EXHAUST LEAK, COULD RESULT IN A FIRE.
1995 Nissan Pathfinder complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1995 record →
LEFT AND RIGHT EXHAUST MANIFOLD STUDS FAILED.
KNOCKING NOISE FROM ENGINE UPON START UP.
ENGINE FAILED.
INTERMITTENT SURGING, STALLING.
THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED FOR 30 SECONDS AFTER A 8 MILE DRIVE AND THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUGTH ON FIRE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
WHEN SWITCHING FROM 2-WHEEL TO 4-WHEEL DRIVE, THE VEHICLE MAKES A GRINDING NOISE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
STARTED JEEP, TRIED TO PUT INTO DRIVE GEAR WOULDN'T MOVE, PLAYED WITH IT, GOT IT TO MOVE; WAS DRIVING, PARKED JEEP AGAIN AND COULDN'T NOT GET KEYS OUT OF THE IGNITION. PUT INTO NEUTRAL WITH BRAKES ON AND THE JEEP ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL AND HIT A BUILDING. *AK
WHEN DRIVING ON AN OPEN HIGHWAY 65--75 MPH THE VEHICLE FEELS LIKE ITS TIPPING OVER ALWAYS TO THE LEFT. IF PASSING OR A TRUCK PASSES THE VEHICLE FEELS LIKE ITS TIPPING OVER ALSO TO THE LEFT. *AK
ANTI LOCK BRAKES CONTINUALLY LOCKING UP AND SKIDDING RESULTING IN TWO COLLISIONS.
ANTI-THEFT ALARM SYSTEM IS NO LONGER OPERATING PROPERLY.*AK
ABS BRAKES; SOMETIMES BRAKES LOCK UP WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
THE DEFOGGER FOGS UP THE WINDOWS INSTEAD OF DEFOGGING THEM AND CAUSES NO VISIBILITY FOR A WHILE. PLEASE DESCRIBE.
THE DEFOGGER FOGS UP THE WINDOWS INSTEAD OF DEFOGGING THEM AND CAUSES NO VISIBILITY FOR A WHILE. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
SPEEDOMETER/ODOMETER GIVES INACCURATE READINGS. TT
ABS SYSTEM FAILURE, TOTAL LOSS OF BRAKING. TT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BRAKE, CONSUMER STATES SHE NOTICED A HUMMING AS IF THE VEHICLE WAS CHANGING GEAR, CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO STOP BY PULLING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, HOWEVER SHE HAD ALREADY COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE, THERE WERE TWO INJURIES. *SLC
ELECTRICAL DASH FIRE TOTALLED VEHICLE. TT CONSUMER'S INSURANCE REP WROTE IN STATING THEIR EXPERT'S OPINION IS THAT THE FIRE STARTED IN THE WIRING HARNESS, HOWEVER NISSAN IS CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING. *SLC
ABS, APPLIED THE BRAKES, HAD EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE IMPACT 12:00 POSITION SPEED UNKNOWN. TT
PROBLEMS WITH A BLIND SPOT WHEN CHANGING LANES. TT
DESIGN OF DRIVER'S SIDE SUNVISOR BLOCKS FIELD OF VISION; CAUSED ACCIDENT. TT
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NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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