1996 NISSAN QUEST Complaints

DOORS WILL LOCK ON THEIR OWN WITHOUT WARNING INCLUDING WHEN ENGINE IS RUNNING AND NO DRIVER AND/OR PASSENGERS ARE INSIDE. DEALER HAS REPLACED PARTS, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS AND SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE.*AK

THE VEHICAL HAS FAILED ON ME FOUR TIMES SINCE I PURCHASED IT USED IN EARLY 2000, WHILE OPERATING UNDER HEAVY STRAIN AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS, THE ENGINE QUITS DEAD WITH NO NOTICE OF THE ON COMING FAILURE, I HAVE HAD IT INTO A DEALER TWICE FOR THE SAME PROBLEM AND THEY CAN NOT DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM.IT IS DANGEROUS AND POSSIBLE A DEADLY SITUATION FOR ME AND MY FAMILY. I HAVE HAD THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR CHECKED AND CHECKS OK. I WOULD NOT NOR WILL NOT SELL THIS CAR TO ANYONE UNDER IT'S CURRENT CONDITION.*AK

DEALERSHIP FIXED LOCK PROBLEM, BUT THEN REFUSED TO FIX ALARM PROBLEM AFTER CAR WAS PAID FOR. THEY TOLD ME IT WASN'T THEIR PROBLEM, AND THAT IT WOULD COST ME ABOUT $500.00 TO FIX IT. I COULDN'T AFFORD TO GET IT FIXED RIGHT. CAN YOU HELP ME WITH THIS PROBLEM. *AK

NOTICED GAS SMELL INSIDE AND AROUND VEHICLE FOR SOME TIME EVEN AFTER THE RECALL FIX WAS DONE. ON DATE OF FAILURE, VEHICLE WAS HARD TO START AND ENGINE RAN POORLY WITH VISIBLE SMOKE FROM THE EXHAUST. GAS FUMES WERE EXTREMELY STRONG AND GAS WAS VISIBLE ON INJECTOR AND ENGINE. *AK

WHEN TRAVELING THERE IS GASOLINE SMELL INSIDE OF VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK CONSUMER STATES THERE IS ALSO A GASOLINE SMELL WHEN VEHICLE IS PARKED.*JB

AIRBAG LIGHT FLASHING/SYSTEM INOPERABLE. WARRANTY EXPIRED 5 MONTHS AGO.DEALER WILL INSPECT FOR $75.///DOORS LOCK/UNLOCK BY THEMSELVES. DEALER REPLACED LOCKS AT COST OF $393.///SLIDING DOOR DOESN'T CLOSE PROPERLY AND SOMETIMES WILL NOT OPEN. SUSPECT LOCK FAILURE.///POWER STEERING FAILS INTERMITTENTLY AT SPEEDS OF LESS THAN 10MPH.*AK

DOOR POPS OPEN INTERMITTENTLY WHEN VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. LOCKING DOOR DOES NOT PREVENT DOOR LATCH FROM POPPING OPEN. ALSO DEALER ADVISED OF CRACKS IN THE STEERING COLUMN WHERE THE BOLTS HAVE TORN AWAY FROM THE ANCHOR POSITIONS. CAR HAS NOT BEEN IN ANY ACCIDENTS AND ONLY HAS 50, 000 MILES.*AK

ON 4/18/01, NOTICED ONE HEADLAMP NOT LIT. ON OPENING THE HOOD, DISCOVERED BOTH MAIN GROUNDING WIRES WERE "EXPLODED" FROM INSIDE THEIR CASINGS. INDIVIDUAL STRANDS WERE IN SOME CASES STILL INTACT WHILE OTHERS WERE COMPLETELY SEPARATED. WIRES NEARBY WERE ALSO SEVERED BY WHAT APPEARS TO BE A MAJOR ELECTRICAL SURGE. AN ADDITIONAL SMALL SECONDARY GROUNDING WIRE WAS SEPARATED FROM ITS MOUNT. RECONNECTING THAT WIRE "FIXED" THE NONFUNCTIONING HEADLIGHT. NEXT DAY, BOTH HEADLIGHTS WERE OUT. ON OPENING THE HOOD, DISCOVERED BOTH MAIN GROUNDING WIRES COMPLETELY SEPARATED, SECONDARY GROUNDING WIRE SEPARATED, HEADLAMP WIRING CONNECTORS "BURNED" AND ALL CONNECTING WIRES (3 PER) SEPARATED. ELECTRICAL "SCARRING" EVIDENT ON NEARBY METAL AND PLASTIC INSIDE THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. WIRE AND PLASTIC FRAGMENTS FOUND UNDER AND AROUND AFFECTED AREAS. WINDSHIELD WASHER FILLER CAP AND FUNNEL "SCARRED". ALL OTHER MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL FUNCTIONS APPEAR TO OPERATE NORMALLY, INCLUDING TURN INDICATORS AND PARKING LIGHTS. HAS THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM OCCURRED ELSEWHERE? IS THERE REMEDY THROUGH NISSAN EVEN AFTER WARRANTY IS EXPIRED? COPYING TO NISSAN AFTER SUBMITTING TO NHTSA. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR LISTENING AND INVESTIGATING. 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).

AIRBAG LIGHT HAD BEEN FLASHING. CONSUMER CALLED TO DEALER WHO STATED REPAIR MIGHT COST BETWEEN $500 - $ 2000 . NOT REPAIRED. *AK THE AIR CONDITIONING AND HEATING SMOKED REAL BAD AND HAD QUIT. *YH

ALL FOUR DOORS WON'T UNLOCK WITH REMOTE CONTROL, BUT WHILE DRIVING DOORS WILL LOCK.*AK