NHTSA Complaint #10522541 — 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER

THE NISSAN PATHFINDER COMPLETE SHUT DOWN DOWN AND THEN WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE. I RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND THE SLIP LIGHT WAS ON--THE CAR WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE. I THEN PARKED THE CAR AND RETURNED NEXT MORNING AND THE CAR ELECTRONICS APPARENTLY RESET (APPARENTLY) AND THE CAR WOULD GO INTO REVERSE. AFTER DRIVING FOR 10 KM, THE SLIP LIGHT CAME ON AND I DROVE IT PROMPTLY INTO NISSAN REPAIR (OVERSEAS). THE REPAIR CENTER INFORMS ME TO NOT DRIVE THE CAR--POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION AND THAT WE NEED TO GET A PART CALLED VALVE ASSEMBLY 31705EA30A; I MUST HAVE THIS SHIPPED, AND COST FOR REPAIR LABOR IS $1,000 LARIE (667.00 USD). THE ISSUE IS THAT THE CAR DIED OUT AS I WAS ENTERING INTO A PARKING LOT AND A CAR HIT ME IN THE REAR--LUCKILY I WAS NOT ON A HIGHWAY WHEN THIS HAPPENED. I HAVE MINOR REAR BUMPER DAMAGE>APPROXIMATELY 200 USD; I WOULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED AS WELL AS MY WIFE, IF THIS HAD HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY OR IN MAJOR TRAFFIC FLOW. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR