1997 NISSAN QUEST Complaints

TREAD SEPARATED INFLICTING DAMAGE TO REAR QUARTER PANEL. SEPARATION CAUSE LOST OF CONTROL OF CAR. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO REGAING CONTROL. DT

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED THE CONSUMER HEARD THE VEHICLES HORN BLOWING AND WENT TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. UPON REACHING THE VEHICLE THE CONSUMER SAW SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE INSURANCE INVESTIGATOR INDICATED THAT THE WIRE WITHIN THE ENGINE LOOM SHORTED AND MELTED OTHER WIRES IN THE LOOM,WHICH CAUSED THE SMOKE. ON A SEPARATE OCCASION THE 10 AMP FUSE BLEW CAUSING THE VEHICLES DASH INDICATORS (SPEEDOMETER, TACHOMETER, FUEL GAUGE AND TEMPERATURE GAUGE) TO STOP WORKING. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN PLAGUED WITH MULTIPLE ELECTRICAL FAILURES *TS *NLM

DOORS LOCK AUTOMATICALLY IN HOT WEATHER. CONSUMER FEELS CHILDREN COULD BE IN DANGER. *AK *YH

FRONT COLLISION AT 50 MPH, NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED, CONSUMER SUFFERED SEVERE WHIPLASH. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE WAS $ 4300.00. ON 27 APRIL 2002, FRONT COLLISION AT 40 MPH, NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED, NO INJURIES. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE WAS $ 4500.00. *AK *YH

TRANSAXLE LOCK-UP TORQUE CONVERTER APPEARED TO NOT DISENGAGE. COULD NOT STOP VEHICLE WITH BRAKING. SHIFTED TRANSMISSION TO NEUTRAL AND LOCK-UP TORQUE CONVERTER DISENGAGED.*AK

CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO BE INSPECTED BY NISSAN, THEY FEEL THE ACCIDENT WAS A RESULT OF HUMAN ERROR, ALSO THE BATTERY FORMS CORROSION QUICKLY. SEVERAL TIMES CONSUMER HAS CLEANED BATTERY CABLES ONLY TO HAVE THE CORROSION COME BACK. *JG

WHEN OPENING HATCHBACK DOOR,WITHOUT WARNING, THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE, RESULTING IN A PART OF SPRING MODULE BREAKING OFF. *AK

WHEN VEHICLE IS COLD IT HAS A VERY STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE IN INSIDE AND OUTSIDE COMPARTMENTS. DEALER CONTACTED.*AK

BATTERY BLEW UP WHEN CAR STARTED, STEERING GRINDS ON TURNS (WON'T PASS INSPECTION!), TWO MIDDLE WINDOWS THE CLOSING DEVICES EACH FELL APART AT SEPARATE TIMES, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AND WON'T GO OFF, MECHANICS CAN NOT FIND SOURCE OF PROBLEM.

DOOR LOCKS LOCK AND UNLOCK BY THEMSELVES. WHEN I WALK TO THE OTHERSIDE TO REMOVE MY CHILDREN, THE DOORS WILL AUTOMATICALLY LOCK UNDER MY HAND. I HAVE HAD MY CHILDREN LOCKED IN THE VAN DUE TO THIS MALFUNCTION, BUT FORTUNATELY WAS AT MY HOME. I HAVE HAD IT IN FOR REPAIR 3 TIMES. FIRST THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY COULD NOT GET THE CARD TO REPEAT THE MALFUNCTION. I CONTINUED TO COMPLAIN AND THEN THE SLIDING DOOR ACTUATOR WAS REPLACED WITH NO RESOLUTION OF PROBLEM. I TOOK THE VAN BACK AND THE DRIVERS MAIN LOCK AND UNLOCK SWITCH WAS REPLACED AND STILL TO THIS DAY THE VEHICLE HAS "POSSESSED" LOCKING SYSTEM. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY CAN ONLY NOW TRY TO OPEN THE DOOR PANEL AND GREASE THE CONTACTS WITH A WATERPROOF GREASE AS THEY BELIEVE MOISTURE MAY BE SHORTING OUT THE SYSTEM, BUT THEY CAN GIVE ME NO PROMISE THAT THIS WILL FIX THE PROBLEM. I HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND MONEY ON THIS PROBLEM AND I AM ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED OF LOCKING MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY HAVE NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM BEFORE WITH THE QUESTS, BUT MY HUSBAND SAID HE SAW THIS ON TV AND THAT NISSAN HAS NO FIX FOR THE PROBLEM. I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHO I SHOULD GET TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. SINCERELY, [XXX]. *AK PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).