NHTSA Complaint #11355498 — 2017 NISSAN PATHFINDER
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) issue reported to NHTSA
Complaint Details
| ODI Number | 11355498 |
| Vehicle | 2017 NISSAN PATHFINDER |
| Component | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) |
| Date of Incident | |
| Date Filed | |
| Mileage | 97,000 miles |
| Crash | No |
| Fire | No |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Deaths | 0 |
| Vehicle Towed | No |
| State | MO |
Consumer Description
I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE IN 2018 SINCE THEN I'VE HAD THIS VEHICLE IN THE SHOP MULTIPLE TIMES . MY DIFFERENTIAL WAS REPLACED A FEW MONTHS AFTER I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE ALONG WITH MY FAN BLADES . THIS IS AGAIN AN ISSUE FOR MY CAR THIS JUST HAVING GOTTEN IT BACK BECAUSE I HAD TO DO A COMPLETE ENGINE REPLACEMENT IN MY NOW ONLY 4 YEAR OLD CAR . MY CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY FROM NISSAN BASED ON ANY OF THE MILEAGE . I TOOK IT TO ONE DEALERSHIP WHO CLAIMED THAT I HAD METAL IN MY OIL SAID NOTHING OF SMUDGE IN THE OIL MIND YOU I HAD JUST HAD MY OIL CHANGED AGAIN NOT TOLD ANYTHING . I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK IN MARCH 2020 WHEN MY LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT KICKED ON WHICH DIDN'T MAKE SENSE AS I HAD JUST HAD AN OIL CHANGE A FEW WEEKS PRIOR AND KEPT UP ON MY OIL CHANGES . THE ENGINE THAT IS IN MY VEHICLE IS APPARENTLY NISSANS NEWEST ENGINE AND A VERY EXPENSIVE ONE AT THAT . I REQUESTED AN EXCEPTION FROM NISSAN IN REGARDS TO THE ENGINE SO I DID AS THEY SAID AND TOOK IT TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP THIS TIME THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP . THEY CLAIMED MY ENGINE WAS A TOTAL LOSS AND IT WAS DUE TO LACK OF MAINTENANCE THERE WAS NO WAY THIS WAS THE CASE IN MY SITUATION . NISSAN INFORMED ME THAT MAYBE THE PREVIOUS OWN R HAD DONE IT AND BASICALLY THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD BE DONE . SO I GOT ONLINE AND STARTED LOOKING AROUND TO FIND THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAD REPORTED THE SAME THING . MY VEHICLE IS PRIMARILY ALL HIGHWAY DRIVING I PAID OVER 7K FOR A NEW ENGINE TO BE PUT IN MY CAR FROM A LOCAL SHOP . THE ENGINE HAD TO BE TAKEN OUT TWICE BECAUSE THE INSIDE PISTONS WERE STICKING THIS WAS ON THE NEW ENGINES . ONCE MY ENGINE WAS FINALLY INSTALLED AND MY 02 SENSORS REPLACED AS WELL A WEEK LATER MY CAR WAS THROWING A MISFIRE FOR LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT. THIS CLEARLY IS A FAULT WITH NISSANS DESIGN OF THIS ENGINE . I HAVE SPENT THOUSANDS ON A NEWER VEHICLE WITH NO HELP FROM NISSAN AND NO FAULT OF MY OWN .
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