2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER Engine And Engine Cooling Problems

I PAID OFF MY PATHFINDER LAST YEAR. JUST ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO AFTER LEAVING A FRIENDS HOUSE THE TRUCK STARTED TURNING ON ALL THE DASH BOARD LIGHTS, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. I DROVE IT VERY SLOWLY HOME NOT EVEN A MILE AWAY, I TURNED IT OFF AND NEXT DAY..MY SURPRISE IT DIDN'T TURN ON TO TAKE TO THE MECHANIC. I CALLED THE TOW TRUCK TO TAKE IT IN TO NISSAN DEALER AND THEY FOUND THAT THE RADIATOR FLUID MIXED WITH TRANSMISSION OIL AND MESSED UP THE MODULE TOO. THEY WHERE ORIGINALLY CHARGING ME 7200 DOLLARS TO FIX. I BROUGHT IT BACK HOME AND AFTER WHEN I WAS ABLE TO PAY WITH CREDIT I TOOK IT IN TO FIX. THEY URGED ME TO FIX ALL AT ONCE BECAUSE OF A MANUFACTURER DEFECT ON ANY OF THE ABOVE..MOST LIKELY THEY SAID IT COULD HAPPEN AGAIN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING AND THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. IN ADDITION, THE BRAKES FAILED, AND THE SLIP, ENGINE, AND EDC INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED WITHOUT HESITATION; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WITHOUT WARNING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 113,200. UPDATED 10/18/16*LJ THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE CAM SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, UPDATED 10/31/16.*JB

2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE TIMING CHAIN TENSIONING SYSTEM PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, SHE HEARD A STRANGE RATTLE AND HISSING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE AREA UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. THE CONSUMER HAD HER LOCAL REPAIR SHOP INVESTIGATE. THE TECHNICIAN STATED WITHOUT TAKING THE MOTOR APART, IT APPEARED THE MOTOR WAS FAILING. THE CONSUMER STARTED INVESTIGATING THE ISSUE AND DISCOVERED PATHFINDER'S FROM 2005-2015 HAD PROBLEMS WITH TIMING CHAIN, GUIDES AND SHOES. *JB

ANOTHER CLASSIC STORY OF NISSAN PATHFINDER TRANSMISSION FAILING DUE TO ENGINE COOLANT LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION FLUID COOLER SYSTEM RESULTING IN CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND THE RADIATOR FLUID ARE MIXED UP DUE TO VEHICLE DESIGN ISSUES. NISSAN IS CONVENIENTLY GETTING OUT OF THE COMPLAINT BY PUTTING IN STUFF THAT THERE IS NO WARRANTY ON THE VEHICLE. *TR

I PURCHASED MY 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER IN 2013 WITH 109K MILES ON IT. I LOVED IT FOR 1YR AND A HALF. 2 MONTHS AGO IT STARTED SHIFTING ROUGH, I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL PLACE TO BE LOOKED AT. I WAS TOLD THAT NISSAN PATHFINDERS HAVE A FAULTY RADIATOR THAT LEAKS INTERNALLY INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE! WOULD COST $3600 TO FIX. I CALLED SUNTRUP AND WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT THAT THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS BEFORE AND TO BRING IT IN, WHICH I DID AND $100 LATER THEY TOLD ME THE SAME THING I ALREADY KNEW FROM THE OTHER PLACE FOR FREE. THEY AGAIN SAID THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS HAPPENING BEFORE BUT THEY COULD FIX IT FOR $6800! I BEGAN SEARCHING (NOT TOO DIFFICULT SINCE IT IS ALL OVER THE INTERNET!) I CALLED AROUND TRYING TO FIND A MORE AFFORDABLE TRANSMISSION PLACE...

FLUID CROSS CONTAMINATION FROM RADIATOR TO TRANSMISSION CAUSING HESITATION DURING OPERATION OF VEHICLE. PER NISSAN SERVICE DEPARTMENT,UNLESS TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR ARE REPLACED THIS IS UNFIXBLE AND CAR WILL SOON DIE. REPAIRS ESTIMATE IS 6,000 DOLLARS. *TR

LEAK IN RADIATOR CAUSING CROSS CONTAMINATION BETWEEN RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION FLUIDS. THIS IS CAUSING HESITATION IN POWER DURING OPERATION OF VEHICLE. PER THE NISSAN SERVICE PROVIDER WE TOOK IT TO, THE CARS NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR AT THE COST OF $6000 OR IT WILL SOON DIE. WE BELIEVE THIS IS A MANUFACTURER 'S DEFECT AND A KNOWN FLAW- MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ARE POSTED BY OTHER OWNERS. *TR

THE CAR IS NOT HEATING UP. THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND RADIATOR FLUID IS MIXING TOGETHER MAKING A PINK COLOR.. WE HAVE HAD IT ONLY FOR LESS THAN A YEAR. WE HAVE LOAN ON THE CAR. I KEEP SEEING ONLINE THAT EVEN AFTER REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION. MORE PROBLEMS KEEP HAPPENING. I LOOKED UP THE VIN NUMBER AND IT'S SAYING OUR CAR MAKE IS RECALLED FOR THE AIR BAG? IS THERE ANYWAY YOU CAN HELP US OR COULD WE JUST TRADE TO GET A DIFFERENT VEHICLE. I WOULD MUCH APPRECIATE SOMEONE TO HELP. *TR

MY NISSAN PATHFINDER WAS NOT HEATING/ DEFROSTING...ALSO, THERE WAS EXCESSIVE NOISE WHEN THE TRUCK WAS SHIFTING GEARS. I BROUGHT IT INTO MY MECHANIC WHO TOLD ME COOLANT WAS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION, AND THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF APPROXIMATELY $4400. *TR

RADIATOR FAILED AND CROSS CONTAMINATED TRANSMISSION WITH ANTI-FREEZE AND TRANSFLUID. REPLACED RADIATOR AND FLUSHED TRANSMISSION IN SEPT 2014 AND THREE MONTHS LATER DEC18, 2014 THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. REPAIR CENTER SAID IT WILL COST $4500-$5000 FOR REPAIR OF TRANSMISSION. *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO RADIATOR COOLANT MIXING WITH TRANSMISSION OIL: READING OTHER SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ABOUT 2005-2010 PATHFINDER ON CARCOMPALINTS.COM, I AM WONDERING IF THERE IS A $90 SOLUTION TO BYPASS THE ORIGINAL SETUP AND HAVE A SEPARATE RADIATOR FOR TRANSMISSION, WHY COULDN'T NISSAN DO IT OR ATLEAST INFORM ALL OWNERS ABOUT IT SO WE COULD HAVE AVOIDED SPENDING 4-5K ON REPAIRING SOMETHING THAT IS MANUFACTURING DESIGN DEFECT. I AM IN NO WAY CLAIMING TO BE A MECHANIC, BUT I AM ASSUMING OTHER VEHICLES ALSO HAVE A SIMILAR SETUP, EVEN OTHER NISSAN MODELS. HOW COME THIS IS THE PROBLEM ONLY FOR PATHFINDERS? THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW AND THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL INSTEAD OF A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT, BUT I GUESS OUR GOVERNMENT IS TOO BUSY LOOKING OUT FOR SPECIAL INTEREST LOBBYISTS. I AM DISGUSTED IN NISSAN'S CONDUCT AND ALSO THE CONDUCT OF NHTSA & CAS WHO DID NOT...

I AM THE OWNER OF A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER WITH CURRENT MILEAGE OF 106,000. I JUST LEARNED TODAY THAT I WILL HAVE TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR FOR $6000. DUE TO THIS KNOWN PRODUCT DEFECT. I AM INFURIATED AS I READ THROUGH ALL THE POST BY PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF WHO HAVE BEEN TOLD NISSAN WILL DO NOTHING SINCE THE VEHICLE IS OVER 100,000 MILES, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE PROBLEM DOES NOT SHOW UP ON AVERAGE UNTIL 95,000 MILES OR MORE. IT WOULD APPEAR NISSAN WHO JUST REPORTED BILLIONS FOR THEIR EARNINGS COULD HAVE DONE THE PROPER PRODUCT RECALL OF ALL UNITS MANUFACTURED/EFFECTED REGARDLESS OF MILEAGE AND FIXED THE ISSUE! *TR

TRANSMISSION COOLER INSIDE RADIATOR CRACKED AND ALLOWED COOLANT INTO TRANSMISSION FLUID, CAUSING COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FALIURE....COST TO REPAIR 5,000 DOLLARS. *TR

TRANSMISSION WENT OUT ALL OF SUDDEN AS I WAS DRIVING ON BUSY HIGHWAY. WAS UNABLE TO GET SPEED, COOLANT IS GONE AS WELL. *TR

LEAKING COOLANT CAUSED TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *TR

COOLANT LEAK INTO TRANSMISSION RENDERING VEHICLE USELESS. OUT OF POCKET COST WAS 2500.00 BASED OFF OF CLASS ACTION SUIT. NISSAN PICKED UP REST. FOUND HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF SIMILIAR COMPLAINTS IN THIS REGARD. *TR

FROM DEAD STOP AT STOP SIGN, PUSHED ON GAS WITH RESULTANT "GRIND" OF TRANSMISSION. HAPPENED 3 MORE TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF 2 WEEKS. TOOK INTO DEALER. TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO CRACKED RADIATOR LEAKING COOLANT INTO TRANSMISSION. KNOWN PROBLEM WITH CERTAIN NISSAN MODELS. NISSAN ONLY DID AN EXTENDED WARRANTY THAT TAPERED OFF EVERY YEAR/10,000 MILES. AFTER 100,000 MILES NO HELP. THIS WAS NOT A RESULT OF WORN OUT TRANSMISSION, THIS WAS A RESULT OF ENGINEERING/MANUFACTURING DEFECT AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED BY NISSAN 100%. *TR

CATASTROPHIC FAILURE WHILE ON THE ROAD OCCURED AND CAR BEGAN TO SHAKE, CAUSING OTHER DRIVERS TO SWAY OFF THE ROAD TO AVOID COLLISION. CAR DRIVEABLE AFTER, BUT DETERIORATING DUE TO COOLANT LEAKING INTO TRANSMISSION CASE. THIS IS A WELL-KNOWN PROBLEM THROUGHOUT THE NISSAN ORGANIZATION, BUT REMAINS UNADDRESSED SUFFICIENTLY. THIS PLACES A MAJOR COST ON 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER OWNERS AND ACTION NEEDS TO BE TAKEN SO THIS NEGLIGENCE CANNOT PERSIST. I AM WILLING TO PAY FOR SOME OF THE DAMAGE CAUSED BY THIS AND FOR SOME OF THE REPLACEMENT COST, BUT NISSAN MOTOR CORPORATION SHOULD FULFILL ITS OBLIGATION PER THE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT IN 2012. *TR

WITHOUT WARNING THE RADIATOR LEAKED COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION COOLING PART OF THE RADIATOR AND CAUSED AN ALMOST INSTANT BURNING OF THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE THAT WAS FOUND TO BE RUINED BEFORE I COULD EVEN SAFELY STOP AND HAVE IT TOWED. THE CAR LOST TEMPORARILY LOST POWER TO THE REAR WHEELS AND STRANDED ME IN A DANGEROUS INTERSECTION WHERE I WAS ALMOST T-BONED. THERE WAS NO PRIOR SYMPTOMS UNTIL THE TRANSMISSION FAILED..... *TR

I HAVE HEARD THAT SEVERAL PEOPLE ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THEIR TRANSMISSION FLUID GETTING RADIATOR FLUID IN IT. THE CLASSIC SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS THAT HAVE STARTED WITH MY 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER ARE: 1. HORRENDOUS SHUDDERING WHEN PRESSING ON THE GAS TO INCREASE MY SPEED, 2. OCCASIONAL BANGING WHEN MY AUTOMATIC CAR SHIFTS INTO GEAR, 3. DELAY IN SPEED WHEN I ATTEMPT TO PASS. SINCE ALL OF THIS HAD STARTED RIGHT AFTER 100,000 MILES A NEW TRANSMISSION IS NOT COVERED. I AM A SINGLE MOM WHO IS A HOSPICE NURSE, I DRIVE ALL DAY, HAVING A RELIABLE CAR PUTS FOOD ON THE TABLE FOR MY KIDS. I DON'T HAVE $3,000 TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. I COULD CRY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I AM GOING TO DO. RIGHT NOW I JUST KEEP DRIVING IT KNOWING IT IS GOING TO BREAK DOWN ANY DAY. I WAS INFORMED BY SO MANY PEOPLE THAT NISSAN...

THE RADIATOR CRACKED AND THE TRANSMISSION OIL MIXED WITH THE COOLING. THIS RESULTED IN THE DAMAGING OF THE TRANSMISSION AND WE HAD TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR. *TR

MY RADIATOR IS EVIDENTLY CRACKED, LEAKING COOLANT INTO MY TRANSMISSION, CAUSING FAILURE TO SHIFT. MY VEHICLE BEGAN LOSING POWER. AT ONE POINT, I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE THROUGH AN INTERSECTION FROM A STAND-STILL AS THE TRAFFIC LIGHT TURNED GREEN. I WAS NEARLY REAR-ENDED BY THE VEHICLE BEHIND ME AS MY VEHICLE WAS NOT MOVING, LIKE BEING STUCK IN NEUTRAL. *TR

HAVE A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER LE AND NOTICED THE TRANSMISSION WAS STARTING TO MAKE A RUMBLE STRIP NOISE AROUND 45 MPH. DID SOME RESEARCH AND DISCOVERED THAT NISSAN HAD A DEFECTIVE RADIATOR WHICH CAUSED ANTI-FREEZE TO LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION THROUGH COOLANT LINE. KNOWING THAT THE RADIATORS WERE DEFECTIVE WHY WASN'T NISSAN ORDERED TO RECALL THEM. IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD IF YOU ARE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND YOUR TRANSMISSION FAILS!!! I NOW HAVE TO PAY $2500 TO PAY FOR A KNOWN DEFECT TO HAVE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION REPLACE. *TR

FLUID FROM RADIATOR LEAKED INTO TRANSMISSION, COMPLETELY BURNED OUT. *TR

VEHICLE STARTED MAKING A WHINING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE AREA THAT INCREASES WITH RPMS AND WAS TAKEN TO DEALER AND SAID TO BE FAULTY TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER. WAS MANUFACTURED WITH PLASTIC PARTS FOR THIS MODEL HAD PRICE QUOTED TO APPROX $3000 TO REPAIR! *TR

SAME ISSUE AS ALL OTHERS, DRIVE A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER AND WAS HAPPY UNTIL 125TSD MILES NEVER A BIG REPAIR. NOW I HAVE THE SAME ISSUE FAULTY RADIATOR KILLS SILENT THE TRANSMISSION. DID VISIT THE DEALER FOR EVERY SERVICE EVEN AS THE PROBLEM STARTS LITTLE BY LITTLE. FIRST A UNPLEASANT SHIFTING, DEALER RECOMMENDS A TRANSMISSION FLUSH BEFORE THE OFFICIAL SERVICE INTERVAL, DONE. AFTER WE ARE STILL NOT HAPPY AS WE CAN TELL THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS DIFFERENT AS WE DID KNOW IT FROM BEFORE. SEE THE NISSAN DEALER AGAIN, THEY WRITE THE ORDER WITH THE CUSTOMER COMPLAINT, ?CUSTOMER COMPLAINS ABOUT TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS?. WRITTEN STATEMENT OF THE DEALER, TRANSMISSION CHECKED NO ISSUES FOUND. SOME MILES LATER, TOTAL FALL OUT OF THE TRANSMISSION SPECIAL THE TCU. GOOD CUSTOMER WILL NOT SEE NOW DEALER AGAIN BUT A LAWYER. *TR

ENGINE COOLANT HOSE RUPTURED INTO THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. FIRST NOTICED IT WHEN THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING HOT. FOUND OUT THIS IS A FACTORY DEFECT. *TR

HAD ISSUE WITH TRANSMISSION.BROUGHT TO MECHANIC AND FOUND OUT THAT RADIATOR WAS CRACKED AND RUINED TRANSMISSION. WAS TOLD BY MECHANIC THAT THIS WAS COMMON WITH THIS VEHICLE.WENT IN INTERNET AND FOUND ALL KINDS OF INFO ABOUT SAME PROBLEM. I FEEL IF I WAS NOTIFIED FROM NISSAN EARLIER I WOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR EXTENDED WARRANTY 2500.00.WOULD HAVE BEEN FREE FOR UNDER 80,000 MILES.MY CAR HAS 80,743 MILES.NOT HAPPY WITH NISSAN,WILL NOT EVER BUY ANOTHER. *TR

COOLANT LEAKING INTO TRANSMISSION CAUSING FAILURE AND SLIPPAGE. WHEN COMING TO ABRUPT STOPS TRANSMISSION "JERKS" AND "BUCKS" ALSO, UPON ACCELERATING, TRANSMISSION SLIPS AND IS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE PROPERLY. SAFETY ISSUE WITH PROPER DRIVING CAPABILITY. *TR

RADIATOR DEVELOPED A CRACK WHICH LEAKED INTO TRANSMISSION - BOTH HAD TO BE REPLACED. WE WERE TOLD, DUE TO A CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT IN 2013, WE WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR A DEDUCTIBLE OF $2,500 SINCE OUR VEHICLE STARTED PROBLEM AFTER 80,000 AND PAST MARCH 1, 2014. DID NOT REALIZE THIS PROBLEM UNTIL WE TOOK VEHICLE IN, BY THAT TIME MID APRIL 2014 AND AT 81,990. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL. *TR

CORROSION IN RADIATOR PARTS ALLOWED COOLANT TO CONTAMINATE TRANSMISSION FLUID RESULTING IN FAILURE OF TRANSMISSION. *TR

SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT IS STAYING ON. TOOK TO DEALER AND SES CODE READ CATALYTIC CONVERTER NEEDS TO BE REPLACE. DID SOME RESEARCH ONLINE AND LOOKS LIKE THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM 02 SENSOR DOES NOT REPORT AIRFLOW. $1200 DEALER REPAIR. NOT SURE WHY THERE HASN'T BEEN A RECALL. *TR

TRIED TO SELL THE CAR AND THE BUYER POINTED OUT THAT THE RADIATOR MUST OF CRACKED AND MIXED WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. HE DID NOT BUY THE CAR AND NOW I AM BEING TOLD THAT I HAVE TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AND THE RADIATOR. APPARENTLY THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM ON THESE CARS AND THEY NEED TO FIX THIS. VERY UPSET AND WILL NEVER BUY A NISSAN AGAIN. *TR

CAR STARTED RUMBLING VERY ERRATICALLY AT HIGH SPEED. HAD I NOT HAD GOOD GRIP ON WHEEL IT WOULD OF BEEN BAD FOR MY FAMILY OR OTHERS. GLAD IT DIDN'T FAIL COMPLETELY LEAVING ME POWERLESS ON HIGHWAY. I BELIEVE THIS WILL RESULT IN DEATHS OR SERIOUS ACCIDENTS. NOT TO MENTION THOUSANDS IN REPAIRS. HAD RADIATOR REPLACED LAST YEAR DUE TILL SAME PROBLEM. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. THIS ALWAYS HAPPENS RIGHT OUTSIDE IF THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. *TR

I WAS DRIVING YESTERDAY NIGHT WHEN MY CAR STARTED JERKING AND STOPPED SUDDENLY ON THE HIGHWAY, THANKFULLY THE CARS BEHIND ME WERE ABLE TO STOP AVOIDING A CRASH BECAUSE THERE WAS LOTS OF TRAFFIC, BUT OTHERWISE, THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A FATAL CRASH. THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE FOR SEVERAL MINUTES, PEOPLE HAD TO HELP PUSH IT OFF THE HIGHWAY. THEN AFTER A WHILE IT STARTED MOVING AGAIN. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR, JERKING ALL THE WAY BACK TO MY HOUSE. I HAD PREVIOUSLY NOTICED A JERKING WHENEVER I AM ACCELERATING OR DECELERATING, I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT IT WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE TRANSMISSION OF PATHFINDERS OWING TO A DEFECT IN MANUFACTURE THAT CAUSES RADIATOR FLUID TO MIX WITH COOLANT AFFECTING THE TRANSMISSION. THEY FLUSHED THE TRANSMISSION BUT THE JERKING CONTINUED. I WAS SEARCHING THE INTERNET ON THIS AND SAW MANY...

MY RADIATOR FAILED AND POSSIBLY LEAKED RADIATOR FLUID INTO MY TRANSMISSION, VIA AN INTERNAL RADIATOR COOLER. THIS IS A WIDELY KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL AND YEAR. INVOLVING A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. MY MECHANIC CAUGHT THIS PROBLEM EARLY ENOUGH THAT MY TRANSMISSION WASN'T COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THE RESULTING REPAIR WAS $900 PLUS $200 FOR A TRANSMISSION FLUSH AS A SAFEGUARD TO POSSIBLE RADIATOR FLUID THAT MAY HAVE GOTTEN INTO THE TRANSMISSION. I WAS OUTSIDE OF THE MILEAGE EXTENSION FOR WARRANTY AND SINCE MY TRANSMISSION WASN'T DESTROYED I DIDN'T QUALIFY FOR ANY HELP FROM THE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. THE REPAIRS ON THIS VEHICLE ARE STAGGERING I CURRENTLY HAVE A FUEL SENDING UNIT ISSUE THAT IS THE SUBJECT OF A RECALL BUT MY VEHICLE IS OUTSIDE OF THE WARRANTY EXTENSION. THIS IS A POORLY MADE VEHICLE THAT HAS COST ME THOUSANDS IN REPAIRS. NISSAN NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. NISSAN WILL NOT TAKE...

FLUID FROM RADIATOR LEAKED INTO TRANSMISSION WHICH DESTROYED BOTH. *TR

AUTO TRANSMISSION/RADIATOR.

SUDDEN JERKING IN VEHICLE WHEN TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AS A FAILED TRANSMISSION COOLER WHICH ALLOWS COOLANT TO MIX WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID, CAUSING INTERNAL DAMAGE TO THE COMPONENTS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION BEGAN SHIFTING ERRATICALLY. AFTER STOPPING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE ABOVE 20 MPH. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO GET THE VEHICLE HOME SMOKE WAS NOTICED COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION. INSPECTION VERIFIED TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS CONTAMINATED WITH COOLANT. *TR

TRANSMISSION: HAVING PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION - IT WILL NOT GO ON REVERSE. RESEARCHING ON THE INTERNET I FOUND THAT THIS IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. THE RADIATOR WOULD CRACK CAUSING THE COOLANT TO MIX WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. *TR

AS MY WIFE AND I WITH OUR 5 CHILDREN WERE ON OUR WAY TO CHURCH, DRIVING AT 45MPH THE CAR STARTED JERKING DROPPING AT 20MPH WITH TRAFFIC BEHIND US ON A TWO WAY HIGHWAY WE HAD TO PULL OVER ON A DIRT EMBANKMENT. WE TOOK THE CAR TO NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND THE SERVICE REP ESTIMATED THE COST OF $9,000. PROBLEM IN RADIATOR CRACK LINE INSIDE TRANSMISSION FLUID COOLER. ANTIFREEZE LEAK INTO TRANSMISSION CAUSING DAMAGE. *TR

JUST FOUND OUT THAT I HAVE THE COOLANT MIXED WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID CAUSING TRANSMISSION FAILURE.... CALLED NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND WAS TOLD I HAD TO GO GET DIAGNOSIS AT DEALER WITCH I DID AT A COST 100.00. CALLED NISSAN BACK AND SAID I WAS OUT OF LUCK AND NOTHING THEY WOULD DO.... HOW CAN THEY GET AWAY WITH SELLING SUCH A DEFECTIVE PART FOR SO LONG IS BEYOND ME AND THE FACT THAT THERE IS NUMEROUS CLASS ACTION LAW SUITS ON THIS ISSUE AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE ABOUT IT..... THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AS A TRANSMISSION FAILURE WILL CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO STOP IN TRAFFIC.... SOMEONE NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. *TR

ON THE HIGHWAY, THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO FEEL AS IF THE CAR WAS GOING TO STALL. THE COOLANT LIGHT INDICATOR MOVED RAPIDLY TO THE HIGH END, WHICH SEEMED TO INDICATE A RADIATOR OR COOLANT PROBLEM. I PULLED OFF THE HIGHWAY AND LET THE CAR COOL DOWN, BEFORE PROCEEDING ON BACK ROADS TO GET HOME. THE CAR CONTINUED TO ACT AS IF IT WAS GOING TO STALL EVEN AT 15-20 MILES PER HOUR. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO MY NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND WAS ADVISED THAT THE RADIATOR CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. NISSAN IS AWARE THIS IS A PROBLEM BUT AS MY CAR IS OVER 80,000 MILES, I WILL NEED TO PAY $2,500 TO FIX THE PROBLEM! *TR

THE CAR STALLED IN ONCOMING TRAFFIC MORE THAN ONCE. NISSAN DEALERSHIP SAYS IT NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSION, RADIATOR, CATALYTIC CONVERTERS, CAM SENSORS AND FUEL SYSTEM. IT HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT TROUBLE SINCE WE PURCHASED IT AND IT DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. *TR

DURING HIGHWAY SPEEDS NOTED CHATTERING/CHUTTERING WHEN ACCELERATING AT APPROXIMATELY 60-65 MPH. LATER AFTER EXITING THE INTERSTATE, SLOWING DOWN WHILE APPROACHING INTERSECTION, DURING AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DOWN SHIFT, VEHICLE SEEMED TO LUNGE FORWARD. SCARY IN CITY TRAFFIC. UPON RETURN TO HOME, REMOVED RADIATOR CAP, COOLANT FLUID WAS COLOR AND CONSISTENCY OF PEANUT BUTTER. FEARING BLOWN HEAD GASKET, CHECK ENGINE OIL WHICH WAS FINE, CHECK OF TRANSMISSION FLUID REVEALED VERY RUNNY AND MORE OF A PEANUT BUTTER COLOR ON THE DIP STICK. REMOVED TRANSMISSION DRAIN PLUG FOR A BETTER FLUID INSPECTION, WHAT DRAINED WAS VERY WATERY, REDDISH, BROWNISH, PEANUT BUTTER COLORED FLUID. DRAINED APPROXIMATELY 3 QUARTS. REPLACED DRAINED FLUID WITH NEW, SET UP APPOINTMENT AND DROVE VEHICLE TO NISSAN SERVICE CENTER. CURSORY SEARCH OF THE WEB IDENTIFIED EXCESSIVE NUMBER OF OTHER CONSUMERS COMPLAINING OF SAME ISSUE. COUPLE HOURS LATER, NISSAN SERVICE MANAGER INFORMED ME THAT THERE WAS CROSS CONTAMINATION BETWEEN COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION....

SHUTTERING AT ABOUT 40MPH. DEALER SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG. LATER TOOK IT TO THE NISSAN DEALER AND THE DEALER FLUSHED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. A WEEK OR SO LATER, THE TRANSMISSION STARTED JERKING AND NOT SHIFTING CORRECTLY. I FOUND TRANSMISSION FLUID AND WATER WERE MIXED. NISSAN DEALER SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THE RADIATOR. I PURCHASED A NEW RADIATOR ,HAD IT INSTALLED. THE INSTALLER SAID THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD WATER IN THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. I PURCHASED NEW TRANSMISSION FLUID(FOR NISSAN) AND HAD THE TRANSMISSION FLUID REPLACED, THEN HAD IT REPLACED AGAIN AFTER 100 MILES. TO REMOVE ANY RESIDUAL WATER. NISSAN STILL DENIES ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE RADIATOR OR TRANSMISSION. THE RADIATOR PROBLEM RENDERS THE ENTIRE VEHICLE USELESS. NHTSA - PLEASE REMEMBER THAT OUR GOVERNMENT IS BY THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE. YOU NEED TO MAKE NISSAN REPAIR OUR DEFECTIVE VEHICLES. ITS YOUR JOB. *TR

THE VEHICLE HAD SOME SHIFTING AND HESITATION ISSUES WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, ESPECIALLY UPON ACCELERATING AFTER DECELERATING ABOUT 5 MPH AT HIGHWAY SPEED. I BROUGHT IT IN TO THE DEALER WHO SAID THE RADIATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO CROSS CONTAMINATION WITH THE TRANSMISSION. UPON THE DEALER REPLACING THE RADIATOR AND FLUSHING THE COOLING SYSTEM/TRANSMISSION, THEY CALLED AND SAID THAT THE VEHICLE IS NOW THROWING OFF CODES AND THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED REPLACEMENT. IN RESEARCHING THE ISSUE ONLINE, I NOTED THERE WAS AN OPEN INVESTIGATION AS WELL AS AND EXTENDED WARRANTY OFFERED BY NISSAN FOR THIS DEFECT. THE DEALER FAILED TO MENTION THIS, SO I FORWARDED THEM THE INFORMATION AND VISITED THEM TO DISCUSS THE DEFECT. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS A LOWER COST VALVE BODY SERVICE THEY COULD ATTEMPT, BUT IF THAT DID NOT WORK, I WOULD NEED THE FULL REPLACEMENT, SO THEREFORE THEY RECOMMENDED THE...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE MADE A RUMBLING NOISE AND STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE RADIATOR HOSE HAD FAILED AND CAUSED COOLANT TO PENETRATE THE TRANSMISSION AND THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 85,238.