NHTSA Complaint #10469505 — 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER

EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE, THE CHECK LIGHT WAS ON AND THE GEARS SEEMED TO BE SHIFTING HARD AND ENGINE RUNNING ROUGH AS IT WAS IN SECOND GEAR. THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO FIRST FLUSH THE TRANSMISSION AND APPLY AN EXTERIOR COOLANT ON TO THE RADIATOR BECAUSE OF KNOWN ISSUES WITH THE RADIATOR LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THIS WAS A TEMPORARY BAND AID BECAUSE THE NEXT TIME I WAS GOING ON A LONG TRIP, THE VEHICLE SHIFTED HARD WHILE DRIVING, JERKED AND WHEN INTO 4WD AUTOMATICALLY WITHOUT ME TOUCHING ANYTHING AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AGAIN. WHEN YOU DRIVE OVER 60 MILES AN HOUR THE RPMS TACK UP SUPER HIGH AND THE ENGINE RUNS WITH A ROAR. HAD THE TRANSMISSION DIAGNOSED AGAIN AND THE FAULT CODES SHOW A P1754, P1759, P1764,01731, P0102....BASICALLY THEY ARE TELLING ME I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION OR A REBUILT ONE TO THE TUNE OF 4-5000 DOLLARS, THE SOURCE OF THE ISSUE IS THE FAULTY RADIATOR WHICH LEAKED WATER INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THIS IS A CATASTROPHIC ISSUE TO ME BOTH SAFETY WISE AND FINANCIALLY WISE AND I'M NOT ALONE--THERE ARE PAGES AND PAGES OF COMPLAINTS FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM YOU CAN FIND ALL OVER THE INTERNET. I WISH I WOULD HAVE KNOWN BEFORE BUYING THE VEHICLE BUT THAT'S WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE. NISSAN EXTENDING A WARRANTY UPTO 80,000 MILES IS A MUTE POINT WHEN MOST OF THESE ISSUES HAPPENS AFTER THAT MILEAGE, TO ME IT'S JUST RIDICULOUS TO HAVE SUCH A HUGE DESIGN/COMPONENT FLAW THAT CAN CAUSE SUCH A HIGH DOLLAR DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE AND NOT HAVE IT RECOGNIZED BY NISSAN AS A RECALL. *TR