NHTSA Complaint #10521369 — 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER

I WAS PREPARING TO MERGE ONTO THE HIGHWAY, I SLOWED DOWN TO YIELD TO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. WHEN THE GAP BETWEEN ONCOMING CARS WAS LARGE ENOUGH I ACCELERATED AND PROCEEDED TO MERGE. INSTEAD OF ACCELERATING MY CAR BEGAN TO RUMBLE AND MOVE SLOWLY. INSTEAD OF PROPERLY MERGING ONTO THE HIGHWAY IT JUST SLOWLY ROLLED INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I BECAME HORRIFIED AND I WAS AFRAID TO DRIVE ON THE HIGHWAY, AND I HAD TO REVERSE TO BACK OUT. I TOOK BACK ROADS TO NISSAN DEALER. THE CAR WOULD RUMBLE AND VIBRATE AND DRIVE SLOWLY AS IF IT WAS STUCK IN 1ST GEAR. DEALER DETERMINED THAT "TRANSMISSION OIL MIXED WITH ANTIFREEZE" DUE TO "COOLER HOSE CRACKED AND READY TO BREAK" RENDERING TRANSMISSION INCAPABLE OF PROPER OPERATION. NISSAN DEALER REPLACED TRANSMISSION, RADIATOR, AND FLUSHED COOLING SYSTEM.