2006 Nissan Pathfinder

TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO RADIATOR COOLANT MIXING WITH TRANSMISSION OIL. I REFUSE TO SPEND 4-5K ON REPAIR. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS MANUFACTURING DESIGN DEFECT AND NISSAN COMPANY KNOW ABOUT IT. THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL INSTEAD OF A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. THESE WERE NOT ISOLATED ISSUE. NISSAN SHOULD PAY FOR ALL THE REPAIRS. THIS IS A SCAM BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THE RADIATOR HAS A DEFECT. NISSAN SHOULD BE FORCE TO ISSUE A RECALL OR HAVE THEM PAY FOR THE FULL REPAIR OF ALL AFFECTED VEHICLES. *DT

WHEN I PURCHASED MY 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER FROM A DEALER IN 2012. VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AND DEEMED SAFE TO DRIVE. I NOTICED MY TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR STAYED ON ALL THE TIME. EVEN AFTER FILLING TO THE RECOMMENDED PSI. DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF IT. WENT ON TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE WITH NO ISSUES UNTIL THE NEXT YEAR WHEN I WOULD GET THIS SHAKING AND RUMBLE AT ABOUT 2500 RPM. TOOK IT TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AND HE COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG EXCEPT FOR NEEDING NEW BRAKE PADS AND ENGINE TUNE UP. HAD THAT DONE BUT STILL MY CAR CONTINUED TO RUMBLE WHEN I WOULD ACCELERATE. IT WAS INTERMITTENT ON AND OFF UNTIL IT GOT SO BAD THAT I HAD TO PULL OVER AND LET MY ENGINE COOL BEFORE IT WOULD DO IT AGAIN. RECENTLY I TOOK IT TO A DIFFERENT MECHANIC AND HAD THEM LOOK AT IT. SHE RAN A TEST ON THE COMPUTER AND THE CAR GAVE CODES THAT LINKED BACK TO THE TRANSFER CASE. SHE THEN HAD IT LOOKED AT BY HER TRANSMISSION EXPERT AND HE DISCOVERED COOLANT AND FLUID INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION. ONLY THEN WAS IT LINKED TO ALL OTHER OCCURRENCES THAT FALL BACK ON NISSAN. I READ ONLINE THAT THERE IS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST NISSAN FOR FAILING RADIATORS AND TRANSMISSIONS. IT WAS NEVER BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION WHEN PURCHASING THE VEHICLE EVEN THOUGH THIS WAS DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE DISPUTE. WITH IT BEING OUT OF DATE FOR ANY COVERAGES UNDER THE LAWSUIT. I'M NOW LEFT WITHOUT A VEHICLE AND A HEFTY $3,600 REPAIR BILL THAT SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN THERE TO BEGIN WITH. I HOPE NISSAN HAS A PLAN TO FIX THIS ISSUE WITHOUT THE CONSUMER PAYING OUT OF POCKET. IF NOT I WILL BE PURSUING A CASE AGAINST THE DEALER FOR SELLING ME A CAR THAT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. *TR

A FAULTY RADIATOR CAUSED FLUID TO LEAK INTO MY TRANSMISSION, CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION AND THE COMPUTER INSIDE OF IT. THE ISSUE WAS INITIALLY NOTICED ON A DRIVE UP INTO THE MOUNTAINS (ALTHOUGH AT THE TIME WE DID NOT WHAT IT WAS). AS WE WERE CLIMBING UPHILL WE NOTICED A SHUDDERING AND IT FELT AS THOUGH THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING A BIT. WE MADE IT BACK HOME SAFELY, BUT ON TWO SUBSEQUENT TRIPS ON THE HIGHWAY THE SAME THING HAPPENED AS WELL AS IT OVERHEATING ON ONE OCCASION. I ALSO NOTICED THAT WHILE DRIVING IN TOWN, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD JUMP A BIT UPON PUTTING IT INTO GEAR AND THERE WAS ALSO ANOTHER OCCASION OF IT OVERHEATING. THANK GOODNESS WE WERE NEVER PUT IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION DUE TO THIS ISSUE, ALTHOUGH THAT PROBABLY HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT WE LIMITED DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AFTER FIRST NOTICING THE PROBLEM, AS IT WAS MORE NOTICEABLE WHEN DRIVING AT A HIGHER RATE OF SPEED. *JS

I WAS DRIVING TO WORK ON A 30 DEGREE MORNING AFTER JUST DROPPING MY SON (DIAGNOSED WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE) TO SCHOOL. HAD THIS BEEN PRIOR TO DROPPING HIM TO SCHOOL HE WOULD HAVE BEEN SITTING IN THE FREEZING VEHICLE FOR 30MINS UNTIL MY HUSBAND WAS ABLE TO GET TO US AND THIS COULD HAVE AGGRAVATED HIS CONDITION. I WAS PRESSING ON THE GAS PEDAL BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND I AM SHOWING A QUARTER TANK OF GAS LEFT IN THE VEHICLE SO DID NOT THINK THAT WAS THE PROBLEM. I WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AS THE VEHICLE STALLED. I THEN CONTACTED MY HUSBANDS AT WORK AND HE HAD TO LEAVE TO COME CHECK ON THE VEHICLE AND DETERMINED IT MAY NEED GAS BECAUSE EVERYTHING ELSE LOOKED OK AND WE HAD JUST COMPLETED A SERVICE WITH NO MENTION OF ANY ISSUES WITH THE VEHICLE. HE DROVE ME TO THE GAS STATION IN HIS VEHICLE WHERE WE PURCHASED SOME GAS CAME BACK POURED IT IN THE VEHICLE AND IT STARTED UP AND WAS FINE. I DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF IT UNTIL IT HAPPENED AGAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC (AM). I THEN DECIDED TO CHECK FOR ANY RECALLS AND FOUND THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE SAME ISSUE 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:AUXILIARY TANK NHTSA CAMPAIGN #10V075000 WE THEN ADDRESSED THIS WITH NISSAN AND THEY ADVISED THAT ALTHOUGH IT IS THE SAME EXACT ISSUE, MY VIN NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL SO CORRECTING THIS ISSUE IS AT MY EXPENSE. THIS SHOULD NOT BE AT MY EXPENSE ESPECIALLY SINCE THERE IS A KNOWN IDENTICAL ISSUE WITH THE PART. *TR

ON DECEMBER 12 2013 I WAS DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY 195,SPEED LIMIT WAS 65 MILES AN HOUR, ABOUT TEN MINUTES ON MY WAY HOME I HEARD A KNOCKING SOUND COMING FROM MY 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER, AS I PULLED OVER ON THE BREAK DOWN LANE I GOT OUT AND CHECK UNDER THE HOOD AND SAW NOTHING SO I CONTINUE TO DRIVE I GOT OFF THE HIGHWAY AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASE THE VEHICLE ,AND THEY LOOKED AT THE VEHICLE AND TOLD ME IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION AND IT WAS GOING TO COST ME $5400.00 TO REPLACE IT AND IF I DON'T LIKE IT, I CAN TAKE IT TO NISSAN DEALERSHIP IN DARTMOUTH MA, WHICH I DID, AND THEY SAID THE SAME THING AND THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THE TRANSMISSION SO THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO FOR ME BUT PUT ME IN ANOTHER VEHICLE WITH MONTHLY PAYMENTS, SO I TOOK MY NISSAN PATHFINDER TO A MECHANIC BUSINESS CALL SAFE GUARD TRANSMISSION LOCATED ON DARTMOUTH STREET IN NEW BEDFORD MA, WHICH I ENDED UP PAYING 3600.00 TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. I NEED TO BE REIMBURSE FOR THE AMOUNT I SPENT ON THE TRANSMISSION THAT A RECALL WAS ON, IF YOUR COMPANY REFUSE I WILL CONTACT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE FAILED TO DISPLAY THE CORRECT FUEL LEVEL AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE FUEL LEVEL SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.