1999 NISSAN QUEST Complaints

GLASS ON PASSENGER'S SIDE OF VEHICLE, RIGHT SIDE OF WINDSHIELD AND RIGHT SIDE DOOR WINDOWS, ARE BECOMING DISTORTED, AND IMPAIR VISIBILITY OF DRIVER. MANUFACTURER IS UNWILLING TO ASSIST CONSUMER WITH THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

WHEN GAS TANK IS HALF FULL OR LOW A ROTTEN EGG SMELL WILL OCCUR, MAKING CONSUMER SICK. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

ACCELERATOR IS STICKING CAUSING SUDDEN ACCELERATION. THIS EVENT OCCURS APPROXIMATELY 15-20% OF TIME AT RANDOM INTERVALS. DEALERSHIP HAS NOT EXAMINED VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

BRAKES DID NOT WORK PROPERLY. WHEN CONSUMER FIRST PURCHASED VEHICLE HE HAD PROBLEMS. CONSUEMR TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER TO GET IT FIXED. AND THEN 14,000 MILES LATER, BRAKES WENT OUT . DEALER DID NOT HAVE A REMEDY. *AK COMPLETE BRAKE JOB WAS DONE TWICE AT 14000 MILES INTERVAL. THE BRAKES ON THIS VEHICLE WERE NOT PROPERLY DESIGNED. THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY AS WELL AS THE EXPENSES. *YH

WHEN CRUISE CONTROL IS ACTIVATED, IT DOES NOT ALWAYS TURN OFF WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED OR CANCEL SWITCH IS PUSHED. IF I HAVE CRUISE SET AT 65 AND APPROACH AND INTERSECTION OR OBJECT IN THE ROAD OR LOWER SPEED ZONE, AND APPLY THE BRAKES BUT THEN PRESS THE ACCELERATOR TO CONTINUE AT A LOWER SPEED (45), THE ACCELERATOR WILL GO DOWN ON ITS OWN AND THE VAN WILL ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN TILL IT HITS THE 65 MPH THAT WAS ORIGINALLY SET ON THE CRUISE. THIS OCCURED 3 OUT OF THE LAST 5 TIMES THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS USED. I HAD TO QUICLY APPLY BRAKES AGAIN WHEN I NOTICED THIS HAPPENING TO AVOID CHILD IN ROAD AND THE BACK PASSENGER WAS INJURED SLIGHTLY ON THE HEAD WHEN THIS HAPPENED. THE PROBLEM WAS REPORTED TO NISSAN WHO REPLIED THAT IT MAY NOT BE ON WARRANTY, BUT WHEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND DISCUSSED, I HAD TO PAY THE 50 DOLLAR COPAY ON A 54 DOLLAR REPAIR. I HAVE NOT TRIED TO USE THE CRUISE CONTOL SINCE BEING SERVICED.*AK

BRAKES WERE REPLACED AT 22,000 MILES, AND AGAIN AT 43,000 MILES WHICH SEEMS PREMATURE WEARING OF THE BRAKES. THE BRAKES WERE MAKING SCRATCHING NOISES WHEN APPLIED, WAS TAKEN IN AND TOLD THEY ARE ONLY 15% LEFT. WHY THE PROMATURE WEARING OF THE BRAKES??*AK

WHEN THE GAS PEDAL IS PRESSED IT WILL NOT GO UNLESS YOU PUNCH THE GAS PEDAL AND THEN YOU SPIN OUT. THE DEALERSHIP CLAIMS THAT IT IS A CARBON BUILD UP AND SHOULD BE CLEANED PERIODICALLY, BUT THE MANUAL DOES NOT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT BEING A REGULAT MAINTENACE ITEM. THEY CLAIM IT IS BUT I FEEL IF IT IS THEN IT SHOULD BE LISTED WITH ALL OTHER MAINTENANCE ITEMS. I HAVE PULLED OUT SEVERAL TIMES WITH PLENTY OF TIME TO GET PULLED OUT BUT MY ACCELARATOR WOULD NOT GO AND I HAVE ALMOST BEEN HIT BECAUSE OF THIS. I FEEL IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND WOULD LIKE MORE TO DONE. I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY $135 FOR SOMETHING TO BE CLEANED WHEN IT IS NOT IN MY MANUAL. I HAVE CHECKED WITH OTHER OWENERS AND THEY HAVEN'T HAD THIS PROBLEM. ONE PERSON WHO HAS A CHEVY MAILBU HAD THIS PROBLEM BUT CHEVROLET COVERED HIS UNDER WARRANTY. IF IT IS A MAINTENANCE ITEM THEN NISSAN SHOULD HAVE TO PUBLISH IN THE THEIR OWNERS MANUAL.

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE DOES NOT STOP. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK THE VEHICLE HAD ONLY 15,000 MILES, BUT THE BRAKE SYSTEM HAD A SERIOUS PROBLEM. THE DEALER SAYS THE VEHICLE IS OKAY, BUT ANOTHER MECHANIC SAYS THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDS WHEEL CYLINDER. *YH

I PLACED MY VAN IN MY GARAGE, WHICH IS LEVEL AND SMOOTH. I RAISED THE VAN WITH THE SCREW JACK AS SPECIFIED ON THE SCREW JACK. THE SCREW JACK HAS A LOWER PART WHICH IS BELOW THE SCREW, AND AN UPPER PART WHICH IS ABOVE THE SCREW. WHEN THE TIRE LIFTED OFF THE GROUND, THE SCREW JACK IMMEDIATELY BENT BACKWARDS AT APPROXIMATELY 20 DEGREES. AS IT WAS DANGEROUS TO LIFE AND LIMB, I IMMEDIATELY LOWERED THE JACK. ONCE LOWERED, THE JACK RETURNED TO ITS ORIGINAL SHAPE AS IF IT WERE MADE OF SPRING STEEL. I VIDEOED THE JACK IN THE UPRIGHT AND BENT POSITION AND IN THE LOWERED POSITION. THE DANGER IS THAT IF THE TIRE NEEDS CHANGING OUT ON THE ROAD, WHERE CONDITIONS WILL NOT BE PERFECT - AS IN MY GARAGE - THAT JACK WILL BEND BACK AND THE VAN WILL FALL AND SOMEONE WILL BECOME VERY HURT.*AK

THROTTLE PLATE STICKING, NISSAN STATES MAINTENANCE NEEDED TO REMOVE CARBON BUILDUP. NO MAINTENANCE TO THROTTLE PLATE STATED IN OWNERS MANUAL. APPEARS TO BE TOO CLOSE TOLERANCE IN THROTTLE PLATE TO HOUSING FIT. SLIGHT WEAR IN BUSHINGS ALLOW MISALIGNMENT AND THUST STICKING OF THROTTLE PLATE OFF IDLE. NISSAN MOTORS TOTALLY UNRESPONSIVE AND STATED THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM THEY SEE ALL THE TIME AND REQUIRES CLEANING OF THE THROTTLE PLATE AND BODY. REFER TO FILE NO. 3116108 REGIONAL SERVICE ADVISOR - LENICE DOWER 800-647-7261. PLEASE DO NOT ALLOW THIS TO BUILD INTO A "FIRESTONE TIRE" DEBACLE.