NHTSA Complaint #10396732 — 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER

NISSAN MANUFACTURED THE 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER WITH A FAULTY RADIATOR THAT LEAKS RADIATOR FLUID INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING THE IRREPARABLE DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION. THE CAR EXPERIENCES VIBRATION (WHICH HAS LOOSENED BOLTS & OTHER PARTS ON THE UNDERCARRIAGE) ALONG WITH SHIFTING PROBLEMS & HESITATION WHEN ACCELERATING. NISSAN EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO 8 YEARS, 80,000 MILES BUT THE PROBLEM USUAL OCCURS AT HIGH MILEAGE. MY CAR HAS 104,000 MILES & THEY WILL NOT COVER THE COST OF REPLACING THE RADIATOR (OR TRANSMISSION). I ONLY RECEIVED A LETTER FROM NISSAN A FEW MONTHS AGO STATING THERE MAY BE A RADIATOR LEAKAGE PROBLEM BUT DID NOT ADVISE OF THE PROBLEM WITH LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION NOR DID IT STATE SYMPTOMS TO WATCH FOR. I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING SYMPTOMS BUT DID NOT KNOW IT WAS RELATED TO THIS ISSUE UNTIL I WENT ONLINE AND FOUND SEVERAL COMPLAINTS BY OTHER PATHFINDER OWNERS. I BOUGHT MY CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY ADVISED THAT IT WAS A DIFFERENT ISSUE AND THEN AN HOUR LATER THEY ADVISED IT WAS THE RADIATOR ISSUE. SINCE I AM OVER THE 80,000 MILES, THEY WILL NOT PAY FOR REPLACEMENT. I HAVE CONTACTED THE CORPORATE OFFICE AND WAS TOLD I WOULD HEAR FROM THEM IN APPROXIMATELY 24-36 HOURS BUT THAT WAS 5 DAYS AGO. *TR