1997 NISSAN QUEST Complaints

AFTER CONSUMER PURCHASED VEHICLE, AND AFTER DRIVING OF VEHICLE FOR ABOUT A DAY, FUEL TANK STARTED TO LOSE ALL ITS FUEL. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS TRYING TO FIX PROBLEM. *AK *SLC

PASSENGERS ARE GETTING TRAPPED INSIDE VEHICLE AND LOCKS CANNOT BE SECURED FROM OUTSIDE DUE TO A DEFECT WITHIN LOCKS AND ALARM SYSTEM. DEALER HAS HAD VEHICLE 8 TIMES, BUT CANNOT DETERMINE CAUSE OR FIX DEFECT.*AK CONSUMER STATES PARTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 6 TIMES AND LOCKS HAVE NOT WORKED SINCE PURCHASE OF VEHICLE. *SLC

DOOR LOCKS WILL LOCK AND UNLOCK ON THEIR OWN. AT TIMES SLIDER WON'T OPEN PREVENTING OCCUPANTS FROM EXITING VEHICLE. FRONT DOORS HAVE LOCKED AND COULDN'T BE UNLOCKED TRAPPING OCCUPANTS IN CAR. LOCKS ON DOOR SHOW VEHICLE LOCKED, ALARM CAN BE SET BUT FRONT DOORS CAN BE OPENED. NO WAY TO KNOW IF VAN IS REALLY LOCKED OR NOT. VAN WILL SOMETIMES LOCK ON THEIR OWN SOMETIMES LOCKING US OUT. VAN HAS BEEN REPAIRED 8 TIMES BUT PROBLEM STILL CONT. DOOR ACTUATORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 5 TIMES BUT STILL MALFUNCTION AT TIMES. AT TIMES ALARM WILL GO OFF BY ITSELF AND CAR CAN BE STARTED AND DRIVEN WITH ALARM SOUNDING.*AK

POWER DOOR LOCKS ENGAGE WITHOUT THE CONTROL BEING TOUCHED. THIS HAS HAPPENED BOTH WHILE DRIVING, AND WHILE PARKED. *AK

DOORS LOCK INTERMITTENTLY WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE OF OWNER, SOMETIMES W/CHILD INSIDE. *AK

ENGINE EXPERIENCES LOSS OF POWER, THEN SURGES BACK. SLIPS IN AND OUT, RPMS FALL UP TO 1000 WITH EACH SLIP. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT AND OCCURS AT ALL SPEEDS. DEALER FINDS NOTHING. *AK

ERRATIC OPERATION OF THE ELECTRIC DOOR LOCKS HAS PREVENTED ACCESS THROUGH THE SLIDING SIDE DOOR, AND OCCASIONALLY HAS PREVENTED PASSENGERS FROM EXITING THROUGH THE SLIDING DOOR (THEY WERE LOCKED IN). THE KEYLESS REMOTE SOUNDS LIKE IT IS LOCKING THE DOORS, BUT INTERMITTENTLY LEAVES THE SLIDING DOOR UNLOCKED.

REAR PASSENGER'S SLIDING DOOR DOES NOT LOCK OR LATCH PROPERLY. WHENEVER RIDING OVER A BUMP DOOR WILL POP OPEN. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN PLAGUED WITH A REOCCURRING INTERMITTENT "RUBBING" SOUND WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. NISSAN HAS CHARACTERIZED THE PROBLEM AS "EXCESSIVE FRICTION" AND "INTERNAL FAILURE". TO DATE, THEY HAVE REPLACED THE RACK & PINION STEERING GEAR ASSEMBLY, AND ASSOCIATED PARTS 3 TIMES, 8/97, 7/98 AND 1/99. WITH THE LAST REPLACEMENT WE WERE TOLD THAT THE RACK & PINION BEING INSTALLED WAS A REDESIGNED ONE. HOWEVER, THE NOISE HAS RETURNED JUST UNDER A YEAR (10,000 MILES) FROM THE LAST REPLACEMENT. WE ARE CURRENTLY ATTEMPTING TO GET BOTH THE DEALERSHIP AND THE MANUFACTURER TO ADDRESS THIS REOCCURRING PROBLEM AGAIN. *AK

THERE IS LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM RIGHT REAR OF VEHICLE FOR WHICH DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY THE CAUSE. *AK