2004 NISSAN QUEST Electrical System Problems

THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON , THE CONSUMER HAS TAKEN THE VEHICLE IN ON THREE OCCASIONS. EACH TIME A DIFFERENT SERVICE WAS PERFORMED, TO INCLUDE, THE COMPUTER WAS REPROGRAMMED, A FUEL ASSEMBLY REPAIR, AND A SMALL LEAK IN THE VENT CONTROL VALVE. THE VEHICLE IS IN THE SHOP FOR THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON AGAIN.*AK

WE GOT THE CAR IN DEC 2003. BETWEEN FEB 2004 AND APRIL 2004 THE CAR HAD 5-6 HARD STARS; IN MOST CASES IT TOOK LESS THAN 5 MINUTES TO HAVE IT STARTED AND ONLY ONE TIME MORE THAN AN HOUR. I LEFT IT THERE AND CAME BACK AFTER 5 H.---IT STARTED RIGHT AWAY. ALL THIS HAPPENED IN HOUSTON TX.. DEC 20 2004 IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE IN PENNSYLVANIA, SECOND DAY OF OUR HOLYDAY VACATION. I?VE TRIED TO START IT FOR MORE THAN 3 HOURS, UNTIL THE BATTERY WENT DEAD. FINALLY THE DEALER PICKED IT UP. AFTER ABOUT 10 DAY THE NISSAN ?TRAINED? AUTO MECHANIC COMES UP WITH THE DIAGNOSTIC: ?NO PROBLEM WITH THE CAR, YOU JUST FLOODED! IT IS NOT GOING TO BE COVERED BY THE WARRANTY!? YOU DON?T HAVE TO BE A MECHANIC TO KNOW THAT AN INJECTION ENGINE CAN?T BE FLOODED UNLESS THE CAR HAS A PROBLEM...

I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS, BOTH BIG AND SMALL, WITH MY BRAND NEW NISSAN QUEST SE. I CAN ALMOST DEAL WITH THE SQEAKS, RATTLES, BROKEN BUTTONS, BROKEN LIGHTS, MALFUNCTIONING SENSORS, RADIO PROBLEMS, AND MALFUNCTIONING SLIDER DOORS, BUT THE PROBLEM I CANNOT ACCEPT IS THE FAILURE OF THE CAR TO RUN DURING DAMP OR COLD DAYS. THE CAR CRANKS AND STARTS AFTER A FEW ATTEMPTS, BUT WHEN IT IS PUT INTO DRIVE IT EITHER LAGS AS IF IT'S RUNNING OUT OF FUEL, OR DIES COMPLETELY. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON AT LEAST 8 OCCASSIONS, 2 OF WHICH I HAD TO CALL A TOW TRUCK BECAUSE I COULD NOT RESTART THE CAR. UNFORTUNATELY, MY DEALERSHIP CANNOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM SO NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE. MEANWHILE, I NEVER KNOW IF MY CAR WILL RUN ON THESE DAYS, I HAVE EVEN BEEN FORCED TO WALK DOWN THE STREET IN BELOW ZERO WINDCHILL TEMPERATURES WITH...

MY VAN HAS BEEN REPEATEDLY IN THE SHOP SINCE THE DAY WE BOUGHT. FIRST IT WAS THE INTERNAL LIGHT RELAY, THEN NOISE FROM THE AC, THEN THE DVD/RADIO DIDN'T WORK, THEN RATTLES FROM DOORS, BACK WINDOWS AND SEATS, THEN ALL THE RECALL ITEMS LASTLY MORE RATTLES IN THE BACK AND THE PASSENGER AIRBAG SENSOR WHICH IVE BEEN INFORMED CANNOT BE FIXED. "THEY HAVEN'T COME UP WITH A FIX FOR THAT PROBLEM YET. *AK

WE PURCHASED OUR 2004 NISSAN QUEST ON OCTOBER 6TH, 2003. THIS WAS A VEHICLE THAT WE WANTED TO GET FOR OUR FAMILY AFTER REVIEWING SAFETY INFORMATION ETC. NOT EVEN TWO WEEKS AFTER WE HAD FINALIZED THE SALE, TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS ALL OVER A PARKING LOT DUE TO A PLASTIC CLAMP NOT BEING REPLACED AT THE DEALERSHIP. OUR VAN WOULD NOT START AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP IN ORDER FOR EVERYTHING TO BE CHECKED OUT. OUR SECOND INCIDENT HAPPENED ABOUT A WEEK AGO AND WE ARE VERY LUCKY THAT THERE WEREN'T ANY INJURIES TO REPORT. WE WERE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND WITH THE ACCELERATOR "FLOORED" OUR VAN WOULD NOT GO OVER 55 MPH. ON A MAIN HIGHWAY THIS IS NOT SAFE DUE TO OTHER DRIVERS DOING ABOVE THE SPEED LIMIT OR WELL ABOVE. WE TRIED TO TAKE IT TO OUR DEALERSHIP BUT WITH IT BEING PAST BUSINESS...

WE PURCHASED THIS VAN IN SEP OF 2003. AT THE END OF OCT I WENT OUT TO LEAVE FOR WORK AND THE VAN WOULDN'T START. WE HAD IT TOWED (MY EXPENSE) TO THE DEALER. ONCE IT ARRIVED THERE IT STARTED FINE. A COUPLE WEEKS LATER IT DID THE SAME THING AND WE JUST WAITED UNTIL IT WARMED UP AND IT STARTED JUST FINE. WE DISCOVERED THAT IT WAS DOING THIS WHEN THE TEMPERATURE WAS BELOW 34 DEGREES. WE AGAIN TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY KEPT THE VAN FOR 2 1/2 WEEKS. THEY FINALLY TOLD US THAT THEY WERE FLYING IN A TECHNICIAN FROM CALIFORNIA TO CHANGE THE FUEL PUMP. HAVEN'T HAD THIS TROUBLE UNTIL NOW. AGAIN THIS WEEK I WENT TO LEAVE FOR WORK AND IT WOULDN'T START. (NOW IT'S 80 DEGREES OUTSIDE) THE WRECKER TRIED TO START IT 3 HOURS LATER AND IT STILL WOULDN'T START. BUT...

WHILE APPLYING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. WITHIN SECONDS OF PARKING THE VEHICLE A FIRE OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE DISPLAYED A DANGEROUSLY SLOW ACCELERATION AS IF THE TRANSMISSION WAS IN THE WRONG GEAR WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS ALSO POOR FUEL ECONOMY (11.6 TO 12.1 MPG INSTEAD OF THE NORMAL 19-26 MPG). ALSO, WITHIN THE FIRST FEW WEEKS OF OWNERSHIP, THE POWER SLIDING DOOR ON THE RIGHT SIDE OPENED INDEPENDENTLY ON TWO OCCASIONS AND FAILED TO OPEN OR CLOSE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH THE CONTROL BUTTONS, THE RADIO TEXT DISPLAY ON THE DASH READ MALFUNCTION MULTIPLE TIMES AND SOMETIMES IT OCCURED WHEN THE ENGINE WAS STARTED. *AK *SC THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. *JB

PURCHASED VEHICLE ON 1/6/04. ON 1/7/04 RADIO WOULD, INTERMITTENTLY CUT OUT. BROUGHT VEHICLE TO DEALER ON 1/9/04. WAS INSTRUCTED BY DEALER TO RETURN VEHICLE FOR REPAIR ON 1/15/04. TO COMPLETE THE REPAIR THE AUDIO UNIT WAS REPLACED. ON 1/31/04 RADIO REPEATED ORIGINAL PROBLEM OF CUTTING OUT, BROUGHT VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP FOR VERIFICATION AS SERVICE WAS NOT OPEN. *JB

THE PASSENGER SIDE AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR OPENED INTERMITTENTLY WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION OR WHEN IT WAS SITTING STILL. WHEN THE DOOR OPENED IT WAS DIFFICULT TO CLOSE. IN ONE INSTANCE THE DOOR ACTUALLY SHUT ON THE CONSUMER. THE MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALER ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *NM

2004 NISSAN MAXIMA SL 3.5L V6 CURRENTLY FOUR FAILURES UNDER VARYING CONDITIONS CAUSE THE VEHICLE COMPUTER TO GO INTO "SAFE MODE", FLASH VDO AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS, AND IMMEDIATELY LOSE POWER, REDUCING SPEED TO APPROXIMATELY 20MPH. AUTHORIZED DEALER HAS REPAIRED EACH TIME AND EACH TIME REPORTED FIXED. NISSAN NORTH AMERICA RESTATES SAME, REFUSES TO REPLACE UNDER VA LEMON LAW. CAR OWNED 5 MONTHS, FOUR FAILURES, EACH OF WHICH COULD HAVE KILLED ME, MY FAMILY, OR FELLOW COMMUTERS. THIS CAR TRAVELS APPROXIMATELY 100 MILES PER DAY INTO DC FROM ASHBURN AS WELL AS SERVING FOR TRIPS AND AROUND-TOWN GENERAL FERRYING. NISSAN DOES NOT CARE ABOUT THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND THOSE AROUND US. MULTIPLE INCEDENTS, NO FATALITIES - YET, NOR PROPERTY DAMAGED - YET.

REAR SLIDING PASSENGER DOOR SAFETY MECHANISM FOR DETECTING LIMBS/ETC. DOES NOT FUNCTION TO PROVIDE SAFETY. THIS MECHANISM FORCEFULLY PUSHED A 130 LB ADULT THAT WAS APPLYING SIGNIFICANT PRESSURE TO STOP THE DOOR, BEFORE HITTING A 2 YR OLD CHILD. ADULT UNABLE TO PREVENT DOOR FROM CLOSING, HAD TO PULL CHILD OUT OF HARM IN ADDITION TO SELF. *JB