2004 NISSAN QUEST Complaints

LOUD RATTLING IN MY ENGINE WHEN I START MY VAN AND WHEN I DRIVE THROUGH TOWN. VERY EMBARRASSING! MECHANIC THINKS IT IS THE TIMING CHAIN TENSIONERS IN THE ENGINE THAT IS GOING TO COST OVER $3,500. I ONLY HAVE 94,000 MILES ON THE VAN SO IT SHOULD NOT BE DOING THIS! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN QUEST. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER AS SMOKE WAS SEEN COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WAS COMPLETELY BURNED. THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

THE CAR HAD BEEN EXHIBITNG VARIOUS LIGHT WARNINGS. THE CAR WAS CHECKED AND THE LIGHT INDICATORS WERE NOT CORRECT. NO PROBLEMS WERE EVIDENT. I PARKED THE CAR IN FRONT OF MY HOME. TWO HOURS AFTER PARING THE CAR IT BEGAN TO SMOKE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT. THE HARNESS BURNED DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION THAT IS NOT CONSIDERED WEAR AND TEAR. IT IS DUE TO A DESIGN OR MANUFACTURE THAT PUT ME AND MY PROPERTY IN POTENTIAL HARMS WAY. THIS REPORT IS FILED IN AN EFFORT TO PROTECT OTHER NISSAN OWNERS AND TO ALERT THE COMPANY OF A DESIGN FLAW,

THERE IS AN AWFUL TICKING SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE. MY CAR HAS BEEN SERVICED MY NISSAN REPEATEDLY AND IT'S STILL MAKING THE NOISES. NOW I'VE BEEN TOLD IT'S THE TIMING CHAIN. AFTER READING UP ON THIS ISSUE IT'S APPARENT THAT THERE A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM WITH THIS PART IN THE NISSAN QUESTS. *TR

AT A REGULAR DEALER VISIT FOR AN OIL CHANGE, I WAS TOLD THAT I HAVE A BROKEN TIMING CHAIN GUIDE ON MY 04 NISSAN QUEST. THE COST OF THIS REPAIR IS APPROXIMATELY $1800. UPON DOING SOME RESEARCH, I DISCOVERED THAT THIS IS A FAIRLY COMMON ISSUE WITH 04 QUESTS AND IT APPEARS TO HAPPEN BETWEEN 60 -90,000 MILES (MINE IS JUST OVER 80,000). LINK IS ATTACHED: HTTP://QUESTDRIVER.COM/NODE/835. *TR

VAN DRIVING ODD, DEALER FOUND THAT ENGINE MOUNT WAS BROKE. DEALER REPLACED ENGINE MOUNT SAYING IT WAS SERIOUS ISSUE AND SEEN OFTEN IN NISSANS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN QUEST. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 TO 25 MPH SHE NOTICED THAT IN BECAME DIFFICULT TO SHIFT GEARS. ALSO, WHEN SHE TRIED TO ACCELERATE TO HIGHER SPEEDS THERE WAS HESITATION. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN INSPECTED BY A INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THEY ADVISED HER THAT IT MAY BE A VALVE INSIDE OF THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 90,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

NISSAN 2004 QUEST, WHILE DRIVING AND MAKING LEFT IN INTERSECTION VAN DIES. TAKE IT IN TO NSSAN DEALERSHIP AND UNABLE TO RUN DIAGNOSTIC TEST DUE TO ENGINE NOT RUNNING. THEY BELIEVE ITS A TIMING CHAIN PROBLEM AND NEED TO OPEN ENGINE.OTHER CONSUMER REPORTS WITH PROBLEMS WITH TIMING BELTS. WE'RE A FAMILY OF SEVEN, IF IT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED WHILE ON FREEWAY MOST LIKELY WOULD HAVE HAD FATALITIES INVOLVED. NISSAN REFUSES TO PRACTICE ANY GOODWILL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN QUEST. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 45 MPH WHEN THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE BEGAN SHAKING VIOLENTLY. THE TIRES WERE CHANGED AND NEW TIRES WERE INSTALLED BUT THE SHAKING PERSISTED. THE TIRE SENSOR AND AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT CONTINUED TO ILLUMINATE CONTINUOUSLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE AND DID NOT ATTEMPT TO REPAIR OR INSPECT THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84,000.

THE TIMING CHAIN GUIDES (TEFLON BASED MATERIAL) IN THE VQ35 ENGINES WERE PREMATURELY CAUSING AUDIBLE RUBBING AND BANGING UPON START UP AND EARLY WARM UP IDLE CONDITIONS. THIS PREMATURE WEAR OF THE TENSION GUIDES IS A SAFETY HAZARD DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE TIMING CHAIN HAS UNDO SLACK FROM EARLY DEGRADATION OF TENSION GUIDES WHICH MAY CAUSE THE TIMING CHAIN TO WEAR/BREAK PREMATURELY AND WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THIS WOULD CAUSE THE ENGINE TO SHUT DOWN UNEXPECTEDLY AND PUT THE LIVES OF THE VEHICLES OCCUPANTS IN DANGER OF POSSIBLY BEING STRUCK MY ONCOMING VEHICLES. *LN