NHTSA Complaint #10487266 — 2007 NISSAN QUEST

VAN STARTED TO DEVELOP A JERK WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO DRIVE AFTER VEHICLE HAS WARMED UP. WAS TOLD IT NEEDED MOTOR MOUNT AND SPENT $2300 AT NISSAN ON FRIDAY 11/30/12 TO HAVE SEVERAL REPAIRS INCLUDING THE FRONT MOTOR MOUNT. NO JERKING AFTER WORK WAS DONE UNTIL SUNDAY , 12/2/12. ON MONDAY 12/3/12 AFTER DRIVING MY CHILDREN TO SCHOOL, I PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK TO OPEN THE POWER SIDE DOORS TO LET THEM OUT. WHEN SHIFTING BACK INTO DRIVE THE VEHICLE JERKED VIOLENTLY AND LURCHED FORWARD ABOUT 2 FEET. I DID NOT HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME BUT HAD THERE BEEN SOMEONE WALKING BETWEEN THE FRONT OF MY VEHICLE AND THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME, I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE HIT THEM. I DON'T THINK IT IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE BUT THERE COULD BE A HAZARD IF THE VEHICLE JERKS FORWARD AT THE WRONG TIME. AFTER RESEARCHING ONLINE TONIGHT I FOUND THAT THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT IN THE NISSAN ALTIMA, MAXIMA, AND QUEST VEHICLES THAT UTILIZE THIS TRANSMISSION. THERE IS A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT AGAINST NISSAN FOR CONTINUING TO ALLOW THE DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSIONS TO BE UTILIZED AFTER THEY WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEMS. SEE WEBSITE (HTTP://WWW.CHIMICLES.COM/NISSAN-TRANSMISSION-FAILURE-ALTIMA-MAXIMA-AND-QUEST-VEHICLES). THERE IS ALSO A WEBSITE WITH OWNER'S COMMENTS ON HAVING THE SAME TRANSMISSION FAILURES TOTALING OVER 150 VICTIMS, SEE WEBSITE HTTP://CLASSACTIONLAWSUITSINTHENEWS.COM/CLASS-ACTION-LAWSUIT-COMPLAINTS/NISSAN-MAXIMA-ALTIMA-QUEST-AUTOMATIC-TRANSMISSION-CLASS-ACTION-LAWSUIT-COMPLAINT/#COMMENTS. NISSAN REFUSES TO ISSUE A RECALL OR ANY ASSISTANCE WITH THE DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION. SOME HAVE BEEN REPLACED JUST TO FAIL AGAIN IN LESS THAN A YEAR. A TRANSMISSION SHOULD NOT FAIL AT 65,000 MILES AS SEVERAL HAVE OR LAST LESS THAN A YEAR. NISSAN NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. *TR