2005 Nissan Pathfinder

MY WIFE PICKED UP OUR TWO YOUNG KIDS (4, 6 AT THE TIME) FROM SCHOOL AND WHILE ON THE WAY BACK HOME OUR 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER TOTALLY SHUTDOWN AS SHE WAS PASSING THROUGH A BUSY INTERSECTION. THANKFULLY, SHE MADE IT THROUGH THE INTERSECTION BEFORE BEING HIT BUT WAS BROKEN DOWN IN THE STREET. UNFORTUNATELY, I WAS OUT OF TOWN FOR WORK THAT WEEK SO SHE CALLED OUR NEIGHBOR AND HE HELPED GET THE TRUCK BACK TO OUR HOUSE. AFTER DISCUSSING THE SITUATION WITH ME ON THE PHONE, SHE CALLED SEVERAL TRANSMISSION SPECIALISTS AND HAD ONE OF THEM (A+ TRANSMISSION) PICK UP THE SUV THE NEXT DAY. AFTER A RUNNING A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND DETERMINING THE SEVERITY OF THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM, THEY HAD TO PULL THE TRANSMISSION TO DO A COMPLETE INSPECTION. THEY DETERMINED THAT THE RADIATOR HAD LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND TRANSFER CASE AND THAT THE WHOLE TRANSMISSION INCLUDING THE RADIATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. WE OPTED FOR A REBUILD SINCE TRANSMISSIONS FROM NISSAN WERE ON 6 MONTH BACKORDER DUE TO OTHER NISSAN'S HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. WE SPENT ALMOST $4,000 TO FIX THIS PROBLEM WITH NO HELP FROM NISSAN. AFTER SOME RESEARCH ONLINE, WE FOUND MANY COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS ISSUE AND THE LACK OF A RECALL BY NISSAN. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY ISSUE THAT NISSAN HAS FAILED TO ADEQUATELY ADDRESS. I HOPE THAT SOMEONE WILL MAKE NISSAN DO THE RIGHT THING. *TR

AROUND 95000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN VERY ABRUPT JERKING WHEN ACCELERATING. AROUND MAY 2011 TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING, I GOOGLED THE PROBLEM AND DISCOVERED MANY PEOPLE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM DUE TO RADIATOR CRACKED. I LOOKED INTO MY RADIATOR AND DISCOVERED STRAWBERRY LOOKING FLUID . REPLACED MY RADIATOR , AN FLUSHED IT A FEW TIMES AND THEN FLUSHED MY TRANSMISSION WHICH HAD THE SAME COLOR FLUIDS, I BELIEVE NISSAN WAS AWARE OF THESE FAULTY RADIATORS AND TRANSMISSION AND DRAG IT OUT THROUGH COURT SO PEOPLE WOULD LOOSE THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO USE THEIR WARRANTY. I AM CURRENTLY TRYING TO GET NISSAN TO REPLACE MY FAULTY TRANSMISSION AND I AM WILLING TO PAY A $3000.00 FEE BUT SO FAR THEY ARE RELUCTANT. ANY SUGGESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE WOULD BE APPRECIATED. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE DRIVING 60MPH UP A HILL. THE CAR MOST ABILITY TO CLIMB HILL AND SPEED DROPPED DRAMATICALLY. I WAS CONCERNED OF BEING HIT FROM BEHIND AS TRAFFIC WAS GOING FASTER AND HAD TO GO AROUND ME. THERE WAS NOT A PLACE TO PULL OVER. I MADE IT (BARELY) OVER THE HILL AND PULLED OVER. THE ISSUE IS A FAILURE OF THE INTERNAL RADIATOR COOLANT HOSE LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND DESTROYING THE TRANSMISSION. THIS HAS BEEN ADMITTED AND PREVIOUSLY NOTED AND DIAGNOSED BY NISSAN, BUT THEY HAVE OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE IF YOUR VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY. IT SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR ALL AFFECTED VEHICLES. PRETTY SCARY WHEN THE CAR FAILS AT SPEED AND YOU ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. *TR

WELL MY PATHFINDER WAS WORKING GREAT AND I NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEM WITH IT THEN ONE DAY I'M DRIVING IT TO WORK AND IT JUST STOP I KEPT ACCELERATING AND IT WOULDN'T MOVE. A FRIEND OF MINE CAME AND LOOKED AT IT AND TOLD ME ON THE SPOT YOU RADIATOR BUSTED AND FILLED YOUR TRANSMISSION WITH COOLANT AND THAT DESTROYED YOUR TRANSMISSION AND DESTROY IT DID. MY FRIEND TO TOLD ME FUNNY THING IS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED BY INSTALLING AN EXTERNAL COOLING WHICH HE WOULD HAVE DONE FOR 100 BUCKS IF ONLY HAD NISSAN LET ME KNOW THAT THE 2005 PATHFINDERS HAD THIS ISSUE. OH WELL I FEEL CHEATED AND I SWORE IN MY LIFE I WILL HAVE A NISSAN CAR AGAIN OR ACURA FOR THAT MATTER NOR ANYONE IN MY FAMILY. THIS ONE I'M STUCK WITH BUT ONCE GUARANTEED THAT THE MECHANIC GAVE IT'S ABOUT TO EXPIRE I'M SELLING IT AND I'M DEFINITELY NOT BUYING NISSAN AGAIN! EVER! *TR

DRIVING DOWN 4 LANE HIGHWAY AND STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT IN A SMALL TOWN. WHEN LIGHT TURNED GREEN, I TRIED TO PROCEED BUT VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. WHEN I WOULD PRESS THE ACCELERATOR, THE RPMS WOULD GO UP BUT VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. THERE WERE MANY VEHICLES COMING UP BEHIND ME AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND THERE I WAS WITH MY WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY, UNABLE TO MOVE. I HAD TO RISK GETTING OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND RUN TO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE AND TRY TO FLAG DOWN VEHICLES COMING AT ME AT OVER 60 MPH AND TRY TO FLAG THEM AROUND MY STRANDED VEHICLE WITH MY FAMILY INSIDE. FINALLY ABLE TO GET SOME ASSISTANCE AND GET VEHICLE PUSHED TO SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE SAME NISSAN DEALERSHIP FIVE TIMES FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM!!!!! EACH TIME THE REPAIR LASTS APPROXIMATELY 12 TO 18 THOUSAND MILES AND THEN I START HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. IN JAN.OF 2012 ,I PAID THE SAME DEALERSHIP FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION AND IN AUGUST ; I ONCE AGAIN HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. I DECIDED TO FILE A COMPLAINT AFTER BECOMING AWARE THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON ISSUE WITH THESE VEHICLES. *TR

MY VEHICLE HAD GIVEN NO SIGNS OF PROBLEMS. I HAD MY VEHICLE SERVICED, OIL CHANGED...ETC ON REGULAR BASIS. FRIDAY NOVEMBER 9TH I LEFT WORK AND MY VEHICLE WOULDN'T START. THE NISSAN DEALER I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO HAS INFORMED ME THAT A FAULTY RADIATOR TANK BROKE DOWN, LEAKED COOLANT INTO MY TRANSMISSION, CORRUPTING MY TRANSMISSION AND ALL THE ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS THAT ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO IDENTIFY MY TRANSMISSION & GIVE THE VEHICLE/TRANSMISSION ABILITY TO START. IN ADDITION THEY INDICATE IT CAUSED CORROSION AND HAS DESTROYED MY TRANSMISSION. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT NISSAN KNEW OF THIS PROBLEM/EXACT ISSUE BUT INSTEAD OF RECALLING THE RADIATORS, THEY "OFFERED" AN EXTENDED WARRANTY UP TO 8 YEARS/80,000 MILES (WHICHEVER COMES FIRST): NO CUSTOMER CO-PAY; AFTER 8 YEARS/80,000 MILES (WHICHEVER COMES FIRST) UP TO 9 YEARS/90,000 MILES (WHICHEVER COMES FIRST): CUSTOMER CO-PAY IS $2,500; AFTER 9 YEARS/90,000 MILES (WHICHEVER COMES FIRST) UP TO 10 YEARS/100,000 MILES (WHICHEVER COMES FIRST): CUSTOMER CO-PAY IS $3,000. I THINK ITS ASININE THAT THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH NOT RECALLING ALL OF THESE AND TAKING CARE OF A PROBLEM THEY KNOW ABOUT WITHOUT PUTTING A HUGE BURDEN ON ALL OF THEIR CUSTOMERS. *TR

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