2005 Nissan Pathfinder

I TOOK MY PATHFINDER TO THE DEALER COMPLAINING OF SHIFTING PROBLEMS TO ESSERMAN NISSAN IN MIAMI FLORIDA. THE SERVICE MANAGER OPENED THE HOOD AND AFTER WAITING OVER 1/2 HOUR REMOVED THE RADIATOR CAP TO FIND WATER IN THE FORM OF A CREAM ( TOOK PICTURES). HE STATED THAT THE ENGINE COOLANT MOST LIKELY HAD GONE INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION AND CREATED DAMAGE, BUT BECAUSE MY CAR WAS 82K MILES THERE WAS NOTHING THE DEALER COULD DO I CALLED NISSAN AND FILED A CASE, BUT IT WAS USELESS. I TOOK THE CAR TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP WHERE THEY CHARGED ME $700+TAX TO FLUSH THE TRANSMISSION, CHANGE THE TORQUE CONVERTER AND INSTALL AN EXTERNAL OIL RADIATOR FOR THE TRANSMISSION. THEY STATED THAT THE DAMAGE WAS DONE AND ALTHOUGH THE ROUGH SHIFTING WILL BE A CONSTANT, THAT AT LEAST I WILL BUY SOME TIME BECAUSE A COMPLETE REBUILT WAS 3500USD. FINALLY THE TRANSMISSION GAVE UP ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN MY WIFE ENTERED THE HIGHWAY BUT THE CAR DID NOT MOVE PASS SECOND GEAR. SHE FOUND THE NEXT EXIT AND CALLED ME. SHE MADE IT HOME ON SECOND GEAR AND HIGH RPM. I CALLED BACK NISSAN, THEY ASK ME TO TAKE THE CAR TO THE DEALER. THE CAR WAS AT HOME SO BEFORE TAKING IT I DECIDED TO PASS BY AND TALK TO THE MANAGER. HE STATED THAT IF NISSAN DID NOT HELP ME AT 82K MILES WHAT MADE ME BELIEVE THAT THEY WERE GOING TO HELP ME AT 120K. I LEFT THE CAR AT HOME UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. *TR

APPARENTLY NISSAN HAS A FAULTY RADIATOR WHICH IN TURN RUINED MY TRANSMISSION. MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN SERVICED ONLY AT NISSAN, AND I HAVE TAKEN VERY GOOD CARE OF IT. THERE WAS NO WARNING, NO INDICATION THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG UNTIL IT STARTED GIVING ME PROBLEMS SHIFTING GEARS. I HAD IT TOWED TO NISSAN JUST TO FIND OUT THAT THE RADIATOR RUINED MY TRANSMISSION AND NOW WILL COST CLOSE TO 6,000 DOLLARS IN REPAIR. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 45 MPH AND SUDDENLY THERE WAS NO MORE SPEED AS IF THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN ON NEUTRAL, THERE WERE CARS BEHIND BUT IT WAS FORTUNATE THAT IT WAS AT A DISTANCE WHERE THEY WERE ABLE TO STOP SUDDENLY WITHOUT CRASHING INTO US OR EACH OTHER. THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE IS INTENDED TO TRANSPORT SEVERAL PASSENGERS AND IN MY CASE I HAD MY CHILDREN WITH ME. WE BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE USED AS BEING OUR ONLY FINANCIAL OPTION FOR A FAMILY OF SIX. THIS HAS CREATED HUGE TROUBLE FOR OUR FAMILY SINCE ALL OF OUR SAVINGS WENT TO THE PURCHASE OF THIS SUV LAST YEAR AND WE HAVE NO MONEY TO DO REPAIRS AT TIME WHICH ARE APPROXIMATELY $4,000.00. *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILURE, RADIATOR FAILURE. HAD IT FIXED MONTHS AGO AND MY CAR CONTINUES TO SPEW BLUEBERRY YOGURT FROM COOLING SYSTEM. NISSAN DID NOTHING, DEALER DID NOTHING AND NOW MECHANIC IS MAKING ME JUMP THROUGH HOOPS. THIS IS A SERIOUS AND DANGEROUS ISSUE, OCCURRING COUNTRYWIDE IN THOUSANDS OF VEHICLES. NISSAN OBVIOUSLY DOES NOT WANT THE BAD PUBLICITY BY OWNING UP TO THE FAULTY PARTS...WHY DO YOU THINK THEY CHANGED THE PARTS IN 08' MODELS AND UP? LUCKILY MY TRANNY BLOWING ON THE INTERSTATE DID NOT CAUSE INJURY, BUT IT VERY WELL COULD HAVE....IS IT GOING TO TAKE SOMEONE DYING FOR SOMEONE TO FINALLY DO SOMETHING!!?? THERE IS CURRENTLY A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST NISSAN FOR THIS ISSUE (SINCE 2010!) DO SOMETHING!! INNOCENT, HARD WORKING PEOPLE ARE BEING PUT IN DANGER BY THESE VEHICLES. *TR

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED LOSS OF POWER WHILE DRIVING AT 60MPH IN THE FREEWAY. AFTER A FEW SIMILAR INCIDENTS I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR A RECALL THAT DESCRIBED A SIMILAR ISSUE, A RELAY WAS CHANGED.. THE VEHICLE CONTINUE EXPERIENCING THE JERKING UNTIL A FEW WEEKS AGO THAT IT LOOK LIKE TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKED IN THE DRIVEWAY. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE NEAREST SHOP FOR A CHECK UP. APPARENTLY COOLANT WAS LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION. WE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO NISSAN WE THE HOPED THAT THEY WOULD HONOR A WARRANTY EXTENSION, THEY ASKED AS TO PAY FOR A TEST TO CONFIRM WHAT WE ALREADY NEW. WE WERE TOLD THAT WE NEEDED TO CONTACT NISSAN'S 800 NUMBER CORPORATE OFFICE CAUSE THERE WAS A CHANCE THAT THEY MIGHT WANT TO EXTEND THE WARRANTY. I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY EXTENDED THE TRANSMISSION WARRANTY TO 80K DUE TO THIS COMMON ISSUE. THEY TOTALLY DENIED THE EXTENSION CAUSE MY VEHICLE HAD 107,000 MILES. THANKS GOD THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD AN ACCIDENT AS A RESULT OF THIS ISSUE. NOW WE HAVE TO INCUR THE EXPENSIVE COST OF REPLACING THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. THIS FACTORY DEFECT SHOULD BE PAID BY NISSAN AND WE NEED AN INVESTIGATION INTO THIS COMMON ISSUE. PLEASE LET'S NOT WAIT UNTIL A FATALITY OCCURS FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION TO INITIATE IT. *TR

I PURCHASED THIS CAR AS A "NISSAN CERTIFIED" VEHICLE IT HAD 35000 MILES. THANK GOD I PURCHASED THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. THE WHEEL BEARINGS,FUEL SENSOR, U JOINT, FUEL GAUGE, TIMING CHAIN, AND MANY OTHER SMALL EXPENSIVE ANNOYANCES HAD TO BE REPLACED AND WERE COVERED ON THE WARRANTY I BOUGHT, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY THE ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED WHEN I ONLY HAD 100 MILES LEFT ON MY WARRANTY. I THOUGHT I HAD REPLACED EVERYTHING. BUT THEN THIS PAST JUNE I WAS SITTING IN A DRIVE THRU AND NOTICED A STRONG "WET" SMELL AND NOTICED THAT MY THERMOSTAT WAS BURIED INTO THE RED. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER AND THIS PINK OOZE STARTED POURING OUT ONTO THE PARKING LOT RUINING THE PAVEMENT.(THE POOR OWNER OF THE RESTAURANT HAD TO HAVE IT RE-COATED) AFTER HAVING IT TOWED I WAS TOLD THAT THE COOLANT HAD LEAKED INTO MY TRANSMISSION. I HAD THE RADIATOR REPLACED AND THE TRANSMISSION FLUSHED 3 TIMES TO GET OUT ANY OOZE. NOW MY TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY A MECHANIC THAT IT NEEDS REPLACED. I STILL OWE 9500 ON THIS CAR AND THEY WANT 5000 TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. I HAVE STARTED RESEARCHING ON THE INTERNET AND AM FINDING HUNDREDS OF CONSUMERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND NO SOLUTION FROM NISSAN. I PURCHASED THIS CAR TO GO ON VACATIONS WITH MY KIDS THIS CAR HAS SPACE TO MOVE AND A DVD TO WATCH. UNFORTUNATELY I HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO TRUST THIS CAR AND HAVE ALWAYS HAD TO RENT CARS TO GO ON LONG DISTANCES. IF I WOULD HAVE TAKEN THIS CAR THIS SUMMER ON VACATION MY FAMILY WOULD HAVE BEEN STUCK 800 MILES FROM HOME AND NO CAR TO GET BACK. NISSAN NEEDS TO MAKE THIS RIGHT! *TR

MY 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER LE WAS RUNNING GREAT UNTIL FAIRLY SUDDENLY THE TRANSMISSION STARTED RUMBLING LOUDLY. EVEN THOUGH THE CAR STILL WAS RUNNING I PULLED OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO INVESTIGATE. I COULD FIND NO EXTERNAL PROBLEMS. I CONTINUED DRIVING EVENTUALLY TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP WHERE I WAS INFORMED THAT MY PATHFINDERS RADIATOR HAD FAILED ALLOWING ENGINE COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THIS RESULTED IN A MAJOR REPAIR EVENT TO INCLUDE THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. THIS COULD HAVE MAJOR CONSEQUENCES AS THE TRANSMISSION VIOLENTLY SHAKES AND SHUTTERS. IN MY CASE THE SUV DID NOT BECOME DISABLED BUT YOU COULD EASILY SEE THAT HAPPEN. *TR

RECENTLY MY TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED ON MY 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. AFTER READING UP ON IT ON THE INTERNET FORUMS, I HAVE FOUND THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM DUE TO A COOLANT LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION FLUID CAUSING TRANSMISSION DAMAGE AND FAILURE. I FEEL THAT NISSAN SHOULD STAND BY THIS BECAUSE IT IS A FACTORY DEFECT. *TR