Nissan Pathfinder Complaints (2013)

891 consumer complaints on file.

#10701055March 23, 2015
AIR BAGS
AT TIMES THE PASSENGER AIR BAG STATUS LIGHT STAYS ON, INDICATING THE AIR BAG IS TURNED OFF EVEN THOUGH AN ADULT IS SITTING IN THE SEAT, THIS CONTINUES AFTER 2 YEARS AND MANY TRIPS TO THE DEALER FOR ZERO THE SYSTEM (2 TIMES), REPLACE SENSORS, TORQUE SENSORS, REPLACE CONTROLLER, UPDATE SOFTWARE (2X) AND A PHONE COMPLAINT TO NISSAN. THIS HAPPENS WHEN I START CAR WHEN WIFE IS GETTING IN THE CAR. WHILE IT IS UNDERSTANDABLE A FALSE READING WILL OCCUR SINCE WEIGHT IS CHANGING AS IT IS SAMPLED, MY ISSUE IS THAT THE FAULT DOES NOT CLEAR FOR 25 TO 30 MINUTES BEFORE THE PROPER WEIGHT IS SENSED. . WHEN WE NOTICE THE WARNING LIGHT I STOP AND TURN THE CAR OFF AND THEN BACK ON "FIXING" THE ISSUE. BUT THE WARNING LIGHT IS HARD TO SEE IF SUN IS SHINING ON THE DASH BOARD AND AT TIMES WE HAVE ALREADY ENTERED A FREEWAY WITH NO GOOD PLACE TO PULL OVER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10700960March 22, 2015
AIR BAGS
PASSENGER AIR BAG SENSOR AGAIN NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. IT WAS REPAIRED BY NISSAN AFTER FIRST RECALL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10700884March 21, 2015
POWER TRAIN
HAD RECALL ON TRANSMISSION FOR SOFTWARE UPDATE, LEFT DEALERSHIP ONCE IT WAS DONE. COULD NOT ACCELERATE TO GET OFF OF HILL BEHIND THE DEALERSHIP. VEHICLE WOULD ONLY GO IN REVERSE. HAD THE PEDAL DOWN TO THE FLOOR AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10695125March 18, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES, SUSPENSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE IN A JERKING MOTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE WHEEL BEARING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE WHEEL BEARING WAS REPLACED FOUR TIMES ON SEPARATE OCCASIONS. IN ADDITION, BOTH FRONT AND REAR BRAKES WERE REPLACED THREE TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 27,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10693728March 11, 2015
POWER TRAIN, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10693168March 9, 2015
AIR BAGS
DRIVING AT 55 MPH AND NOTICED THE PASSENGER AIRBAG LIGHT WAS LIT INDICATING THE PASSENGER AIRBAG WAS DISABLED. MY WIFE IS OVER 135 LBS AND HAD HER SEATBELT ON. I PULLED OVER AND PUT CAR IN NEUTRAL. DID NOT FIX PROBLEM. PUT IN PARK AND RESTARTED CAR AND LIGHT WENT OUT. THIS HAS OCCURRED PREVIOUSLY AND SOLUTION WAS THE SAME. I TOOK A PICTURE OF THE LIGHT WITH WIFE IN THE SEAT. REPORTED TO DEALERSHIP AND HE SAID SOMETIMES THE ONBOARD COMPUTER GETS CONFUSED AND THE RESTART CLEARS THE ISSUE. HE SAID THE WEIGHT WAS AN ISSUE ALTHOUGH FED GUIDELINES ARE 108 LBS. HE ALSO SAID THAT THE SEATBELT WOULD DO THE JOB AND THAT AIRBAGS WOULD ONLY RESULT IN INJURY TO THE PASSENGER... TOLD HIM I WAS NOT BUYING HIS BS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10692487March 6, 2015
STEERING, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
2013 NISSAN PATHFINDER ELECTRIC POWER WHEELS MAKES HIGH PITCH NOISE. IT IS VERY UNCOMFORTABLE TO ME CAUSING HEADACHES. THE NOISE IS VERY LOUD, I HAVE TO TURN ON THE CD OR RADIO. AND MAKE ME CANNOT FOCUS ON MY DRIVING. I WENT TO THREE NISSAN DEALERS, BUT THEY ALL TOLD ME THAT IT IS NORMAL. BUT THIS IS ABSOLUTELY NOT NORMAL. AND OTHER CARS DO NOT MAKE THIS NOISE. THIS HIGH PITCH NOISE STARTS WHEN WEATHER GOT COLD. NISSAN DEALER TOLD ME THAT WHEN WEATHER GETS WARM, THE NOISE WILL GONE. BUT WE LIVE IN THE MA 01824, IT IS LONG WINTER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10692131March 4, 2015
STRUCTURE:BODY
WHILE DRIVING TO WORK ON THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE, THE HOOD KEPT VIBRATING. IT LOOK LIKE THE HOOD WAS LIFTING AND WOULD FLY UP. MY BROTHER LOOKED AT IT BUT COULD NOT FIND WHAT WOULD CAUSE THE PROBLEM SO HE SUGGESTED I TAKE IT TO THE DEALERS. THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT IT WAS JUST THE WAY THE HOOD WORKED AND DID NOTHING. THE SECOND TIME I REPORTED THE PROBLEM I THREATENED THAT IF I GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT I WOULD SUE THE COMPANY. THIS TIME THEY DID TAKE A LOOK AT THE HOOD. THEY DID SOMETHING WHICH RESULTED INLESS VIBRATION, HOWEVER AT HIGHER SPEEDS AND WINDY WEATHER, I ENCOUNTER THE SAME PROBLEM . *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10692137March 4, 2015
AIR BAGS
MY AUNT WAS A PASSENGER IN MY CAR. SHE WEIGHS APPROXIMATELY 110LBS. I NOTICED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHEN SHE WAS IN THE CAR THAT THE PASSENGER AIRBAG LIGHT DID NOT GO OUT. WHEN THIS HAPPENED I ASKED HER TO EXIT THE VEHICLE THEN SIT BACK DOWN. THIS SEEMS TO TEMPORARILY SOLVED THE PROBLEM. WHEN I TOOK THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE VEHICLE AIRBAG. AFTER THE SERVICE THE DEALER TOLD ME THE PROBLEM WAS CORRECTED. HOWEVER, PERIODICALLY I NOTICED THAT THE PROBLEM STILL PERSISTED. JUST RECENTLY A FRIEND WHO IS APPROXIMATELY 170LBS WAS IN THE FRONT SEAT. THE AIRBAG LIGHT STAYED ON. SHE EXITED THE VEHICLE AND THEN SAT BACK DOWN BUT THE LIGHT STAYED ON FOR A FEW MINUTES OF DRIVING BEFORE GOING OFF. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10692139March 4, 2015
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHEN THE CAR IS FULL OF PASSENGERS THE TRANSMISSION STARTS TO MISS SHIFT CAUSING A VIBRATION. FEELS UNSAFE WHEN CARRYING PASSENGERS. ALSO VEHICLES BACKUP CAMERA IS STARTING TO ACT UP. THE VIDEO IS SCREEN HAS LINES THROUGH IT AND SOMETIMES THE BACKUP ALARMS DEACTIVATE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10689806February 22, 2015
STRUCTURE:BODY, EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY
WHILE OPENING THE DOOR TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE THE INTERNAL MECHANISM OF THE DOOR HANDLE STRIPPED AND BROKE, CAUSING ME TO HAVE TO EXIT THE VEHICLE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THIS TOOK A WEEK FOR NISSAN TO ORDER THE PARTS AND GET IT FIXED. THIS WAS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR MY FAMILY AND I , AS I COULD NOT EXIT THE VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10683773February 17, 2015
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE
I WAS PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT. I DROVE A FEW YARDS AND THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE OVER 25MPH EVEN THOUGH I WAS PUSHING ON THE ACCELERATOR. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS, BUT THE RPM'S WOULD NOT GO UP. I STOPPED AND PUT IT IN PARK, REVVED THE ENGINE, AND PUT IT IN DRIVE AGAIN. IT WORKED FINE FOR ABOUT A MILE UNTIL I PULLED UP TO A STOP LIGHT. AS THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, I COULD NOT GET THE CAR TO GO OVER 25 MPH. (I WAS TURNING LEFT AT THE INTERSECTION, SO IT WAS VERY DANGEROUS THAT I COULD NOT GET THE CAR TO ACCELERATE AS I WAS FACING UPCOMING TRAFFIC.) I PULLED ONTO THE SHOULDER AND PUT IT IN PARK AGAIN. I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT THE ADDITIONAL MILE HOME BUT THANKFULLY DID NOT HAVE TO STOP AT A LIGHT AGAIN. THE DEALERSHIP HAS RAN DIAGNOSTICS ON IT AND CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT, BUT I'M SCARED TO DRIVE IT AGAIN. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10683522February 15, 2015
STRUCTURE:BODY
HOOD SHAKES/VIBRATES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE HIGHER THE SPEED, THE MORE IT VIBRATES, AND IT IS MUCH WORSE IF IT IS WINDY; IT SEEMS AS THE HOOD WAS NOT CLOSE PROPERLY -ALTHOUGH IT IS- AND IS ABOUT TO POP OPEN. THE DEALER CLAIMED THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE HOOD, AND SIMPLY ADJUSTED SOME KNOBS UNDER IT, BUT THIS MADE NO DIFFERENCE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10683084February 12, 2015
POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
OVER THE PAST TWO MONTH I'VE HAD 4 INCIDENTS WHEN I STOP AT A LIGHT OR SIGN AND WHEN I HIT MY ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO START MOVING AGAIN NOTHING HAPPENS. SOMETIMES I LIFT MY FOOT OFF OF THE PEDAL AND THEM BACK AGAIN AND IT STARTS WORKING NORMALLY. OTHER TIMES THE ACCELERATOR STARTS WORKING AFTER A FEW SECONDS OF BEING DEPRESSED.....MORE THAN A LITTLE NU-NERVING WHEN ENTERING HEAVY TRAFFIC AREAS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10682235February 9, 2015
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE AIR BAG PASSENGER'S SIDE WARNING LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED EVEN WITH AN OCCUPANT PRESENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THERE WAS A RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V138000 (AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND THE VIN WAS INCLUDED. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE A PROBLEM AND INFORMED THAT THE PASSENGER DID NOT WEIGH ENOUGH AND CONTRIBUTED TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10681872February 7, 2015
POWER TRAIN
JUST PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE. DROVE BEAUTIFUL WHILE TEST DRIVING. THE NEXT MORNING THE VEHICLE STARTED HER JERKING SO BAD THAT I THOUGHT SOMETHING WAS FALLING OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO STALL OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. WONDERING HOW SAFE THIS VEHICLE REALLY IS WHEN NEEDING TO TRANSPORT CHILDREN. DISGUSTED WITH THE POWER I AM FINDING. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10681662February 6, 2015
POWER TRAIN
DRIVING WOULD NOTICE THAT CAR WOULD NOT GO WHEN I WOULD ACCELERATE SO TOOK IN MANY TIMES TO DEALERSHIP WHICH ALWAYS TOLD ME IT JUST NEEDED UPDATING SO IT HAPPENED AGAIN THEN THEY SAID IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION AND WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE. BUT THE THING THAT UPSET ME WAS THEY PUT A REFURBISHED ONE IN WHICH WASN'T RIGHT SINCE I BOUGHT BRAND NEW. STILL HAVING PROBLEMS TOOK AGAIN AND ONCE AGAIN NEEDED UPDATING DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO DINT UNDERSTAND WHY NISSIAN DOESN'T TAKE CARE OF THESE ISSUES OR BUY BACK THESE LEMON CARS FRUSTRATED. ALSO NEVER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE FROM NISSIAN EVER SINCE I BOUGHT CAR I HAD TO GOOGLE SEARCH WHICH IS HORRIBLE UNPROFESSIONAL *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10663860February 5, 2015
AIR BAGS
2013 NISSAN PATHFINDER. VEHICLE HAS REPEATED PROBLEMS OF THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG. *TA THE CONSUMER STATED IN JUNE 2014, HE RECEIVED A RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE R1405 TO REPROGRAM THE SOFTWARE. THE REPROGRAMMING WAS COMPLETE, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM SO HE HAD TO RETURN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR ANOTHER REPROGRAM, BUT TO NO AVAIL. ON DECEMBER 1, 2014, THE CONSUMER RETURNED TO THE DEALER SO THEY COULD REPLACE THE SEAT SENSORS TO ELIMINATE THE PROBLEM WHICH DID NOT FIX THE ISSUE. THE DEALER CLAIMED IT MIGHT BE A CONTROLLER THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONSUMER NOT TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE, UNTIL THE ISSUE WAS RESOLVED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10681601February 5, 2015
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE JERKED AND FAILED TO ACCELERATE WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS NOT PROVIDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 13,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10681602February 5, 2015
POWER TRAIN
I BOUGHT THIS CAR USED, I HAD IT FOR 10 DAYS, I WAS DRIVING AT A LOW SPEED 10-15 MPH AND MY PATHFINDER STARTED JERKING. I THOUGHT I WAS DRIVING ON A BAD PART OR MY TIRE HAD BLOWN UP. I PULLED INTO A STORE, EVERYTHING LOOKED FINE, I LEFT AND AS I WAS MAKING A TURN, IT STARTED THE JERKING AGAIN, I WAS HEADING HOME AND ONLY A FEW MIN AWAY AND AFTER ANOTHER TURN, IT STARTED JERKING AGAIN!! I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP, THEY CALLED SAYING NOTHING IS WRONG WITH IT. I HAVE A 2 YEAR OLD! IT'S HORRIBLY FRIGHTENING AND SICKENING TO NOT KNOW WHEN THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN AND TO KNOW YOU'VE SPENT ALL THIS MONEY ON A CRAP CAR THAT THEY WON'T FIX UNDER WARRANTY! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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