2005 Nissan Pathfinder

I OWN A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER AND I HAVE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION FAILURE! DEFECTIVE RADIATOR CAUSES ENGINE COOLANT TO LEAK INTO TRANSMISSION WHICH COULD FAIL AT ANY TIME. DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED COULD AND WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS SITUATIONS. I MUST NOT BE ALONE IN THIS PROBLEM EITHER, THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS SIGHT REGARDING THIS VERY ISSUE! NISSAN NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR DESIGN/MANUFACTURING FLAW. MANY CONSUMERS WHO ARE NOT AWARE OF THIS ARE AT DANGER AND OTHER PEOPLE ON THE ROAD AS WELL. NISSAN NEEDS TO RECALL THIS IMMEDIATELY!!! WHY DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO BE KILLED OR INJURED SERIOUSLY BEFORE NHTSA OR NISSAN GETS INVOLVED. I GUESS MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL! AND NISSAN IS MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR PROFITS THAN SOMEONE'S LIFE! WE AS CONSUMERS NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS! THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE WEAR AND TEAR ON OUR PART, BUT NISSAN DESIGN DEPARTMENT! *TR

2005 NISSAN RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION FAILURE. DEFECTIVE RADIATOR CAUSES ENGINE COOLANT TO LEAK INTO TRANSMISSION WHICH MAY FAIL AT ANY TIME. DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED, ENTERING TRAFFIC, MERGING OR ENTERING INTERSECTIONS CAUSING DANGEROUS CONDITIONS AS THE VEHICLE FAILS TO MOVE, DECELERATES QUICKLY OR THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS BADLY AND FAILS TO ACCELERATE. HUNDREDS OF INCIDENTS OF FAILURES ARE REPORTED ON THE INTERNET. AN APPARENT DESIGN/MANUFACTURING FLAW IN THE RADIATOR CAUSES THE CONDITION. NISSAN HAS TAKEN NO RESPONSIBILITY OR CORRECTIVE ACTION. THOUSANDS OF UNSUSPECTING CONSUMERS AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE AT RISK EACH DAY DRIVING OR RIDING IN THESE VEHICLES. CONSUMERS ARE LEFT PAYING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR REPLACEMENTS. *TR

MY TRANSMISSION TOTALLY WENT ON MY 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. IT WOULD NOT START. THE COMPUTER SHUT THE CAR DOWN B/C THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT WORKING. I WAS STRANDED WITH MY CHILDREN AT A SHOPPING CENTER. I TOOK IT FIRST TO A TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST. HE COULD NOT REPAIR IT B/C HE COULD NOT GET THE PARTS FROM NISSAN TO FIX IT PROPER. HE SAID HE HAD SEEN 18 OF THESE 2005 PATHFINDERS WITH THE SAME ISSUE. IT HAPPENS AT 60,000-120,000 MILES. I TOOK IT TO A DEALERSHIP. THEY KNEW RIGHT AWAY. I WAS TOLD IT WAS A DESIGN FLAW, THE COOLANT FROM THE RADIATOR LEAKS INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO GO OUT. I WAS TOLD I HAD TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR AND HOSES, SO THIS WOULD NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. NISSAN MADE CHANGES IN THE RADIATOR TO CORRECT THEIR MISTAKE. I HAD TO REPLACE MY TRANSMISSION, TEMPERATURE GAUGE, AND RADIATOR WITH NEW. *TR

I OWN A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER LE, IT CURRENTLY HAS 64,000 MILES, AT APPROX. 58,000 MILES I NOTICE EXCESSIVE VIBRATION THRU OUT THE VEHICLE AT ABOUT 74MPH, I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO HAVE THE TIRES BALANCED AND ROTATED BUT THIS DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM, TOOK THE VEHICLE TO NISSAN WHO TOLD ME THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM BUT I SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON IT, WHEN IT WAS TIME FOR MY OIL CHANGE I TOLD THEM THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS AND AGAIN THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM SO THEY RE-BALANCE THE TIRES WHICH DID NOT CHANGE ANYTHING. I DID SOME RESEARCH ONLINE ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF THREADS REGARDING THIS INCIDENT WERE THE RADIATOR COOLANT LINE LEAKS INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION, IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE LEADING TO THE REPLACEMENT OF THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION, CAR SHAKES TREMENDOUSLY AS IF IT WERE FALLING APART, HOW CAN THERE BE SO MANY COMPLAINTS AND YET NISSAN DOES NOTHING TO FIX IT, EXTENDED WARRANTIES COVER TRANSMISSION DAMAGE BUT YOUR STILL LEFT WITH A $1000.00 BILL FOR THE RADIATOR. *TR

MY 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER BEGAN TO SHUTTER THEN JERK BACK INTO NORMAL DRIVING AS IT REACHED SPEEDS OF 60-70 MPH. IT WAS VERY SPORADIC IN THE BEGINNING, BUT STARTED TO HAPPEN MORE FREQUENTLY AND AT LOWER SPEEDS FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME. I BROUGHT THE TRUCK INTO NISSAN WITH 70,000 MILES, AT WHICH TIME I WAS TOLD THAT THE RADIATOR LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING THE NEED FOR BOTH TO BE REPLACED AT THE COST OF $6700.00. I DID ALOT OF RESEARCH AND DISCOVERED THAT HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WITH THE 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER WITH APPROXIMATELY THE SAME MILEAGE (JUST AFTER WARRANTY EXPIRES) ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUES. IT SEEMS AS THOUGH A FAULTY RADIATOR SYSTEM WAS INSTALLED INTO THESE VEHICLES. THEY KEPT MY TRUCK FOR 12 DAYS WHILE TRYING TO DECIDE IF THEY WOULD OFFER ASSISTANCE WITH FIXING MY 5 YEAR OLD VEHICLE. THE END RESULT BEING, THAT THEY WOULD PAY TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AND I WOULD PAY TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR AS WELL AS THE LABOR COSTS. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS DID NOT OCCUR AS A RESULT OF ANYTHING I DID WRONG. I ASKED WHY A RECALL ISN'T BEING DONE, AT WHICH TIME I WAS TOLD THAT THE NUMBER OF INJURIES OR DEATHS WAS A MAJOR FACTOR IN THAT DETERMINATION. ALTHOUGH I WAS NOT INJURED, THIS IS A HUGE FINANCIAL BURDEN TO TAKE ON FOR A VEHICLE THAT IS ONLY 5 YEARS OLD. NISSAN NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND STAND BEHIND THE PARTS THEY PUT IN THEIR VEHICLES!! *TR

THE COOLANT LINE IN THE RADIATOR GOT A LEAK AND MIXED TRANSMISSION FLUID WITH THE COOLANT CAUSING ME TO HAVE TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR. NOT SURE IF THIS IS WHAT CAUSES A MISS FIRE IN CYLINDER # 2 BUT NOW THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THAT AS WELL. HOPEFULLY IT WAS CAUGHT IN TIME AS NOT TO DAMAGE THE TRANSMISSION. I HOPE NISSAN WILL OWN UP TO THIS PROBLEM AND MAKE THE NECESSARY REPAIRS AND RESTITUTION TO PATHFINDER OWNERS. *TR

NOTICED ROUGH SHIFTS IN TRANSMISSION, EVENTUALLY FAILED TO ENGAGE 5TH GEAR. TOOK TO DEALER, TRANSMISSION LINES INSIDE RADIATOR HAD RUPTURED. REPLACED TRANSMISSION, RADIATOR AND LINES AT A COST OF OVER $8000 AND 4 WEEKS TIME. THIS OCCURRED AT 67K MILES. AT 87K MILES, RADIATOR FLUID IS MILKY AND SHOWS SYMPTOMS OF ANOTHER RUPTURE OF COOLANT LINES INSIDE TRANSMISSION. DEALER AND NISSAN USA DO NOT RECOGNIZE THIS AS A SAFETY ISSUE OR INHERENT DEFECT IN ENGINEERING. HOWEVER, A SIMPLE SEARCH WILL SHOW AN EXTREMELY LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITH SIMILAR ISSUES CAUSED BY FAULTY COOLING LINES IN THE RADIATOR RUPTURING CAUSING TRANSMISSION ABRUPT BEHAVIOR AND THE DANGER FOR LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL DUE TO THE FAILURE. *TR

2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER DEFECTED RADIATORS LEAKING INTO TRANSMISSION, RUSTING COMPONENTS LEADING TO TRANSMISSION SLIPPING AND FAILURE, I WAS ON THE MASS PIKE HIGHWAY GOING ABOUT 60 WHEN MY PATHFINDER JUST PULL BACK LIKE YOU DROPPED IT IN LOW, 18 WHEELER ALMOST DROVE RIGHT THREW MY BACK OF PATHFINDER, THIS HAS HAPPENED MORE THEN ONE TIME, SOMETIMES WHILE STOPPED IN TRAFFIC IT FEELS LIKE THE TRANSMISSION IS PULLING FORWARD WITHOUT PUTTING YOUR FOOT ON THE GAS, I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH ONLINE TO FIND THE SAME PROBLEM MANY OTHERS ARE HAVING IN THE RADIATOR THERE IS TRANSMISSION FLUID( LOOK) FOR WHITE MILKY SUBSTANCE ALSO ANTIFREEZE GOING INTO TRANSMISSION, PLEASE SEARCH THE WEB FOR 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDERS COMPLAINTS AND PROBLEMS, THIS IS VARY DANGEROUS TO BE DRIVING IT IS UNPREDICTABLE WHEN IT HAPPENS AND I WAS TOLD JUST A MATTER OF DAYS BEFORE I WILL HAVE TO REPLACE BOTH RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION, THIS IS A TOTAL DEFECT ON NISSAN, NOT FAIR AT ALL, THRESHOLD BE A RECALL ON THIS A BIG SAFETY ISSUE COULD CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN DRIVING AT 40 MPH IN OVERDRIVE, THE VEHICLE WOULD ABNORMALLY VIBRATE EXCESSIVELY AS IF DRIVING OVER AN EXTREMELY UNEVEN ROAD SURFACE.THE FAILURE WOULD CORRECT ITSELF WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT WOULD RETURN MOMENTARILY. THE FAILURE BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE AND ON ONE OCCASION, WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH, THE FAILURE OCCURRED AND THE CONTACT WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT HE HAD A BLOWN TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE CONTACT'S PERSONAL MECHANIC WHERE HE WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE HE WAS ADVISED THE RADIATOR FLUID WAS LEAKING INTO TRANSMISSION AND CAUSING THE FAILURE. THE DEALER ADVISED REPLACING BOTH THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING A RESPONSE TO DETERMINE IF THEY WOULD ASSIST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 60,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 75,432.