1996 NISSAN QUEST Complaints

COST WAS APPROXIMATELY $400-$500 DOLLARS TO REPLACE, SHOULD NOT HAVE FAILED, AS NO ACCIDENT WAS INVOLVED. DEALER SAID WE WERE OUT OF WARRANTY DUE TO MILEAGE. BUT THIS WAS NOT A MOVING PART AND SHOULD NOT HAVE FAILED OR SHOULD BE COVERED FOR MOR THAN STANDARD WARRANTY ON VEHICLE. NO COMPONENT (SAFETY DEFECT INDICATED). *AK

CONSUMER'S SON WAS DRIVING WHEN HE HIT A BUMP IN ROAD AND BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, BURNING HIS ARMS. *AK

LEASED VEHICLE; DRIVER'S AIR BAG DEPLOYED WHILE STOPPING AT A LIGHT. DEALER CONTACTED AND STATED COMPANY WILL INVESTIGATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

THE BRAKE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSE AS FAILURE OF THE HYDRAULIC PISTON LOCATED IN BRAKE CALIPERS THAT ENAGAGES THE BRAKE TO DISENGAGE AND CAUSED THE PADS TO WEAR OUT TO THE METAL DAMAGING THE DISK BRAKE. THE DEALER DID ALL REPAIRS UNDER WARRANTY

WHEN IGNITION SWITCH WAS STILL ON AND/OR ENGINE RUNNING CONSUMER STEPPED OUT OF VEHICLE TO OPEN HOUSE GATE, ALL VEHICLE DOORS LOCKED UP UNEXPECTEDLY, KEYS AND REMOTE CONTROL HAD BEEN REPLACED BEFORE FOR SAME REASON. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED. *AK

SWERVED TO AVOID A COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE AND HIT A CURB. THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT INFLATE - INSTEAD IT BLEW UP IN DRIVERS FACE. THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED AND CAUGHT FIRE.

BRAKES: BRAKE LIGHT CONSTANTLY COMES ON, BRAKES SHIMMY AND MAKE A NOISE. TOOK TO DEALER; HAD ROTORS TURNED AND BRAKE FLUID PUT IN. WAS STILL HAVING PROBLEMS, AND TOOK TO DEALER AGAIN SEVERAL TIMES AND WAS TOLD THE VEHICLE WAS FINE. TOOK VEHICLE TO ANOTHER DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THE VEHICLE NEEDS A MASTER CYLINDER. *AK

ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED AFTER FIVE THOUSAND MILES, DEALER IS PICKING UP THE CHARGES. CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT SHE IS NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT THIS IS HAPPENING TO. *AK

FAILURE OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW, WHILE DRIVING AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW SHATTERED, CAUSING FRAGMENTS TO FALL INSIDE THE VEHICLE. *AK

WHEN THE UNDERBODY OF VEHICLE SCRAPPED THE ROAD THERE WAS DEPLOYMENT OF BOTH AIR BAGS. THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAGS CAUSED THE WINDSHIELD TO BREAK. *AK