Nissan Pathfinder Complaints (1998)

149 consumer complaints on file.

#10443291January 10, 2012
POWER TRAIN, STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS, SUSPENSION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
I AM HAVING MULTIPLE ISSUES WITH MY 1998 NISSAN PATHFINDER DUE TO CORROSION. THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT WAS WHILE I WAS DRIVING MY MUFFLER FELL OFF. I TOOK IT TO A SHOP AND WHEN THEY RAISED THE VEHICLE, THE ENTIRE EXHAUST SYSTEM HAD CORROSION AND HOLES FROM IT. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY LAST YEARS STRUT HOUSING CORROSION WHICH BROKE OFF THE STRUT FROM THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE WHILE I WAS DRIVING. I LOST BRAKES AND HAD TO STEP ON PEDAL ALL THE WAY, AND THEN THE VEHICLE GRADUALLY CAME TO A STOP. THE RECALL NOTICE CAME AFTER THE INCIDENT. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S GAS TANK CORROSION WHICH CAUSED GAS TO DRIP. ALSO A RECALL NOTICE CAME IN AND NISSAN DEALER FIXED ISSUE. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10436283November 17, 2011
STRUCTURE, SUSPENSION
THE STRUT HOUSING ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE RUSTED COMPLETELY AND BROKE . IT CAUSED THE INNER FENDER TO TOUCH THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER. I HAD TO PAY TO HAVE THIS REPAIRED OUT OF POCKET, AND THEN RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE SEVERAL MONTHS LATER. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE NEXT STEP IS FOR REIMBURSEMENT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10434900November 8, 2011
SUSPENSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THE MANUFACTURER RECENTLY ISSUED A VOLUNTARY RECALL REGARDING STRUT CORROSION (REFERENCE NUMBER: R1108). THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED FOR THE SAME DEFECT TWO YEARS AGO. THE CONTACT STATED THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE STRUT WAS DEFECTIVE DUE TO EXCESSIVE CORROSION. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AT THE OWNER'S EXPENSE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE CONTACT EXPRESSED THE REPAIR SHOULD HAD BEEN INCLUDED IN THE VOLUNTARY RECALL REMEDY. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10428636October 4, 2011
SUSPENSION:FRONT
1998 NISSAN PATHFINDER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO RECALL CONCERNING STRUT TOWER CORROSION *TGW THE CONSUMER SENT IN A PAID INVOICE WITH THE REPAIRS RELATED TO THE RECALL. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10427741September 28, 2011
STRUCTURE:BODY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS SEVERE RUSTING ON THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE STRUT HOUSING AND FRAME. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THEY WOULD SPRAY A SUBSTANCE ON THE PORTION OF THE FRAME THAT WAS RUSTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 90,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10424389September 8, 2011
STEERING, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, SUSPENSION
MY VEHICLE HAS TWO RECALLS ON IT - FIRST ONE IS THE GAS NECK RECALL AND THE SECOND IS THE STRUT HOUSING CAUSING STEERING PROBLEMS. I TOOK MY VEHICLE IN ON MAY 2ND, 2011 TO BERGSTROM/NISSAN IN OSHKOSH. THEY CHECKED OUT MY VEHICLE AND SAID THAT MY VEHICLE HAS THE PROBLEMS REGARDING BOTH RECALLS. IT IS SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2011 AND THEY STILL HAVE MY VEHICLE. THEY CALLED ME THIS MORNING AND TOLD ME THAT THEY BRACED UP THE FRONT. THINGS SHOULD BE GOOD BUT THAT THEY TOOK IT FOR A DRIVE AND IT IS STILL ALL OVER THE ROAD. THEY ALSO SAID THAT THE PART FOR THE GAS NECK RECALL IS ON BACK ORDER. THEY TOLD ME TO COME AND PICK UP THE VEHICLE. IF THEY TOOK IT FOR A DRIVE AND IT STILL IS ALL OVER THE ROAD AND THERE IS STILL A PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING - THEN I DON'T THINK IT IS SAFE AND THAT THEY MUST NOT HAVE DONE A GOOD ENOUGH JOB FIXING THE PROBLEM. I DON'T WANT TO DRIVE AN UNSAFE VEHICLE UNTIL THEY HAVE CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10419918August 17, 2011
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS, STRUCTURE:BODY, STRUCTURE, EQUIPMENT
HOW CAN A MAJOR CAR COMPANY BUILD A VEHICLE THAT HAS SO MANY RUST PROBLEMS. MY 1998 PATHFINDER HAS SO MANY RUST PROBLEMS. THE COMPANY HAS HAD RECALL ON THE FRONT STRUT HOUSING, FILLER GAS TUBE. WHY CAN'T THE COMPANY STAND UP AND TAKE CARE OF ALL THE RUST PROBLEMS. EVER 1998 PATHFINDER HAS RUST ISSUES FENDERS REAR QUARTER PANELS . IF YOU PAID $1000,00 FOR FACTORY RUNNING BOARDS THEY ALL HAVE RUSTED OFF. WHY IS IT THAT THE OWNERS HAVE TO ACCEPT THE PROBLEM WITH ALL THESE RUST ISSUES? THIS IS MY FIRST AND LAST NISSAN I WILL EVER OWN. OH DID I ALSO TELL YOU THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED, REAR END MAKES NOISE,THE DISTRIBUTOR HAS BEEN REPLACED FILLER TUBE, NOW THE STRUT TOWER IS RUSTING. IS THIS EVEN A SAFE VEHICLE TO OPERATE ON THE ROAD? *KB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10417744August 6, 2011
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
LOAD SENSING VALVE ---BRACKET WELDED TO DIFFERENTIAL HAS RUSTED OFF. SPRING APPLYING TENSION TO LOAD SENSING VALVE IS NO LONGER CONNECTED TO THE BRACKET THUS MAKING THE VALVE INOPERABLE. REAR BRAKE PRESSURE NO LONGER CONTROLLED BY THE VALVE DEPENDING ON LOAD. INCREASED CHANCE OF REAR WHEEL LOCK UP AND LOSS OF CONTROL. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10416432August 1, 2011
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
BRAKE LINE TUBE, THATS THE METAL PART OF BRAKE LINE, RUST CAUSE LINE TO BREAK WHILE DRIVING AND LEAK-OUT ALL OF THE BRAKE FLUID. *KB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10413781July 20, 2011
EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL, SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT, SUSPENSION:FRONT
THE FRONT END OF MY 1998 NISSAN PATHFINDER SHAKES WILDLY WHEN I DRIVE IT. I HAD A MECHANIC INSPECT THE VEHICLE AND HE SAID MY STRUTS NEED TO BE REPLACED. I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE IT AT ALL. I NEED TO HAVE IT FIXED IMMEDIATELY. *KB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10412336July 14, 2011
SUSPENSION
AT CERTAIN SPEEDS, THE CAR STARTS SWAYING SIDE TO SIDE IN A VERY DANGEROUS WAY (ALMOST FLIPPING OVER) AND IT'S ONLY STOPPED WHEN THERE'S A CHANGE IN SPEED. I HAD THE SHOCKS REPLACED BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10412003July 12, 2011
SUSPENSION:REAR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN TRAVELING AT SPEEDS ABOVE 50 MPH, THE REAR END WOULD SWAY FROM SIDE TO SIDE AND BECOME DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE UPPER AND LOWER SWAY BAR LINKS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED NOR WAS THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 170,000. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10399349May 6, 2011
STEERING:COLUMN
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STRUT TOWERS SEPARATED FROM THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION THE ABS SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED AS A RESULT OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DID NOT DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM AND WAS AWAITING FOR THE MANUFACTURERS APPROVAL TO REPAIR IT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 11V244000 ( STEERING:COLUMN) . THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 189,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10398907May 4, 2011
STEERING:COLUMN
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH THE CONTACT HEARD A CRACKING NOISE IN THE STEERING WHEEL WHILE TURNING IN EITHER DIRECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE FRONT STRUT TOWERS WERE REPLACED. THE FAILURE CONTINUED AFTER THE REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 11V244000 (STEERING:COLUMN) WAS RELATED; YET, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10398005April 27, 2011
SUSPENSION:FRONT
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD SWAY FROM SIDE TO SIDE ABNORMALLY CAUSING LIMITED STEERING CONTROL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE STRUT HOUSING WAS DEFECTIVE AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 11V244000 (SUSPENSION:FRONT). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 140,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. UPDATED 07/08/11*LJ UPDATED 07/15/11
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10394313April 5, 2011
STEERING
I MADE A TURN AND I HEARD A POP SOUND AND TOTALLY LOST MY STEERING. THANK GOD I WAS GOING FAST AND DIDN'T HIT THE CARS PARKED ON THE SIDE. MY 1998 NISSAN PATHFINDER SE HAD TO BE TOWED TO MY MECHANIC WHICH MADE ME AWARE THAT THE STEERING COLUMN UPPER JOINT HAD BROKEN. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10374112January 4, 2011
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK AND CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE. THE BRAKES DID NOT FUNCTION WHEN APPLIED AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS STIFF.THE CONTACT HAD TO JUMP FROM THE VEHICLE IN ORDER TO ESCAPE FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE CRASHED THROUGH THE BYPASS AND DOWN ANOTHER STREET INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC BUT DID NOT CRASH INTO ANY OTHER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT DID NOT SUSTAIN INJURIES. THE INSURANCE COMPANY CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS AWAITING A RESPONSE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 207,000.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10372372December 25, 2010
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS MAKING A STRANGE NOISE UPON INSPECTION I REALIZED THE FRONT LEFT STRUT TOWER SEPARATED FROM THE CHASSIE OF THE VEHICLE. AFTER INSPECTION FROM A REGISTERED REPAIR SHOP THEY RENDERED THE VEHICLE UNREPAIRABLE DUE TO SAFETY LIABILITY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10361319October 20, 2010
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I HAVE A 1998 NISSAN PATHFINDER, THERE ARE SEVERE PROBLEMS WITH THE ACCELERATOR. WHENEVER I GIVE IT GAS TO MAKE IT DRIVER, THE GAS PEDAL, "STICKS" AND THEN UNEXPECTEDLY "CATCHES" AND SEND THE VEHICLE ALMOST OUT OF CONTROL. IT'S BEEN THIS WAY SINCE I BOUGHT IT, USED, OVER A YEAR AGO. YET IT'S GETTING WORSE. VERY DANGEROUS, INDEED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10346153July 29, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 07V435000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE: STORAGE: TANK ASSEMBLY: FILLER PIPE AND CAP). THE CONTACT STATED FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM THE FILLER PIPE AFTER THE RECALL REPAIR AND THAT THE RECALL REMEDY DID NOT CORRECT THE SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED IN THE RECALL. THE AUTHORIZED DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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