2005 Nissan Pathfinder

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE TRIED TO ACCELERATE BUT THE SPEED DROPPED TO ZERO. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER AND ALLOWED THE VEHICLE SIT FOR A DAY. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT RADIATOR AND THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

BOUGHT VEHICLE IN APRIL 2012 HAD TRANSMISSION GO OUT FIXED THAT WITH WARRANTY COMPANY. THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AGAIN IN LESS THAN A MONTH COMES TO FIND OUT THE RADIATOR WAS CRACKED SENDING ANTIFREEZE INTO TRANSMISSION AND TRANSMISSION FLUID INTO MY RADIATOR DESTROYING MY TRANSMISSION COMPUTER. GOT THAT FIXED CAMSHAFT SENSORS THEN WENT BAD COST ME MORE MONEY. AFTER THAT THE RADIATOR WAS STILL MESSED UP HAD IT REPAIRED AND FLUSHED SYSTEM COMPLETELY. THE SHOP ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE BACK FLOW RESERVE CAP AND THERMOSTAT FOR BEING BAD. THE VEHICLE WORKED FOR ANOTHER TWO DAYS AND HAD A MECHANIC LOOK AT THE VEHICLE FOR OVERHEATING AND THE DIAGNOSIS WAS FAN CLUTCH WAS WORKING NEED TO REPLACE FAN CLUTCH COMPLETED THAT. NOW NOV. 8TH TWO DAYS LATER AFTER BEING FIXED STILL OVERHEATING. DO KNOW WHAT TO DO ANYMORE??? *TR

THIS COMPLAINT IS REGARDING A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. IT IS COMMON TO THIS MODEL AND INVOLVES THE INTERMINGLING OF COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION FLUID DUE TO THE FAULTY DESIGN INVOLVING THESE SYSTEMS. THE RESULT IS RUINATION OF BOTH THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND THE RADIATOR, IN ADDITION TO VARIOUS ASSOCIATED COMPONENTS. PLEASE, COMPEL NISSAN TO ISSUE A FULLY-COVERED RECALL ON THIS DEFECT. IT IS AN OBVIOUS DESIGN FLAW AND THE FACT THAT THE CONSUMER IS CURRENTLY FORCED TO BEAR THE SIGNIFICANT BURDEN OF THE SUBSTANTIAL RELATED REPAIRS IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS. *TR

I WAS LEAVING A RESTAURANT PARKING LOT WITH MY WIFE AND KIDS. I PULLED TO THE PARKING LOT EXIT AND TURNED RIGHT ONTO THE 4-LANE BOULEVARD. I TRIED TO ACCELERATE TO TRAFFIC SPEED IN THE NEAR LANE BUT THE MOTOR SIMPLY RACED AND WOULD NOT PROPEL THE VEHICLE. AS TRAFFIC CAUGHT ME I HEARD TIRES SQUEALING AND HORNS BLOWING FROM THE VEHICLES BEHIND ME. THE TRAFFIC WORKED AROUND ME WHILE I SHIFTED THE TRANSMISSION INTO PARK AND THEN BACK INTO DRIVE AND BEGAN TO MOVE AT IDLE SPEED. AS TRAFFIC ALLOWED I WORKED OVER INTO THE LEFT LANE AND THEN THE TURNING LANE WHILE GRADUALLY ACCELERATING TO DRIVING SPEED, MERGED BACK INTO TRAFFIC AND PROCEEDED HOME, CAREFUL TO AVOID ANY STOP LIGHTS IN BUSY TRAFFIC. WE ARE FORTUNATE THAT WE WERE NOT INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. I'M NO EXPERT, BUT I DO KNOW THAT A VEHICLE THAT SUDDENLY WON'T PROPEL ITSELF IN TRAFFIC IS AS DANGEROUS AS ONE WITH NO BRAKES. THIS WAS THE ONE AND ONLY TIME THAT WE EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM. THERE WAS NO PREVIOUS INDICATION THAT ANYTHING WAS WRONG. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE NISSAN DEALER AND THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A TRANSMISSION COOLANT LINE FAILURE WHICH ALLOWED TRANSMISSION FLUID AND ENGINE COOLANT TO INTERMIX IN THE RADIATOR, ENGINE BLOCK AND TRANSMISSION, WHICH IN TURN CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION TO SLIP. I'M SURE NHTSA HAS RECEIVED MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. I'M HEARING MANY OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS JUST IN MY AREA AND LIKELY THERE ARE OTHERS THAT HAVE NOT YET BEEN REPORTED. HOPEFULLY NO ONE WILL HAVE TO DIE OR SUFFER SERIOUS INJURY BECAUSE OF THIS UNSAFE CONDITION BEFORE A RECALL WILL BE ISSUED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED NUMEROUS TIMES WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE A DIAGNOSTIC WAS PERFORMED THAT LOCATED THE FAILURE AT THE RADIATOR. THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT RADIATOR FLUID MIXED WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL. THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS THE HEATHER AND AIR CONDITIONING UNIT FAILED TO OPERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND LOCATED THE FAILURE AS THE RADIATOR. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE RADIATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND DENIED ASSISTANCE WITH THE REPAIR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,841 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 144,121. UPDATED 1/7/13 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED RADIATOR COOLANT LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION, TWICE. THE FIRST TIME, WAS IN JULY 2011, AND NISSAN REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR AT A COST OF $ 6,981.86. THE SECOND TIME IT OCCURRED WAS IN SEPTEMBER 2012, AT A COST OF $ 1499.19. NISSAN REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION WITH AN AFTER MARKET TRANSMISSION AND FLUSHED THE RADIATOR. UPDATED 01/09/13

THE CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN ON A BUSY STREET DURING MORNING RUSH HOUR, AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH. THE CAR IMMEDIATELY STOPPED RUNNING AND WENT TO A CRAWLING SPEED (AROUND 1-2 MPH). CARS BEHIND NEEDED TO MOVE QUICKLY TO AVOID COLLISION, AND BECAUSE THERE WAS NO SHOULDER, THE CAR BLOCKED TRAFFIC. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO A NISSAN DEALERSHIP. THEIR FIRST DIAGNOSIS WAS THAT IT WAS A FAILURE OF THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION VALVE BODY, AND THEY WANTED TO CHARGE AROUND $2400 FOR THE REPAIR. THREE DAYS LATER, AFTER LOOKING AT IT, THE DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS COOLANT LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION, WITH A COST OF REPAIR OF $7400. *TR

MY VEHICLE QUIT DRIVING IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. IT WOULD ONLY IDLE WHEN I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR. I WAS NOTIFIED THAT MY RADIATOR HAD AN INTERNAL LEAK AND THE COOLANT WAS MIXING WITH MY TRANSMISSION FLUID WHICH CAUSED MY TRANSMISSION TO SHUT DOWN. I WAS NOTIFIED WHEN SEARCHING FOR A RADIATOR, THAT THIS HAS BEEN A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLES AND IS DOCUMENTED WITH COMPLAINTS ALL OVER THE INTERNET. I AM CURRENTLY A NURSING STUDENT, AND I DO NOT THINK IT IS FAIR THAT I MUST PAY FOR REPAIRS THAT ARE NOT MY FAULT WHEN I AM NOT ABLE TO AFFORD THEM. THIS HAS BEEN AN EXTREMELY COSTLY REPAIR AND I HAVE BEEN FORCED TO TAKE OUT A LOAN TO GET MY VEHICLE REPAIRED SO I WILL HAVE TRANSPORTATION TO SCHOOL. *TR

2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. CONSUMER STATES PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE TRANSMISSION *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AS WELL AS THE 4-WHEEL DRIVE LIGHT. THE VEHICLE STARTED HESITATING. WHEN THE CONSUMER CALLED THE DEALER, THEY ADVISED HER TO OPEN THE GAS TANK, TO SEE IF A PUFF OF AIR CAME OUT. ONCE SHE TOLD THEM NO, SHE PUT THE VEHICLE IN DRIVE AND IT WOULD NOT MOVE, SHE THEN PUT IT IN REVERSE, AND IT STILL DID NOT MOVE,. THE DEALER THEN ADVISED HER TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY FOR A HALF HOUR. SHE RECONNECTED THE BATTERY AND DROVE AROUND THE BLOCK AND IT STALLED. THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER. AN INSPECTION REVEALED A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. THE DEALER STATED A GASKET BETWEEN THE RADIATOR BROKE AND ANTI-FREEZE LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER, IT WOULD COST $6,000 FOR THE REPAIRS. *JB