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FROM NISSAN STATING A RECALL HAD BEEN ISSUED REGARDING THE FUEL SENDING UNIT. ONLY JULY 15, 2010, THE FUEL SENDING UNIT WAS REPLACED. HOWEVER, THE UNIT NEVER WORKED PROPERLY. ON OCTOBER 28, 2010, THE CONSUMER TOOK HIS VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER AND THE UNIT WAS SUPPOSEDLY REPLACED. HOWEVER, HE CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS. AFTER SEVERAL VISITS TO THE DEALER, THEY INFORMED THE CONSUMER THE FUEL TANK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONSUMER STATED HE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR A FUEL TANK AND FUEL SENDING UNIT SINCE BOTH WERE MANUFACTURED OUT OF SPECIFICATION. THE CONSUMER STATED HE NEVER KNEW IF HE HAD GAS IN THE VEHICLE. *JB

ABOUT 10,000 MILES AGO I NOTICED A VIBRATION AT 40 AND 60MPH. I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL DEALER WHO REPLACED TWO U JOINTS AND SENT ME ON MY WAY. WELL, VIBRATION IS BACK, NOT ONLY THAT NOW THAT IT IS WINTER, MY VEHICLE WONT WARM UP FROM AN IDLE. IT NEVER BLOWS HOT AIR. THESE ARE A COUPLE OF SYMPTOMS THAT GOING FORWARD SHOW THE RADIATOR LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE GASKETS, SEALS,GEARS, TORQUE CONVERTER. PLEASE HELP THE RADIATOR OBVIOUSLY NEED REPLACING BUT NOT ONLY THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS MESSED UP AND STALLS OUT NOW FROM TIME TO TIME. IT IS REALLY EXPENSIVE TO REPLACE AND SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER A RECALL PROGRAM SO IT FORCES NISSAN TO RECALL JUST THE RADIATORS BEOFRE THEY START LEAKING. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED ON OUR NISSAN PATHFINDER. WE TAKE EXCELLENT CARE OF OUR VEHICLES. REGULAR OIL CHANGES, TRANSMISSION,FLUIDS. THIS CAR SHOULD NOT HAVE LOST THE TRANSMISSION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO JERK FORWARD AND BEGAN SHIFTING. THE FAILURE RECURRED AT SPEEDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED TO THE CONTACT THAT THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000.

RADIATOR FAILURE CAUSED TRANSMISSION FAILURE LEADING TO LURCHING AND DIFFICULTY HANDLING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL LEVEL GAUGE WAS INOPERABLE. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, BUT DENIED ANY ASSISTANCE WITH REPAIRS TO THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 26,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 115,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE FUEL GAUGE BECAME INOPERABLE. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THERE WAS A RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 10V075000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE: STORAGE: AUXILLARY TANK) BUT THE CONTACT'S VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,000.

I HAD NO IDEA THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD FAIL ON MY PATHFINDER, AFTER FINDING OUT THAT THOUSANDS OF PATHFINDER OWNERS EXPERIENCED THE SAME SAFETY ISSUE I AM CONCERNED. NISSAN TELLS ME THEY KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE RADIATOR AND WILL LEAK COOLANT INTO TRANSMISSION CAUSING THE FAILURE.IT WILL COST AROUND $ 5,000 TO REPAIR ,MONEY I DON'T HAVE. SOME ONE IS GOING TO GET HURT OR WORSE IF THIS FAILURE WAS TO CAUSE A CRASH. WHY HAS NISSAN NOT BEEN FORCED TO RECALL AND CORRECT THEIR FAULTY EQUIPMENT? *TR

MY BRAND NEW TIMING CHAIN FAILED, DESTROYING MY ENGINE AND COSTING ME OVER $8000 IN REPAIRS IN ADDITION TO THE COST OF THE TIMING CHAIN ($1100). *TR