2008 Nissan Quest

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN QUEST. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRACTION CONTROL OFF LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THE CRANK SHAFT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE VEHICLE AND THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

I PUT NEW GOODYEAR ASSURANCE FUEL MAX ON MY 2008 NISSAN QUEST ON 04/27/2012. SINCE THAT TIME I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS BLOW OUTS AND SLOW LEAKS. I HAVE REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES WITH THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL AND HAVE HAD NUMEROUS REPAIRS. I JUST REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES WITH MICHELIN BRAND AS I COULD NOT GET 10,000 MILES WITH OUT A BLOWOUT ON THE GOODYEARS. ALL TIRE FAILURES WERE DUE TO SMALL SPLITS IN THE TREAD OR SIDE WALL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN QUEST. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE HESITATED AND LUNGED FORWARD. ALSO, THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE PROVIDED AN ERRONEOUS READING AND SHOWED THE FUEL LEVEL FLUCTUATING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,000.

EVER SINCE I PURCHASE MY NISSAN QUEST 2008 LAST YEAR ON OCTOBER 26, 2013. MY CD DOESN'T WORK. IT KEEPS EJECTING THE CD OUT AND NO MUSIC, I MIGHT SAY. ALSO, EVERYTIME I TURN ON MY VAN, THE RADIO WORKS, THEN IN A FEW MINUTES IT BLOWS OUT THE MUSIC. THEN A BUZZING SOUNDS STARTS TO HAPPEN. THE PASSENGER WINDOW DOESN'T GO UP ALL THE WAY. AS I PRESS THE BUTTON TO GO UP, THE WINDOW COMES DOWN HALF WAY. I HAVE TO CONSTANTLY PRESS THE WINDOW BUTTON. LITTLE BY LITTLE SO THE WINDOW CAN CLOSE. MY AIR CONDITIONER TAKES FOREVER TO GET COOL. INSTEAD OF COOL AIR, IT BLOWS WARM AIR. I AM VERY UPSET, BECAUSE I AM STILL PAYING FOR THIS NISSAN QUEST. I HAVE ALL THE CAR FAX, GIVEN TO ME BY THE CAR DEALER AND IT SAYS THE CAR HAS NO PROBLEMS AND ITS IN COMPLETE GREAT CONDITIONS. AND THAT IT HAD ONLY ONE RECALL REPORTED BY THE SECOND OWNER.ON MARCH 3, 2010 THE MANUFACTURER RECALL WAS #PC039 ARM?TTN BRAKE PIN NTB10-030 AND THEY REPAIRED IT FOR FREE TO THAT OWNER. PLEASE INFORM ME ASAP WHAT SHOULD I DO OR IF THIS CAN BE RESOLVE IMMEDIATELY. I CARRY CHILDREN IN MY VEHICLE ALL THE TIME. HOW CAN I TAKE CARE OF THIS. THANK YOU. *TR

INACCURATE FUEL GAUGE - MY WIFE'S NISSAN QUEST 2008 CAME TO A COMPLETE STALL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, WHILE THE FUEL GAUGE WAS SHOWING 70 MILES LEFT TO EMPTY. THE REGULAR DASHBOARD GAUGE, ALSO SHOWED SOME LEVEL OF GAS. IN REALITY, THE TANK HAD NO GAS AT ALL. WE CONFIRMED THAT WHEN, AFTER SOME PEOPLE'S HELP, WE WERE ABLE TO MANUALLY PUT SOME GAS TO ARRIVE TO THE NEAREST GAS STATION. MY WIFE WAS IN THE CAR WITH THE KIDS AND IT WAS A SCARY MOMENT, TO SAY THE LEAST. THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME IT HAPPENED (UNNOTICED THE REASON THE FIRST TIME). CONTACTED NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND BROUGHT THE CAR TO A NISSAN DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS. THEY VALIDATED THAT THE CAR RUN OUT OF GAS WITH 66 MILES LEFT TO EMPTY ON THE DISPLAY. NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS DOESN'T CONSIDER THIS A DEFECT NOR DECIDED TO INCLUDE THE CAR UNDER THE RECALLS THEY HAD FOR THIS ISSUE. THEY SUGGESTED THAT I UPFRONT THE COST OF FIXING THIS DEFECT. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION, AS YOU CANNOT RELY ON THE INSTRUMENTS TO READ LEVELS OF GAS AND THE CAR CAN STALL AT HIGHER SPEEDS, CAUSING SIGNIFICANT INJURIES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN QUEST. THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY. THE CONTACT OBSERVED THAT PART OF THE SUSPENSION WAS HANGING IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING, BUT THE RESULTS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

2005 TOYOTA & 2008 NISSAN QUEST. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO BOTH VEHICLES DEFECTIVE SPIRAL CABLE BUT ONLY TOYOTA VEHICLE HAD A RECALL NOTICE TO REPLACE CABLE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, HE EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH THE SPIRAL CABLE, THE DEALER INFORMED HIM, IT WAS DEFECTIVE. THIRTEEN MONTHS LATER, THE SPIRAL CABLE FAILED AGAIN.

ON JUNE 26TH 2013 THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED TOTAL LOSS OF POWER WHILE DRIVING AND THERE WAS A CORRESPONDING STRONG ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL. FORTUNATELY THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE COAST OFF THE MAIN ROAD AND THE FAMILY WAS ABLE TO EXIT SAFELY. NO FIRE STARTED BUT CAR WOULD NOT RESTART. CAR WAS TOWED TO NISSAN WHERE THEY IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM AS THE GROUND BATTERY CABLE BEING PULLED OFF THE TRANSMISSION MOUNTING POINT. THE BATTERY CABLE WAS REPLACED WITH A MODIFIED DESIGN THAT PREVENTS THIS FROM OCCURRING, THE DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE GROUND WIRE BREAKING WAS $2,871 WHICH INCLUDED THE GROUND WIRE, 6 IGNITION COILS, ECM, IPDM AND LABOR. THERE IS A TSB NTB06-075 FOR QUEST MODELS 2004-2007, HOWEVER THE 2008 HAD THE SAME DESIGN AS INDICATED IN THE TSB. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN IN AT ST CHARLES NISSAN AS RECENTLY AS 6 WEEKS EARLIER AND THE 27-POINT NISSAN INSPECTION HAD BEEN PERFORMED WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO INCLUDED THE BATTERY CABLE. NO ISSUES WERE FOUND WITH THE BATTERY CABLE SO EITHER THE INSPECTION WAS NOT THOROUGH OR THERE WAS CATASTROPHIC WIRE FAILURE CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE DRIVETRAIN MOVEMENT. THE VEHICLE SMELLED LIKE IT COULD HAVE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHICH IT UNFORTUNATELY DID NOT. LOSING ALL POWER INSTANTANEOUSLY WITHOUT ANY PRIOR SYMPTOMS OR SERVICE ENGINE LIGHTS IS CONCERNING FOR THIS COULD HAVE JUST AS EASILY HAPPENED IN AN INTERSECTION OR WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SAFELY ABLE TO AVOID OTHER VEHICLES. THE DAMAGED PARTS HAVE BEEN RETAINED IN CASE NHTSA WOULD LIKE TO INSPECT. *TR

AIRBAG DEPLOYED WHILE DRIVING. NO ACCIDENT. NO IMPACT. THE DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED WHILE DRIVING IN A TRAVEL LANE, NO OTHER VEHICLES NEAR BY, NO OBJECTS WERE HIT. NO INDICATION OF IMPACT TO THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE. THE SEAT BELTS ALSO HAVE LOCKED UP AS THOUGH THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT. IT APPEARS TO BE A MALFUNCTION OF THE AIRBAGS. OUR CONCERN IS PRIMARILY THAT IF THIS IS A POTENTIAL DEFECT IN THE SYSTEM THAT IT COULD BE MUCH MORE SERIOUS FOR SOMEONE DRIVING ON A BUSY STREET OR FREEWAY. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AT A LOW SPEED ON A CITY STREET WHEN NO OTHER VEHICLES WERE NEAR. IF THE NHTSA WANTS TO INVESTIGATE WE NEED TO KNOW SOON. OTHERWISE WE WILL ARRANGE TO HAVE THE SRS REPLACED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN QUEST. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE AIR BAG SPIRAL CABLE THAT WAS IN THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92,000. *TR