2004 NISSAN QUEST Complaints

THE PASSENGER SIDE AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR OPENED INTERMITTENTLY WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION OR WHEN IT WAS SITTING STILL. WHEN THE DOOR OPENED IT WAS DIFFICULT TO CLOSE. IN ONE INSTANCE THE DOOR ACTUALLY SHUT ON THE CONSUMER. THE MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALER ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *NM

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION STUCK IN 3RD GEAR. BACKED VEHICLE OUT OF PARKING PLACE. PUT INTO "DRIVE" TO PULL FORWARD AND VAN DIDN'T MOVE. SHIFTED INTO "NEUTRAL" THEN BACK TO "DRIVE" AND PRESSED ACCELERATOR, AND VEHICLE DIDN'T MOVE. PRESSED ACCELERATOR FURTHER AND VEHICLE FINALLY STARTED TO MOVE FORWARD VERY SLOWLY AT APPROXIMATELY. 3500 RPM. DROVE ABOUT 2 MILES THIS WAY AND PARKED IN ANOTHER PARKING LOT; TRANSMISSION DID NOT SHIFT THE ENTIRE 2 MILES. THIS ISSUE IS YET ANOTHER IN A LONG LIST OF ISSUES WITH THIS VEHICLE. PHONED SALES/SERVICE DEALER, WHO HAD IT TOWED TO THEIR LOT. *LA

WHEN BACKING OUT PASSENGER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR OPENED. ONCE THE DOOR OPENED IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO CLOSE IT. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER, WHO CLAIMED THAT THE DOOR WAS FIXED. *AK

PROBLEMS WITH THE CLOSING OF THE 2004 NISSAN QUEST SLIDING DOORS. ONE OF THE SLIDING DOORS WAS NOT CLOSING ALL THE IN DUE TO PROBLEMS WITH THE AUTOMATIC CLOSING. SOMETIMES, THE DOOR DOESN'T CLOSE AT ALL. THE PROBLEM WAS BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF NISSAN DEALER THREE TIMES. THE FIRST TWO TIMES, NISSAN CLAIMED THAT IT WAS FIXED, BUT OBVIOUSLY NOT. NOW THE VEHICLE IS WITH THE DEALER FOR A WEEK, STILL NOT FIXED.

REAR DOOR, BOTH SLIDING SIDE DOORS HAVE A RECURRENG RATTLES,SQUEAKS AND CLUNKS. NOTICED THE PROBLEM AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE A FEW MILES, DEALER TRY TO FIXED, BUT AFTER A FEWS DAYS THE PROBLEM COME BACK. I WANT THE NISSAN TO REPLACE THE VEHICLE, I'M CONVINCED THE PROBLEM WILL NOT GO AWAY.

I HAVE HAD A CONTINUING PROBLEM WITH THE REAR SLIDING DOORS ON MY NEW 2004 NISSAN QUEST. WHAT STARTED AS AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF RATTLING OF THE REAR DOORS HAS ESCALATED TO THE POINT WHERE THE DOORS DO NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. I'VE TAKEN THE QUEST IN TO HAVE THE DOORS ADJUSTED FIVE TIMES AT THE LOCAL NISSAN DEALER AND THE DOORS CONTINUE TO RATTLE. THE LOCAL NISSAN DEALER WAS ACTUALLY ABLE TO STOP THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR FROM RATTLING, BUT THIS RESULTED IN A DOOR NOT ABLE TO BE OPENED USING THE EXTERIOR HANDLE, YOU HAD TO USE THE KEY-FOB OR INTERIOR SWITCHES (NOT ACCEPTABLE IN A $33,000 AUTOMOBILE). THE CAR WAS BROUGHT BACK IN FOR SERVICE AND WHILE THE DOOR NOW OPERATES (SORT OF  SEE BELOW), THE RATTLING IS BACK. THE LOCAL NISSAN DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR DOES NOT KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO WITHOUT INPUT DIRECT FROM NISSAN - I HOPE THEY ARE WORKING ON A SOLUTION TO THE QUESTS SLIDING DOOR PROBLEMS! THE PROBLEMS WITH MY VEHICLES REAR SLIDING DOORS CONTINUE TO GET WORSE. ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2004 I HAD A PROBLEM WITH BOTH SLIDING DOORS; NEITHER WAS ABLE TO BE CLOSED. MILES FROM HOME IN SUBZERO WEATHER WITH A CAR WHOSE SIDING REAR DOORS WOULD NOT CLOSE  BET YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW HAPPY I WAS. THANK GOD I FIGURED OUT HOW TO OPERATE THE DOORS MANUALLY. THIS STORY ONLY GETS WORSE! AFTER MANUALLY CLOSING THE DOORS, I SWITCHED ON THE DOORS AGAIN FOR ELECTRICAL OPERATION AND COMMENCED MY TRAVEL TOWARDS HOME; IMAGINE MY HORROR WHEN TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD AT ABOUT 45 MPH TO HAVE THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR SLIDER OPENED UP ALL ON ITS OWN. CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT MIGHT HAVE OCCURRED IF I HAD HAD MY YOUNG 9 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IN THE BACK. HORROR DOESN'T COME CLOSE TO BEING AN ADEQUATE DESCRIPTION. NISSAN HAS RELEASED AN INFERIOR AND UNSAFE PRODUCT FOR SALE TO AN UNSUSPECTING PUBLIC. THIS CAR IS A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN, AND SO FAR NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THE SITUATION. *CB

WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNDETERMINED SPEED VEHICLE STALLED, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC. *AK

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT SLIDING DOOR PROBLEM. *AK THE DOOR IS SUPPOSE TO RETURN TO OPEN POSITION IF THERE'S A PERSON OR OBJECT IN THE WAY. THE DOOR IS DOING TOTAL OPPOSITE OF THAT. MECHANIC STATED THE DOOR IS HEAVY AND WOULD BE HARD TO REPAIR WITHOUT USING FORCE. *PH

I OWN AN SL PURCHASED IN OCT 2003. THERE HAS BEEN ONE CONTINUAL PROBLEM AND THREE NEW PROBLEMS RECENTLY. FIRST THE NEW PROBLEMS: THE PAST 2 WEEKS TEMPS HAVE BEEN IN SINGLE DIGITS AND THERE HAS BEEN NO SNOW OR RAIN. I HAVE HAD TO KEEP CAR IN DRIVEWAY. DURING THESE PAST WEEKS I'VE EXPERIENCED THREE PROBLEMS, ONE OF WHICH INFURIATED ME. FIRST TWO ITEMS - PASSENGER WINDOW WILL NOT OPEN AND CAR DOES NOT 'BEEP' WHEN I LOCK FROM REMOTE (WHICH MAKES ME HAVE TO TURN BACK AND DOUBLE CHECK THE DOORS ONLY TO FIND IT HAS INDEED LOCKED)- ARE ANNOYING AND I ATTRIBUTED THEM TO THE TEMPERATURE. THE THIRD PROBLEM OCCURRED YESTERDAY: PASSENGER SIDE AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE ONCE OPENED. IT WOULD BEEP, SLIDE ALMOST CLOSED, THEN OPEN RIGHT UP AGAIN. I COULD NOT FORCE IT TO REMAIN CLOSED. THIS HAPPENED IN A GROCERY STORE PARKING LOT, TEMPERATURE WAS -1 DEGREES, CAR HAD A COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS WORTH OF PURCHASES INSIDE, AND I HAD MY VERY YOUNG CHILD WITH ME. AFTER CHECKING MANUAL AND SPEAKING WITH PEOPLE AT THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP (NEITHER OF WHICH WERE HELPFUL, TO BE HONEST) I TRIED CLEANING THE TRACKS AROUND DOOR. THERE WAS NO ICE, DIRT, SAND, ETC. AND STILL THE DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT THERE WAS NO MANUAL OVERRIDE WHICH WOULD HAVE ALLOWED ME TO CLOSE THE DOOR. LATER IN THE DAY AFTER THE CAR HAD BEEN IN THE SUN A FEW HOURS, MY HUSBAND WAS ABLE TO GET THE DOOR CLOSED ENOUGH TO GRAB AND LOCK IT. THIS DOOR ISSUE IS UNACCEPTABLE. WE HAVE THREE YOUNG CHILDREN AND PURPOSELY BOUGHT THIS CAR FOR IT'S RELIABILITY AND SAFETY. THERE WAS NOTHING RELIABLE NOR SAFE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO US YESTERDAY. ANOTHER PROBLEM: A CREAKING, SQUEAKY NOISE COMES FROM THE BACK OF THE VAN WHILE DRIVING. SOUNDS LIKE AN OLD SCHOOLBUS. DEALERSHIP HAS NO IDEA OF CAUSE. WERE TOLD TO BRING VAN IN FOR SERVICE. *AK

CONSUMER HAD PROBLEMS TRYING TO REOPEN THE AUTOMATIC SLIDING PASSENGER DOOR FROM THE INSIDE/OUTSIDE. DEALERSHIPS MECHANIC WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.*AK