NHTSA Complaint #10594694 — 2013 NISSAN PATHFINDER

********BASICALLY WE TRADED IN OUR 2012 PATHFINDER FOR THE 2013 PATHFINDER ON APRIL 2013.************* WE IMMEDIATELY NOTICED SOME FLAWS WITH THE VEHICLE. MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHUDDER AT LOW SPEED EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. ALSO THE HOOD WILL SHAKE WHILE DRIVING OVER 40MPH., AS IF IT WANTED TO FLY OFF. I CALLED NISSAN DEALERSHIPS, SPOKE WITH SERVICE MANAGERS AND THEY STATED THAT NISSAN IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND WORKING ON ISSUING A RECALL. THEIR ADVICE WAS TO CONTINUE DRIVING VEHICLE AS NORMAL, SHOULDN'T RESULT ANY DAMAGE. OH, WERE THEY WRONG! IT'S BEEN ABOUT A YEAR WITH THIS VEHICLE AND THE PROBLEM NOT ONLY CONTINUES BUT, HAS BECOME WORSE. I CAN'T DRIVE 5 MPH WITHOUT THE VEHICLE SHUDDERING RECKLESSLY, AS IF PART OF THE ENGINE WANTS TO FALL OFF. WELL, NOW I HAVE A NEW ISSUE, ON STARTUP MY VEHICLE THROWS WHITE/GRAY SMOKE AS IF A BOMB BLEW UP. THIS IS SO EMBARRASSING. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, THEY CAME BACK TO SAY THEY FOUND "SLUDGE" IN THE ENGINE, THAT IT HAS TO BE REPLACED! OK, BUT ACCORDING TO NISSAN THEY ARE NOT GOING TO COVER THIS, SINCE THEY ASSUME WE ARE LIABLE. WE HAVE MAINTAINED THIS VEHICLE PROPERLY AND IF THIS ENGINE FAILED AND COVERED IN SLUDGE, THAT HAS TO BE A RECALL. AT, THIS POINT IN TIME NISSAN HAS COMMUNICATED WITH ME ONE TIME IN A WEEK. I SPOKE TO THE SERVICE MANAGER, HE'S NOT VERY HELPFUL IN TRYING TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. HE JUST ADVISED THAT WE SELL THE VEHICLE BACK TO NISSAN. UNBELIEVABLE, THIS HAS BECOME A TOTAL NIGHTMARE, I OVERHEARD SOME WORKERS AT THE DEALERS DISCUSSING ISSUES ABOUT THE 2013 PATHFINDER, THEY ARE AWARE OF THE ISSUES THIS VEHICLES HAS, BUT THEIR MAIN GOAL IS TO SELL. NOT INFORM THE CONSUMERS ABOUT THIS PIECE OF CRAP!!! *TR