2008 Nissan Pathfinder

MY HOSE S FROM THE RADIATOR TO THE HEATER CORE EXPLODED WHILE I WAS DRIVING IN THE CITY AND TROW SOME KIND OF GUNK THAT THE DEALER SAYS IT IS TRANSMISSION FLUID MIXING WITH THE ANTIFREEZE CAUSING THE HOSES TO BECOME WEAK ALSO MY TRANSMISSION START SLIPPING AND NOT WORKING PROPERLY THE DEALER SAYS IT IS A EXTENDED WARRANTY ON IT BUT MY CAR HAS 108000 MILES AND THE EXTENDED WARRANTY IT IS ONLY UNTIL 100000 {WITH A 3000 DOLLARS OUT OF POCKET FOR THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE } BUT THEY NEVER SEND ME A LETTER TO FIX THAT PROBLEM EVEN DO I HAVE DONE MORE THAN 2 SERVICES ON A NISSAN DEALER THAT WARRANTY OR PROBLEM WAS NEVER MENTIONED TO ME

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AT ABOUT 40MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD SHUTTER WHEN CHANGING GEARS AND LOSE POWER. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND WE FOUND OUT THAT COOLANT HAD LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION THROUGH THE RADIATOR. NISSAN HAS EXTENDED THE WARRANTY FOR THIS ISSUE, BUT WITH A WHOPPING $3000 DEDUCTIBLE. I WAS SURPRISED TO HEAR THIS IS A KNOWN FAILURE BUT NISSAN WILL NOT TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR PRODUCT.

WE BOUGHT A 2008 NISSAN PATHFINDER, WITH 97,000 MILES. ZERO ISSUES AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE. AT ABOUT 123,000 MILES WE NOTICED THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO STUFFER. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION WE DISCOVERED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND COOLANT FLUID HAVE MIXED TOGETHER. THE TRANSMISSION WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. WE ARE CURRENTLY FINANCING THIS VEHICLE, MAKING MONTHLY PAYMENTS, AND NOW AMONG MILLIONS OF OTHER NISSAN CONSUMERS ARE IN A HORRIBLE SPOT. NISSAN SHOULD HAVE ISSUED A RECALL FOR CRACKED RADIATORS. I WORK 12 HOUR SWING SHIFTS, LIVE IN A SMALL TOWN, AND HAVE 4 CHILDREN. NISSAN NEEDS TO MAKE THIS ISSUE RIGHT WITH CONSUMERS DUE TO THE SHEAR VOLUME OF DEFECTIVE VEHICLES AND THE IMMENSE COST AND UNFORTUNATE POSITION IT'S PUTTING HARD WORKING AMERICAN IN.

CRACKED RADIATOR LEAKING FLUID INTO TRANSMISSION. THIS IS CAUSING TRANSMISSION FAILURE. TRANSMISSION SLIPPED WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE OR AT A LOW GEAR SWITCH. THIS CAUSED ME ALARM AND I WAS UNSURE IF MY CAR COULD ACCELERATE PROPERLY IF I WAS IN A CRITICAL SITUATION. HTTP://WWW.NISSANPROBLEMS.COM/TRENDS/COOLANT-LEAKS-DESTROY-TRANSMISSION/ KEEP THE CARE OR TURN IT IN? BUY NISSAN AGAIN, OR ANOTHER BRAND...

I JUST LEARNED OF AN ISSUE WITH THE RADIATORS FAILING ON THE MODEL I HAVE CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND THUS CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION I FOUND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY A $3000 CO-PAY DUE TO THE MILEGE AND AGE OF MY VEHICLE. DISCOVERING THAT NISSAN HAD KNOW OF THE ISSUE SINCE 2007 AND I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN 2010 I AM QUITE UNHAPPY WITH LEVEL OF CUSTOMER SERVICE TO TAKE CARE OF THIS ISSUE PROPERLY. IF FEEL THAT NISSAN HAS NOT DONE ENOUGH TO REMEDY THESE ISSUE FOR CONSUMERS. I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE TO PICKUP MY CHILDREN WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURED WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO OVERHEAT SPILLING COOLANT MIXED WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID ONTO THE STREET. I MIGHT AS WELL BUY AND INSTALL THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR MYSELF WITH THE CO-PAY THAT NISSAN WANTS TO CHARGE. VERY UNHAPPY WITH WHAT NISSAN IS OFFERING TO FIX THIS PROBLEM.

PROBLEMS START AFTER I ENDED PAYMENTS ON MY CAR; THE SURROUND SOUND GOT BAD AND I HAVE TO REPLACED IT $500. COST ME. TAKATA RECALL I DID CALLED THE DEALER AND TOLD ME MY VIN NUMBER ISN'T IN THE RECALL SO THEY SAID NOTHING TO WORRY, THEN ANOTHER SITUATION CAME UP ABOUT THE FUEL PUMP, I DID CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY SAID MY VIN NUMBER ISN'T IN THE RECALL EITHER AND I HAD PAY $600. IN MAY 9, 2016 FIRST TIME I WAS DRIVING MY CAR AND BROKE DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION, ALSO ANOTHER TIME I WAS DRIVING ON THE BRIDGE AND WHEN I WAS DRIVING THE CAR WAS GOING DOWN ON THE BRIDGE BROKE DOWN OUT OF NOT WHERE, WAS VERY SCARY, POLICE AND OTHER PEOPLE HELP PUSH MY CAR TO A SAFETY AREA. BOTH TIME WAS BECAUSE I RUN OUT OF GAS CAUSE THE GEAR PUMP WASN'T TELLING ME I RUN OUT OF GAS. NEXT ONE WAS THE RADIATOR AND TRANS SERVICE. THEY SAID RADIATOR WAS CRACK NEED TO REPLACE I SPENT $800. NEXT PROBLEM P1774 SAID LOW COAST BRAKE-FASTENS SOLENOID VALVE FUNCTION. ALL THIS TIME ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND CHARGED ME $50. TO RESET LIGHT. THEN NEXT PROBLEM IS THE TRANSMISSION NOW IS 4 GEAR COME WITH ISSUES AND IS IN THE MECHANIC NOW,JUNE 6, 2017 I NEED TO REPLACE IT AND CHARGING ME $3,200. BUT THEY STILL WORKING OWN CAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW YET IF DOESN'T WORK I WILL NEED TO PAY MORE. THIS IS RIDICULOUS CAUSE THIS CAR ONLY HAVE 8 YEARS AND I KEEP MAINTAINING MY CAR SINCE I GOT IT, SO DISAPPOINTED AND I SHOULDN'T DIDN'T PAY FOR ALL THIS CAUSE IS A RECALL AND MY CAR IS 2008 AND ALL THE PROBLEMS MY CAR HAD IS IN THE RECALL JUST CAUSE MY VIN NUMBER ISN'T THAT ISN'T FEAR. HOPE ANYBODY UNDERSTAND MY FRUSTRATIONS AND FIND THE SOLUTION OF THIS PROBLEMS. PAY ME BACK WHAT I BEING PUTTING IN TO THIS CAR.

VEHICLE BEGAN LURCHING AND SHUDDERING DRIVING A LOW SPEEDS ~40 MPH IN TOWN, UNTIL GEAR SHIFT OCCURRED THEN SPORADICALLY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. AT FIRST THE SHUDDERING/JERKING WAS PERIODIC AND STARTED TO OCCUR MORE OFTEN AT RANDOM AT THAT SPEED. THE MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLE WAS ABOUT 108,000 MILES IN FALL OF 2014. THIS OCCURRED OVER A PERIOD OF 6-8 MONTHS AND THEN PROGRESSED TO ISSUES WITH CABIN HEATER BLOWING COOLER AIR WHEN THERMOSTAT SET TO 90 DEGREES. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP TO ADDRESS ISSUE WITH HEATER AND UPON TEST DRIVE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THAT THE ISSUE WAS DUE TO THE RADIATOR FLUID LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING THE FLUIDS TO MIX. REPLACED BOTH RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION TO THE TUNE OF $5000.

ILL JUST BE ADDED TO THE LIST IM SURE, BUT MY TRANSMISSION SUFFERED A TOTAL FAILURE DUE TO THE RADIATOR ISSUE THAT LEAKS INTO THE TRANSMISSION. APPARENTLY ITS A WELL KNOWN PROBLEM AND NISSAN LOOKED THE OTHER WAY. COST ME $4000 TO REBUILD THE TRANSMISSION AND REPLACE THE RADIATOR. IM AT A LOSS FOR WORDS THE WAY NISSAN HANDLED THIS. BUT NISSAN COULD HAVE BEEN IN MUCH MORE TROUBLE. MY WIFE GOT STUCK WITH THE TRUCK ON THE PARKWAY ON THE SIDE WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC WHIZZING PAST HER AT OVER 55 MPH WITH MY 10 YEAR OLD SON AND 8 YEAR OLD SON IN THE TRUCK. SHE CALLED ME IN PANIC. NOBODY THINKS THAT SUCH A FAILURE COULD POSE SUCH A DANGER LIKE THIS!! WHATS IT GOING TO TAKE FOR A RECALL? A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT???? LUCKILY SHE WAS ABLE TO GET THE TRUCK MOVING SLOWLY OFF THE PARKWAY AND MAKE IT HOME. HOW THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS IS BEYOND ME.....NEVER AGAIN BUYING ANOTHER NISSAN!!

VEHICLE SHUTTERS WHEN TRYING TO CHANGE GEARS. THIS OCCURS WHEN DRIVING AT HIGH AND LOW SPEEDS (IT HAS AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION). IF THE VEHICLE IS COLD AND I PUT IT IN DRIVE, THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT ENGAGE. WHEN IDLING, THE CAR BLOWS COLD AIR IN THE FRONT, EVEN IF ITS SET ON THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE. THE CAR CONSISTENTLY BLOWS COLD AIR IN THE BACK, WHETHER ITS IDLING OR BEING DRIVEN. AFTER HAVING MY CAR LOOKED AT, THE PROBLEM WAS FOUND TO BE CAUSED BY A CRACKED RADIATOR THAT LEAKED COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION. NOT ONLY CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION, BUT ALSO TO THE HEATER HOSE WHICH IS BEYOND REPAIR AND NEEDS REPLACEMENT. AFTER DOING RESEARCH, I HAVE FOUND THAT THIS HAS BEEN A MAJOR ISSUE FOR NISSANS WITH A YEAR OF 2005 TO 2010, AND ALTHOUGH THEY DID NOT DO A RECALL, THEY OFFERED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY UP TO $80,000 AND 100,000 WITH A CUSTOMER CO-PAY. BUT FOR MOST PEOPLE THAT PROBLEM DID NOT START OCCURRING UNTIL AFTER 100,000 MILES... LIKE MYSELF. THERE WAS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT ON THIS WHICH SETTLED IN OCTOBER OF 2012. I BOUGHT MY CAR FROM A NISSAN DEALERSHIP IN APRIL OF 2011. WHY WAS I NOT MADE AWARE OF THIS AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE?!