Nissan Pathfinder Complaints (2007)

561 consumer complaints on file.

#10895414August 12, 2016
POWER TRAIN
CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED AND I PULL TWO P0717 CODES INDICATING AN ISSUE WITH TRANSMISSION CONTROL VALVE WITH TCM. TOOK TO SHOP AND THEY FOUND COOLANT MIXED WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID REQUIRING A TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10894277August 9, 2016
ENGINE
I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THERE WAS A BAD TIMING CHAIN - CALLED NISSAN AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD NOT FINANCIALLY ASSIST WITH THE REPAIR. THERE APPEARS TO BE A CIVIL LAWSUIT REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10894662August 9, 2016
POWER TRAIN
ON FRIDAY, AUGUST THE 8TH ON THE WAY TO WORK ON THE INTERSTATE I ACCELERATED GOING UP A HILL AND THE GEAR CHANGE IN THE TRANSMISSION WAS EXTREMELY ROUGH. IT WAS LIKE WHEN A MANUAL TRANSMISSION IS KNOCKED OUT OF GEAR, OF COURSE THIS VEHICLE IS AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. LIKE A MANUAL TRANSMISSION BEING KNOCKED OUT OF GEAR THE VEHICLE HAD A VERY QUICK DECELERATION ALTHOUGH I AS STILL PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL. THIS ALMOST CAUSED THE CAR BEHIND ME TO REAR END ME. EVENTUALLY THE VEHICLE ACTED LIKE IT WENT BACK IN GEAR. WHEN I EXITED OFF OF THE INTERSTATE, CAME TO A STOP AT THE END OF THE OFF RAMP, AND TRIED TO ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE AGAIN ACTED LIKE THE MOTOR WAS ENGAGING BUT NOT THE TRANSMISSION, ALMOST CAUSING ANOTHER REAR END COLLISION. I MANAGED TO GET THE VEHICLE TO THE PARKING LOT AT WORK. IT SET THERE FOR THE DAY UNTIL I WAS LEAVING TO GO HOME. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE VDC AND SLIP LIGHTS WOULD COME ON WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO START. I LEFT THE VEHICLE AT WORK. I RETURNED ON SATURDAY. I GOT A AUTO CODE FROM THE VEHICLE OF P0717 REFERRING TO THE TURBINE SPEED SENSOR. I FOUND THE 10 AMP A/T ECU FUSE WAS BLOWN. I REPLACED THE FUSE AND THE VEHICLE CRANKED BUT IMMEDIATELY BLEW THE FUSE AGAIN AND WOULD NOT START AGAIN IF TURNED OFF. I LEFT THE VEHICLE AND DID SOME RESEARCH FINDING THE ISSUE WITH THE RADIATOR FLUID CONTAMINATING THE TRANSMISSION AND CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO GO OUT. MY COMPANY MECHANIC AND I LOOKED AT THE VEHICLE ON MONDAY AND FOUND THE RADIATOR EMPTY OF FLUID AND THE TRANSMISSION FLUID CONTAMINATED. SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE SEVERELY INJURED ID THIS ISSUE IS NOT BROUGHT TO THE OWNERS OF THESE VEHICLES. THE VEHICLE IS STILL SITTING WHERE I LEFT IT UNTIL I DECIDE WHETHER I AM GOING TO HAVE TO REPLACE WHAT I AM SURE IS A BAD TRANSMISSION DUE TO A FAULTY MANUFACTURERS DESIGN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10889283July 28, 2016
POWER TRAIN
RADIATOR DEFECT, THAT NISSAN HAS KNOWN SINCE 2012, CLASS ACTION SUIT, FOR PATHFINDERS AND XTERRAS LEAKED FLUID INTO TRANSMISSION BLOWING MY TRANSMISSION. NISSAN REPLACED TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR BUT CHARGED ME $3,000 AS CO-PAY. NISSAN HAS BEEN AWARE OF THIS ISSUE FOR A WHILE AND YET NEVER SUBJECT OF RECALL NOR WERE OWNERS NOTIFIED OF THIS ENGINEERING DEFECT OF THE RADIATOR. NISSAN REFUSED TO INDEMNIFY ME FOR THE CO-PAY CLAIMING I WAS LUCKY I GOT THAT FROM THEM. WHEN QUESTIONED AS TO WHY THESE RADIATORS WERE NEVER RECALLED, THEY REFUSED TO RESPOND AND STATED THEY WERE UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO NOTIFY OWNERS OF THIS DEFECT. MY TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR WENT WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE CAUSING MY CAR TO SWERVE ALMOST RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DEFECT IT IS ABSURD THAT THE OWNERS SHOULD HAVE TO PAY ANYTHING BECAUSE OF THIS RADIATOR THAT WAS ENGINEERED DEFECTIVE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10887899July 22, 2016
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
THE TRANSSMISION DON'T CHANGE CORRECTLY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10886024July 19, 2016
AIR BAGS
MY WIFE WAS IN A HEAD ON CRASH, A MAN TURNED LEFT IN FRONT OF HER SHE HIT HIM. THE WREAK WAS HEAD ON FOR HER TRUCK AND SIDE IMPACT FOR HIM. THANK GOD SHE WAS WEARING HER SEAT BELT BECAUSE NO AIR BAGS WERE DEPLOYED. THE SPEED LIMIT IN THAT AREA IS 45 MPH. HOW DOES A HEAD ON CRASH AT 45 MPH NOT DEPLOY ON THE DRIVER SIDE? WE BOUGHT THE CAR USED FROM AN INDEPENDENT DEALER IN DALLAS TX IN 2010.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10884988July 15, 2016
POWER TRAIN, SUSPENSION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE VIBRATED SEVERELY FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE MULTIPLE TIMES WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO A MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKED INTO THE RADIATOR. THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 107,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10884546July 13, 2016
POWER TRAIN
ANTI FREEZE LEAK INTO TRANSMISSION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10883877July 11, 2016
POWER TRAIN
3RD EVENT. DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED, ENGINE LOSES POWER, WILL NOT ACCELERATE OVER 30 MPH. ON PREVIOUS EVENTS REVERSE REMAINED USEFUL AND VEHICLE RECOVERED. TAKEN TO SHOP, TOLD NOTHING COULD BE FOUND WRONG AND EVENT DID NOT RECUR ON THEIR TEST DRIVE. CONTINUED TO DRIVE VEHICLE MANY MONTHS, NO ISSUE. THIS EVENT, CAR WOULD NOT REVERSE AND WAS DRIVEN TO THE HOME OF MY FAMILY WHERE I WAS ENDING MY VACATION. NOW STRANDED 4 HOURS FROM HOME. CALLED OUT FROM WORK TOMORROW TO RESEARCH AND DECIDE WHAT ACTIONS TO TAKE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10883724July 9, 2016
POWER TRAIN
CAR WOULD NOT START. LOCAL MECHANIC COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHY. TOWED 30 MILES TO DEALERSHIP. WAS TOLD COOLANT LEAKED INTO TRANSMISSION AND WOULD NEED TO COMPLETELY REPLACE TRANSMISSION AT A COST OF $5,000. NISSAN KNOWS THIS IS AN ISSUE, HOWEVER THE MILEAGE IS TOO HIGH FOR THEM TO HELP ME OUT AT ALL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10882468July 4, 2016
AIR BAGS, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TAMARA INFLATORS , FUEL GAUGE REGISTERS EMPTY WHEN TANK IS FILLED AND WILL NOT DETECT THE CORRECT AMOUNT OF FUEL UNTIL HALF OF THE TANK IS EMPTY. THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME THE TANK IS FILLED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10882172July 1, 2016
ENGINE
RADIATOR COOLANT IS LEAKING INTO TRANSMISION, WHICH COULD RESULT IN CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10881337June 28, 2016
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
I WAS DRIVING WHEN MY NISSAN PATHFINDER 2007 OUT RIGHT WHEN I GOT IN THE MIDDLE OF IN INTERSECTION MY CAR JUST DIDN'T WANT TO GO I WAS PRESSING ON THE GAS AND IT WOULD GO IT THEN IT WOULD START GOING AGAIN BUT WOULDN'T GO FASTER THEN 20MPH THEN AGAIN IT WOULD STOP N WOULDNT MOVE I TOOK IT TO A SHOP TO GET IT CHECKED OUT THEY TOLD ME MY RADIATOR FAILED AND CAUSE LIQUID TO GO INTO MY TRAMISSION WHICH CAUSE THAT TO FAIL ...SO I CALLED NISSAN ABOUT THE RECALL I READ ABOUT FAIL RADIATOR AND TRAMISSION THEY TOLD ME THEY COULDN'T HELP ME
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10875766June 22, 2016
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY SHIFTED GEARS AND STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIATOR FLUID MIXED WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION TO BECOME INOPERABLE. AS A RESULT, THE TRANSMISSION AND THE RADIATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 135,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10876006June 22, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
IT STARTED WHEN MY PATHFINDER WOULD MAKE SHUDDERING NOISES AND VIBRATE HEAVILY WHILE ACCELERATING. I LATER FOUND OUT THAT MY RADIATOR HAD CRACKED AND CAUSED COOLANT TO LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION. I HAD THE RADIATOR REPLACED AND THE TRANSMISSION FLUSHED. BUT THAT WAS ONLY THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG. AFTER DRIVING MY CAR FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS IT COMPLETELY LOST POWER WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON CITY STREETS AND I WAS LEFT STRANDED ON A REALLY HOT DAY WITH DOGS IN THE CAR. APPARENTLY ONCE THE LEAKING RADIATOR FLUID MIXED WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID THIS LETHAL COMBINATION KILLED THE VALVES, SEALS AND TORQUE CONVERTER -- RENDERING MY ENTIRE TRANSMISSION USELESS. NO AMOUNT OF FLUSHING THE TRANSMISSION WAS GOING TO SAVE IT. THE TOTAL REPAIR COST OVER $6000.00 AND NISSAN IS WELL AWARE OF THIS ISSUE IN THEIR CARS YET HAVE NOT DONE THE RIGHT THING AND ISSUED A RECALL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10875355June 20, 2016
TIRES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN PATHFINDER EQUIPPED WITH YOKOHAMA GEOLANDAR H/T-S TIRES, SIZE: 265/70/R16 (NA). WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE TPMS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT ALL THE TIRES WERE DRY ROTTED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TIRES WERE NOT REPLACED. THE TIRE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE DOT NUMBER AND TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WERE UNKNOWN. THE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,180.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10874668June 16, 2016
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION IS BUCKING AND VIBRATING WHILE IN MOTION. I'M GUESSING I HAVE MONTH BEFORE IT BREAKS DOWN LIKE ALL OF THE OTHERS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10873989June 13, 2016
POWER TRAIN
COOLANT HAS LEAKED INTO MY TRANSMISSION. MY VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAS 88000 MILES AND MY TRANSMISSION HAS STARTED SLIPPING. I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC WHO CHECKED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND HE SAID "YEAH, IT'S A MIXER". REFERRING TO THE COOLANT THAT LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION. ACCORDING TO HIM IM NOT THE ONLY PERSON WHO HAS BROUGHT IN THEIR NISSAN WITH THIS ISSUE.I WENT TO NISSAN BUT THEY SAID THERE IS NO RECALL. AFTER CHECKING ONLINE IT SEEMS THERE WAS A CLASS ACTION SUIT BROUGHT AGAINST NISSAN BACK IN 2012 BUT IT SEEMS LIKE I CAN'T BE PART OF IT SINCE THE DEADLINE HAS PASSED. I HOPE THERE IS A RECALL SOON SO I CAN GET MY TRUCK FIXED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10872785June 6, 2016
POWER TRAIN
ON MARCH 14TH 2016. WE PURCHASED A NISSAN PATHFINDER 2007, ON THE DAY IT WAS PURCHASED? IT SHUT DOWN IN THE GROCERY STORE PARKING LOT! WE HAD IT TOWED BACK TO THE DEALER, GOT IT BACK? AND THEN THE CAR SHUT DOWN AGAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET! IN A HIGH TRAFFIC AREA! MY HUSBAND CANT WALK FAR BECAUSE OF HIS DISABILITY AND WE HAD TO SIT IN THE CAR AND WAIT TILL THE TOW TRUCK CAME! MARCH 7,2017 THE DAY AFTER OUR FIRST PAYMENT! THE DEALERSHIP THEN TOLD US IT WAS A LEAK IN THE RADIATOR COOLANT HOSE DUE TO SOME FLAW IN DESIGN! THEY TOLD US IT WOULD COST 1500 MINIMUM TO FIX! WE OWNED THE CAR LESS THAN A MONTH! MADE ONE PAYMENT! AND NOW WE CAN'T DRIVE IT OR AFFORD TO FIX IT! BECAUSE OUR VEHICLE HAS 100,000 MILES NISSAN, INSTEAD OF JUST FIXING THEIR ENGINE FLAW?WANTS TO CHARGE US 3,000 DOLLARS TO FIX IT! WE ARE ON A FIXED INCOME BOTH MY HUSBAND AND I ARE DISABLED,AND FINANCED INTO A TRUCK THAT COULD HAVE KILLED US! THIS NEEDS TO BE A STRAIGHT AND FAIR RECALL WITH NO COST TO THE CONSUMER! THIS CAR COULD HAVE SHUT DOWN ANYWHERE! LEAVING US STRANDED! OR WORSE!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10872003June 2, 2016
POWER TRAIN
VEHICLE STARTED VIBRATING AT 40MPH TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC THEY ADVISED THAT THE RADIATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THAT THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION FLUIDS MIXED, REPLACED THE RADIATOR FLUSHED THE TRANSMISSION VEHICLE WAS AT 90,000 MILES DROVE THE CAR ANOTHER YEAR WITH SLIGHT VIBRATION STILL AT 40MPH NOW IT IS AT 106,000 MILES TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING WHEN IT WARMS UP WON'T COME OUT OF 2ND GEAR LOOKING AT HAVING TO REBUILD THE TRANSMISSION FOR 4500.00, THE RADIATOR WAS 400.00 PLUS AN OUTSIDE COOLER FOR THE TRANSMISSION AN ADDITIONAL 200.00. HAD I BEEN MADE AWARE OF A POTENTIAL PROBLEM I MAY HAVE BEEN COVERED BECAUSE UNDER 80,000 MILES I HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE NOT HEATING UP WHEN IDOL THE HEAT WOULD ONLY WORK WHEN I DROVE THE CAR AND THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON BUT THE DIAGNOSES WAS A FUEL CAP 3 GAS CAPS LATER THE ENGINE LIGHT IS STILL ON AND I HAD A HEATING ELEMENT REPLACED BUT IT SEEMS THAT THE HEATING ISSUE IS A SIGN OF THE TRANSMISSION ISSUE. NISSAN SHOULD HAVE MADE IT'S CUSTOMERS AWARE OF THE ISSUE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN 2010 WITH 13.000 MILES ON IT THEY WERE WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEMS. I CONTACTED NISSAN AND THERE RESPONSE WAS WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE US TO DO I DON'T THINK THE CLASS ACTION SUIT WAS FAIR TO THE CONSUMER I DON'T QUALIFY DUE TO THE CUT OFF DATE AND NOW THE MILEAGE BUT I WOULD RATHER GIVE A TRANSMISSION SHOP 3500.00 RATHER THAN GIVE NISSAN 3500.00 I FEEL THAT I ALREADY PAID THEM ENOUGH AND FOR THEM TO KNOW OF THIS ISSUE AND NOT NOTIFY THE CONSUMER IS TERRIBLE I HAVE 3 CHILDREN I DRIVE ON THE HIGHWAY IN FACT I HAD MY 2 YEAR OLD IN THE VEHICLE WHEN THE TRANSMISSION WOULDN'T COME OUT OF 2ND GEAR IT SLOWED FROM 60MPH TO 30MPH LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO PULL INTO THE BREAKDOWN LANE AND SWITCH INTO NEUTRAL AND BACK INTO DRIVE TO GET IT TO SHIFT SO I COULD MAKE IT TO THE NEAREST EXIT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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