2006 Nissan Pathfinder

DRIVING HOME FROM A LONG DISTANT LOCATION ,CAR LOST POWER ,INSTRUMENT PANEL FLASHED THEN NO POWER. CAR WAS ABLE TO START AGAIN DROVE A FEW MILES AND AGAIN STARTED TO LOSE POWER ,CAR JERKED AS IF NO FUEL AND AGAIN STALLED AND NO POWER, AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR OF THIS I WAS ABLE TO GET HOME. THIS AND OTHER ISSUES SHOULD BE RECALLED, NISSAN IS NOT VERY HELPFUL. I CAN NOT AFFORD ALL THE REPAIRS THIS CAR HAS NEEDED, BUT CAN NOT AFFORD A NEW CAR PAYMENT. NISSAN SHOULD PAY FOR ALL THE PROBLEMS !. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY STATED THAT THE ECM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY ADVISED THAT HER VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 104,000.

I NOTICED MY RADIATOR RESERVOIR WAS GETTING LOW, SO I FILLED AGAIN, A WEEK PASSED AND THE SAME THING, I TOLD MY BROTHER IN LAW WHO HAVE SOME MECHANICAL KNOWLEDGE AND WE BOTH CHECK THE RESERVOIR UNIT, AND THEN THE RADIATOR CAP, AND FOR MY SAD SURPRISE, THERE WERE A OILY BROWN RESIDUE, WHICH MEANS THAT MY TRUCK HAD MIXED TRANSMISSION FLUID AND ANTI-COOLANT, WOW WHAT A DOWNSIDE !!! NOW THE COST TO REPAIR IT IS AROUND $3000+ DOLLARS AND OF COURSE I CHANGED THE RADIATOR ALREADY, DUE TO THE FACT OF THAT PART BEING DEFECTIVE, AND OF COURSE AFTER THAT HAPPENED I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM NISSAN EXTENDING THE WARRANTY OF THE RADIATOR, ONLY IF I HAD LESS THAN 80K MILES ON MY TRUCK, SO GUESS WHAT? I AM NOT COVERED BUT THAT WARRANTY !!!! BECAUSE I HAVE MORE THAN 130K ANYWAYS, 2 WEEKS AGO I RECEIVED A CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT AGAINST NISSAN !!!!! YEAH !!! *TR

DRIVING MY VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY THEN CONTROLS ON THE CARS WENT OUT OF CONTROL AND SMOKE STARTED EXITING THE ENGINE. CALLED DEALERSHIP THEY IMMEDIATELY STATED THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT MY COST.....SAME THING HAPPENED IN 2010 THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE ENTIRE ENGINE STATING THAT A HOSE WENT OUT AND THEY NEEDED TO REPLACE IT... THE SERVICE TOLD ME IT NEEDED REPLACING WITH EVER PHYSICALLY INSPECTING MY CAR... *TR

ON 12/7/12, WHILE WAITING AT A STOP LIGHT, THE VEHICLE TURNED OFF. I WAS ABLE TO TURN THE CAR BACK ON BUT WITHIN HALF A MILE WHILE WAITING AT A STOP SIGN, THE ENGINE TURNED OFF AGAIN. ON 12/9/12 AT 10:45 P.M. WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, GOING 65MPH, THE ACCELERATOR DROPPED LESS THAN 40MPH, RPM NEEDLE BEGAN TO GO FROM 1 TO 3 RAPIDLY AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT BEGAN TO FLICKER. I WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE FOR THE FIRST 10 SECONDS AND WHEN I WAS ABLE TO ACCELERATE, IT WOULD NOT GO ABOVE 30MPH. AFTER HALF A MILE, I WAS ABLE TO PICK UP SPEED, AFTER A MILE OF "NORMALITY" THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO HAVE THE SAME ISSUE. AFTER ANOTHER MILE, I WAS ABLE PICK UP SPEED BUT IT FELT AS IF THERE WERE PRESSURE IN THE ACCELERATOR. I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO MAKE IT HOME THAT NIGHT. TOOK MY PATHFINDER INTO CERRITOS NISSAN ON 12/11/12 AND IT TURNED OUT IT WAS THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION CAUSING THE ISSUE. IT WAS SUPPOSEDLY FIXED WITHIN 24HRS. ON 12/17/12, WHILE DRIVING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY, THE CAR JERKED, ACCELERATOR STALLED, RPM NEEDLE WOULD GO FROM GEAR 1-2 RAPIDLY, AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FLICKERED. IT LASTED FOR ABOUT 10 SECONDS... I CONTINUED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AND WITHIN 3 MILES (ONCE I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY ON A STOP AND GO TRAFFIC) THE EXACT SAME INCIDENT OCCUR. ON 12/18/12, I RETURNED THE VEHICLE BACK TO NISSAN CERRITOS SERVICE DEALER FOR ANOTHER LOOK, THEY ARE CLAIMING EVERYTHING IS FINE WITH THE VEHICLE. I AM NOW CONCERNED BECAUSE THIS IS NOW A SAFETY ISSUE. I AM SCARED TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE, I'VE BEEN LUCKY THAT I HAVE NOT SUFFERED AN ACCIDENT BUT IF THIS ISSUE CONTINUES, MY LUCK COULD RUN OUT AND I MAY NOT BE SO LUCKY NEXT TIME. THE LIFE OF MY SON AND MY LIFE ARE AT STAKE HERE. THIS ISSUE SHOULD BE A RECALL SINCE IT SOUNDS, AFTER MUCH RESEARCH, THAT THIS IS NOT THE FIRST NOR 100TH TIME IT HAS HAPPENED. *TR

ON 2-11-12 WENT OUT TO START MY NISSAN PATHFINDER 2006. PUT THE KEY AND STARTED TO CRANK BUT IT WOULD TURN OVER. LISTEN TO SEE IF I COULD HERE THE FUEL PUMP PRIME BUT DIDNT HEAR ANYTHING. SO, MONDAY MORNING CALLED THE TOW COMPANY AND HAD IT TOWED TO NISSAN DEALER IN MANSFIELD, OH (WHITY'S AUTOMALL). THEY TOLD ME TODAY 2-14-12 THAT IPDM- ER WAS BAD THAT IT SHORTED OUT. AND I NEED TO REPLACE IT AT MY COST. ASKED THEM ABOUT THAT RECALL IF THIS ECM RELAY UNIT COULD HAVE CAUSED IT TO SHORT OUT. STILL WAITING ON ANSWER FOR THAT. I DONT HAVE 600.00 TO FIX IT. *TR

AUTO FAILED TO START OR IF STARTED FAILED TO RUN WITH COMPUTER COORDINATED POWER PRODUCTION. ENGINE MISFIRING AND POWERLESS AND IMMOBILE. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON. GARAGE SAID THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL OF THESE FAILURES ON NISSAN AUTOS AND EXPECT A RECALL TO REPLACE DEFECTIVE PART FAILING WITH INCREASING REGULARITY. IPDM FAILURE DIAGNOSTIC IS COMPLETE ENGINE POWER FAILURE AND STOP AFTER EXTREMELY ROUGH IDLING, EVEN WHEN ACCELERATOR ENGAGED. THE PROBLEM IS WITHOUT WARNING, INSTANT AND ERRATIC ONSET WITH NO PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE PROTOCOL. THIS IS A PART FAILURE WHICH WILL STRAND THE DRIVER WHEREVER IT HAPPENS UNTIL THE PART (IPDM) IS REPLACED , AFTER WHICH THE VARIOUS COMPUTERS ON THE CAR WILL PERFORM AS NORMAL AND AUTO FUNCTIONS NORMALLY. THIS PART SHOULD BE IMPROVED, RECALLED AND REINSTALLED WITH DEFECT FREE REPLACEMENT TO AVOID FURTHER DAMAGE AND STRANDING OF OTHER NISSAN DRIVERS. NISSAN HAS NOT RECALLED THE PART AS YET BUT THE REPAIR COST ME $910 FOR DIAGNOSES AND REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE AND FAILED IPDM ON THE 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER AND PERHAPS OTHER NISSAN VEHICLES. THE RECORDS OF NISSAN SHOULD SHOW THE SPIKE IN ORDERS FOR THIS PART AS OTHER VEHICLES FAIL TO FUNCTION DUE TO FAILURE OF THE IPDM. A RECALL SHOULD BE INITIATED TO REPAIR THIS DEFECTIVE ESSENTIAL AND EXPENSIVE PART WHICH CANNOT BE MAINTAINED -JUST REPLACED WHEN IT FAILS. *KB

-1ST INCIDENT: AT 79500 MILES FUEL GAUGE DROPPED TO EMPTY ONCE LEVEL BELOW HALF A TANK. NISSAN TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED AS FAULTY FUEL LEVEL SENSOR. VEHICLE PAST 75000 MILE EXTENDED WARRANTY. REPAIR COST ESTIMATED AT 450.00. -2ND INCIDENT: AT 107000 MILES DRIVE-SHAFT BROKEN IN TRANSIT MID-SPAN ACROSS 4 MILE 4 LANE INTERSTATE BRIDGE AT THE BEGINNING OF RUSH HOUR. POTENTIAL FOR A CATASTROPHIC MULTI-VEHICLE CRASH. VEHICLE TOWED AT OWNERS EXPENSE. -3RD INCIDENT: AT108600 MILES VEHICLE FAILED TO START. VEHICLE TOWED AT OWNERS EXPENSE TO NISSAN SERVICE DEPT. TOLD NEXT DAY TRANSMISSION FUSE BLOWN AND "RADIATOR INTERNAL LEAK CAUSED CROSS CONTAMINATION INTO TRANSMISSION" NEEDS TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR. ADVISED WORK IS OUT OF WARRANTY. REPAIRED AT OVER 6000.00 AT OWNERS EXPENSE. VEHICLE RETURNED, OWNER NOTICED 20 AMP FUSE AND UNKNOWN RELAY IN CUPHOLDER CONSOLE. 1 DAY LATER OWNER NOTICES HIGH-BEAM LIGHTS INOPERABLE. -4TH INCIDENT 1 WEEK AND 3 DAYS AFTER TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR REPAIR LESS THAN 1 MONTH OLD BATTERY IS FOUND DEAD. BATTERY REPLACED VEHICLE STILL EXHIBITING ELECTRICAL ISSUES. DASHBOARD LIGHTS OUT, BATTERY, BRAKE AND 4WD WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. BATTERY TEST OK. ALTERNATOR TEST OK, STARTER DRAW TEST OK. OWNER BECOMES AWARE OF NISSAN RECALL CAMPAIGN PC068 REGARDING ECM RECALL. VEHICLE TOWED BACK TO NISSAN SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT OWNERS EXPENSE. OWNER REQUESTED ECM RECALL BE PERFORMED NO LESS THAN 4 TIMES, SERVICE MANAGER ADVISED ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS NOT RELATED TO ECM AND WILL NOT REPLACE, THEN STATES NO KNOWLEDGE OF RECALL, THEN CLAIMS OWNERS ECM RECALL WAS PREVIOUSLY PERFORMED. COMPLAINT LOGGED WITH NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS. 5 DAYS LATER OWNER TOLD VEHICLE READY, OWNER GOES TO PICK UP THEN TOLD VEHICLE IS NOT READY AS THERE IS STILL ELECTRICAL ISSUE. NOW 1 WEEK WITHOUT VEHICLE, NO CONTACT WITH SERVICE ADVISOR IN 2 DAYS. *KB

THE ENGINE IN OUR 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER RANDOMLY STALLS. TWICE IT HAS STALLED ON MY WIFE WHILE MAKING A LEFT-HAND TURN AT INTERSECTIONS (CAUSING THE ONCOMING CAR TO BRAKE HARD TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE ALSO RANDOMLY SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREETS AND THE HIGHWAY. THE ENGINE'S RANDOM STALLING HAS THE POTENTIAL OF CAUSING A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WHILE DRIVING. THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 10 TIMES IN THE LAST MONTH. *TR

THE VEHICLE RANDOMLY STALLS WHILE DRIVING. NISSAN SERVICE BULLETIN CONFIRMS THE ISSUE IS THE IPDM RANDOMLY CUTTING THE POWER TO THE ECU AND CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL. THE STALLS AT FIRST WERE MINOR AND JUST MADE THE VEHICLE SPUTTER. NOW THE VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN COMPLETELY LOSING POWER TO ENGINE, POWER STEERING, AND POWER BRAKE. OUR VEHICLE DID THIS ON THE HIGHWAY MULTIPLE TIMES. CAUSING US TO STALL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. *TR