NHTSA Complaint #10573275 — 2007 NISSAN PATHFINDER

MY 2007 NISSAN PATH FINDER WAS RECENTLY WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A COMPLETE FAILURE TO THE TRANSMISSION DUE TO A FAILURE OF THE "RADIATOR ASSEMBLY" THAT FAILED AND ALLOWED WATER TO GET INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION CONTAINMENT AND THIS CAUSED CATASTROPHIC FAILURE TO THE TRANSMISSION. REQUIRING NOW THAT THE WHOLE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE ONLY WARNING I GOT WAS THE FAILURE WARNING LIGHT FROM MY CAR, AND AT THAT POINT ITS ALREADY DAMAGED. LOOKING FOR AN EXPLANATION I TURNED TO NISSAN AND I LEARNED THAT THIS IS RECOGNIZED BY NISSAN DEFECT AND THOUGHT MY VEHICLE HASN'T BEEN COMPLETELY ABANDON BY NISSAN CORP. I STILL HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE $2.5K TOWARDS REPAIRS FOR A KNOWN FAILING DESIGN, THAT FIXING IT COULD HAVE PREVENT THE MUCH MORE COSTLY RESULT OF LEAVING IT AS IS. WHAT HAPPENED TO NISSAN STANDING BY THEIR PRODUCT AND MAKING GOOD ON POOR DESIGN? EVEN WHAT'S MORE IS THAT I WAS MAILED A LETTER REGARDING A CLASS ACTION REIMBURSEMENT IN LEGAL LINGO THAT I DIDN'T FULLY UNDERSTAND AND FELT IT DIDN'T APPLY TO ME SINCE ID HAVE NO EXPENSES. YET IT NOW MAKES SENSE AS TO WHAT ITS PURPOSE WAS.. IT WAS TO MONETARY REIMBURSE THOSE WITH NISSAN'S AT MY SIMILAR AGE AND MILEAGE FOR REPAIR THEY PERFORMED DUE TO ADMITTING IT WAS A FAULTY DESIGN. I CANT HELP BUT WONDER WHAT HARM WOULD IT HAVE BEEN TO PUBLISH AN ADVISORY LETTER AND ALLOW THE CONSUMER THE RIGHT TO MAKE REPAIR PRIOR TO A COMPLETE FAILURE. ADDITIONAL NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS DEPT. NEED A PERSONALITY TRAINING AS THEY ARE UNABLE TO SAY ANYTHING UNLESS IT IS PRE-SCRIPTED FOR THEM. I'M BEGINNING TO RETHINK MY FORTH VEHICLE PURCHASE TO NOT BE A NISSAN. *TR