2014 NISSAN PATHFINDER Structurebody Problems

While driving I noticed the front alignment was all of a sudden off. When parked I checked around the vehicle and found the driver side rear wheel to be kicked out at an angle. I checked the rear under carriage and found the nearly the whole rear subframe and crossmember to be rusted out. The bushing that held the control arm to the subframe came off in my hand. For a vehicle with only 80k and always garaged I was surprised at the extent of the rust. Had the full subframe failed at highway speed it could have been a lot worse. The rear wheel assembly was only connected to the car by the spring and control arm. After some online research I have found many other examples of similar failures with the rear subframe on this generation of Nissan Pathfinders. No recall exists for this failure. $4700 repair bill.

2014 Nissan Pathfinder - Rear subframe rusted out causing vehicle to be unsafe to drive with suspension system failure. Structure is nearly completely rotted out. Issue found during visit to dealership for other recalls and deemed unsafe to drive. No warning indications to the operator, a creaking sound during normal operation. Location Dubuque, Iowa.

On December 5, 2022, I was driving on the 134W fwy around 6:40 am. I was driving around 60 mph in the fast lane when all of a sudden my hood popped open. I was unable to see in front of my car as the hood was completely up and blocking my windshield. I slowed down and crouched down to see in the sliver of space between the windshield and the top (now located at the bottom due to it being open) of the hood. There was no left shoulder so my only recourse was to make my way to an exit as the section of the fwy I was on was around a merge of another fwy onto the one that I was currently on and there was no safe place to pull my car over to close the hood and unblock my view. Since it was early in...

During rainy days, we get water in the car through the roof mounting. I was told at the dealership that it's from the manufactory I need a new roof mounting kit.

While my wife was driving down the street, about 25 mph, the hood suddenly popped open, hitting the windshield, and twisting and tearing the metal on both fender panels. It was terrifying. What if it had happened on the highway?

My 2014 Pathfinder has had all 4 door handles break just randomly causing us to be stuck in the vehicle without being able to get out unless we roll down the windows. Nissan fixed the passenger front door but would not fix the 2 back one's. Then the other day with temperatures inside the car in the 90s both front doors broke and the car would not start for us to get the windows down. We were locked in the car for almost 15 minutes before someone saw us and came over and let us out. We could of all died inside from the heat and had absolutely no way to get out of the vehicle. I took it to 3 mechanics but they all say Nissan is the only one with the part to remove the door panels to fix it. Nissan knows they are broken and wants to...

The passenger side tailgate strut failed. When the tailgate was open, the point where the struct connects to the lower bracket snapped, causing the tailgate to fall on, and injur the person below. I see that there is a recall on Nissan Rouges for "rusting tailgate struts" that seems to be the same problem, but none issued for Pathfinders. The vehicle has not been taken to the dealer for this issue or otherwise inspected. No warning lamps were present before, or after this occurred.

SECONDARY HOOD LATCH DID NOT PREVENT HOOD FROM OPENING. HOOD OPENED AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET. RESULTED IN DAMAGING STRUTS AND BODY AS WELL AS A DANGEROUS IMPACT TO VISIBILITY. DID A GENERIC INTERNET SEARCH AND I FOUND RECALL PC343, NHTSA DATABASE SHOWS NO RECALLS OPEN, NEITHER DID NISSAN WEBSITE.

DRIVER AND PASSENGER SUN VISORS FELL DOWN AND WON'T STAY UP. OBSTRUCTING VIEW WHILE DRIVING.

WITHIN THE LAST YEAR+ BOTH FRONT WINDOWS HAVE FALLEN APART INSIDE OF THE DOOR AND STOPPED WORKING. BOTH TIMES JUST AS I HIT THE BUTTON TO POWER DOWN THE WINDOW. IT GETS 1-2 INCHES AND YOU HEAR EVERYTHING EXCEPT THE GLASS CLATTER TO THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR. PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW NEVER USED; MAYBE HAS BEEN OPENED 15-20 TIMES. ALL STARTED OVER 60K MILES. NOTHING COVERED BY MANUFACTURER. HAD TO PAY EXTENDED WARRANTY DEDUCTIBLE. IT IS OBVIOUSLY A DEFECT IN DESIGN OR MATERIAL. BOTH TIMES THE CAR WAS STATIONARY. DRIVERS SIDE AT DRIVE THRU FOR COFFEE. PASSENGER SIDE SITTING IN PARKING SPACE. THIS CAR IS SUPER PAMPERED, GARAGE KEPT AND CLEAN, NO KIDS, NO PASSENGERS, BACK AND FORTH TO WORK, 95% ON 4 OR 6 LANE HIGHWAY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HIS WIFE WAS DRIVING ABOUT 35 MPH, THE HOOD BECAME AJAR. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE HOOD FAILED TO LATCH SECURELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE NISSAN OF DEARBORN LOCATED AT 24501 MICHIGAN AVE, DEARBORN, MI 48124, TO BE INSPECTED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE HOOD LATCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 78,000.

IT APPEARS THE MOLDING ON THE PASSENGER SIDE ROOF RACK HAS COME APART. THE SEAL AND THE ACTUAL ROOF RACK PIECE NOW FLAP IN THE WIND. I DID SOME RESEARCH ON THIS AND IT SEEMS SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE HAVE DEALT WITH THIS ISSUE, EVEN AFTER MONTHS OF PURCHASING THE VEHICLE. THE FIRST TIME I EXPERIENCED THIS WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND I HEARD SOMETHING HITTING MY ROOF, I FIGURED A STICK MIGHT OF GOT CAUGHT IN THE ROOF RACK OR SOMETHING. EVERY TIME I DRIVE IT FLAPS IN THE WIND.

MY SUNROOF GLASS JUST SHATTERED OUT OF NOWHERE WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY!!!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE SUN VISORS FAILED AND WOULD NOT STAY SECURED. WHILE DRIVING, THE VISOR RANDOMLY FELL DOWN AND OBSTRUCTED THE VIEW OF THE DRIVER AND FRONT PASSENGER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE LOCAL DEALER (EDDIE TOURELLES NISSAN, 955 N. HWY 190, COVINGTON, LA) WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE SUN VISORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,000.

CAR WAS DELIVERED NEW WITH FRONT HEADRESTS INSTALLED BACKWARDS. DRIVER'S VISOR WAS SNAPPING LOUDLY AND DROOPING FROM NEW. REPLACED 11/14/2014. OCS RECALL, ATTEMPTED REPAIR 4/23/2014, 11/14/14, 4/7/2015, 11/19/2015, 12/8/2015 AND PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG LIGHT REMAINS ON ALWAYS, TO THIS DAY! HOOD HAS VIBRATED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS SINCE NEW. RECALL FOR HOOD LATCH FIXED 4/7/2015. HOOD STILL VIBRATES. PASSENGER VISOR REPLACED 2/23/2017 FOR SAME AS DRIVER'S. DRIVER'S INNER DOOR HANDLE BROKE. COULDN'T OPEN FROM INSIDE. REPLACED 9/10/2018 AT COST OF $296.29. MULTIPLE EXTERIOR RUBBER AND PLASTIC TRIMS ARE LOOSE, COMING OFF, AND INTERIOR GASKET ON ONE REAR DOOR AND TAILGATE.

HOOD LATCH FAILED SLAMMED INTO WINDSHIELD WHILE DRIVING

'TAMARA RECALL' LATCH UNDER HOOD NOT OPERABLE; THEREFORE, HOOD OF VEHICLE DOES CLOSE COMPLETELY

THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN WITH THE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES. ON BOTH THE FRONT PASSENGER AND DRIVER DOORS, THE PLASTIC DOOR HANDLE HAS BROKEN ON MY VEHICLE (PICTURES ATTACHED), NOT ALLOWING YOU TO EXIT THE VEHICLE. TO EXIT THE VEHICLE YOU NEED TO LOWER THE WINDOW AND OPEN IT FROM THE OUTSIDE HANDLE. THIS COULD PROVE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS IF YOU NEEDED TO EXIT THE VEHICLE QUICKLY AND THE PLASTIC HANDLE BREAKS. ALL THE PIECES OF THIS PART ARE PLASTIC AND THEY HANDLE HIGH LEVELS OF STRESS PULLING CABLES TO OPEN AND UNLOCK DOORS. YOUTUBE/GOOGLE IS FILLED WITH VIDEOS ON REPAIRING THESE BROKEN HANDLES AND PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE FREQUENCY IN WHICH THEY BREAK.

BOTH "SUN" VISORS ON VERGE OF BREAKING. WHEN PUTTING DOWN OR UP, THEY WILL MAKE A SNAPPING NOISE AND HANG LOOSELY. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING THEY WILL FLOP DOWN. VISORS NEVER STAY UP PROPERLY OR SAFELY. I'VE HAD IT FALL DOWN WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGH WAY. THEY ARE NOT SAFE! SPOKE WITH DEALERSHIP, THEY WANT TO CHARGE $400 FOR THEM TO BE FIXED. THE PAIR THAT'S BREAKING IS NOT SOLD SEPARATELY. I'VE READ MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE.

WHEN I WENT TO OPEN DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR FROM THE INSIDE, THE DOOR DID NOT OPEN. IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THE HANDLE BROKE OFF ON THE INSIDE. I NOW HAVE TO OPEN MY WINDOW AND OPEN THE DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE HANDLE.

MY DRIVERS SIDE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE ALL OF A SUDDEN BROKE. I HAD TO CRAWL OUT OF MY CAR FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE TO EXIT/ENTER MY VEHICLE. AND, MY DRIVERS SIDE VISOR IS BROKEN AND HANGS DOWN--OBSTRUCTING MY VISIBILITY WHILE DRIVING. BOTH PROBLEMS OCCURRED AT 53,000 MILES AND ARE A SAFETY HAZARD. BOTH PROBLEMS ALSO SEEM TO BE A VERY COMMON ISSUE WITH THE NISSAN PATHFINDER AND OF COURSE ARE NOT COVERED WHEN BASIC WARRANTY EXPIRES AT 36,000 MILES.

THE PROBLEM STARTED A FEW MONTHS AFTER I PURCHASED MY CAR. I HAVE TAKEN MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP TO INVESTIGATE AND FIX MANY TIMES. I HAVE BEEN SENT HOME SEVERAL TIMES STATING THAT THEY CANNOT RECREATE THE PROBLEM. MY CAR JUMPS WHEN I AM TRYING TO ACCELERATE NORMALLY FROM A LOW SPEED. 2 MONTHS AGO, I WAS ON A MAIN ROAD AT A 4-WAY LIGHT INTERSECTION WHEN IT CAUSED ME TO STUDDER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION WHERE I ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. I FEEL AS THOUGHT THE DEALERSHIP IS PURPOSEFULLY TRYING NOT TO ADMIT THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM OR THEY ARE TRYING TO WAIT UNTIL MY CAR IS NO LONGER COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. TODAY I WAS PULLING INTO MY GARAGE WHEN THE CAR STUDDERED AND THEN JUMPED AGAIN WHICH CAUSED ME TO HIT MY TRASH CANS AND NOW I HAVE A DENT IN THE FRONT SIDE...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE SUN VISOR ON THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE FELL DOWN WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,400.

AUTOMATIC OPEN AND CLOSE LIFTGATE CLOSES WITHOUT CAUSE WHEN FULLY OPEN. WHEN THIS HAPPENS, WITHIN THE FIRST TWO FEET OF TRAVEL DOWN IT CANNOT BE STOPPED. IT HAS CAUSED HEAD AND NECK INJURY TO THOSE STANDING BENEATH THE LIFTGATE.

MY FIRST COMPLAINT IS THE LIFTGATE, I HAD THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER 3/4 TIMES BECAUSE THE AUTOMATIC LIFTGATE OPENS THAN JUST CLOSES ON ITS OWN. I HAD IT CLOSE ON MY HEAD (ONCE GOT A BUMP) SEVERAL TIMES.. EVERY TIME I BRING IT BACK TO THE DEALER THEY TELL ME THAT IT HAD TO BE RESET , OBVIOUSLY THERE IS MORE TO IT THAN JUST RESETTING IT. LAST TIME I WAS THERE THEY SHOWED ME HOW TO RESET IT. THIS ISSUE IS VERY DANGEROUS AS IT DOESNT GIVE ANY WARNING.ALSO 25,000 AND I NEED REAR BRAKES, NEVER DID I HAVE TO REPLACE BRAKES SO SOON.

WHEN VEHICLE IS MOVING AT 60 - 65 + MPH, HOOD STARTS JUMPING IN LOCATION JUST UNDER WINDSHIELD AS WIND LIFTS THE HOOD. CROSS WINDS MAKE THE JUMPING MUCH WORSE. THE HOOD LIFTS AS IF IT WILL LIFT UP TO HIT WINDSHIELD EVEN THOUGH IT IS LATCH. THIS CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE TRAVELLING ON THE INTERSTATE WITH SMALL CHILDREN IN THE CAR WHICH I HAVE IN THE CAR ALL THE TIME. BEFORE TRAVELLING ON INTERSTATE, I ALWAYS HAVE TO OPEN HOOD AND SLAM DOWN TO MAKE SURE IT IS LATCH BUT THIS DOESN'T HELP AND ALL OF IT CONTINUES.

PURCHASED 2014 PATHFINDER NISSAN FROM NALLEY NISSAN IN DECATUR, GEORGIA. PRIOR TO PURCHASING I CONDUCTED MY RESEARCH AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE THEIR WAS A RECALL ON THE HOOD LATCH. I WAS INFORMED THAT THIS HAD BEEN REPAIRED. AFTER RETURNING HOME WITH THE CAR OVER 170 MILES, THE 2ND DAY (RAINY MORNING) WHILE TRAVELING WITH MY TWO DAUGHTERS, HOOD BLEW BACK (BENDING BOTH SIDES), WHICH BLINDED MY VISIBILITY, THUS FORCING ME TO STEER OFF THE ROAD TO AVOID HITTING OTHERS. THE DEALER WAS NOT RESPONSIVE AND I CONTACTED NISSAN HEADQUARTERS. AFTER 2-WEEKS, AN INVESTIGATOR CAME AND RULED THAT THE HOOD WAS NOT REPAIRED PROPERLY. IT TOOK NEARLY 4-ADDITIONAL WEEKS TO PROCESS PAPERWORK. AFTER 6-WEEKS OF PAYING OUT OF POCKET FOR CAR RENTALS (THEY WOULD NOT PAY NOR ASSIST ME WITH GETTING A RENTAL CAR) WHICH CAUSED FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; EMOTIONAL DISTRESS (EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS AND SEVERAL DOCTORS APPOINTMENTS); AND NOT TO...

THE HOOD STARTS TO FLEX OR SHAKE AT SPEEDS OF 70MPH AND ABOVE. TRANSMISSION HAS A SEVERE SHUDDER WHEN ACCELERATING SLIGHTLY BETWEEN 20 TO 30MPH.

DRIVING WEST ON HWY 60 FROM NASHVILLE, TN TO BRANSON MO. NO CARS IN FRONT OF ME, JUST OPEN FIELDS ON EACH SIDE. I HEAR WHAT SOUNDS LIKE AN EXPLOSION. I LOOK AROUND AND REALIZE THAT I HEAR WIND AND GLASS ABOVE MY HEAD AS WELL. APPOX. 8 BY 12 INCHES OF GLASS WAS GONE FROM THE CENTER OF MY SUNROOF. LUCKILY, MY VISOR WAS CLOSED OR IT COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE WITH GLASS FALLING ON MY HEAD AND FACE. THE DEALER SAID THAT THEY'VE NEVER HEARD OF THIS BEFORE, BUT UPON FURTHER RESEARCH IT SEEMS TO BE A MUCH MORE COMMON OCCURRENCE THAN THAN I WAS LEAD TO BELIEVE. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS ISSUE AND COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE IF MY VISOR HAD BEEN LEFT OPEN.

I HAVE A SERIOUS VIBRATION PROBLEM WITH THE HOOD ON MY 2014 PATHFINDER - THE PROBLEM OCCURS AT ABOUT 55 MPH - THE FRONT SIDE OF THE HOOD SHAKES DURING NORMAL DRIVING AND BECOMES VIOLENT WHEN A SEMI IS COMING TOWARDS ME ON A 2 LANE RD - NISSAN HAS HAD 2 ENGINEERS LOOK AT THIS CAR AND THEY HAVE ALSO INSTALLED LARGER WEATHERSTRIPS ON THE FRT SIDE OF THE HOOD - THESE STRIPS HAVE TAMED THE VIBRATION DOWN HOWEVER THE VIBRATION IS ENOUGH TO CAUSE CUPS IN THE CUP HOLDER TO RATTLE. BEING AN INSURANCE ADJUSTER FOR OVER 20 YEARS I UNDERSTAND THE REASONS MANUFACTURERS USE ALUMINUM HOODS HOWEVER SAFETY SHOULD NOT BE REDUCED FOR FUEL ECONOMY - PER GLEN NAKAGAWA WITH NISSAN THEY HAVE DESIGNED A NEW HOOD FOR 2015 TO HOPEFULLY CORRECT THE PROBLEM FOR MOST OWNERS - MY PROBLEM IS NOT JUST WITH VIBRATION ON THE...

THE HOOD OF THE 2014 NISSAN PATHFINDER SHAKES/VIBRATES WHEN DRIVING AT HIGH SPEEDS 60 M/H. TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THATS THE WAY IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE. I AM AFRAID THAT THE HOOD WILL COME OPEN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HWY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. *TR