2006 Nissan Pathfinder complaints

HAD TO HAVE STEERING COLUMN REPLACED DUE TO IT BREAKING AND CAUSING HARD STEERING AND NO CONTROL OF WHEELS. BARELY MADE IT HOME. ALSO THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE FLUSHED AND BY PASSED DUE TO COOLER GETTING WATER IN TRANSMISSION. BOTH OF THESE ARE SAFETY ITEMS AND NISSAN DEALER SAYS NOT ENOUGH COMPLAINTS ABOUT THESE PROBLEMS. COST ME $3400 IN REPAIRS WHICH HAD TO BE DONE DUE TO SAFETY REASONS. THE CAR WAS IN MOTION EACH TIME ON FREEWAY AND HAD TO STOP AND GET IT TOWED TO MECHANIC BECAUSE IT WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE ANYWHERE.

I WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE SLOWLY WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE, ROLLING INTO THE SPACE. AS I BRAKED A LITTLE BIT MORE IN ORDER TO COME TO A STOP (I NEVER TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE), THE CAR SUDDENLY REVVED UP,ACCELERATED, AND CRASHED RIGHT THROUGH A FENCE. I WAS ABLE TO SLAM IT INTO PARK TO GET IT TO STOP.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS CONTAMINATION OF RADIATOR FLUID IN THE TRANSMISSION AND THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY IN PARK, THERE WAS ENGINE OIL LEAKING UNDERNEATH THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIATOR WAS LEAKING FLUID INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND THAT THE RADIATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

TAKATA RECALL- BLOWN TRANSMISSION DUE TO RADIATOR LEAKING COOLANT INTO TRANSMISSION FLUID, RESULTING IN BLOWN TCM AND TRANSMISSION. COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY WHEN PROBLEM HAPPENED. NO WARNING SIGNS GIVEN FROM VEHICLE.

COOLANT IN TRANSMISSION.! BECAUSE OF BAD RADIATOR.

RADIATOR CRACKED LEAKING COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION THAT IS IMPACTING THE ABILITY FOR TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE TO FUNCTION PROPERLY. NOW, WHILE DRIVING, THE CAR RANDOMLY STALLS AND LOSES ALL POWER. WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY, IT HAS BECOME NECESSARY TO RESTART THE CAR WHILE ROLLING IN NEUTRAL TO AVOID HAVING TO SWITCH LANES INTO FASTER MOVING CARS. I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY NISSAN THAT IT'S A COMMON PROBLEM AND AN $8000 REPAIR TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR, TRANSMISSION, TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE, AND FLUSH EVERYTHING OUT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TOWED TO A LOCAL DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED A TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO A RADIATOR LEAK. THE DEALER COMPLETELY REBUILT THE TRANSMISSION. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO ANOTHER DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE REBUILT TRANSMISSION CAUSED AN "INTER COOLER FAILURE". THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT IT WAS NOT THE MANUFACTURER'S PROBLEM. THE CONTACT WAS REFERRED BACK TO THE DEALER THAT INSTALLED THE REBUILT TRANSMISSION. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THE REBUILT TRANSMISSION AND REFERRED THE CONTACT BACK TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V517000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 168,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE VIBRATED ABNORMALLY AND STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CRANK SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN HE TOOK HIS VEHICLE TO THE MECHANIC FOR MAINTENANCE, THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE VEHICLE COOLANT WAS ABNORMAL. AS A RESULT, IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND COOLANT HAD MIXED. THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

RIGHT AFTER PURCHASING THIS VEHICLE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON. TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER, THEY POWER SPRAYED THE ENGINE, SAID EVERYTHING WAS FINE. A FEW DAYS LATER, VEHICLE IS KNOCKING. TOOK IT BACK, RADIATOR FLUID WAS IN TRANS. REPLACED RADIATOR AND FLUSHED TRANS. WEEK LATER, SAME THING NOW WORSE. CAR IS KNOCKING LOAD ESPECIALLY AFTER HITTING 40 MPH. SOMETIMES IT WONT PASS 40MPH.

RADITOR LEAKS COOLANT IN TRANSMITTION NOW MY TRANSMITTION IS NOT WORKING AND THE COOLANT HAS TRANSMITTON FLUIDS IN IT

WHILE ACCELERATING TO GET ONTO AN ENTRANCE TO I-95 MY CAR BEGAN TO VIBRATE AT ABOUT 40 MPH AND MAKE A ROARING NOISE. THE NOISE WENT AWAY AT ABOUT 50 MPH. WHEN I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC HE SAID THE PROBLEM WAS AN KNOWN ISSUE THAT NISSAN HAD INVOLVING THE TRANSMISSION COOLANT LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND RUINING IT. HE EXPLAINED THAT NISSAN HAD OFFERED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY UP TO 80,000 MILES. MY CAR HAS 98,000. NISSAN HAS KNOWN ABOUT THEIR DEFECTIVE RADIATORS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSIONS SINCE 2013 AND DID NOT ISSUE A RECALL. I FEEL LIKE IT IS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO FIX THIS PROBLEM FOR FREE. WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO TRADE THE CAR IN NO ONE WANTED IT IN TRADE BECAUSE OF THE KNOWN ISSUES. I AM ON A FIXED INCOME AND CAN NOT AFFORD THIS COSTLY REPAIR OR A NEW VEHICLE. NISSAN HAD LEFT US HIGH AND DRY AND PLAN TO DO NOTHING TO HELP FIX A PROBLEM THAT THEY KNEW EXISTED. THIS IS CRIMINAL! THEY HAVE CHEATED US AND IGNORED NISSAN OWNERS DEALING WITH THIS PROBLEM. I WANT MY CAR FIXED BEFORE IT GETS TO 100,000 MILES IN CASE THEY CALL A CUT OFF AT THAT MILEAGE AGAIN! THEY ARE TOTALLY AT FAULT AND RESPONSIBLE FOR CHEATING PEOPLE OUT OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS DOLLARS AND THE ARE GETTING AWAY WITH IT. MY CAR IS PARKED AND I CAN'T DRIVE IT FOR FEAR OF GOING OVER 100,000 MILES OR BREAKING DOWN COMPLETELY ON THE HIGHWAY AND HAVING A FATAL ACCIDENT. I HAVE HAD TO BORROW MY SON'S CAR TO GO ANY WHERE I NEED TO GO. THIS IS VERY FRUSTRATING AND TOTALLY UNFAIR THAT I EVEN HAVE TO WRITE THIS COMPLAINT

WE HAVE A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER THAT HAS TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO A DEFECTIVE RADIATOR. THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT THAT NISSAN SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR. WE FOLLOWED ALL RECOMMENDED MAINTENANCE, MOST OF WHICH WAS AT A NISSAN DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NEGLIGENT IN ITS INSPECTION AND REPAIR OF OUR VEHICLE. WHEN WE BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND HAD BOTH TRANSMISSION AND COOLANT CONTAMINATION, THEY FAILED TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. TWO NISSAN DEALERSHIP INSPECTIONS IN MAY 2016 OUTLINED THAT ALL WAS WELL WITH OUR VEHICLE, EVEN AFTER WE FOUND THAT THERE WAS NO TRANSMISSION FLUID ON OUR DIPSTICK, AND IT DID NOT APPEAR THAT THE BOLT TO CHECK THE FLUID HAD NOT BEEN RECENTLY REMOVED. OUR FAMILY'S SAFETY WAS PUT AT RISK DRIVING THIS VEHICLE FOR OVER A MONTH, WHILE IT WAS EXPERIENCING TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND RISKED ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO HEAVILY CONTAMINATED COOLANT. AFTER A FEW WEEKS OF SYMPTOMS, WE LOOKED ONLINE AND WERE SHOCKED TO SEE THE WIDESPREAD MANUFACTURING DEFECT THAT HAS BEEN REPORTED. WE TOOK OUR TRUCK TO AN INDEPENDENT SHOP WHO DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM. THE NISSAN WARRANTY WAS EXTENDED TO 10 YEARS OR 160,000 KILOMETERS FOR POSSIBLE RADIATOR ASSEMBLY FAILURE. ALTHOUGH OUR VEHICLE FELL WITHIN THE 10 YEAR TIME FRAME, WE WERE OUTSIDE THE KILOMETER RANGE BY 40,000 KILOMETERS. NISSAN CANADA AND CROWN NISSAN REFUSED TO EXTEND THE WARRANTY TO US. WE FEEL THE 160,000 KM IS FAR TOO LOW FOR A 10 YEAR WARRANTY. A RECENT DODGE WARRANTY EXTENSION WAS 10 YRS, 240,000 KM

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED DUE TO COOLANT CONTAMINATION. AS A RESULT, THE TRANSMISSION, RADIATOR, AND THERMOSTAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 191,270.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE THE GEAR LEVER WAS IN REVERSE, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO OPERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIATOR CONNECTOR HOSE LEAKED FLUID INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE CONTAMINATION CAUSED INTERNAL DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION. THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000. CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING UP A HILL SHE ACCELERATION AND COULD NOT MAKE IT UP THE HILL AND MADE IT TO HER JOB. CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE AND WOULD NOT GO IN REVERSE. CAR WAS TOWED, AAMACO DIAGNOSIS WAS COOLANT HAD LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. UPDATED 6/13/18*JB

MY VEHICLE HAD PROBLEMS IN 2011 WHEN A "WARRANTY NOTICE" WAS SENT REGARDING A RADIATOR PROBLEM. I TOOK THE CAR IN AND THEY FOUND THAT IT WAS A TIMING BELT AND DID NOT CHANGE MY RADIATOR WHILE IT WAS UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY AND HAD APPROXIMATEY 70,000 MILES. I NOW HAVE 160,000 MILES AND MY CAR IS ACTING UP AGAIN AND THE DEALERSHIP ADVISED ME THE RADIATOR IS CRACKED AND LEAKING COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION SO I NEED BOTH REPAIRED OR MY CAR WILL GET WORSE AND CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. TO ME IT APPEARS THAT THIS DEFECT WITH THE CAR WAS FROM THE INCEPTION AND IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED BECAUSE IT WAS BOUND TO FAIL AND IT SHOULD BE FIXED AT NISSAN'S COST. MY VEHICLE IS STILL PRETTY GOOD LOOKING BUT I FEEL IT IS ONLY A SHELL THAT I AM DRIVING BECAUSE OF THE INTERIOR RADIATOR FLAW. THEY INDICATE THAT SINCE NO RECALLS WERE MADE I HAVE TO PAY THE TOTAL OUT OF POCKET. I MISSED THE LAWSUIT IN 2013 BUT AM WILLING TO FILE ANOTHER CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT IF A LAWYER IS WILLING TO ACCEPT IT. THE VEHICLE WAS SHAKING WHEN I WAS DRIVING IT ON THE FREEWAY MAINLY AND IT FELT LIKE IT WAS NOT IN GEAR AND PULLING. THESE WERE ALSO MY CONCERNS IN 2011 WHEN I TOOK IT IN TO BE REPAIRED AND FIXED, BUT THEY SAID I HAD NO PROBLEMS. WELL I DO NOW AND I WOULDN'T HAVE IF THEY HAD FIXED THE DEFECTIVE RADIATOR.

THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS CONTAMINATED BECAUSE THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE RADIATOR. THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION NEED TO BE REPLACED. I HAVE 112,781 MILES. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH NISSAN PATHFINDERS. NISSAN EXTENDED COVERAGE UP TO 100,000 MILES. THE RADIATOR SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED AND ALL OWNERS SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED.

DRIVING HOME AFTER THE CAR HAS BEEN WARMED UP FOR QUITE SOME TIME IT STARTED JERKING SHUTTERING VIOLENTLY AND WHINING EXTREMELY LOUD UPON ACCELERATION IT CONTINUED TO WORSEN WE CHECKED RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION FLUIDS THERE WAS ATF FLUID IN THE RADIATOR AND IN THE RESERVOIR OF RADIATOR FLUID IT WAS THICK FROTHY AND ALMOST A TANNISH COLOR THAT LIKE OF STRAWBERRY MILK. WE WERE ONLY ABOUT A HALF A BLOCK FROM HOME WHEN THIS OCCURRED AND IT FRIGHTENED OUR CHILDREN IN THE BACKSEAT THANKFUL WE WERE NOT ON THE INTERSTATE THE SHUTTERING WAS EXTREMELY BAD

NISSAN HAS AN ISSUE WITH THE RADIATOR LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION,CAUSING THE CAR TO SHUTTER WHILE DRIVING.THE TRANSMISSION WILL GO EVENTUALLY!! NISSAN IS TOTALLY AWARE OF THE ISSUE,AND IF YOU HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THE POWERTRAIN IT IS NOT COVERED,BECAUSE THEY DO NOT CONSIDER THE RADIATOR,PART OF THE POWERTRAIN!!I IT WILL JUST BE A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE IT LEAVES ME SITTING ALONG THE ROAD! I HOPE I CAN GET OFF THE ROAD AND NOT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT! NISSAN REALLY NEED TO FIX THIS!! THANKFULLY NO INCIDENT HAS HAPPENED,BUT I THOUGHT THIS SHOULD BE TOLD!

ON HIGHWAY DRIVING HOME FROM WORK WHEN TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY FAILED, CAUSING A DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR MYSELF AND FELLOW DRIVERS. IT WAS A VERY HARROWING EXPERIENCE, TO SAY THE LEAST. IT NOW SITS WITH THE MECHANIC, WHO INFORMS ME THAT THE DREADED ENGINE COOLANT/TRANSMISSION CONTAMINATION ISSUE HAS OCCURRED...UNFORTUNATELY, MY VEHICLE IS OVER 10 YEARS OLD AND OVER 145,000 MILES, SO THE RECALL NOTICE DOES NOT APPLY...I NOW HAVE TO COME UP WITH $5,000 FOR REPAIRS...HOW CAN NISSAN IGNORE THIS ISSUE AND NEGLECT THEIR CUSTOMERS?

ON THE SECOND DAY OF OWNING MY PATHFINDER I NOTICED A VIBRATION WHEN I WAS DRIVING AROUND 40 MPH. I TOOK IT INTO THE SHOP LESS THAN A WEEK LATER TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION FLUSHED AND TO DISCONNECT THE RADIATOR FROM THE TRANSMISSION (DID THIS DUE TO RESEARCH WE FOUND ON THE INTERNET). THE MECHANIC DID SEE THAT MY TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS CLOUDY MEANING THE COOLANT WAS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION. MY VEHICLE WAS WORKING GREAT FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS UNTIL ONE DAY I NOTICED A JERKY FEELING WHEN DRIVING MY VEHICLE ON A CITY STREET. THAT JERKY FEELING SHORTLY TURNED INTO THE VEHICLE SHAKING WHEN SHIFTING, WHICH TURNED INTO NOT SHIFTING AT ALL AFTER STOPPING AT A RED LIGHT. MY VEHICLE WOULD BARELY ACCELERATE, MOSTLY ENGINE REVVING, LUCKILY I WAS ON A HILL WHERE I COULD COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THIS OCCURRED WITHIN 5-10 MINUTES, VERY QUICK, LITTLE WARNING. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND COULD HAVE ENDED WORSE THAN IT DID!!!

RADIATOR FLUID LEAKED INTO TRANSMISSION. HAD TO REPLACE BOTH PARTS.

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, DIAGNOSTIC FOR AUTO TRANS SENSOR. MECHANIC FLUSHED TRANSMISSION THEN COULDN'T REPLACE SENSOR DUE TO ON GOING PROBLEM WITH RADIATOR LEAKING COOLANT TO TRANSMISSION

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE FUEL GAUGE DISPLAYED INCORRECTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V075000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 114,200.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SHUDDERING AND JERKING. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE'S RADIATOR CRACKED WHICH RESULTED IN DAMAGED A TRANSMISSION. THE TIMING CHAIN, THE RADIATOR, AND THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 130,000.

COOLANT LEAKED INTO TRANSMISSION, DESTROYING THE TRANSMISSION, AND RENDERING VEHICLE USELESS WITHOUT THOUSANDS IN REPAIRS

TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED DUE TO COOLANT FROM THE RADIATOR LEAKING INTO TRANSMISSION.

TRANMISION AND RADIATOR

SERVICE BULLITIN CLASSIFICATION EM09-007, REFRENCE NTB09-128, POSTED NOVEMBER 16, 2009. BUZZING/WHINING NOISE FROM TIMING CHAIN AREA. HAVE CONTACTED AND STOPPED BY DEALERSHIP TO INFORM THEM ABOUT ISSUE I WAS HAVING. SHOWED TECH THERE THE SERVICE BULLITIN AND THEY STATED THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND KNEW ABOUT THE ISSUE WITH NUMEROUS VEHICLES. I WAS GIVEN THE ONLY WAY IT WAS COVERED BY NISSAN WAS IF THE VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER FACTORY OR EXTENDED WARRANTY. IF IT WERE NOT COVERD THAT WAY THEN I, THE CUSTOMER, WERE RESPONSIBLE TO ALL THE COST AND AND RENTAL FEES IF I CHOSE TO GET ONE WHILE IT WAS IN THE SERVICE CENTER. I WAS GIVEN THE COST ESTIMATED AT $1800 DOLLARS AND THERE WAS NO GUARENTEE THAT IT WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM.. AND HAVE A NICE DAY. LEFT VERY FRUSTERATED KNOWING THERE WERE THOUSANDS MORE IN THE SAME SITUATION I'M IN NOW.

CAR SHAKES VIOLENTLY WHEN ACCELERATING AND JERKS. HAVE BEEN TOLD I PROBABLY HAVE A CRACK IN RAIDIATOR AND FLUIDS LEAKED IN TRANSMISSION WILL BE THOUSANDS TO FIX. AFTER LOOKING ON INTERNET. I SEE MANY PEOPLE WITH PROBLEM AND NISSAN IS NOT COVERING COSTS.

I HAVE HAD THE COOLANT PROBLEM FIXED. THEN I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE ALL THE U-JOINTS. I HAVE HAD TO BUY NEW GAS CAPS TO GET MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO GO OFF. NOW THERE IS A TERRIBLE LEAK AND A NOISE THAT IS SO BAD. I TOOK IT INTO A LOCAL SHOP AND IT IS THE TIMING CHAIN. THIS CAR HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS AND NOW IT IS SO BAD THAT I CAN'T SELL IT BECAUSE NO ONE WANTS IT AND I AM NOW SO UPSIDE DOWN IN MY LOAN BECAUSE THE VALUE IS GOING DOWN SO MUCH THAT I CAN'T TRADE IT IN.

PURCHASED PATHFINDER IN 2013 WITH 140,000 MILES FROM A DEALERSHIP. AFTER LESS THAN 3 YEARS AND 20,000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION HAS GONE AND IT WILL COST OVER 4,000 TO FIX WHILE I AM STILL FINANCING OVER 9,000 FOR IT. ALL EXTENDED WARRANTY DEADLINES AND LIMITATIONS HAVE EXPIRED BEFORE I HAD EVEN PURCHASED THE CAR. IT IS AMAZING THAT FOR SUCH A SEVERE ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN DETRIMENTAL TO MANY BASED ON MY RESEARCH, THAT NISSAN DOES NOT HAVE MORE REALISTIC AND HELPFUL WARRANTY STANDARDS. I AM NOT A LOSS AT WHAT TO DO AND NISSAN OR DEALERSHIP HAS OFFERED ANY HELP.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SLIP GEARS WITHOUT WARNING. THE INTERMITTENT FAILURE RECURRED AND BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE RADIATOR COOLANT LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION FLUID, WHICH CAUSED INTERNAL DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 143,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE FUEL GAUGE INDICATED THAT THE TANK WAS EMPTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE HAD JUST FILLED UP THE FUEL TANK. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE SENSOR FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V075000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 50,000.

MY SON BOUGHT ME THE 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER ON MARCH 8. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TPS LIGHTS WERE ON THE DAY WE GOT IT, I ALSO COULD SMELL ANTIFREEZE CONSTANTLY. TOOK TO MECHANIC TO CHECK. HE SAID ENGINE COOLANT WAS LEAKING INTOTRANSMISSION FLUID AND THAT NISSAN WAS HAVING ALOT OF TROUBLES WITH THIS. HE SAID IT COULD COST THOUSANDS DOLLARS TO FIX. MY VEHICLE HAS ALITTLE OVER 73,500 MILES ON IT AND I CANNOT AFFORD A HUGE REPAIR BILL. MY SON IS WORRIED ABOUT MY SAFETY. CAN YOU POINT ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION IN REGRDS TO THIS PLEASE! THANKS!

WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 25 IN SOUTH DENVER, MY PATHFINDER BEGAN TO SPUTTER AND STALL. THE ENGINE STARTED TO OVERHEAT AS I PULLED INTO A SERVICE STATION ABOUT TWO MILES AWAY. I HAD IT TOWED TO CHRISTIAN BROTHERS AUTO IN PARKER COLORADO. A RADIATOR PART BLEW, THE ENGINE OVERHEATED AND WAS DESTROYED. THE STEAM FROM THE PLASTIC RADIATOR PART ALSO DAMAGED THE MAIN COMPUTER. IT WAS CLOSE TO $10,000 FOR ALL REPAIRS RELATED TO THE RADIATOR PART FAILURE. APPROXIMATELY 8,000 MILES LATER, MY DAUGHTER AND I WERE DRIVING ON I-70 NEAR THE VAIL, COLORADO EXIT, AND THE PATHFINDER STARTED TO JERK VIOLENTLY ON THE HIGHWAY GOING 65MPH. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. SCARY EXPERIENCE FOR US BOTH. THIS HAPPENED TODAY, 03/24/2016. SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE CAR. I HAD IT TOWED TO AVON AUTO IN AVON COLORADO. THEY SAID THE TRANSMISSION IS DAMAGED, BUT THEY DID NOT HAVE TIME TO LOOK INTO IT FURTHER. PLEASE CALL OR EMAIL ME WITH FURTHER QUESTIONS. [XXX] OR [XXX]. INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

COOLANT FROM A FAULTY RADIATOR LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION. RUINING THE TRANSMISSION REQUIRING A TOTAL REPLACEMENT.

TOTAL TRANSMISSION & RADIATOR FAILURE DUE TO COOLANT LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION.

COOLANT IS MIXING WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND IS CREATING THE CAR GETTING OVER HEATED, THE MIX IS GETTING DISCHARGE IN A FORMER OF A BROWN CHOCOLATE MIXTURE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS CONSTANTLY REMAINING STUCK IN FIRST GEAR AND IN REVERSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE RESIDENCE AND THEN TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE VEHICLE WAS ALSO INSPECTED AND DIAGNOSED BY MORE THAN ONE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MECHANICS ALL INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A FAILURE IN THE TRANSMISSION DUE TO THE RADIATOR HAVING AN INTERNAL PREMATURE FRACTURE, WHICH CAUSED THE COOLANT TO LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIATOR AND THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 142,320.

TOOK OUR VEHICLE TO BE SERVICED IN 2012 TO FIND OUT OUR VEHICLE WAS AFFECTED BY THE INTERMIX THE RADIATOR CRACKED AND LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION THEY GAVE US AN ESTIMATED COST OF OVER $10,000.00 STATED IT WAS NO GOOD AND TO TRADE IT IN ASAP SAID WE SHOULDNT DRIVE IT THAT IT WAS DANGEROUS SO WE PARKE DIT. I WAS DEVISTATED WE DID EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER MADE REPORTS CALLED EVERYONE POSSIBLE NOTHING! TRIED TO SUE HOWEVER I FELL ILL (CANCER) AND COULDN'T KEEP OUR HEARING APT HERE IN SACRAMENTO CA. ITS STILL PARKED IN OUR GARAGE.

KNOWN PROBLEM BY NISSAN WHERE RADIATOR FLUID LEAKS INTO TRANSMISSION AND RUINS TRANSMISSION. REPAIR COST OF $3900.00. NO RECALL.

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED ON MY 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER DUE TO A POOR ENGINEERING ISSUE FROM NISSAN. THIS PROBLEM IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM. TRANSMISSION CAN FAIL AT ANYTIME.

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING AND QUITE PULLING IN TRAFFIC AND WAS ALMOST HIT FROM REAR ON THE INTERSTATE. FOUND OUT RADIATOR FAILED AND FILLED TRANSMISSION FULL OF COOLANT AND CAUSED COMPLETE FAILURE OF BOTH SYSTEMS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO COMPLETE A LEFT TURN, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIATOR HOSE CRACKED AND LEAKED FLUID INTO THE TRANSMISSION, WHICH CONTAMINATED THE TRANSMISSION. IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT A COMPONENT WITHIN THE STEERING COLUMN FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 157,000.

2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE TIMING CHAIN TENSIONING SYSTEM PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, SHE HEARD A STRANGE RATTLE AND HISSING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE AREA UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. THE CONSUMER HAD HER LOCAL REPAIR SHOP INVESTIGATE. THE TECHNICIAN STATED WITHOUT TAKING THE MOTOR APART, IT APPEARED THE MOTOR WAS FAILING. THE CONSUMER STARTED INVESTIGATING THE ISSUE AND DISCOVERED PATHFINDER'S FROM 2005-2015 HAD PROBLEMS WITH TIMING CHAIN, GUIDES AND SHOES. *JB

RADIATOR FAILURE 1/7/2011 AT 73,958 MILES, CAUSING TRANSMISSION FAILURE, REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY BY NISSAN DEALER, THEN AGAIN FAILURE AT 1/15/2016 150,500 MILES - SAME PROBLEM.

I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN REPORTED HUNDREDS OF TIMES. I HAVE OVER 100,000 MILES, AND WAS PUT IN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WHILE DRIVING MY CAR. AS I WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN ACROSS TWO LANES AND INTO THE PATH OF ONCOMING VEHICLES, THE CAR STUTTERED, ALL OF THE LIGHTS WERE FLASHING, POWER STEERING WENT OUT, AND THE GAS NOR BREAK WOULD WORK. I WAS HALFWAY THROUGH MY TURN WHEN I REALIZED MY PATHFINDER JUST SHUT DOWN-I HAD NO WARNINGS, OR TROUBLE WITH THE CAR COMING UP TO MAKING MY TURN. I WAS VERY FORTUNATE THAT I WAS ABLE TO COAST ONTO THE STREET I WAS TURNING ONTO IT WAS BY THE GRACE OF GOD I DIDN'T GET INTO AN ACCIDENT. COME TO FIND OUT THE RADIATOR LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING IT TO CONTAMINATE THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND ESSENTIALLY BLOW THE TRANSMISSION. REPAIR IS OVER $7000 FROM TWO DIFFERENT BODY SHOPS AS WELL AS A NISSAN CERTIFIED SERVICE CENTER. I OF COURSE WAS NOT HAPPY WHEN I WAS TOLD MY MILEAGE EXCEEDED THE EXTENDED WARRANTY COVERAGE. I WAS ALSO SAD TO FIND OUT NISSAN WASN'T DOING ANYTHING FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS, DESPITE THE MANY MANY COMPLAINTS AND LAWSUITS FILED AGAINST NISSAN WASN'T DOING ANYTHING FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS, DESPITE THE MANY MANY COMPLAINTS AND LAWSUITS FILED AGAINST THEM. THEY DON'T SEEM TO CARE ABOUT CONSUMER SAFETY'EVEN AFTER THE EXACT SAME ISSUE IS HAPPENING WITH HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF THEIR VEHICLES. I AM HOPING NISSAN WILL DO THE RIGHT THING, AND MAKE IT RIGHT. THEY SHOULDN'T BE WAITING FOR PEOPLE TO DIE BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE TO

VEHICLE JERKS AND STALLS AND EVEN CUTS OFF DURING DRIVING. I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AND WENT TO CHANGE LANES AND THE ENGINE JUST SHUT OFF. I TRIED TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD QUICKLY BUT I HAD NO ENGINE POWER. I COASTED TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND CALLED MY HUSBAND TO PICK ME UP. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO MY MECHANIC AND HE ADVISED US THAT THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID HAD CONTAMINATED THE ANTI-FREEZE AND VICE VERSA AND THAT I'D NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR INSTALLED FOR $5500.00. HE ALSO ADDED THAT NISSAN HAD JUST LOST A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT TO REPAIR THE VEHICLES AFFECTED BUT THE CATCH IS THAT YOUR VEHICLE CAN NOT HAVE OVER 100,000 MILES ON IT. FROM MY RESEARCH IN THE FORUMS, THE ISSUE DOES NOT ARISE UNTIL THE VEHICLE MILEAGE EXCEEDS 100,000, SO WE'RE BASICALLY SCREWED FOR REPAIRS ON OUR NISSANS WITH 100,001 MILES OR MORE. I'M DOUBLE SCREWED AS I HAVE 2 2006 NISSAN'S. MY OTHER VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY INOPERABLE DUE TO ATF CONTAMINATION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED DUE TO A LEAK IN THE RADIATOR. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED AND TAKEN TO A DEALER TO BE REPAIRED. THE DETAILS OF THE REPAIRS WERE UNKNOWN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.