2005 Nissan Pathfinder

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS APPLIED. THE VEHICLE WAS DIFFICULT TO SHIFT INTO GEARS AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED DUE TO WATER AND ANTI-FREEZE ENTERING THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,702.

VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHUDDER AND SHIFT HARD. THEN IT LOST ALMOST ALL POWER. LIMPED HOME IN THE DARK NOT KNOWING IF I COULD GET HOME. VERY SCARY SITUATION. I WAS LUCKY THAT THE WEATHER WAS NOT SEVERE (EXCESSIVE HEAT OR COLD) AS THIS COULD HAVE BEEN VERY DANGEROUS. WITH CHILDREN IN THE CAR, IN A REMOTE AREA AND FROM WHAT I NOW UNDERSTAND , THE TRANSMISSION COULD HAVE ACTUALLY CAUGHT FIRE, THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE A REAL DISASTER! PLEASE REVIEW THIS SITUATION, NISSAN NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED! *TR

VEHICLE STALLED. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DISPLAYED. TOOK VEHICLE TO SECURITY NISSAN IN BALTIMORE, MD TO GET CHECKED OUT. WAS INFORMED BY TECHNICIAN "RADIATOR COOLER IS LEAKING COOLANT INTO AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION". TECHNICIAN RECOMMENDS TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY, RADIATOR WITH RADIATOR CAP, AND FLUSH COOLER LINES. EXTENDED WARRANTY STATES REPAIRS ARE NOT COVERED. TOTAL BULL! COST OF REPAIRS $6000! CONTACTED NISSAN TO SEE HOW THEY WOULD ASSIST WITH THIS PROBLEM AND WAS BASICALLY TOLD THEY WOULDN'T. NISSAN CORP WAS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM SINCE 2010. THIS SITUATION COULD HAVE BEEN RESOLVED WITH A RECALL TO REPAIR "CRACK IN THE RADIATOR ASSEMBLY LEADING TO INTERNAL LEAKAGE OF ENGINE COOLANT". WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN A COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS OR REPAIRS BY NISSAN NOW IS A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS TO CONSUMERS BECAUSE OF THE NEGLECT FROM NISSAN CORP AND MANY OF IT'S CERTIFIED DEALERS TO MAKE CONSUMERS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. WE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE IN 2011 AND NOT ONCE DID THE DEALER MENTION THAT THIS WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM NATIONWIDE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING AND THAT THERE WAS A TRANSMISSION LEAK. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS HESITATING AND STALLED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 14V142000 (POWER TRAIN). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102,000.

HEARD A WEIRD SOUND WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD....THEN ONE DAY I DROVE MY PATHFINDER THEN CAME HOME AND PARKED MY TRUCK AND 3 HOUR LATER WENT TO GO TO STORE MY TRUCK WOULD NOT GO FORWARD. BY LATER THAT NIGHT WHEN THE TRUCK COOLED DOWN THE DROVE FINE... I THEN TOOK IT TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP AND WAS TOLD COOLANT WAS LEAKING IN MY TRANSMISSION...... I HAVE SPENT 440 DOLLARS SO FAR TO GET THE WATER OUT OF IT...... I PICK THE PATHFINDER UP AND DROVE 10 MILE DOWN THE STREET AND THE TRUCK DID IT AGAIN...... IT IS NOW BACK AT THE TRANSMISSION SHOP AND BEING LOOKED AT AGAIN. *TR

MY 2005 PATHFINDER STARTED TO HAVE THIS HEAVY VIBRATION SOUND WHILE ACCELERATING AND A SHUDDERING SOUND SO ON JUNE 30TH I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WHO SAID THEY DIDN'T HEAR THE SOUND SO HE TOOK IS AND RUN A CHECK ON IT AND TOLD ME THAT THE COOLANT IS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION HE THEN GAVE ME BACK THE TRUCK AND SAID HE WAS GOING TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE WARRANTY AND CALLED ME I AS STILL WAITING FOR THAT CALL UNTIL MY HUSBAND RESEARCH IT ON THE INTERNET AND TOLD ME TO STOP DRIVING THE VEHICLE I THEN TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER ON JULY 8TH AND WAS TOLD THE COST WILL BE $6000 BUT NISSAN WAS GIVING ME A GOODWILL PROGRAM OF $3000 SO I WOULD HAVE TO COME UP WITH THAT OTHER $3000 WHICH I DON'T HAVE RIGHT NOW SO AM OUT OF A VEHICLE THEY KNOW OF THE PROBLEM SINCE 2012 AND DID NOT RECALL THE VEHICLE , THAT IS A RIP OFF TO CONSUMERS. *JS

I WAS DRIVING WITH MY FAMILY ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE A/T TRANSMISSION BEGAN VIBRATING. THEN THE A/T TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING OUT OF GEAR. WAS ABLE TO COAST TO A GAS STATION AND INSPECT IT. TRANSMISSION FLUID HAS BEEN LEAKING IN MY COOLANT TANK AND RESERVOIR. COOLANT HAS MIXED WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID IN THE TRANSMISSION AND HAS CAUSED CATASTROPHIC FAILURE AS A RESULT. *JS

STOPPED AT RED LIGHT ONCE LIGHT CHANGED GREEN VEHICLE WOULD NOT PULL OFF. PRESS GAS TO FLOOR TO GET VEHICLE OUT OF THE WAY AND CROSSED THE STREET AND PULLED OFF OVER. TURNED VEHICLE OFF THEN TURNED IT ON IT WOULD DRIVE FORWARD BUT VERY SLOW WAS ABLE TO DO THIS TO GET TO STORE PARKING LOT TO CANAL FOR ASSISTANCE HAD SUV TAKEN TO TRANSMISSION SHOP AND WAS TOLD COOLANT WAS IN THE TRANSMISSION. *TR UPDATED 1/29/2015 *JS

WHILE DRIVING UPHILL ON THE FREEWAY, THE TRANSMISSION IN OUR NISSAN BEGAN TO SLIP THROUGH GEARS. I HAD TO GET TOWED OFF THE FREEWAY. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO OUR MECHANIC AND LEARNED THE RADIATOR TRANS COOLER WAS LEAKING RADIATOR FLUID INTO THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SYSTEM CAUSING CROSS CONTAMINATION AND FAILURE. OUR MECHANIC FLUSHED THE TRANS SYSTEM AND REPLACED THE RADIATOR. THE VEHICLE TRANSMISSION OPERATED OKAY FOR APPROX. 3 WEEKS THEN BEGAN TO SLIP AGAIN. NOW IT WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF FIRST GEAR. I STARTED CHECKING INTO THIS AN LEARNED NISSAN WAS FACING A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT IN 2012 FOR RADIATOR/TRANS OIL CROSS CONTAMINATION ISSUES. THERE WAS A DEADLINE ON NISSAN'S SETTLEMENT IN EARLY 2013 WHERE THEY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON THE RADIATOR TO 100K AND WOULD COVER SUBSEQUENT REPAIRS TO THE TRANS. MY MILEAGE EXCEEDS 100K AND I KNEW NOTING ABOUT THE LAWSUIT BACK IN 2012 AND 2013 AND DID NOT HAVE A TRANS PROBLEM THEN. NISSAN WILL DO NOTHING TO HELP. IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO BESIDES FORK OUT ALL THIS MONEY TO HAVE THE TRANS REBUILT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE VIBRATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SPEED WAS REDUCED TO 20 MPH AND THE VEHICLE CAME TO A HALT. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE 144,000.