2004 NISSAN QUEST Engine And Engine Coolingengine Problems

VAN DRIVING ODD, DEALER FOUND THAT ENGINE MOUNT WAS BROKE. DEALER REPLACED ENGINE MOUNT SAYING IT WAS SERIOUS ISSUE AND SEEN OFTEN IN NISSANS. *TR

NISSAN 2004 QUEST, WHILE DRIVING AND MAKING LEFT IN INTERSECTION VAN DIES. TAKE IT IN TO NSSAN DEALERSHIP AND UNABLE TO RUN DIAGNOSTIC TEST DUE TO ENGINE NOT RUNNING. THEY BELIEVE ITS A TIMING CHAIN PROBLEM AND NEED TO OPEN ENGINE.OTHER CONSUMER REPORTS WITH PROBLEMS WITH TIMING BELTS. WE'RE A FAMILY OF SEVEN, IF IT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED WHILE ON FREEWAY MOST LIKELY WOULD HAVE HAD FATALITIES INVOLVED. NISSAN REFUSES TO PRACTICE ANY GOODWILL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. *TR

THE TIMING CHAIN GUIDES (TEFLON BASED MATERIAL) IN THE VQ35 ENGINES WERE PREMATURELY CAUSING AUDIBLE RUBBING AND BANGING UPON START UP AND EARLY WARM UP IDLE CONDITIONS. THIS PREMATURE WEAR OF THE TENSION GUIDES IS A SAFETY HAZARD DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE TIMING CHAIN HAS UNDO SLACK FROM EARLY DEGRADATION OF TENSION GUIDES WHICH MAY CAUSE THE TIMING CHAIN TO WEAR/BREAK PREMATURELY AND WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THIS WOULD CAUSE THE ENGINE TO SHUT DOWN UNEXPECTEDLY AND PUT THE LIVES OF THE VEHICLES OCCUPANTS IN DANGER OF POSSIBLY BEING STRUCK MY ONCOMING VEHICLES. *LN

MY VAN HAD THE RED KEY WARNING LIGHT GO ON AND SMELLED LIKE ELECTRICAL BURNING. I HAD IT TOWED IMMEDIATELY TO A NISSAN DEALER KELLY NISSAN LYNNFIELD MA. THEY DID CHECK THE BULLETINS UNTIL AFTER TEST DRIVING IT TWICE AND BURNING OUT THE IGNITION COILS THEY JUST REPLACED AND BURNED OUT MY CATALYTIC CONVERTER (THEY PUT A NEW ONE ON WITHOUT REPORTING IT) THEY WERE ADVISED IN WRITING NOT TO DO ANY WORK EXCEPT REPLACE THE COILS THEY SAID THEY BURNED OUT AND ONLY THEN AT NO COST TO ME. THEY REPLACED MORE THAN WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN, CHARGED ME AND WHEN THEY TEST DROVE IT AND RUINED THE CONVERTER IT SUCKED UP DEBRIS INTO THE ENGINE AND DESTROYED MY ENGINE. CALLED CORPORATE NISSAN WHO SAID THEY COULD NOT HELP ( AFTER THEY GAVE A 300.00 COUPON BECAUSE OF THE DECEPTION PRIOR TO FINDING OUT ABOUT THE DAMAGED ENGINE). IT...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN QUEST. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR 45 MINUTES, IT SPONTANEOUSLY CAUGHT FIRE AND WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. AN INVESTIGATOR INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND CONCLUDED THAT THE FIRE ORIGINATED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT DUE TO A FAILURE OF THE POWER DISTRIBUTION BOX. THE CONTACT HAS A COPY OF THE POLICE REPORT AND PICTURES OF THE INCIDENT. THE MANUFACTURER DENIED ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000. UPDATED 11/17/08 *CN UPDATED 11/13/08. *JB

WAS TOLD ON 6/28/08 THAT MY QUEST NEEDED A NEW "BRAIN" FOR THE COMPUTER AND THIS IS WHAT WAS CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO NOT GO OUT OF SECOND GEAR. WE ARE STILL WAITING ON THE PART AND NISSAN USA HAS NO ANSWERS FOR WHEN THE PART WILL BE IN. THEY HAVE REFUSED US A RENTAL BECAUSE IT IS NOT THEIR POLICY BECAUSE THE 5/60 WARRANTY IS OUT, BUT THE PART TO THE ENGINE IS UNDER WARRANTY. THE CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE - THE TRANSMISSION OFTEN SLIPS AS WELL AS PROVIDES NO ACCELERATION MOST OF THE TIME. *TR

I HAVE A 2004 NISSAN QUEST S. IN NOVEMBER 2007 I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP TO COMPLAIN THAT EVERY TIME I START MY VAN IT BLOWS OUT WHITE SMOKE. I HAD ABOUT 58,000 MILES. I BOUGHT THE VAN USED FROM A NISSAN DEALERSHIP. I WAS NEVER INFORMED THAT THE WARRANTY WAS EXTENDED TO 60,000 MILES. THE MECHANICS ADVISED ME TO PUT IN SOME NO SMOKE/ NO LEAK INTO THE OIL AND I SHOULD BE FINE. SO, BECAUSE THESE ARE PROFESSIONALS, I LISTEN. THE PROBLEM PERSISTED SO I CALLED NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT. THEY ADVISED ME TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO BE DIAGNOSED. I NOW HAD 61,000 MILES. I TOOK IN MY VAN AND THEY KEPT IT ALL DAY. THEY CALLED TO SAY THEY NEEDED EVERY RECEIPT OF OIL CHANGES, TO PROVE I KEPT UP THE MAINTENANCE. THEY SAID I HAVE A SLUDGED MOTOR AND NEED A NEW ENGINE. NISSAN...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN QUEST. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING WHILE HAVING THE TIRES ROTATED. THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE COMPUTER MALFUNCTIONED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE COMPUTER, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. IN ADDITION, THE FUEL SYSTEM DAMAGED THREE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS. THE DEALER TOOK THE ENGINE APART AND PUT IT BACK TOGETHER, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 64,000. UPDATED 11/06/07.

NISSAN QUEST 2004 ROCK PLATE, WHICH GUARDS THE ENGINE HAD ALMOST COMPLETELY DETACHED. *BF IT WAS ONLY BEING HELD BY A PLASTIC SCREW. *JB