Nissan Pathfinder Complaints (1996)

159 consumer complaints on file.

#725942July 24, 2000
SUSPENSION:REAR:SHOCK ABSORBER
WE HAD SOME MAJOR REPLACEMENT OF PARTS IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO BUT DON'T REMEMBER IF IT MADE THE SAME SOUND AS BEFORE OR NOT. DEALER SAID IT WAS THE STRUTS BUT THOSE ARE IN THE FRONT AND THE SOUND IS COMING FORM THE REAR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#865626July 18, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
REAR AXLE DISCONNECTED FROM THE DIFFERENTIAL WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 50 MPH. WHEEL WITH BRAKE SYSTEM AND AXLE WHICH CONTINUE ACROSS MEDIAN STRIP ONTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND IS REFUSING TO PAY FOR REPAIRS. *AK *ML
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#724058June 15, 2000
INTERIOR LIGHTING, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.
EXCESSIVE HEAT FROM CD PLAYER, CAUSED PREMATURE FAILURE OF DASH LIGHTS (AC & OTHER). *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#863403June 12, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT
CONSUMER TOOK CAR TO DEALER TO HAVE TIRES ROTATED. MECHANIC COULD NOT DO A FRONT END ALIGNMENT BECAUSE STRUTS WERE LEAKING, AND CAUSING TIRES TO BREAK DOWN. TIRES WON'T HOLD TO THE GROUND. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#861169May 1, 2000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
VEHICLE WAS HIT HEAD-ON BY ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND ALL AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. BUT SEAT BELT DETACHED FROM VEHICLE, AND DRIVER LOST HER LIFE. CONSUMER FELT THAT IF SEAT BELT HAD NOT DETACHED, DRIVER MIGHT STILL BE ALIVE. *AK *ML
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
1
#722127April 30, 2000
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
STEERING LOCKS UP IN TIGHT, FAST TURN - REQUIRES EFFORT TO CORRECT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#858971March 22, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY RATE OF SPEED VEHICLE WILL COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN, CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#715263November 25, 1999
SUSPENSION:FRONT
BOTH FRONT STRUTS HAVE LEAKED UNTIL EMPTY OF FLUID. WHEN NOTICED, AN APPOINTMENT WAS MADE WITH NISSAN DEALER. I WAS ADVISED THAT THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. INDEPENDENT DEALER WAS LATER CONSULTED AND I WAS ADVISED THAT THE STEERING PROBLEMS I WAS EXPERIENCING WAS DUE TO EMPTY/LEAKING FRONT STUTS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#713948October 27, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
NO SUMMARY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#849758October 4, 1999
STEERING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH, SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT
THERE IS A LEAKAGE COMING FROM STRUTS. ALSO, STEERING LOCKS UP AND VEHICLE WON'T START UP. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#709652August 5, 1999
SUSPENSION:FRONT
MY PATHFINDER WAS PURCHASED NEW FROM THE LOCAL NISSAN DEALER. WITHIN ONE YEAR THE DEALER REPLACED BOTH FRONT STRUTS. THEY TOLD ME THE STRUTS WERE "LEAKING." I GOT A LETTER FROM NISSAN ASKING ME TO BRING IT IN TO HAVE 6 OR 7 POSSIBLE DEFECTS CHECKED. ONE OF THEM WAS "UNUSUAL TIRE WEAR" WHICH MANY PATHFINDERS HAD HAD PROBLEMS WITH. THE LETTER SAID THAT IF MY TIRES SHOWED THIS UNUSUAL WEAR THAT THE TIRES WOULD BE REPLACED. AT THE TIME GARRAND'S TOLD ME THAT MY TIRES WERE FINE, BUT LESS THAN 2 MONTHS LATER I WAS TOLD BY A LOCAL TIRE DEALERSHIP THAT MY TIRES WERE RUINED, AND BADLY IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT. THE LETTER FROM NISSAN ALSO CONTAINED A "REPLACEMENT PAGE" TO THE OWNER'S MANUAL, ON WHICH IT RECOMMENDED THAT THE TIRES NOW BE ROTATED EVERY 2,500 MILES FROM NOW ON! ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO I STARTED TO HEAR A LOUD BANGING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT SUSPENSION OF MY PATHFINDER WHENEVER I HIT A BUMP. I BROUGHT THE PATHFINDER TO GARRANDS AND THEY TOLD ME THAT MY RIGHT FRONT STRUT WAS LEAKING AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $775. I WANTED A SECOND OPINION, SO I BROUGHT MY PATHFINDER TO A MIDAS DEALER AND FOUND OUT THAT THE NOISE WAS IN FACT COMING FROM THE SWAY BAR STABALIZER LINK AND NOT THE STRUT. WHEN I QUESTIONED GARRANDS ABOUT THIS LATER THEY TOLD ME THAT THE STABALIZER LINK IS PART OF THE STRUT, AND THEY HAVE TO BE REPLACED TOGETHER. I SENT A LONG LETTER TO NISSAN IN WHICH I DESCRIBED IN DETAIL THE PROBLEMS THAT I HAVE HAD WITH MY PATHFINDER. A MONTH LATER WHEN I HEARD NOTHING BACK FROM THEM, I CALLED NISSAN AGAIN AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE THE STRUTS OR THE STABALIZER LINK. I WAS TOLD "IT IS RUBBER, YA KNOW! RUBBER WEARS OUT." I HAVE HEARD THAT PATHFINDERS HAVE ACQUIRED A REPUTATION FOR RUINING TIRES AND STRUT FAILURE. MY PATHFINDER HAS 44000 MILES AND NEEDS NEW STRUTS AGAIN! THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#545111July 20, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY, POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT:SEAL
EXHAUST MANIFOLD AND HEAD GASKET CRACKED. MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#706577May 17, 1999
SUSPENSION:FRONT
NO SUMMARY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#704322March 11, 1999
TIRES
I LEASED A NEW 1996 PATHFINDER FROM THE DEALER MENTIONED. SINCE I HAVE HAD THIS TRUCK THE TIRES HAVE BEEN GETTING CHOPPEDAND THEY STIIL LOOK NEW. MAKES A WOP WOP NOISE AS I RIDE DOWN TEH ROAD ANT THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES BADLY. THE DEALER HAS REAPLACED THESE TIRES. ALL FOUR OF THEM. THIS HAS BEEN DONE TWICE (BRIDGESTONE'S WERE PUT ON ) THIS IS NOT INCLUDING THE TIRES IT CAME WITH WHICH WERE BRAND NEW. SO MY TIRES HAVE BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES TOTAL WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. I THREATENED THEM WITH THE LEMON LAW HERE AND THEY AGREEDTO FIX THE PROBLEM. I HAVE APPROXIMATLEY 10 COMPLAINTS ON THIS MATTER FROM NISSAN. I WAS DEALING WITH THEIR CONSUMER AFFAIRS DEPT AND THEY ALL SEEM TO BE IN THIS TOGETHER. EVEN AT OTHER NISSAN DEALERSHIPS. I WAS LIED ON BY THE SERVICE MANAGER HIS NAME IS KELLY BRABBS. HE STATED THAT I WAS NOT ROTATING MY TIRES PROPERLY AND THAT IS WHAT CAUSED THE TIRE TROUBLE NOTE: MANUFACTURER SPECS STATES MY TIRES SHOOLD BE ROTATED EVERY 7,500 MI. HE SAID THEY SHOULD BE ROTATED EVERY 4000. TIRE ROTATTION HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH TIRES CHOPPING LIKE MINEEVEN I KNOW THIS. ALTHOUGH I COMPLIED WITH HIS RECOMMENDATION AND PAID OUT OF MUY POCKET TO HAVE THIS ROTATION DONE THE PROBLEM STIL EXISTED. THNE HE LIED TO NISSAN AND TOLD THEM HE TOLD ME TO ROTATE THE TIRES EVERY 3,750 MILES. I HAVE DOCUMENTS BRABBS SENT ME SAYING 7,500 ROTATION FROM THE DEALEREVRYTHING THEY DID THEY COVERED IT UP WELL WITH NO RECORDS STATING THEY REPALCED MY TIRES BUT ONCE . AND THAT'S A LIE. I DONT KNOW WHY THEY ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF ME THIS WAY. I GUESS IT COULD BE A RACIAL ISSUE. THEY HAVE LIED TO ME AND ON ME SO MUCH. AND I AM PAYING$418.00 A MONTH. I AM A FED OFFICER AND I HAVE NO REASON TO BE DISHONEST. PLEASE HELP ME
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#835336February 26, 1999
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, SUSPENSION
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, APPROXIMATELY 50-55 MPH ON WET ROAD CONDITIONS ALL OF SUDDEN THE VEHICLE HYDROPLANED, RESULTING IN ROLLOVER, AND VEHICLE LANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DIVIDER. AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY PROPERLY, CAUSING CHEMICAL TO LEAK OUT AND PARTLY DEFLATE THEM. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED AND REFUSED TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY, SEEKING HELP FROM NHTSA. *AK *ML
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
4
Deaths:
0
#702964February 5, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
LOST PRESETS TO RADIO AND TIME NUMEROUS TIMES WHEN IGNITION TURNED OFF. SQUEALING UNDER LEFT FRONT TIRE AND UNEVEN WEARING OF ROTORS, CAUSED BRAKING TO BE SPORATIC AND HARD TO STOP. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#700121October 27, 1998
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
VEHICLE FAILS TO START WITHOUT EXCESSIVE ENGINE CRANK TIME (APPARENTLY FLOODED ENGINE PROBLEM). USUALLY OCCURS AT HIGHER ALTITUDES IN WINTER. PROBLEM IS GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. DEALERS HAVE WORKED ON VEHICLE A NUMBER OF TIMES OVER ~2 YEARS WITH NO IMPROVEMENT. NEW INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED IN SPRING OF 1998 ON HOW TO MODIFY STARTING PROCEDURE DO NOT WORK! I AM SENDING A DETAILED LETTER OF COMPLAINT TO NISSAN, NORTH AMERICA. SAFETY ISSUES INCLUDE (1) EXCESSIVE WEAR ON STARTER, STARTER GEARING AND ENGINE, (2) FIRE POTENTIAL FROM FLOODING AND (3) POSSIBILITY OF STRANDING IN BACK COUNTRY SHOULD ENGINE NOT START OR STARTER/GEAR FAIL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#539745September 9, 1998
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
SEAT BELT LOCKS IN POSITION THAT IS TOO TIGHT NOT ALLOWING FOR MOVEMENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#827460September 1, 1998
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVNG 30-35 MPH CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A LEFT FRONT AND SIDE ACCIDENT IN WHICH THIRE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S OR PASSEGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#539359August 26, 1998
SUSPENSION:FRONT, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
FRONT END SUSPENSION POOR PERFORMANCE CAUSING PREMATURE WEARING OF THE TIRES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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