2004 Nissan Quest

AT A REGULAR DEALER VISIT FOR AN OIL CHANGE, I WAS TOLD THAT I HAVE A BROKEN TIMING CHAIN GUIDE ON MY 04 NISSAN QUEST. THE COST OF THIS REPAIR IS APPROXIMATELY $1800. UPON DOING SOME RESEARCH, I DISCOVERED THAT THIS IS A FAIRLY COMMON ISSUE WITH 04 QUESTS AND IT APPEARS TO HAPPEN BETWEEN 60 -90,000 MILES (MINE IS JUST OVER 80,000). LINK IS ATTACHED: HTTP://QUESTDRIVER.COM/NODE/835. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN QUEST. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 TO 25 MPH SHE NOTICED THAT IN BECAME DIFFICULT TO SHIFT GEARS. ALSO, WHEN SHE TRIED TO ACCELERATE TO HIGHER SPEEDS THERE WAS HESITATION. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN INSPECTED BY A INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THEY ADVISED HER THAT IT MAY BE A VALVE INSIDE OF THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 90,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

NISSAN 2004 QUEST, WHILE DRIVING AND MAKING LEFT IN INTERSECTION VAN DIES. TAKE IT IN TO NSSAN DEALERSHIP AND UNABLE TO RUN DIAGNOSTIC TEST DUE TO ENGINE NOT RUNNING. THEY BELIEVE ITS A TIMING CHAIN PROBLEM AND NEED TO OPEN ENGINE.OTHER CONSUMER REPORTS WITH PROBLEMS WITH TIMING BELTS. WE'RE A FAMILY OF SEVEN, IF IT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED WHILE ON FREEWAY MOST LIKELY WOULD HAVE HAD FATALITIES INVOLVED. NISSAN REFUSES TO PRACTICE ANY GOODWILL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN QUEST. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 45 MPH WHEN THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE BEGAN SHAKING VIOLENTLY. THE TIRES WERE CHANGED AND NEW TIRES WERE INSTALLED BUT THE SHAKING PERSISTED. THE TIRE SENSOR AND AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT CONTINUED TO ILLUMINATE CONTINUOUSLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE AND DID NOT ATTEMPT TO REPAIR OR INSPECT THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84,000.

THE TIMING CHAIN GUIDES (TEFLON BASED MATERIAL) IN THE VQ35 ENGINES WERE PREMATURELY CAUSING AUDIBLE RUBBING AND BANGING UPON START UP AND EARLY WARM UP IDLE CONDITIONS. THIS PREMATURE WEAR OF THE TENSION GUIDES IS A SAFETY HAZARD DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE TIMING CHAIN HAS UNDO SLACK FROM EARLY DEGRADATION OF TENSION GUIDES WHICH MAY CAUSE THE TIMING CHAIN TO WEAR/BREAK PREMATURELY AND WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THIS WOULD CAUSE THE ENGINE TO SHUT DOWN UNEXPECTEDLY AND PUT THE LIVES OF THE VEHICLES OCCUPANTS IN DANGER OF POSSIBLY BEING STRUCK MY ONCOMING VEHICLES. *LN

THERE ARE MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH THE SHIFTER/TRANSMISSION ON MY 2004 NISSAN QUEST VAN. THE PROBLEMS STARTED A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN PARKED ON A SLIGHT INCLINE AND THE VAN WOULDN'T SHIFT INTO REVERSE. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY ADVISED ME TO PULL FORCEFULLY ON THE SHIFTER TO MAKE IT SHIFT. IT DID SHIFT BUT THIS HAS CONTINUED TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM. AFTER ABOUT A YEAR OF DEALING WITH THIS, THE SHIFTER STARTED TO NOT ENGAGE IN THE CORRECT POSITION INDICATED ON THE DASH AND I WOULD HAVE TO PLAY AROUND WITH IT TO GET IT TO ENGAGE IN THE CORRECT GEAR (IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS IN DRIVE ACCORDING TO THE BASE OF THE SHIFTER, BUT WAS ACTUALLY STILL IN NEUTRAL). THERE WERE OTHER SYMPTOMS SUCH AS HAVING TO PUSH THE SHIFTER FIRMLY IN TO PARK TO REMOVE THE KEY. FAST FORWARD TO TODAY AND I FINALLY DISCOVERED WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING. I WENT TO SHIFT IN REVERSE ON AN INCLINE AND HAD TO VERY FORCEFULLY PULL THE SHIFTER INTO REVERSE. AFTER DOING SO, THE DASH AND THE BASE OF THE SHIFTER ARE MISMATCHED BY A WHOLE GEAR. *TR

DRIVING MY 2004 NISSAN QUEST WITH APPROX 61000 MILES AT 55 MPH ON LOCAL HIGHWAY WHEN IT SOUNDED LIKE THE SIDE OF CAR WAS HIT. I PULLED OVER AND FOUND MY PASSENGER POWER SLIDING DOOR RAIL COVER, A PIECE (~4FT BY 5 TO 8 INCHES) HAD NEARLY COMPLETELY DETACHED FROM THE CAR EXCEPT FOR BENT BACK BRACKET. I COULD NOT REMOVE (PIECE WEDGE INTO TAIL LIGHT) SO I PUSHED IT IN AS BEST AS POSSIBLE AND DROVE HOME. VERY FORTUNATE THE PIECE DID NOT DETACH COMPLETELY AND HIT THE VEHICLE BEHIND. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED SOME SERIOUS DAMAGE, MAYBE EVEN HURT SOMEONE. I FOUND OTHER REPORTS OF THIS SAFETY/DESIGN PROBLEM OCCURRING WITH 2004 QUEST. THE METAL COVER WAS BENT, THE TAILLIGHT ASSEMBLY CRACKED AROUND THE EDGE AND SOME NASTY SCRATCHES IN THE PAINT. THIS PIECE IS ATTACHED BY SMALL PLASTIC GROMMET CLIPS THAT SEEM BRITTLE. POORLY DESIGNED SINCE THE REAR IS ATTACHED UNDER THE TAILLIGHT AND THE FRONT WITH PLASTIC CLIPS. IF THEY WOULD HAVE PUT THE METAL TAB IN THE FRONT ALSO THIS WOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER IN KENNESAW,GA AND THEY SAID IT WOULD BE $700 TO FIX AND IT WOULD NOT BE COVERED AS A MANUFACTURES DEFECT. CALLED NISSAN CORPORATE AND THEY DRAGGED THEIR FEET FOR A FEW DAYS AND CALLED ME BACK AND SAID THEY WOULD ASSIST IN ANY WAY DUE TO BEING OUT OF WARRANTY. IT IS A REAL SHAME BECAUSE I HAVE HAD 2 NISSANS PREVIOUSLY (TRUCKS) AND I WILL PROBABLY NEVER BUY ANOTHER NISSAN. CORPORATE WAS VERY COLD AND SHORT, ZERO CUSTOMER SERVICE IN MIND. *TR

I OWNED A NISSAN QUEST 2004 3.5 SL THAT HAS 66,556 MILES, I WAS VERY HAPPY WITH THIS CAR UNTIL LAST SEPTEMBER, WHEN OUT OF THE BLUE MY NISSAN WILL BRAKE DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BELTWAY OR STALL IF I STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT OR STOP SIGN, THE ENGINE WILL DIE COMPLETELY WITH NO WARNING SIGNS, I TOOK THIS CAR TO THE DEALER PASSPORT NISSAN OF ALEXANDRIA VA FOR THE 3RD TIME YESTERDAY BECAUSE MY VAN KEEP STALLING ANY TIME I DRIVE UNDER 5MPH OR BRAKE TO A STOP. THIS AFTER I WAS TOLD FOR 2ND TIME THAT THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM IN A MESSAGE THEY LEFT ME SAYING 'WE WERE ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND FIXED, WE HAD TO RE-PROGRAM THE ENGINE IDLE, THAT IS FIXED WE DROVE IT MANY TIMES TODAY AND DEFINITELY IS FIXED'. BUT WHEN I DROVE IT BACK THE NEXT MORNING TAKING MY KIDS TO SCHOOL MY NISSAN KEPT STALLING AND GOT WORSE BECAUSE NOW THE ACCELERATOR IS SHAKING THE CAR WHENEVER I NEED TO SPEED UP. FRUSTRATED AGAIN I CALLED THE TECHNICIAN TO LET HIM KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AND HE TOLD ME THIS'THERE IS NOTHING ELSE WE CAN DO, WE CAN'T FIX THE PROBLEM, AND MY ADVISE TO YOU IS TO BUY ANOTHER CAR!!' I ALSO GOT A NOTE FROM THE SAME TECHNICIAN SAYING THIS 'NO DTC'S, WE ARE UNABLE TO DUPLOC CUSTOMER'S STALLING ISSUE. RECOMMEND TRYING ANOTHER NISSAN DEALER FOR 2ND OPINION'. MY HUSBAND ASKED THEM, WHY IN LESS THAN 24HRS THEIR MESSAGE HAD CHANGED FROM FIXED TO THIS? THEY HAVE NO ANSWERS TO THIS QUESTIONS AND SINCE IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE I LEFT MY VAN PARKED AT THE DEALER PASSPORT NISSAN OF ALEXANDRIA VA. *TR