2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER Engine Problems

I AM AN ACTIVE DUTY MARINE AND HAVE SERVED FOR OVER 20 YEARS. MY WIFE AND I HAVE BEEN THE ORIGINAL OWNERS OF THIS 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE I WAS AWAY ON BUSINESS MY WIFE CALLED ME AND TOLD ME THE CAR WAS ACTING UP. UPON MY RETURN I TEST DROVE THE CAR. THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATION AFTER I CAME TO A STOP. SOON AFTER THE ENGINE LIGHT TURNED ON. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE AUTO SHOP TO GET IT CHECKED OUT AND FOUND OUT THE COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION OIL MIXED. I TOOK THE CAR INTO NISSAN AND FOUND OUT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. NISSAN EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO COVER THIS PROBLEM; BUT I WAS OVER THE MILEAGE AND THEY WOULD NOT BE COVER MY VEHICLE. WE RECENTLY PAID OFF THE CAR; HOWEVER, NOW I AM STUCK WITH THIS TICKING TIME BOMB. THE CAR LOSES ACCELERATION VERY...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE HESITATED AND JERKED BEFORE MOVING FORWARD. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND THE RADIATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,000.

MY CARS RADIATOR CRACKED AND LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE MIX OF COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION FLUID DAMAGED THE TRANSMISSION AND QUITE POSSIBLY DAMAGED MY ENGINE. NISSAN KNOWS ABOUT THE RADIATOR BECAUSE THEY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON IT. THE REPAIRS FOR THIS INCIDENT ARE HIGH THE NISSAN DEALER I TOOK IT TO QUOTED ME $4,591.43 TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AND THE RADIATOR AND THAT IS WITH THE WARRANTY THEY CLAIM THEY HAVE ON IT. THE DEALER ALSO TOLD ME ANY OTHER DAMAGE CAUSED BY THIS FAULTY RADIATOR WOULD NOT BE COVERED AND I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS TO ANY OTHER COMPONENTS AS WELL THEY TOLD THEY ME MIGHT BE AN ADDITIONAL $2,000 SO NEARLY $7,000. I HAD KNOW CHOICE BUT SELL THE CAR OFF AS SCRAP AS THE REPAIRS WOULD COST MORE THAN THE CAR ITSELF. A FAILURE OF ALL THESE PARTS AT ONCE IS A SAFETY HAZARD...

I BACKED OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY ONTO THE MAIN ROAD AND WENT TO PUT THE VEHICLE INTO DRIVE AND IT WOULD NOT GO INTO DRIVE. WHEN I GOT IT TO THE REPAIR SHOP THEY SAID THAT THE RADIATOR HAD LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND CAUSED IT TO RUIN THE TRANSMISSION.

RADIATOR FLUID HAS LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING IT TO FAIL. THE DEALERSHIP HAS ISSUED A FIX WHERE THE RADIATOR COOLANT IS BYPASSED FROM THE TRANSMISSION BUT THEN THAT HAS NOT HELPED. THE FIX WAS FOR $500+ THE REPAIRS FOR THE TRANSMISSION ARE AT $4700/- NOW. THIS IS RIDICULOUS THE AMOUNT OF REPAIRS IS MORE THAN THE COST OF THE VEHICLE NOW.

PURCHASED VEHICLE FROM CAR LOT FEB. 28, 2015. DROVE THIS VEHICLE 5 TIMES AND THE COOLANT LEAKED. FLUSHED SYSTEM NOTICE THERE WAS STOP LEAK IN RADIATOR. NOW MY TRANSMISSION SLIPS AND TRUCK SHAKES DURING ACCELERATION. THIS WAS A PREVIOUS ISSUE BEFORE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE SHAKING OCCURRED WHEN DRIVING HOME. I THOUGHT THIS WAS JUST THE TIRES NEEDING TO BE BALANCED, BUT AFTER RESEARCH I KNOW THAT IT WAS FROM THE COOLANT PREVIOUSLY LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION, AND NOW I AM LEFT TO DEAL WITH IT. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO SLIP, WHICH NEEDED TO BE TAKEN OUT OF OVERDRIVE FROM TIME TO TIME. AFTER A FEW MONTHS THE TRANSMISSION GAVE OUT COMPLETELY ON THE HIGHWAY. IT WILL REV UP, BUT WILL NOT DRIVE. APPARENTLY THEY ARE FAMOUS FOR THE GASKET LEAKING ENGINE COOLANT WITH THE OIL. THEY SHOULD HAVE ALL BEEN RECALLED. *TR

CAR SHUT DOWN ON DART TRAIN TRACKS, TRANSMISSION FAILED TO WORK, RADIATOR HAD OIL AND LEAKED INTO TRANSMISSION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 35-45 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 138,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TRANSMISSION WENT ON THE CAR. COOLANT FROM THE RADIATOR LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION.

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT INDICATED A PROBLEM. AFTER REVIEW BY A NISSAN DEALER, THERE IS A CRACK IN THE RADIATOR ASSEMBLY THAT WILL CAUSE FLUID TO LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION, RENDERING THE VEHICLE INOPERABLE. NISSAN KNOWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT WAS BROUGHT AGAINST NISSAN. A SETTLEMENT WAS MADE GIVING ONLY AN EXTENDED WARRANTY, NOT A RECALL. DATA SHOWS THAT IT BREAKS ON MOST CARS AFTER THE SO-CALLED EXTENDED WARRANTY TIME. LEAVING MOST WITH NO HELP FROM NISSAN TO FIX THIS ISSUE. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A SAFETY ISSUE NOT A MONEY ISSUE. *JS

WHEN I PURCHASED MY 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER FROM A DEALER IN 2012. VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AND DEEMED SAFE TO DRIVE. I NOTICED MY TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR STAYED ON ALL THE TIME. EVEN AFTER FILLING TO THE RECOMMENDED PSI. DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF IT. WENT ON TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE WITH NO ISSUES UNTIL THE NEXT YEAR WHEN I WOULD GET THIS SHAKING AND RUMBLE AT ABOUT 2500 RPM. TOOK IT TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AND HE COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG EXCEPT FOR NEEDING NEW BRAKE PADS AND ENGINE TUNE UP. HAD THAT DONE BUT STILL MY CAR CONTINUED TO RUMBLE WHEN I WOULD ACCELERATE. IT WAS INTERMITTENT ON AND OFF UNTIL IT GOT SO BAD THAT I HAD TO PULL OVER AND LET MY ENGINE COOL BEFORE IT WOULD DO IT AGAIN. RECENTLY I TOOK IT TO A DIFFERENT MECHANIC AND HAD THEM LOOK AT IT. SHE RAN A TEST...

WHILE IN MOTION IN A VERY BUSY TRAFFIC, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STARTED STALLING PROMPTING MY PUMPING OF THE GAS PEDAL IN PANIC, AS WELL AS DEPLOYMENT OF THE HAZARD LIGHT. THE ENERGY GENERATED FROM THE ENGINE, WHILE PUMPING THE GAS PEDAL, IS NOT BEING TRANSFERRED TO THE TRANSMISSION. EVENTUALLY THE VEHICLE ROLLS TO A COMPLETE STOP WITH THE ENGINE DEAD IN THE BUSY TRAFFIC, EFFECTIVELY PUTTING ME IN HARMS WAY. I TURNED THE IGNITION AND THE ENGINE STARTED, AFTER ABOUT A QUARTER MILE IT WILL STALL AND QUIT AGAIN. THIS PROCESS REPEATED SEVERAL TIMES AND EVENTUALLY THE VEHICLE QUIT FOR GOOD. IT WILL NOT START AGAIN. I HAD A WRECKER TOW THE VEHICLE TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP WHERE THE SERVICE AGENT TOLD ME, APPROXIMATELY 24 HOURS LATER, THAT THE PROBLEM RESULTED FROM A CRACKED RADIATOR THAT LEAKED ANTIFREEZE INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND SUBSEQUENTLY DAMAGING OR DESTROYING THE TRANSMISSION. THE AGENT...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE DRIVING 2 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE TRACTION CONTROL, CHECK ENGINE, AND THE ABS WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A RESIDENTIAL STREET AND CAME TO A STOP LIGHT. ONCE THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN I EASED OFF THE BRAKES AND PUSH THE GAS. IT JERKED AND IT MOVED VERY SLOWLY MAKING A LOUD NOISE. I STARTED SMELLING SOMETHING BURNING. HAD TO GET IT TOWED TO A SHOP AND THE MECHANIC CALLED ME YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND TOLD ME THE TRANSMISSION WAS GONE. NOW I'M LOOKING TO HAVE TO PAY $3000 FOR A TRANSMISSION. *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILURE. I HAVE SERVICE RECORDS FROM REPUTABLE MECHANIC SHOP THAT THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM STARTED AT $77K MILES. NISSAN DOES NOT CARE. THE COURT ORDERED SETTLEMENT (CLASS ACTION SUIT) LETS THEM OFF THE HOOK AFTER $80K MILES. $2,500 COPAY TO FIX A PROBLEM CAUSED BY RADIATOR LEAKING INTO TRANSMISSION. TERRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE AT DEALERSHIP (WHY I NEVER WENT TO THEM FOR REPAIRS). THEY TRY TO CHARGE FOR STUFF UNDER WARRANTY (MY FUEL GAUGE ISSUE A FEW YEARS BACK). I THOUGHT NISSAN NA WOULD HELP BUT I WAS WRONG. *TR

PATHFINDER EXPERIENCED COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE. CAR STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION AND THE ENGINE STARTED SMOKING AND FLUIDS SPILLED OUT FROM UNDERNEATH. PEOPLE BEHIND US HAD TO SWERVE AROUND US TO AVOID HITTING US. SOME GOOD SAMARITANS HELPED MY HUSBAND PUSH THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. HE COULD NO LONGER DRIVE THE CAR. EARLIER IN THE DAY THE CAR WAS HAVING TROUBLE ACCELERATING AND WOULD JERK. WE MANAGED TO GET OFF THE FREEWAY BEFORE IT STALLED COMPLETELY. WE HAD THE CAR TOWED TO MOSSY NISSAN AND WE WERE TOLD BY THE SERVICE ADVISOR THAT THE MANUFACTURER RADIATOR THAT CAME WITH THE CAR WAS BADLY DESIGNED. THE RADIATORS CRACK CAUSING CROSS CONTAMINATION OF THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION FLUID WHICH THEN RESULTS IN COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE, WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR CAR. HE TOLD US THERE WAS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT, ACTUALLY, AND THE SETTLEMENT TERMS...

RADIATOR COOLANT LEAKED INTO TRANSMISSION, KILLING TRANSMISSION. *TR

NISSAN PATHFINDER JUST GOT TO 100,000 MILES WHEN STARTED EXPERIENCING TRANSMISSION ISSUES, TURNS OUT THERE WAS A FACTORY WARRANTY THAT I WAS NEVER INFORMED OF THAT WOULD HAVE COVERED THE RADIATOR/TRANSMISSION ISSUE. HOWEVER BECAUSE I WAS NOT HAVING AN ISSUE UNTIL THE EXTENDED WARRANTY ENDED NISSAN IS REFUSING TO COVER THE COST OF REPAIRS DESPITE KNOWING ABOUT THIS ENGINEERING FAULT. IT IS EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING THAT A LARGE COMPANY SUCH AS NISSAN IS ABLE TO SEND A VEHICLE OUT INTO THE PUBLIC WITH KNOWN ENGINEERING FLAWS AND PUT A MILEAGE LIMIT ON REPAIRING THE ISSUE. IT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL INEVITABLY FAIL BUT IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME SO IT MIGHT HAVE OCCURRED WITHIN THE LIMIT FOR SOME AND OUTSIDE THE LIMIT FOR OTHERS. IT IS MY HOPE THAT YOU WILL EXPOSE THIS SHADY AND UNSAFE PRACTICE THAT NISSAN HAS GOING AND HELP GET PEOPLE THE REPAIRS THEY DESERVE....

VEHICLE TRANSMISSION STOPPED SHIFTING WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC. SOUNDED LIKE VEHICLE COULDN'T SWITCH GEARS ANY LONGER. THIS IS SERIOUS PROBLEM AND LUCKY IT DID NOT RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. WE HAVE KEPT THE VEHICLE ON THE PROPER MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE. WITH SO MANY COMPLAINTS THIS NEEDS TO BE A RECALL. *TR

NOTICED VEHICLE PULLING OFF SLUGGISH AND WASN'T SHIFTING GEARS. WHEN I MADE IT HOME, I HAD IT CHECKED OUT AND FOUND TRANSMISSION FLUID MIXING WITH THE ENGINE COOLANT. I STARTED SEARCHING ONLINE FOR RECALL AND FOUND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM, BUT THERE ISN'T A RECALL TO FIX THE ISSUE. I ALSO DIDN'T KNOW THEY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO 80,000 MILES TO ONLY HAVE THE RADIATOR REPLACED. THEY TO DO SOMETHING TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND MAKE IT RIGHT FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS. *TR

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, VEHICLE BECOMES SLUGGISH. NOTICE THAT THE TEMPERATURE BEGINS TO RISE RAPIDLY. IN AFTERNOON WORK TRAFFIC AND HAVE DIFFICULTY NEGOTIATING TRAFFIC TRYING NOT TO BREAK DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY ROAD/INTERSECTION AT 5:20PM. VEHICLE WAS TAKE TO A REPAIR SHOP WHERE I WAS INFORMED THAT THE RADIATOR HAD RUPTURED, THUS SENDING COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND TRANSMISSION FLUID INTO THE ENGINE. CURRENT ESTIMATE IS APPROX $3000. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN VEHICLE WAS IN REVERSE, THE ENGINE WOULD GRIND. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE COOLANT WAS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED AND THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED ON THE FIRST ATTEMPT AND RESUMED NORMALLY. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON SEVERAL SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 94,000.

THIS VEHICLE'S TIMING CHAIN, AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, AND RADIATOR NEED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO PREMATURE MECHANICAL FAILURES. THE RADIATOR IS FAULTY AND THE RADIATOR COOLANT NOW MIXES WITH THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING TRANSMISSION FAILURE. REPAIR COSTS ARE AROUND $8000. A QUICK LOOK AT "NISSAN RADIATOR/TRANSMISSION COOLER LITIGATION" ON THE INTERNET REVEALS CLASS ACTION LAWSUITS FILED FOR THESE SAME COMPLAINTS VIA THOUSANDS OF CONSUMERS. THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM KNOWN BY NISSAN AND THEY HAVE NOT ISSUED ANY RECALLS OR WARNED THE CONSUMER OF THESE PROBLEMS. NISSAN HAS OFFERED SOME OWNERS EXTENDED WARRANTIES BUT NOTHING ABOVE 100,000 MILES FOR THOSE WITH CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGE TO THEIR TRANSMISSIONS DUE TO THEIR KNOWINGLY DEFECTIVE RADIATORS. CLEARLY, TOYOTA'S RECENT ACCEPTANCE OF A $1.2 BILLION FEDERAL FINE FOR DELIBERATELY CONCEALING AUTO DEFECTS AND SAFETY RISKS FROM ITS BUYERS AND GENERAL MOTOR'S CURRENT REGULATORY WOES BECAUSE THEY CYNICALLY JUDGED THEIR VEHICLES DEFECTS NOT RECALLABLE WHEN THEY CLEARLY ARE,...

CAR SHUDDERS AND SHAKES AT LOW AND HIGH SPEEDS. AT STOPS CAR WILL REV HIGH BEFORE ACCELERATING. ENGINES STALLS ON BOTH FREEWAY AND HIGHWAY. HAD ECM REPLACED A WEEK AGO. HAD A 6 POINT INSPECTION AND WAS TOLD ALL IS FINE. VEHICLE IS VERY DANGEROUS. *TR

NOTED THAT TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING WHEN SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR AS WELL AS ISSUES WITH RADIATOR FAN COMING ON AT IDLE ALONG WITH NO HEAT AT IDLE. TOOK VEHICLE TO TWO SEPARATE CAR REPAIRS TO IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM AND WAS TOLD THAT VEHICLE HAD FAILED TRANSMISSION COOLER WHICH ALLOWS COOLANT TO MIX WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID, CAUSING INTERNAL DAMAGE TO THE COMPONENTS. WAS ADVISED THAT REPAIRS WOULD BE UPWARDS OF $3K TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS LEAKING OIL. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD VIOLENTLY SHAKE WHILE DRIVING 60-70 MPH. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE DEALER STATED THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURE WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT T OWN A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED A RECURRING STALLING FAILURE. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE WOULD SPORADICALLY ENGAGE INTO LIMP MODE WITHOUT WARNING AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE OVER 30 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO REPLACED THE BATTERY CABLE, STEERING ANGLE COMPUTER, AND THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT HOWEVER, THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 103,000. ... UPDATED 03/24/14 *BF

2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER - TOOK IN FOR TUNE-UP AND WAS NOTIFIED ABOUT BROKEN SEAM ON RADIATOR. COOLANT WAS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION. ENDED UP SPENDING OVER $1,000 ON A NEW RADIATOR AND REPAIRS AND MAY NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. RESEARCHED THE DEFECTED PARTS AND DISCOVERED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH NISSAN PATHFINDERS. NISSAN NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM. THEY KNOW IT EXISTS, AND IT IS IRRESPONSIBLE OF THEM TO DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. IT IS A SAFETY CONCERN. *TR

2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER WITH JUST OVER 60,000 MILES. STARTED ENGINE WHINE THAT MEASURED WITH ENGINE SPEED. FOUND TO BE TIMING CHAIN GUIDES AND TSB EXISTS. COST OVER $1500 TO REPAIR. IF LEFT UNADDRESSED, CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE AT SPEEDS CAN OCCUR AND DRIVER AND PASSENGER SAFETY AT RISK. *TR

WAS TOLD MY TONY AUTOPLEX THAT MY COOLANT IS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. WAS TOLD THERE WAS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON IT BUT BECAUSE I AM OVER 80,000 THEY CAN'T HELP ME. I CALLED CUSTOMER SERVICE AND I WAS TOLD THAT BECAUSE I AM OVER 100,000 THEY CAN'T HELP ME. I AM UPSET BECAUSE BOTH PLACES TOLD ME THAT ITS A COMMON PROBLEM. SO WHY WASN'T I NOTIFIED TO GET IT CHECKED BEFORE THE 80,000 & 100,000 MILEAGE? THAT'S WHAT PISSED ME OFF. A HUGE EXPENSE, INCONVENIENCE, AND NO ACCOUNTABILITY TO HELP FIX A PROBLEM THEY ALREADY NEW EXISTED..NOW I HAVE TO WAIT TILL SOMEONE FROM THE REGIONAL OFFICE CALLS ME BACK REGARDING MY COMPLAINT BECAUSE THE PERSON IN CUSTOMER SERVICE IS IN THE PHILIPPINES.....COULD NOT GET MOST OF MY QUESTIONS ANSWERED...POOR SERVICE AND SUPPORT... *TR

I AM HAVING A VERY HARDTIME WITH THIS VEHICLE. JUST BOUGHT ON JUNE 2013 FROM USED DEALERSHIP. IT IS MIXING THE ANTIFREEZE WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID. I HAVE NO OTHER VEHICLE. AND NEED TO GET AROUND. MY FAMILY DEPENDS ON A GOOD USEFUL VEHICLE. THAT WILL NOT BREAK DOWN JUST ANYWHERE. AND WILL NOT COST THOUSANDS TO REPAIR. *TR

MY FAMILY AND I WERE ON THE HIGHWAY CLOSE TO HOME,IN TRAFFIC WHEN OUR CAR MADE A POP NOISE AND OUR CAR COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. LUCKILY NO ONE HIT US OR HURT, AS LIKE I SAID WE WERE IN A HEAVY COMMUTE. OUR CAR WAS TAKEN TO OUR LOCAL MECHANIC WERE WE FOUND OUT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED DUE TO RADIATOR FLUID LEAKING INTO THE SYSTEM A $5,500 REPAIR WE CAN NOT AFFORD. WE ALSO FOUND OUT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM IN CERTAIN MAKES OF NISSANS, THEY HAVE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS WHICH WE WERE NEVER INFORMED ABOUT. ALL NISSAN OWNERS SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM AND A RECALL TO ALL MODELS! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO JERK WITH SEVERE HESITATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

I WENT TO PICK UP MY OLDEST DAUGHTER FROM TRACK PRACTICE AND PLACED MY 4 YEAR OLD IN HER CAR SEAT TO START DRIVING. ALLOWING THE CAR TO WARM UP, I PULLED OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND PROCEEDED UP THE HILL IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN I NOTICED THAT MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE ABOVE 20 MPH. TRAFFIC WAS HEAVY AT THE TIME. THINKING THAT I DID NOT WARM THE CAR UP ENOUGH I PROCEEDED ON MY WAY UP HILLS AT A SNAILS PACE TO RETRIEVE MY OLDEST DAUGHTER FROM HIGH SCHOOL. ONCE I MADE IT TO THE HIGH SCHOOL I FIGURED THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING SIGNIFICANTLY WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE AND JUST WANTED TO GET THE VEHICLE HOME. I HAD TO CONTEND WITH HEAVY TRAFFIC TRYING TO CROSS A LARGE AND BUSY ROAD WITH A VEHICLE THAT ONLY ACCELERATED TO 20 MILES AN HOUR AND AT SOME TIME ACTUALLY STOPPED...

FAULTY TRANSMISSION COOLER SYSTEM - NISSAN PATHFINDER 2006 HAS FAULTY TRANSMISSION COOLING SYSTEM THAT CONNECTS TO RADIATOR. NISSAN PRODUCT/DESIGN FAILED AND CREATED CROSS CONTAMINATION OF ANTIFREEZE & TRANSMISSION FLUID. THIS FAULTY PRODUCT DESIGN POSES SERIOUS SAFETY RISKS TO MY FAMILY AND OTHERS (JUST SEARCH ON THE INTERNET & YOU'LL SEE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS/CLAIMS & CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT). THIS ISSUE CAN CAUSE SUDDEN STOPS AND ENGINE FAILURE. MY PATHFINDER STARTED RUNNING HOT AND THAT WAS FIRST INDICATION THERE WAS A PROBLEM. MECHANIC SAID TRANSMISSION FLUID HAD LEAKED INTO THE RADIATOR AND RADIATOR FLUID LEAKED INTO TRANSMISSION. WE HAD TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR, THERMOSTAT & FLUSHED TRANSMISSION 4 TIMES (VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR). THIS JUST HAPPENED AND UNCERTAIN IF TRANSMISSION WILL CAUSE PROBLEMS AND REQUIRE REPLACEMENT. WE HAVE KEPT REGULAR MAINTENANCE AND USED EXTENDED LIFE/SYNTHETIC PRODUCTS TO HELP KEEP THE ENGINE & TRANSMISSION WELL LUBED. *NOTE: WE DIDN'T QUALIFY FOR NISSAN RECALL...

ON AUGUST 19TH WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN I NOTICED WHAT APPEARED TO SMOKE COMING FROM MY ENGINE AND NOTICED MY TEMPERATURE GAUGE READING THAT IT WAS OVERHEATING. I PULLED OVER ON THE SHOULDER AND OBSERVED, WHAT I NOW KNOW WAS, COOLANT VAPORIZING FROM MY ENGINE. AT THIS TIME ALL THE MECHANICS I CALLED WHERE WRAPPING UP FOR THE DAY, SO I HAD IT TOWED AND TAKEN TO A LOCAL NISSAN SERVICE THE NEXT MORNING. AFTER PAYING $49.95 FOR THE INSPECTION THE SERVICE CENTER INFORMED ME THAT THE RADIATOR FAILED MIXED COOLANT IN THE TRANSMISSION FLUID KILLING MY TRANSMISSION AS WELL. THEY GAVE ME AN ESTIMATE OF $5,901, $6,373.08 AFTER TAXES, TO FIX THE DAMAGES. I REMEMBERED BEING SENT A NOTICE OF A RADIATOR RECALL, THAT I WAS TOLD DIDN'T CONCERN MY VEHICLE WHEN I BROUGHT IT IN, SO I ASKED ABOUT IT. I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS...

I BROUGHT MY 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER TO A LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP TO CHECK OUT A COMPLETELY UNRELATED ISSUE WHEN I WAS MADE AWARE THAT MY CAR HAD THE PROBLEM OF A CRACKED RADIATOR THAT CONTAMINATES THE TRANSMISSION FLUID THAT COULD LEAD TO MAJOR PROBLEMS IF NOT CORRECTED. SINCE I HAVE LESS THAN 90,000 MILES, I'D HAVE TO PAY A CO-PAY OF $2500 OUT OF POCKET. EVIDENTLY THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS ISSUE, ALTHOUGH THERE SHOULD CERTAINLY BE ONE SINCE THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MANY OTHER CARS AND SHOULDN'T BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CONSUMER TO PAY FOR AN ISSUE THAT IS CLEARLY A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. I PERSONALLY AM NOT IN A POSITION TO SIMPLY DUMP $2500 INTO A VEHICLE AND THIS MAKES THIS PROBLEM EVEN MORE DIFFICULT AND HARD TO ACCEPT. SOMETHING ABSOLUTELY NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS. *TR

UPON STARTUP, LOUD WHIRLING SOUND EMANATES FROM ENGINE. WHEN ENGINE IS SHUT OFF, THERE IS A "WIND DOWN" SOUND AS IF A ROTATING PART IS GRADUALLY SLOWING TO A STOP. MECHANIC STATES IT IS A TIMING CHAIN GUIDE FAILURE - ADVISES TO REPAIR VEHICLE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE OR NOT DRIVE IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD REPAIR. SAYS ENGINE CAN LOCK UP WHILE DRIVING IF TOTAL FAILURE OCCURS. *TR

WIFE NOTICED PROBLEMS WITH OUR 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER WITH 120K MILES ON IT WHILE DRIVING HOME ONE DAY. WHEN SHE GOT HERE IT WAS LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID AND WE HAD IT TOWED TO OUR LOCAL TRANSMISSION SHOP. THEY INFORMED US THAT A COOLANT LEAK CAUSED OUR TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ONLINE, I NOTICED IT IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH CERTAIN YEARS OF NISSANS. IT WAS OUR PRIMARY VEHICLE AND I DIDN'T HAVE THE TIME TO HASSLE WITH THE NISSAN RUN-AROUND SO HAD IT REPAIRED FOR OVER $3,800. WE WILL NEVER BUY A NISSAN AGAIN IF THIS IS HOW THEY DO BUSINESS. IF ITS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND CAUSE SO MANY CUSTOMERS SO MUCH GRIEF WITH THEIR POOR DESIGN, THEY SHOULD BE HELD LIABLE FOR THE DAMAGES AND THEN SOME FOR NOT BEING CONSIDERATE AND INFORMING THEIR CUSTOMERS OF THIS FLAW. WE WILL BE SURE TO STEER...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SHAKE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,000.

2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. VEHICLE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO VIBRATE AND WHINE AND WITHIN 1 MILE THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT WORKING. I WAS IN TRAFFIC AND COULD NOT MOVE AT ALL. HAD CAR TAKEN TO TRANSMISSION REPAIR SHOP AND THE SHOP AUTOMATICALLY KNEW THE PROBLEM. THERE WAS COOLANT LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION FROM THE RADIATOR. HE SAID IT WAS A KNOW ISSUE WITH THE NISSAN PATHFINDERS AND IT WAS TOO LATE TO DO ANYTHING. I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS WAS A KNOWN ISSUE AND WAS NOT RECALLED. I HAD 2 CHILDREN IN THE CAR AND THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. LUCKILY, IT DID NOT. I AM KNOW STUCK WITH A $4,000 BILL TO GET THIS FIXED. I WILL NEVER PURCHASE A NISSAN AGAIN IF THIS IS HOW THEY TREAT THEIR CUSTOMERS. *TR

MY RADIATOR CRACKED FLUID LEAKED INTO MY TRANSMISSION. I HAVE HAD THE TRANSMISSION FIXED TWICE. *TR

CAR SHUTTERS WHEN WE GET TO ABOUT 45 MPH AND YOU CAN FEEL SOME ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSION. AFTER DOING A LOT OF RESEARCH, APPARENTLY THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE BY NISSAN. THERE WAS A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT THAT SAYS THIS IS NOT A SAFETY HAZARD SO THEY MADE AN ARRANGEMENT TO COVER SOME, BUT NOT ALL, IN FULL. APPARENTLY RADIATOR FLUID IS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND RUINING THE TRANSMISSION. THE SETTLEMENT SAYS THAT AT MY MILEAGE, OVER 90,000 MILES BUT BEFORE 100,000 THEY WILL FIX THE PROBLEM FOR $3000! WOW! HOW SWEET OF THEM. I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS NOT A RECALL. THERE ARE THREADS AND THREADS OF PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS EXACT PROBLEM. IT EFFECTS 2005-2010 MODELS. THEY SAY IT ONLY EFFECTS A SMALL AMOUNT, THAT IS BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN THE IMPACT YET. ARE WE GOING TO WAIT UNTIL SOMEONE IS REALLY INJURED TO...

CAR HAD BEEN EXPERIENCING EXCESSIVE JERKING AND VIBRATION. THE CAR HEATER STOPPED WORKING ONLY BLOWING OUT COLD AIR AND THE CAR BEGAN OVERHEATING. I TOOK IT INTO NISSAN ONLY TO FIND THEY HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THE TRANSMISSION TO ONLY 80,000 MILES, WHICH THE CAR DID NOT HAVE ANY ISSUES AT THAT TIME. I HAD TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR, TRANSMISSION, AND U-JOINT. BILL TO FIX CAR WAS ALMOST $3000.00 FOR A CAR THAT IS ONLY 7 YEARS OLD AND UNDER 100,000 MILES. *TR

CAR STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC GOING UP A HILL AND OVERHEATED AND HAD WHITE FOAM DRIPPING FROM THE ENGINE AND UNDERNEATH. THE COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION FLUID CROSS CONTAMINATED AND IT RUINED THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. I REPLACED THE RADIATOR AND HAD THE TRANSMISSION FLUSHED. CAR WORKED UNTIL 8-30-13, WHEN VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHUDDER, RPM GAUGE RAN TO 5000, VEHICLE HAD NO POWER ON A HIGHWAY CAUSING A POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUE. A CRASH COULD HAVE ENSUED. HAD CAR TOWED TO DEALER. THE TRANSMISSION IS OUT. NOW I AM FACED WITH A $3000 FEE/CO-PAY, FOR SOMETHING I DIDN'T CAUSE! NISSAN NEEDS HELD RESPONSIBLE. *JB

UPON STOPPING AT A MAJOR INTERSECTION, CAR HAD LITTLE POWER. HAD GAS PEDAL COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR AND COULD ONLY GO 2 MPH. ALMOST REAR ENDED AND BARELY MADE THE TRAFFIC LIGHT. BOUGHT MY CAR USED IN MARCH2013 WAS NOT AWARE THEIR WAS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. NOW I HAVE TO PAY A DEDUCTIBLE OUT OF POCKET TO HAVE THE ISSUE FIXED. I HAVE TWO SMALL CHILDREN AND NOT FEARFUL OF THEIR SAFETY WHEN PUTTING THEM IN MY CAR. I CAN'T BELIEVE THERE HASN'T BEEN A SAFETY ISSUE FOUND ON THIS. SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE SERIOUSLY HURT AS PEOPLE CONTINUE TO FIND OUT ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH NISSAN, THE DEALER, AND OUR SAFETY DEPARTMENT. GUESS IT HAS TO TAKE SOMEONE LOSING THEIR LIFE BEFORE SOMETHING IS DONE. *JS

TRANSMISSION FAILED WITH NO NOTICE ONLY 110000 MILES UPSET AND NOT SAFE! NOW I HAVE NO CAR AND NISSAN WANTS TO CHARGE ME 8,500 TO FIX SEEMS SO UNJUST I'M A WIDOW WITH CHILDREN AND STRUGGLED TO PAY FOR MY CAR AND THIS SHOULDN'T HAPPEN AT JUST OVER 100 THOUSAND MILES! *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY TRUCK ON THE EXPRESSWAY. THE PAST FEW DAYS THERE HAS BEEN A VIBRATION, A CLUNKING NOISE AND VERY SLOW ACCELERATION. UNTIL RECENTLY, THERE HAVE BEEN NO SIGNS OF ENGINE PROBLEMS. TODAY ON THE EXPRESSWAY THE TRUCK STARTED VIBRATING BADLY AND LOST ACCELERATION. I WAS ABLE TO COAST OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BUT I ALMOST CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. I HAD AN APPOINTMENT SCHEDULE WITH NISSAN ON FRIDAY DUE TO THE RECENT SYMPTOMS; HOWEVER, AFTER THIS MORNING I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE DEALERSHIP. I SPOKE WITH SOMEONE AT THE SHOP WHO INDICATED TAN EXTENDED WARRANTY WAS ISSUED FOR RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. I NEVER RECEIVED A LETTER FROM NISSAN AND I CERTAINLY WOULD HAVE BROUGHT THE TRUCK IN FOR REPAIR. I ALMOST CAUSED A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *TR