1996 NISSAN PATHFINDER Complaints

DANGER VEHICLE ROCKS VIOLENTLY AFTER HITTING A BUMP. FRONT STRUTS CHANGED 3 TIMES (ONLY 128000 MILES ON SUV). BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT EXHAUST MANIFOLD WERE CRACKED AND REPLACED BEFORE 100000 MILES.*AK

WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40MPH WHEN FRONT WHEEL SHIFTED TO LEFT. STRUT BAR HAD SNAPPED ON DRIVER'S SIDE. IT ALMOST SEPARATED FROM AXLE. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC GAVE NO INDICATION OF CAUSE OF BREAKAGE. CLAIMED WEAR AND TEAR USAGE. *AK *SLC

CONSUMER STATES ODOMETER WOULD ROLL, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO A GARAGE AND WAS ADVISED IT LOOKED LIKE SOMEONE HAD ROLLED IT BACK, POSSIBLE ODOMETER FRAUD. *JB

ALL 8 REAR BUSHINGS HAVE FAILED. IT WAS FIRST DIAGNOSED BY LITHIA NISSAN. WE HAD TWO SECOND OPINIONS DONE BY OUTSIDE MECHANICS, WHO BOTH FELT THAT THE RUBBER INSIDE HAD TURNED INTO LIQUID AND RAN OUT. YOU COULD SEE THE RUBBER HANGING DOWN IN STRANDS. BOTH MECHANICS FELT THAT IT WAS A FAULTY PART AND THE DAMAGE WAS NOT FROM WEAR AND TEAR. NISSAN WILL NOT RECOGNIZE IT AS A FACTORY DEFECT AND OFFERS NO WARRANTY. THE WHOLE HIND END OF MY PATHFINDER FISHTAILS AROUND, THE HIND END HAS NOTHING TO KEEP THE REAR WHEELS SQUARE. I AM UNABLE TO DRIVE IT, UNTIL THE PARTS ARE REPLACED, WHICH I AM IN THE MIDDLE OF FIGHTING WITH THEM ABOUT. (I WAS ORIGINALLY TOLD MY PROBLEM WAS THE SHOCKS AND STRUTS SO I REPLACED THEM FIRST). *AK

WHILE EXITING HIGHWAY STEERING WHEEL WENT ONE WAY AND TIRES WENT OTHER WAY. CONSUMER SAID STEERING ROD WAS STRIPPED.*AK

INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT AND DIE WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR CORRECT PROBLEM.*AK

TRUCK WILL NOT START AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND COLD TEMPERATURE, THEREFORE LEAVING YOU STRANDED IN COLD WEATHER. NISSAN IS AWARE OF DEFECT. *AK

VEHICLE FAILS TO START AT LOW TEMPERATURES/ HIGH ALTITUTE UPON COLD STARTUP. VERY DANGEROUS IN REMOTE AREAS OF COLORADO IN THE WINTER AS TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO DROP. *AK

RECALL 96V034000/ STEERING GEAR BOX. DEALER CANNOT PROVIDE PARTS FOR RECALL FOR 3 MONTHS. *AK

PE00 -020; CONSUME RWAS TRAVELING ABOUT 60MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A POPPY NOISE. SHE WAS LOOKING THROUGH SIDEVIEW MIRROR AND A SAW DUST FROM T BLOWEN TIRE. SHE LOST CONTROL, AND VEHICLE WENT INTO GUARDRAIL. REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. ALSO, THE FRONT TIRE BLEWOUT. FIRESTONE, FIREHAWK, P23570R15. AIRBAGS DID DEPLOY, AND THERE WERE MINOR INJURIES.*AK