Nissan Pathfinder Complaints (2001)

230 consumer complaints on file.

#10209252November 18, 2007
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
JULY 1, 2007: MICHELIN TIRE FAILURE: P255/65 R16 MICHELIN LTX M/S . AFTER 22K MILES ON THE TIRES, WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 65MPH, SUDDENLY THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE TREAD COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE SIDEWALL, RESULTING IN A BLOWOUT. THE 2001 PATHFINDER LE 4X4, DIDN'T FLIP OVER. I WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE AND PULLOVER ON THE SIDE. THE ENTIRE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED INTACT, AROUND THE TAILPIPE BRACKETS AND REAR MUDFLAP. THE TREAD IS UNDAMAGED: NO NAIL OR SCREWS OR ANY OTHER ROAD HAZARD OR DAMAGES. THE AAA SENT A TRUCK WHO CHANGED THE TIRE. HIS COMMENT WAS: "IN OVER 22 YEARS OF DOING TIRE AND MECHANICAL WORK, HE NEVER SAW ANYTHING LIKE THIS". I RETURNED THE TIRE TO COSTCO. THE TIRE CENTER MANAGER WAS VERY COOPERATIVE,WHERE THEY ORDERED A NEW TIRE WITHOUT QUESTION.DAMAGES TO THE PATHFINDER WERE ESTIMATED AT $900 DUE TO THE NEED TO REPLACE THE TAILPIPE/MUFFLER ASSEMBLY AND THE MUDFLAP WAS DESTROYED. COSTCO MANAGER SAID THAT THE CLAIM FOR DAMAGES WOULD NEED TO BE MADE DIRECTLY TO MICHELIN. I DID THAT. IT IS A MIRACLE THAT THE VEHICLE DIDN'T FLIP OVER !!!. MICHELIN REQUIRED THAT THE TIRE BE RETURNED TO COSTCO, HAVE THEM CALL MICHELIN TO GIVE A REPORT OF THE SITUATION. MICHELIN REP SAID THAT THEY WOULD OFFER PERHAPS A 50% DISCOUNT ON THE PURCHASE OF NEW REPLACEMENT TIRE BUT NOTHING ELSE. I WANT MICHELIN TO PAY FOR THE DAMAGES SUSTAINED !!. I WAS REQUIRED TO SEND THE TIRE TO MICHELIN (THEY EVENTUALLY PAID FOR THE SHIPPING) TO BE EXAMINED. THE RESULTS OF THEIR INVESTIGATION WAS A LETTER RESPONSE THAT THIS WAS CAUSED BY "DRIVER ERROR" - BY RUNNING THE TIRE IN A RUN-FLAT CONDITION. A RUN -FLAT CONDITION ???? THEY SENT A BROCHURE PRINTOUT EXPLAINING HOW THAT OCCURS. AIR ESCAPES , RUNS LOW AND THE TIRE EVENTUALLY BLOWS OUT. THERE WAS NO AIR ESCAPE NOR IS THERE ANY ROAD HAZARD DAMAGE TO THE TREAD. HOW DID THE AIR ESCAPE TO RUN FLAT ??? MICHELIN DID NOT PAY ANY DAMAGES. *TR
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#10208561November 9, 2007
STRUCTURE
THE CAR WOBBLES BACK AND FORTH LIKE RIDING A BOAT IN RUFF WATERS. THIS IS A STRUCTURAL ISSUE AND 2 DIFFERENT AUTO REPAIR MEN HAVE NOT YET FIGURED OUT WHAT IS CAUSING IT. *TR
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0
Deaths:
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#10204305September 27, 2007
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT SMELLED A STRONG GASEOUS ODOR INSIDE THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. SHE LOOKED UNDER HER VEHICLE AND DID NOT NOTICE ANY LEAKS. SHE THEN DROVE TO WORK AND THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR MOST OF THE DAY. WHEN SHE RETURNED TO HER VEHICLE HOURS LATER, SHE NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A FUEL LEAK BENEATH HER VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP WHERE IT REMAINED UNTIL THE PARTS ARRIVED. NISSAN STATED THAT HER VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07V435000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP). THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 115,000.
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0
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#10203512September 20, 2007
EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.
MY NISSAN PATHFINDER CD CHANGER KEEPS FAILING WITH A ERROR MESSAGE. *JB
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Injuries:
0
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#10202071September 6, 2007
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
01' NISSAN PATHFINDER BOSE 6 DISC IN-DASH CD CHANGER WON'T PLAY, REPEATED CLICKING, READS ERROR
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0
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#10202123September 6, 2007
EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.
I HAVE A 2001 NISSAN PATHFINDER THAT HAS THE 6 DISC BOSE CD CHANGE, I HAVE CONTACTED THE ORIGINAL DEALER OF THE VEHICLE AS WELL AS NISSAN AND CLARION, THE MANUFACTURE OF THE CD PLAYER AND HAVE RECEIVED MULTIPLE SNOW JOBS. ALL I AM LOOKING FOR IS THE DEFECTIVE PLAYER TO EITHER BE FIXED OR REPLACED WITH A NEW UNIT, I KNOW THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE OUT THERE AFTER RESEARCHING SAID PLAYER ON THE INTERNET. I FOUND OUT THAT SEVERAL HUNDRED IF NOT THOUSAND PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME ISSUE. *TR
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Injuries:
0
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#10201790September 4, 2007
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP
FUEL FILLER LINE HAS DEVELOPED CRACKS AND IS LEAKING NEAR DRIVERS SIDE REAR TIRE. *TR
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
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#10196379July 15, 2007
EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.
NISSAN PATHFINDER 2001 LE - 6 DISC BOSE/CLARION CD CHANGER DOES NOT WORK EVEN AFTER ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR. DEALER WILL ATTEMPT TO REPLACE AS A COURTESY, NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY, BUT SERVICE MANAGER AND INTERNET USERS BOTH STAD THIS WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH NISSAN. *AK
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0
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#10194491June 20, 2007
SEATS
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CENTER ARM REST IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE LEANS ON THE CONVERTIBLE CHILD SAFETY SEAT. THIS CAUSES THE ARM REST TO LEAN OUTWARDS. THE FAILURE IS DUE TO HOW THE REAR SEAT WAS DESIGNED. THE CENTER SEAT BELT WAS TWISTED AT THE BASE, WHICH MADE IT DIFFICULT TO TIGHTEN AND SECURE THE CHILD SEAT. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO DISASSEMBLE IT AND WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE OWNERS MANUAL STATED THAT IT IS UNSAFE WHEN THE SEAT BELT IS TWISTED. THE ANGLE OF THE REAR SEAT IS STEEP AT THE BOTTOM. THE CONTACT IS USING A HUGE BATH TOWEL FOLDED UNDER THE SEAT, BUT THE SEAT IS NOT SECURE. THE CHILD SEAT MOVES FROM SIDE TO SIDE. THE SAFETY SEAT RESTS ON THE EDGE OF WHERE THE VEHICLE'S SEAT MEETS THE OTHER SECTION OF THE REAR SEAT. THIS INCREASES INSTABILITY AND CAUSES THE CHILD SEAT TO ANGLE DOWNWARDS. THE VEHICLE HAS NO LOWER ANCHOR TETHER. THE CONTACT HAS NOT SPOKEN WITH THE DEALER. THE PURCHASE DATE AND FUEL SYSTEM WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 95,153 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,153.
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0
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#10193333June 14, 2007
EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.
CLARION/ BOSE STEREO ERR2 ON CD PLAYER , 2001 NISSAN PATHFINDER CD PLAYER DOES NOT WORK & HOUSES CD'S INTERNAL. CD'S WILL NOT EJECT . SAFETY CONCERN AS PEOPLE TRY TO FREE CD'S MAY GET ELECTRICAL SHOCK..MANUFACTURER WILL NOT RECALL ITEM. *TR
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#10193025June 12, 2007
EQUIPMENT
I JUST PURCHASED A 2001 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE 6 DISC CD PLAYER DOES NOT WORK, IT SAYS "ERR2". I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT EVERYTHING WAS IN WORKING CONDITION AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE. WHEN I ASKED THE DEALER TO FIX IT AT THEIR COST THEY WOULD NOT DO IT. I THINK THIS IS BAD BUSINESS SINCE I MENTIONED THE FACT THAT I LIKED THAT THE VEHICLE HAS A 6 DISC CD WHEN I TEST DROVE IT. I AM FINDING OUT THAT MANY MANY PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE CD NOT WORKING. WHY DOESNT NISSAN RECALL IT AND CARE ABOUT CUSTOMER SATISFACTION?
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0
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#10192161May 31, 2007
SUSPENSION:REAR
I HAVE 2WD NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CAR HAS BEEN VOBBELING LEFT TO RIGHT AND RIGHT TO LEFT AT SPEEDS OF 50MPH AND OVER. SOME OF THE SYMPTOMS ARE EXCESSIVE PLAY IN THE REAR AXLE ESPECIALLY DURING MODERATE ACCELERATION OR DECELERATION. A VEHICLE PULLING AT A CONSTANT SPEED EXCESSIVE SWAY AND ROCKING MOTION IN THE FRONT SUSPENSION WHEN COMING TO A STOP. THERE ARE ABOUT 100 + PEOPLE THAT I FOUND ON ONE WEBSITE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. HTTP://WWW.TOPIX.NET/FORUM/AUTOS/T5LSTPR50NPCO9CTL THERE ARE MANY OTHER SITES LIKE THE ABOVE SITE WHERE PEOPLE HAVE POSTED THEIR PROBLEM AND SOLUTION. *TR
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10190719May 14, 2007
EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL
I PURCHASED NISSAN PATHFINDER 2001 ON MARCH 2001, AND THE IN-DASH 6-CD CHANGER DEFECTED FIRST TIME LESS THAN A YEAR WITHIN THE WARRANTY. IT WAS SENT TO FACTORY TO BE REFURBISHED. AFTER THAT IT MALFUNCTIONED AGAIN TWICE. AFTER I BOUGHT THE SERVICE MANUAL FOR THE CLARION UNIT I FOUND THE PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY PLASTIC GEARS THAT CONTINUED TO BREAK. THE PLASTIC WILL GET BRITTLE OVER TIME AND BREAK OR STRIP OUT. KNOWING THIS, CLARION CONTINUED TO USE PLASTIC GEARS THAT WERE KNOWN TO BREAK DURING NORMAL USAGE. THIS WAS POOR ENGINEERING ON CLARION'S PART. IF THE GEARS WERE MADE OF SOMETHING STRONGER , SUCH AS TEFLON? THE GEARS WOULD NO LONGER BREAK OR STRIP OUT. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT NO ONE AT NISSAN/INFINITI OR CLARION ADMITTED TO THIS PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM MENTIONED HERE COULD BE FOUND IN MOST ALL OF THE CLARION 6-DISC CHANGERS INSTALLED IN NISSAN/INFINITI VEHICLES. A SMALL GROUP ACROSS THE U.S. WAS NOW SPREADING THE WORD NOT TO BUY NISSAN/INFINITI PRODUCTS BECAUSE OF THIS SINGLE PROBLEM. THE DISSATISFIED GROUP WAS ONLY GOING TO GET LARGER AS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE FIND OUT HOW NISSAN/INFINITI AND CLARION WERE DENYING THIS PROBLEM. *AK
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0
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#10179427January 22, 2007
EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.
SECOND TIME BOSE 6 CD CHANGER HAS FAILED SINCE PURCHASE OF MY CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED 2001 NISSAN PATHFINDER IN APRIL 2004. SAME ERR2 MESSAGE - GRINDING OF CD'S - NO PLAY, NO EJECT. ALREADY SPENT $250 GETTING FIXED ABOUT 18 MONTHS AGO - NOW SAME PROBLEM RECURRING. *NM
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#10177724January 4, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
NISSAN HAS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH FAULTY IGNITION COILS. MY CAR SUDDENLY BEGAN TO SHAKE WHEN THE IGNITION COIL FAILED. THE ONLINE PETITION BELOW SHOWS THAT THIS IS A WIDESPREAD WITH NISSAN AND IT SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED. HTTP://WWW.PETITIONONLINE.COM/NIS_IGN/PETITION.HTML *JB
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#10174793November 30, 2006
EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.
THIS COMPLAINT IS IN REGARDS TO MY 2001 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE 6-CD IN-DASH CHANGER DOES NOT WORK. IT MAKES A CLICKING SOUND WHEN YOU TRY TO PLAY A CD AND DISPLAYS "ERR2" ON THE SCREEN. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET, I FOUND THAT HUNDREDS OF OTHER NISSAN OWNERS HAVE THIS EXACT PROBLEM. THE CD CHANGER IS RENDERED USELESS ONCE THIS HAPPENS. *JB
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0
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#10173133November 10, 2006
EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.
MY NAME IS [XXX]AND I AM A OWNER OF 2001 NISSAN PATHFINDER THAT JUST HIT 78K MILES. THE FACTORY INSTALLED 6 DISC CHANGER DOESN'T SEEM TO BE WORKING. IT TAKES CDS AND MAKES NOISES AS IT SHUFFLES THE CDS BUT IT WON'T READ/PLAY ANY OF MY CDS. IT JUST GIVE ME AN ERROR "ERR2". CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME IN THIS ISSUE. THERE ARE LOT OF FOLKS OUT THERE WHO ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. PLEASE SEE THE BELOW LINK: HTTP://FORUM.ECOUSTICS.COM/BBS/MESSAGES/4/171690.HTML. *NM INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
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#10171563October 23, 2006
EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.
FACTORY CD CHANGER FOR 2001 PATHFINDER LE BECOMES JAMMED, WILL NOT PLAY CDS OR EJECT THEM, SHOWS AN ERROR CODE OF ERR2. AFTER DOING RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET, I FOUND OUT THAT THE UNIT IS MANUFACTURED BY CLARION AND THAT MANY OWNERS OF THE SAME VEHICLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. *NM
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0
Deaths:
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#10171385October 19, 2006
EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.
SUBJECT VEHICLE IS 2001 NISSAN PATHFINDER LE 3.5. ERR 2 DIPLAYED ON STEREO/ CD PLAYER. SIX (6) CD'S IN UNIT CANNOT BE EJECTED. *NM
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Injuries:
0
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0
#10171071October 17, 2006
EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.
I OWN 2001 NISSAN PATHFINDER AND THE CLARION BOSE 6 CD PLAYER KEEPS BRAKING DOWN. THIS IS THE THIRD FAILURE AND NISSAN NOR CLARION ARE WILLING TO FIX. MOREOVER I WAS SHOCKED TO FIND OUT THAT HUNDREDS OF OTHER USERS ACROSS DISCUSSION FORUMS ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM. CLARION MADE A CRAP OF CD PLAYER SO THEY SHOULD STAY BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT. THANK YOU! *NM
Crash:
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Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0

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