1999 NISSAN QUEST Complaints

WHEN VEHICLE GETS UP TO SPEED OF 58 TO 63 THERE IS A VERY BAD VIBRATION IN THE FRONT END. VEHICLE HAS BEEN ALIGNED, BEARING HAS BEEN REPLACED, RIMS AND TIRES HAVE BEEN CHANGED. PROBLEM IS STILL OCCURRING.*AK. ALSO THE LAMP SOCKET, WIPER SWITCH, RACK BOLTS, CUP HOLDER AND HUB ASSEMBLY HAVE ALL BEEN REPLACED.*JB

PURCHASED 1999 QUEST AND WENT BACK TO SELLER ABOUT VIBRATION AND HE(REID MELTON) SAID THAT IT WAS FIX A FLAT. WE FOUND OUT THAT THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ANY FIX A FLAT PUT INTO NONE OF THE WHEELS. FRONT END HAVE BEEN ALIGNED BY US A TOTAL OF 3 TIMES. BEAM NISSAN HAVE WORKED ON THE FRONT END AND EXCHANGING OUT OTHER PART 10 TIMES. IT IS BETTER BUT IT STILL VIBRATES. NISSAN DTS SAID IT IS COMPARABLE TO OTHER QUEST. THE NEW TIRES THAT WE HAD PUT ON IS WEARING OUT ON THE OUTSIDE. ONE OF THE ALIGNMENT SHOPS THAT WER TOOK IT TO THOUGHT THAT WE HAD A SET OF BAD TIRES, SO WE PUT THIS NEW SET ON. BEAM NISSAN HAVE HAD IT AT AN ALIGNMENT SHOP FOR 3 TIMES. THIS VEHICLES VIBRATES AT 58-63 MPH AND THE SEATS JUST RATTLES AND IS VERY NOISY WHILE DRIVING. YOU CAN FEEL THE VIBRATIONS AT OTHER SPEED BUT IT IS THE MOST NOTICABLE AT 58-63 MPH. WE ARE AFRAID, BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPERN WHILE DRIVING THIS VAN. WE ARE EMBRASSED TO RIDE OTHERS. WE HAVE BEEN TO BBB, BUT THEY DENIED THE REPURCHASE BECAUSE OF THE LOCAL INSPECTOR. THEY TELEPHONED HIM ABOUT HIS DECISION. HE DID NOT READ HIS NOTES FROM COAST-COAST INSPECTIONS AND TOOK US FOR A TEST RIDE AND MADE COMMENTS TO US THAT WAS NOT IN LINE WIHT THE FAXED REPORT THAT WE RECEIVED. HE SAID THAT HE (HERBY JAMES, WATKINS AUTO SALES. HE DID NOT TELL THEM WHAT WAS ON THE INSPECTION REPORT. THEY HAD INTERPETED HIS COMMENTS. I HAVE ALL NOTES AND PAPER WORK AND A SIGNED LETTER FROM BEAMS SERVICE MANAGER ABOUT THEM NOT BEING ABLE TO REPAIR MY VEHICLE. I HAVE CONTACTED THE ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE. THEY TOLD ME TO CONTACT THIS OFFICE. THIS VAN HAD ONLY 22,314 MILES AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE WITH A FULL WARRANTY. BY THE DTS FOR NISSAN SAYING THAT IT WAS COMPARABLE I CAN NO LONGER GET THE REPAIRS DONE UNDER MY FULL WARRANTY. WE FEEL THAT THIS VAN IS UNSAFE BECAUSE THEY HAVE ADMITTED THAT THEY COULD NOT REPAIR THE PROBLEM. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT WE MAY HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THE VIBRATION THAT WE MAY JUST HAVE A BAD ONE. PLEASE HELP US.*AK

WHEN DRIVING GAS PEDAL WOULD STICK FROM TIME TO TIME. NEEDS TO PRESS HARD TO GET PEDAL TO WORK. WHEN THIS HAPPENS, VEHICLE FAILS TO ACCELERATE. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. HAS CONTACTED DEALERSHIP. *AK

SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING THE QUEST, I NOTICED A VIBRATION IN THE VEHICLE STEERING WHEEL AND ENCOUNTERED A ROUGH RIDE WHEN THE VEHICLE WENT OVER 30 MILES AN HOUR. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER THE FIRST TIME AND THEY BALANCED AND ROTATED THE TIRES. SHORTLY AFTER, I EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AND RETURNED TO THE DEALER. THIS TIME THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT THE TIRES WERE OUT OF "TRUE" AND THAT I NEEDED TO GO TO GOODYEAR TO HAVE THE TIRES REPLACED. GOODYEAR REPLACED TWO OF THE TIRES. A FEW MONTHS LATER, I RETURNED TO GOODYEAR BECAUSE THE PROBLEM RETURNED. GOODYEAR THEN REPLACED ONE ADDITIONAL TIRE. WITHIN A FEW MONTHS, I RETURNED TO GOODYEAR AGAIN WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND THEY AGREED TO CHANGE ALL FOUR TIRES. WITHIN A FEW MONTHS I RETURNED TO GOODYEAR WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND THEY SUGGESTED THAT THE VEHICLE WEIGHT MAY OF BEEN TOO MUCH FOR THE TIRES SO HE REQUESTED THAT I REPLACE THE PERFORMANCE TIRES ON THE VEHICLE WITH OTHER TIRES. I AGREED AND GOODYEAR AGAIN REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES. IN DECEMBER 2001, I ONCE AGAIN RETURNED TO THE GOODYEAR BECAUSE THE PROBLEM WAS ONCE AGAIN PRESENT. THEY AGREED TO REPLACE THE TIRES, BUT FELT THAT THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE SUSPENSION ON THE QUEST RATHER THAN A DEFECT ON THE TIRE. THE SECOND PROBLEM I'VE ENCOUNTER WITH THE QUEST SINCE ABOUT 15,000 MILES IS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS. THIS IS A MORE SERIOUS PROBLEM BECAUSE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THE PROBLEM ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. IT OCCURS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STOPPED AT A LIGHT, AND I THEN TRY TO ACCELERATE. THE PEDAL IS SO STUCK, THAT WHEN IT FINALLY GIVES WAY THE VEHICLE TAKES OFF QUICKLY. THIS ALSO HAPPENS IF I TAKE MY FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR TO SLOW DOWN, THEN IF I TRY TO ACCELERATE AGAIN I CAN'T. I TOOK IT IN FOR SERVICE, BUT THE DEALER SAID IT WAS AN INTERMITTEN PROBLEM AND COULD NOT REPLICATE THE DIFFICULTY. THE PROBLEM IS STILL INTERMITTEN, BUT I NOTICED THAT WHEN I DROVE IT IN FLORIDA ON VACATION THIS PAST MONTH, IT OCCURED REGULARLY.*AK

DRIVERS SEAT BROKE AND COLLAPSED BACKWARD DUE TO A REAR COLLISION. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK *SLC

BRAKE DISC ROTORS ON FRONT AND REAR OF VEHICLE ARE PREMATURELY WEARING, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK BRAKES WORE OUT AT 15000 AND 31000 MILES *YH

BOTH REAR TIRES FAILED THE FIRST WAS THE R REAR AND 3 HOURS LATER THE LEFT REAR THE HWY PATROL WAS ON THE SCENE BUT SAID SINCE THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT HE COULD NOT FILE A REPORT ON PROPERTY DAMAGE. *AK (TIRESIZE: P215/70R15)

CONSUMER UNLOCKED THE PASSENGER DOOR BY DEPRESSING THE UNLOCK BUTTON, WHEN PULLING THE HANDLE TO OPEN THE DOOR, THE SIDE DOOR LOCKED WITHOUT ANY INDICATION, CONSUMER STATES THAT THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. *SLC

THIS VEHICLE HAS NUMEROUS PROBLEMS BEGINNING WITH THE BRAKES HAVING TO BE CHANGED MULTIPLE TIMES; ONE OCCASION WHILE DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY MY PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR OPENED UP RESULTING IN ME HAVING TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND CLOSE THE DOOR. WHEN I FIRST PURCHASED THE VEHICLE I WOULD GET IN AND START THE CAR, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD GO, THE HORN WOULD BLOW AND AND THE DOORS WOULD LOCK; THERE WAS A TERRIBLE BANGING SOUND COMING FROM WHAT APPEARED TO BE THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE, BUT AFTER 3 STOPS IN THE SHOP WAS IDENTIFIED AS A BOLT BEING LOOSE IN THE STEARING COLUMN, MY GAS PEDAL STICKS AND WILL ALL OF A SUDDEN RELEASE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LUNGE FORWARD; THE REAR BULBS ALL BLEW OUT IN THE REAR OF THE VAN AND MELTED THE ENCASING SURROUNDING THE BULBS; DURING A RAIN STORM THE WINDOWS WHERE IN THE DOWN POSITION AND WOULD NOT GO UP; THE VEHICLE HAD TO GO INTO THE DEALER FOR THEM TO PULL THEM UP; WHEN YOU ATTEMPT TO LOCK THE DOORS THE LOCKS MAKE A SOUND AS IF THEY ARE ATTEMPTING TO LOCK OR UNLOCK BUT DO NOT, IT TAKES SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO UNLOCK THE DOOR WHETHER INSIDE OR OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE...ULTIMATELY THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN A SINCERE DISAPPOINTMENT THAT NEEDS TO BE RETURNED TO THE DEALER, HOWEVER MY DEALER HAS GONE OUT OF BUSINESS AND THE NEW DEALER WILL NOT TAKE THE VEHICLE BACK BECAUSE IT IS NOT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY. I HAVE CONTACTED NISSAN ABOUT THE VEHICLE BUT NISSAN'S RESPONSE IS TO RETURN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR SERVICE. NISSAN IS NOT PAYING FOR A LOANER CAR AND I CAN'T CONTINUE TO TAKE TIME FROM WORK TO BABYSIT A VEHICLE MORE THAN MY CHILDREN...THIS WILL BE THE LAST NISSAN I OWN. I ALMOST DON'T WANT TO GET RID OF IT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT ANOTHER UNSUSPECTED INDIVIDUAL TO PURCHASE THIS NIGHTMARE ON WHEELS*AK

THIS VEHICLE HAS DISPLAYED NUMEROUS BRAKE CHANGES OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. TO HAVE TO CHANGE THE BRAKES 4 OR MORE TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF TWO YEAS IS REDICULOUS AND NEEDS TO BE EVALUATED ON A WIDER SCALE. *AK