NHTSA Complaint #10033273 — 1995 NISSAN QUEST

PURCHASED THE QUEST IN JUNE OF 2000. SECOND OWNER OF THE VEHICLE. IT EVEN HAD ALL OF THE SERVICE RECORDS (OIL CHANGES ETC.) LISTED IN THE BOOK THAT CAME WITH IT FROM THE ORIGINAL OWNERS. WHILE ON A TRIP TO TEXAS, THE ENGINE DIED WHILE DRIVING DOWN AN INTERSTATE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, THEN THE VAN JUST DIED. WE COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. IT WAS EXTREMELY HOT OUTSIDE (AROUND 95 DEGREES). WE HAD ONLY HAD THE VEHICLE FOR AROUND 2 MONTHS. AFTER WAITING FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES, TRIED TO RESTART AND IT DID RESTART. WENT TO A MECHANIC TO SEE IF THEY COULD LOOK IT OVER, THEY DID AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. IT STARTED JUST FINE FOR THEM AND THEY EVEN TEST DROVE IT FOR US. CONTINUED WITH OUR TRIP AND GOT HOME SAFELY. THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME OF MANY TIMES THAT THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM OCCURED. AFTER THE SECOND TIME, WE TOOK THE CAR TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED A HOSE AND SAID IT WAS THE PROBLEM (A HOLE IN THE BP SILICON HOSE WAS THE PROBLEM...MECHANIC STATED THAT IT WAS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM WITH THIS YEAR OF QUEST). OCCURED 3 OTHER TIMES USUALLY WHEN EXTREMELY HOT OUTSIDE. THE VEHICLE EVENTUALLY RESTARTS, AND ONE PERSON CAN NOT KEEP REPLACING THIS HOSE WERE MY THOUGHTS. NOW, THE VEHICLE IS PARKED AT OUR HOUSE, WITH A RUINED ENGINE. WE ARE NOT SURE 'WHAT CAUSED THIS TO HAPPEN' IS WHAT WE WERE TOLD BY OUR LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP, AND THAT IT WILL COST MORE TO HAVE THE ENGINE REPLACED THEN THE VEHICLE IS WORTH. NOT TO MENTION, WE STILL OWE AROUND $5000 ON IT. AFTER ALL OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS THAT I HAVE READ ON HERE, WHY IS NOTHING BEING DONE ABOUT THESE PROBLEMS? THE ENGINE STALLING IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING A VEHICLE IS NOT NORMAL AND DANGEROUS. HOW MANY TIMES DOES THIS HAVE TO BE SAID? I AM NOT ANGRY, I JUST WISH SOMETHING COULD BE DONE TO HELP ALL OF US WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS. *AK