Car Problem DataNHTSA records

1996 Nissan Nissan

Routine

Owners filed 6 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the air bags. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Air Bags2
000
Suspension › Rear1
000
Latches/Locks/Linkages › Trunk Lid › Lock1
000
Equipment › Appliance › Air Conditioner1
000
Air Bags › Frontal › Sensor/Control Module1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Suspension › Rear
Filed Jan 25, 2007MO

PLEASE REFER TO TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN (NTB98-001) WHEN ROUNDING A CURVE OR GOING OVER A DIP IN THE ROAD, AT 40 MILES PER HOUR THE CAR STARTING WOBBLING AND SWAYING AND YOU THINK IT IS GOING TO FLIP OVER. IT IS VERY SCARY. THE WOBBLE IS NOT INDUCED BY THE STEERING WHEEL, IT JUST HAPPENS. THERE IS NO REAL WARNING. I BELIEVE IT IS THE REAR LINK ARM BUSHINGS. THERE ARE NUMEROUS STORIES FROM OTHERS PERTAINING TO THIS SAME PROBLEM ON THE WEB SITE (TOPIX.NET) SEARCH PATHFINDER PROBLEMS. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN A MUST FIX FOR MANY AND IT IS VERY SCARY AND COULD BE VERY VERY DANGEROUS IF IT HAPPENED AT HIGHER SPEEDS. IT WOULD DEFINATELY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT AND/OR CRASH.

Equipment › Appliance › Air Conditioner
Filed Nov 4, 2004102,896 milesWA

NO ACCELERATION WITH AIR CONDITIONER ON. O2 SENSOR REPLACED, IS THAT NORMAL. BRAKES GOING OUT AFTER RECENTLY HAVING THEM FIXED, WHY? *AK

Air Bags
Filed Jul 22, 1998CA

CERTIFIED TECHNICIAN STATED THAT HE HAS IDENTIFIED CAUSE OF NISSAN AIR BAG MODULAR FAILURE.

Air Bags
Filed Oct 27, 1997CA

AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND CONTINED BLINKING UNTIL REPAIRED.

Latches/Locks/Linkages › Trunk Lid › Lock
Filed Oct 27, 1997CA

TRUNCK LATCH FAILED.

Air Bags › Frontal › Sensor/Control Module
Filed Oct 27, 1997CA

AIRBAG SENSOR FAILED.

6 of 6 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2000
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
200215000Routine
20019000Routine
200016000Routine
19999000Routine
19982000Routine
19978010Routine
1996 — this page6000Routine
19956010Routine
19943000Routine
19922000Routine
19901000Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.