1996 NISSAN PATHFINDER Complaints

INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE WILL NOT START. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK THE STARTER AND THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS REPLACED BUT THE PROBLEM REMAINED THE SAME. THE ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO FIND THE PROBLEM. THE GAS PEDAL WOULD STICK INTERMITTENTLY AND JOLT FORWARD. *SC

MY PROBLEM IS THAT I HAVE A 1996 NISSAN PATHFINDER AND WHEN RIDING OVER 60 MPH I START TO LOSE CONTROL OF MY CAR BECAUSE IT FEELS AS MY CAR WANTS TO TILT OVER. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE HAS BEEN OTHER COMPLAINS ABOUT THIS BUT THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING TO ME FOR THE PAST 4 MONTHS HERE AND THERE.. NOT ALL THE TIME. I HAVE TAKEN CONTROL ON THE CAR BY SLOWLY PRESSING ON THE BREAK AND STARTING UP AGAIN. I WILL BE TAKING MY CAR NEXT WEEK TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP SINCE IT'S STARTING TO GET WORSE. MY FATHER IS A MECHANIC AND HAS BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY CAR FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS AND HE FINALLY TOLD ME TO JUST TAKE IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SHOULD BE KNOW. *AK

B&J TIRES AND WHEELS SOLD ME A TIRE THAT WAS OVER TEN YEARS OLD AND THE HAD BEEN DISCONTINUED BY THE MANUFACTURER AFTER THE RECALL OF THE FIRESTONE TIRES. *AK

BOTH REAR DOOR LATCHES ARE NOT WORKING. ONE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM EITHER INSIDE OR OUTSIDE SINCE JAN. OF 2004, NOW THE OTHER DOOR WON'T OPEN (AUG. 04). I DO NOT HAVE CHILDREN AND VERY RARELY USE THE REAR DOORS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 56 MPH VEHICLE WENT OVER A DIP IN THE ROAD AND LOST CONTROL, AND ROLLED OVER THREE TIMES, EJECTING THE DRIVER FROM THE VEHICLE. AS A RESULT, DRIVER DIED AT THE SCENE. *AK

WHILE STEPPING ONTO THE DRIVER SIDE RUNNING BOARD IT SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PICK UP THE RUNNING BOARD, PLACE IT INSIDE VEHICLE, AND DRIVE TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT RUNNING BOARD WAS RUSTED. *AK

CLUTCH STICKING - SUV TOWED TO DEALER - CLUTCH FLUID REPLACED AS POSSIBLE PROBLEM, HOWEVER, A WEEK LATER CLUTCH STARTED STICKING AGAIN WHEN DEPRESSED - DROVE SUV TO DEALER - THEY KEPT OVERNIGHT AND SAID THEY COULD NOT REPRODUCE PROBLEM - PICKED-UP SUV AT DEALER STARTED IT NEXT MORNING AND CLUTCH WAS STICKING AGAIN.

PASSENGER'S SIDE RUNNING BOARD BRACKET RUSTED AND COULD FALL APART. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS. WHEN PLACING VEHICLE INTO GEAR MUST APPLY PRESSURE TO ACCELERATOR TO RELEASE IT. SUBSEQUENTLY, IT RELEASES SUDDENLY IN A WAY WHICH CAUSES SUDDEN ACCELERATION. ALSO VEHICLE SHAKES WHILE DRIVING . DEALER HAS REPLACED BALL JOINTS, BUT PROBLEM. STILL EXISTS. *AK

THIS CAR IS A 1996 NISSAN PATHFINDER WITH A SLEW OF PROBLEMS RANGING FROM: TICKING GAS, AND BRAKE PEDAL, STEERING WHEEL SHAKES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS/ VIBRATING, HEAT SHIELD, UNEVEN WEAR OF TIRE,LEAKING SUNROOF. *AK