Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 03/04/2013 | 150500 | ||
| My wife was driving home from picking up our children from school. she was traveling approx 65 mph when the vehicle lost power, became unstable, and would not accelerate. she said that it was like someone put on the emergancy brake with five times more force than normal almost causing her to loose control of the vehicle. upon taking the vehicle to a repair shop the problem was found to be that coolant had leaked into the transmission and had distroyed the transmission computer and the transmission. | |||
| 12/01/2011 | 78000 | 1 | |
| Vehicle jerks violently at 50 mph and 70mph. multiple incidents where vehicle has lost all acceleration power in freeway. near missed accidents. valve body is flooded and vehicle does not start anymore. *tr | |||
| 11/02/2012 | 84000 | ||
| First issue started while trying to accelerate onto the interstate. the car/engine started shaking between 40 and 50 mph and would not accelerate. i was nearly rear-ended when i had to merge into traffic. other issues were similar, car shaking at 40 to 50mph, like driving over a washed out road. unable to accelerate initially, this would last for several seconds, before finally responding, shaking would go away when speed would exceed 50mph. final safety issue occurred when accelerating after a stop light onto a highway ramp. at 40mph the transmission completely went out, the car would not shift into gear and would not accelerate. i had just started to merge, i had to swerve back onto the ramp lane and stop in the middle of the road. i was nearly hit by the highway traffic and almost rear-ended by a car going back into the ramp lane. cars were forced to slam there brakes to avoid hitting my dead car, it also made it very difficult for other cars to merge onto the highway, several cars narrowly avoided an accident. car was taken to shop, transmission and radiator had to be replaced. radiator defect had caused the transmission to fail. | |||
| 12/01/2011 | 78000 | 1 | |
| Vehicle jerks violently at 50 mph and 70mph. multiple incidents where vehicle has lost all acceleration power in freeway. near missed accidents. valve body is flooded and vehicle does not start anymore. *tr | |||
| 12/01/2011 | 78000 | ||
| Vehicle jerks violently at 50 mph and 70mph. multiple incidents where vehicle has lost all acceleration power in freeway. near missed accidents. valve body is flooded and vehicle does not start anymore. | |||
| 07/22/2012 | 133000 | 1 | |
| While driving with the ac on, my vehicle started to blast out hot air through the vents and overheat. my car has never ran hot before, i haven't had any problems since i've had it. i was able to pull over safely and let the car cool down. my husband removed the radiator cap and noticed a milky liquid in the radiator. we had to have the vehicle towed to a mechanic shop and they notified us of the recall on the nissan (2005-2010 models) radiators. they said that it was a common problem that they have been seeing where the coolant mixes with the transmission fluids and cause a major repair problem. we have been told that the radiator, transmission, transmission kit, throttle, vial body, and torque converter will have to be replaced. i feel petrified to know that nissan knew about this existing problem but refused to have these issues repaired rather than taking the easy way out and extending the warranty. we bought our truck brand new from the nissan dealership and we also paid for the 5yr/100,000 mile warranty. i have had my truck for 5 yrs and 2 mths, something should have been done about this. we the consumers have trusted this brand for many years and we depend on our vehicles on a daily bases. my family and i were all in the vehicle when the incident happened we could have been seriously harmed in a high risk situation. we had the 90,000 mileage maintenance completed where they flushed the radiator, changed the transmission, & etc. and everything was fine. my husband have always taken my car in for timely maintenance and no one has ever mentioned the radiator issues. *tr | |||
| 07/22/2012 | 133000 | ||
| While driving with the ac on, my vehicle started to blast out hot air through the vents and overheat. my car has never ran hot before, i haven't had any problems since i've had it. i was able to pull over safely and let the car cool down. my husband removed the radiator cap and noticed a milky liquid in the radiator. we had to have the vehicle towed to a mechanic shop and they notified us of the recall on the nissan (2005-2010 models) radiators. they said that it was a common problem that they have been seeing where the coolant mixes with the transmission fluids and cause a major repair problem. we have been told that the radiator, transmission, transmission kit, throttle, vial body, and torte converter will have to be replaced. i feel petrified to know that nissan knew about this existing problem but refused to have these issues repaired rather than taking the easy way out and extending the warranty. we bought our truck brand new from the nissan dealership and we also paid for the 5yr/100,000 mile warranty. i have had my truck for 5 yrs and 2 mths, something should have been done about this. we the consumers have trusted this brand for many years and we depend on our vehicles on a daily bases. my family and i were all in the vehicle when the incident happened we could have been seriously harmed in a high risk situation. we had the 90,000 mileage maintenace completed where they flushed the radiator, changed the transmission, & etc. and everything was fine. my husband have always taken my car in for timely maintenance and no one has ever mentioned the radiator issues. | |||
| 12/29/2011 | |||
| If you are not already aware, there have been many problems concerning this vehicle, which are almost all similar to each other. personally i have been experiencing transmission problems which range from: rough engine vibration at 40mph, and 60mph, thermometer spikes when accelerator is engaged at 2500+ rpm, violent jerking of car, loud engine fan, and most importantly loss of forward acceleration when actively pressing on gas pedal. i brought this to a nissan dealer to have this diagnosed and they have confirmed that my initial worries were correct. a defect during manufacturing of this vehicle has caused radiator coolant to leak into the transmission or vice-versa causing the deterioration of both systems. this in turn correlates to engine overheating and many other problems while driving this vehicle also the housing of the timing chain is non-existent. the vehicle diagnosis and price quote for repairs nears the $10,000 mark.a price which is almost half of what i purchased the vehicle for. as of yesterday 3/17/12 my vehicle has lost acceleration power. | |||
| 09/01/2011 | 120000 | ||
| I havent finished paying off my car and already the transmission of my nissan pathfinder 2007 xl is failing. the radiator spilled the cooling liquid into the transmission, which then proceeded to cause serious problems to the transmission. the guaranty expired after 100 000 miles, even though prior to that the mileage the guaranty still applied. now, in order to fix the transmission, or replace it for a new one, will cost me over $5000usd. i'd like to unite to the existing complaints/lawsuit against nissan on the matter of the faults found in the 2007 nissan pathfinder, as i feel that is unfair that the company with the knowledge of fault in its product has not warned the public and has proceeded to sell the product to the public, leaving us with a faulty machine that in the end is more expensive, and not a satisfactory product. i am hopeful that the company will response to all of our complaints, stepping forward and taking responsibility for the inconvenience they have caused, and hopefully taking ownership of the expenses that due to their lack of responsibility, have been incurred on to us, the consumers. | |||
| 03/02/2007 | 52000 | 1 | 08/16/2005 |
| Nissan 2003 pathfinder le i was allowing my pathfinder to warm, the temperature was low that morning. depressing the brake i moved to the first gear which is reverse needing to put it in drive, which is the third gear down. as it was put into reverse the vehicle starting to shake and vibrate uncontrollably i tried to put it into park again and the gear would not move i let off the brake a little to see if it would relieve the shaking and vibration. and that's when my vehicle accelerated down the driveway still in reverse. i was applying the brake and it would not stop in instinct i didn't want to hit a big tree so i steered into a group of small trees hitting a tree that stopped the vehicle with the vehicle still accelerating forward in reverse gear. the airbags deployed hitting me in the face and right side and the car quit running. my husband was unsure and not convinced of my account of what had happened until my brother-in-law told him that the pathfinder was still in reverse gear that while removing the things out my vehicle while i was being taken care of. the vehicle sustained $12,00.00 worth of damage and considered a total loss by the insurance company and medical bills for x-rays, ct scans for damage to my right side. we have not settled and will not until we find out what went wrong. i am scared to buy another nissan auto. *jb | |||