Nissan Pathfinder Complaints (2006)

837 consumer complaints on file.

#10749751August 19, 2015
POWER TRAIN, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
I TOOK MY PATHFINDER IN TO THE LOCAL NISSAN DEALER FOR A CHECK UP--CHUGGING AT 35MPH, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT SPORADICALLY GOES ON AND OFF, GAS GAUGE STOPPED FUNCTIONING. NISSAN RAN THE DIAGNOSTICS AND TOLD ME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS BECAUSE I NEED TO PAY $500.00 TO REPLACE THE FUEL SENSOR. I BELIEVE THIS IS A PART THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY RECALLED. I DON'T KNOW IF NISSAN CONSIDERS THE FIX ONCE AND DONE BUT VEHICLES DRIVEN IN SALT AND SAND WINTER CONDITIONS WILL NEED EXTRA ATTENTION. THE TRANSMISSION TROUBLE IS SOMETHING NISSAN KNOWS ABOUT BUT REFUSES TO RECALL. I WAS TOLD I NEEDED TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION--OVER $5000.00. IF NISSAN KNOWS ABOUT THESE PROBLEMS, WHY MUST I, A NOW UNHAPPY OWNER, PAY FOR THESE REPAIRS?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10749025August 17, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
FUEL GAUGE STOP HALF WAY AND DOES NOT MOVE AND SOMETIME DOES NOT WORK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10748974August 16, 2015
STEERING
VEHICLE STALLED ON HIGHWAY/ WAS ALMOST HIT BY TRACTOR TRAILER
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10748847August 15, 2015
POWER TRAIN
RADIATOR HAS BEEN LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION WHICH HAS CAUSED IT TO FAIL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10748788August 14, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK IT TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME MY RADIATOR LEAKED FLUIDS INTO TRANSMISSION AND BOTH NEED TO BE REPLACED. I FOUND OUT THERE WAS A CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST NISSAN FOR THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS REALLY TERRIBLE THEY WON'T ADMIT MANUFACTURERS FAULT IN THIS. SO NOW STILL HAVE TO MAKE PAYMENTS FOR THE CAR WE CAN'T EVEN DRIVE FOR ANOTHER 2 YEARS AND THE REPAIRS CAME AT OVER $7000. CAR IS A NECESSITY TO PEOPLE TO MAKE A LIVING FOR THEIR FAMILIES. WE HAVE 3 SMALL CHILDREN THAT HAVE TO GET TO SCHOOL AND DAYCARE SO THANKS NISSAN YOU LOST ANOTHER CUSTOMER. HOPE EVERYONE STOPS BUYING YOUR CARS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10746711August 6, 2015
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MY CARS RADIATOR CRACKED AND LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE MIX OF COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION FLUID DAMAGED THE TRANSMISSION AND QUITE POSSIBLY DAMAGED MY ENGINE. NISSAN KNOWS ABOUT THE RADIATOR BECAUSE THEY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON IT. THE REPAIRS FOR THIS INCIDENT ARE HIGH THE NISSAN DEALER I TOOK IT TO QUOTED ME $4,591.43 TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AND THE RADIATOR AND THAT IS WITH THE WARRANTY THEY CLAIM THEY HAVE ON IT. THE DEALER ALSO TOLD ME ANY OTHER DAMAGE CAUSED BY THIS FAULTY RADIATOR WOULD NOT BE COVERED AND I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS TO ANY OTHER COMPONENTS AS WELL THEY TOLD THEY ME MIGHT BE AN ADDITIONAL $2,000 SO NEARLY $7,000. I HAD KNOW CHOICE BUT SELL THE CAR OFF AS SCRAP AS THE REPAIRS WOULD COST MORE THAN THE CAR ITSELF. A FAILURE OF ALL THESE PARTS AT ONCE IS A SAFETY HAZARD TO EVERYONE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10746343August 3, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO RADIATOR HOSE LEAK. CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT MILAGE LIMITS EXCEEDED. I HAD THE CAR IN MULTIPLE TIMES THIS WAS NEVER DISCLOSED TO ME. VEHICLE PAID OFF 12/2012- FAILURE 3/2013. TOTAL COST FOR NEW TRANSMISSION/RADIATOR WAS 7,000.00. I HAD TO BORROW THE MONEY SINCE THIS VEHICLE WAS MY ONLY FORM OF TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM WORK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10745241July 31, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE SENSOR FAILED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V075000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 126,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10732907July 9, 2015
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. AS A RESULT, THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED AND DISLOCATED THE CONTACT'S COLLAR BONE. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT SUSTAINED FACE, NECK, AND SHOULDER INJURIES DUE TO THE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. MA 09/29 UPDATED 11/08/2017*CN
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10732987July 9, 2015
POWER TRAIN
I AM IN THE MIDDLE OF A ROAD TRIP WITH MY CHILDREN AND SUDDENLY MY PATHFINDER WOULD NOT ACCELERATE GOING UPHILL. I THANKFULLY MADE IT UP THE HILL AND ONTO A HIGHWAY ON RAMP. THE GRACE OF GOD IS ALL THAT KEPT ME FROM BEING STRUCK BY A TRACTOR TRAILER TAKING THE SAME EXIT. THE PATHFINDER SHUDDERED AND I PULLED INTO THE SHOULDER (A BLESSING THAT THERE WAS JUST ENOUGH SPACE FOR ONE) AND IT TURNED OFF RIGHT THERE. NOT EVEN 85,000 MILES ON AN '06 PATHFINDER AND I HAD TO HAVE THE STEERING COLUMN REPLACED AFTER SOMETHING BROKE IT IN IT 2 YRS AGO, NOW THIS. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE CLOSEST NISSAN DEALER, 35 MILES FROM WHERE IT STOPPED AND HUNDREDS OF MILES FROM HOME. THE DEALER TOLD ME IT WAS THE KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE CHEAP PLASTIC RADIATORS AND TRANSMISSION. I AM NOW IN A RENTAL CAR, LOOKING ONLINE FOR A HOTEL (I WAS PLANNING ON DRIVING UP TO CANADA AND AN NOW STUCK IN OHIO), AND HAVE TO PAY $3,000 TO GET THIS FIXED BECAUSE OF THE AGE OF THE CAR. NEVERMIND THAT IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE!!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10732248July 6, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
TRANSMISSION WAS FAILING ON THE WAY TO THE REPAIR SHOP TO GET IT LOOKED AT. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION, IT REFUSED TO GO INTO GEAR AND CAUSED ME TO SLOW DOWN CONSIDERABLY, RESULTING IN A NEAR ACCIDENT WITH THE CAR BEHIND ME AND THE CAR GOING AROUND ME. THE RADIATOR HAD LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION, A KNOWN PROBLEM IN THIS PARTICULAR YEAR OF NISSAN PATHFINDER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10731193June 30, 2015
POWER TRAIN, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE TRANSMISSION OF MY PATHFINDER WENT BAD BECAUSE OF DEFECTIVE RADIATOR. IT MIXED TRANSMISSION OIL AND ANTIFREEZE IN THE TRANSMISSION. IT WILL COST ME 6K+ TO REPAIR. I READ A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD THIS PROBLEM AND I WANT NISSAN TO FIX IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10730242June 24, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
WHILE RESEARCHING A TRANSMISSION ISSUE ON MY 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER, MY HUSBAND CAME ACROSS RECALL #10V075000 FOR THE FUEL LEVEL SENSOR FOR 2006 PATHFINDERS. AFTER ALL THE TRANSMISSION/RADIATOR REPAIRS WERE COMPLETED (ANOTHER ISSUE THAT NISSAN WAS WELL AWARE OF BUT HAS NOT REMEDIED) MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I TOOK IT TO AN AUTO PARTS STORE TO HAVE THE CODE READ. THEY PUT IT ON A CODE READER AND TOLD ME IT WAS THE FUEL LEVEL SENSOR. I CONTACTED MY LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP TO BRING MY CAR IN TO HAVE THE REPAIR DONE. I WAS TOLD THAT THE RECALL WAS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH MY VIN AND THAT THE REPAIR WOULD HAVE TO BE PAID FOR OUT OF MY POCKET. I THEN CONTACTED NISSAN NORTH AMERICA WHERE I WAS TOLD TO TAKE MY CAR INTO A NISSAN DEALERSHIP: 1) ASK FOR A DIAGNOSTIC CODE ON THE PART 2) GET THE NAME OF THE SERVICE ADVISOR AND DEALERSHIP 3) GET AN ESTIMATED COST OF REPAIR/REPLACEMENT AND I WAS GIVEN A CASE NUMBER. I MADE AN APPOINTMENT AND HAD ALL OF THOSE THINGS ACCOMPLISHED. I THEN CALLED BACK AND GAVE NISSAN ALL THE REQUIRED INFORMATION AND WAS TOLD THEY WOULD CALL ME BACK WITH A DECISION. 2 DAYS LATER SOMEONE FROM CONSUMER AFFAIRS CALLED ME BACK AND TOLD ME THAT NISSAN WOULD NOT PAY FOR THE REPAIR SINCE MY VIN IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECALL. I ASKED TO SPEAK WITH THAT PERSONS SUPERVISOR AND WAS TOLD THAT SUPERVISORS DID NOT HAVE CUSTOMER CONTACT..SO MUCH FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE!! I TRIED TO EXPLAIN THAT MY CAR IS SHOWING ALL OF THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS THAT GO ALONG WITH THIS PROBLEM INCLUDING; MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON, THE COMPUTER SHOWING THE CODE FOR THE ISSUE, MY DIGITAL GAS GAUGE NOT READING CORRECTLY, MY REGULAR GAS GAUGE NOT GOING BELOW TANK, AND ALMOST RUNNING OUT OF GAS WITH MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR WITH ME. . I HAVE BEEN FORCED TO RELY ON MY ODOMETER TO INDICATE WHEN I SHOULD REFILL MY GAS TANK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10723740June 6, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I WAS DRIVING UP A MOUNTAIN ROAD WHEN SUDDENLY MY VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE AND LOSE POWER. THE ENGINE THEN BEGAN TO REV AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARDS. I APPLIED MY BRAKES AND PUT THE VEHICLE IN ALL AVAILABLE GEARS INCLUDING REVERSE AND THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO REV. THE POLICE WERE CALLED AND I WAS ALMOST STRUCK BY PASSING VEHICLES MULTIPLE TIMES. AFTER 55 MINUTES THE POLICE ARRIVED AND REQUESTED AN EXPEDITED TOW. VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED FROM THE ROADWAY. AFTER PAYING THE $135.00 TOW BILL TO THE LOCAL TOW YARD I WAS ABLE TO CALL AAA AND HAVE THEM TOW ME THE ALMOST 90 MILES BACK TO MY HOME IN NJ. THIS WAS OF COURSE THE SATURDAY OF MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND SO NOTHING WAS GOING TO BE OPEN UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING. TUESDAY MORNING I HAD MY VEHICLE TOWED TO A LOCAL, REPUTABLE TRANSMISSION PLACE. ULTIMATELY THEY TOLD ME THAT WATER HAD GOTTEN INTO MY TRANSMISSION AND IT WOULD COST $3,188.60 TO FIX. THE TRANSMISSION PLACE TOLD ME THAT THEY HAVE SEEN MANY NISSANS WITH THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM. AFTER GOING HOME AND GOOGLING NISSAN PATHFINDER TRANSMISSION I WAS APPALLED TO SEE ALL THE COMPLAINTS ABOUT NISSAN PATHFINDER (AND OTHER MODEL NISSANS) TRANSMISSIONS. I WAS LITERALLY TAKEN BACK BY IT AND COULD NOT BELIEVE IT. I THEN CONTACTED MY NISSAN DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT MY VEHICLE WOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED BEFORE NOVEMBER 14, 2014 OR IF I HAD LESS THAN 80,000 MILES. MY TRUCK HAD JUST OVER 84,000 MILES. I THEN CALLED NISSAN NORTH AMERICA. THEY ADVISED ME THAT IN ORDER FOR THEM TO DETERMINE WHETHER THEY WOULD COVER ANY OF THE EXPENSES INCURRED DUE TO THIS PROBLEM I WOULD I HAVE TO TOW MY TRUCK TO THE DEALER AND HAVE THEM TAKE A LOOK AT IT. ONCE COMPLETED WITH THAT, THEY WOULD SUBMIT A REPORT TO NISSAN NORTH AMERICA TO DETERMINE WHETHER ANY OR ALL OF THE INCURRED EXPENSES WOULD BE COVERED...POTENTIALLY TAKING SEVERAL WEEKS OR MONTHS WITH NO GUARANTEE THAT ANYTHING WOULD BE COVERED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10723386June 4, 2015
POWER TRAIN
AS I WAS DRIVING ON A RESIDENTIAL ROAD MY 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER HESITATED TO MOVE AS I PULLED OVER I NOTICED LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH MY TRUCK. I OPEN UP THE RADIATOR CAP NOTICED THAT TRANSMISSION FLUID IN THE RADIATOR FLUID HAS MIXED
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10722997June 2, 2015
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE
I BACKED OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY ONTO THE MAIN ROAD AND WENT TO PUT THE VEHICLE INTO DRIVE AND IT WOULD NOT GO INTO DRIVE. WHEN I GOT IT TO THE REPAIR SHOP THEY SAID THAT THE RADIATOR HAD LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND CAUSED IT TO RUIN THE TRANSMISSION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10721809May 27, 2015
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION IS SHAKY AND JERKS WHEN SHIFTING, APPARENTLY NISSAN KNEW ABOUT RADIATOR COOLANT LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION LINE!!!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10717611May 21, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER, ENGINE, STRUCTURE:BODY
RADIATOR FLUID HAS LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING IT TO FAIL. THE DEALERSHIP HAS ISSUED A FIX WHERE THE RADIATOR COOLANT IS BYPASSED FROM THE TRANSMISSION BUT THEN THAT HAS NOT HELPED. THE FIX WAS FOR $500+ THE REPAIRS FOR THE TRANSMISSION ARE AT $4700/- NOW. THIS IS RIDICULOUS THE AMOUNT OF REPAIRS IS MORE THAN THE COST OF THE VEHICLE NOW.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10717881May 21, 2015
POWER TRAIN
JUST AFTER EXITING FREEWAY, VEHICLE'S AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED TO ENGAGE IN ANY FORWARD GEARS. THIS CAUSED FORWARD MOVEMENT TO REDUCE TO EXTREMELY SLOW MOTION. IF THIS OCCURRED WHILE ON THE FREEWAY, AND IF A DRIVER PANICKED, NOT IMMEDIATELY MOVING OFF TO THE SIDE, IT COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT WITH POTENTIALLY SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES. THIS PROBLEM IS WIDELY KNOWN AND HAS BEEN DEALT WITH TO A LIMITED EXTENT. DON'T SEE A PLACE ON THIS COMPLAINT FORM TO INDICATE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. TRANSMISSION WAS CONTAMINATED WITH COOLANT DUE TO LOWER TRANS LINE IN RADIATOR'S LOWER TANK BEING RUPTURED. RADIATOR WAS ALSO CROSS CONTAMINATED WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID. THIS COMMON PROBLEM IN CERTAIN MODEL 2005 - 2007 NISSAN'S IS NOT CURRENTLY A RECALL (IT SHOULD BE), AND THE LIMITED EXTENDED WARRANTY IN THE NISSAN SETTLEMENT OFFERS NO REIMBURSEMENT FOR VEHICLES HAVING THIS PROBLEM WITH OVER 100,000 MILES, AS IS THE CASE WITH MOST OF US. I HOPE YOU ARE AWARE OF THE SEVERAL THOUSAND PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS PROBLEM OVER THE YEARS, AND THE THOUSANDS MORE WHO WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM IN THE YEARS TO COME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10717062May 18, 2015
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE FAILED TO DISPLAY THE CORRECT READINGS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 129,000. UPDATED 09/10/15*LJ
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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