2007 Nissan Pathfinder

AT 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED VIBRATING AND GRINDING. I PROMPTLY TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR A CHECK, AND WAS INFORMED THAT IT IS THE TRANSMISSION THAT NEEDS REPLACED. I WAS TOLD THAT I "JUST MISSED" THE CUT OFF FOR THE WARRANTY EXTENSION TO COVER THIS DEFECT, AS MY VEHICLE AS 81000 MILES ON IT. THE DEFECT IS REPORTEDLY ONLY COVERED UNTIL 80000. I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF A DEFECT OR RECALL. I HAVE FOLLOWED ALL MANUFACTURE RECOMMENDED MAINTENANCE OF MY PATHFINDER. PLEASE CONSIDER EXTENDING THIS COVERAGE, SINCE IT IS A DEFECT AND NOT RELATED TO MY CARE OF MY VEHICLE. *TR

I DROVE 2HRS AWAY TO PICK UP MY NIECE FROM COLLEGE. THE VEHICLE WAS FINE ON THE FREEWAY, BUT AS SOON AS WE EXITED, IT STARTED TO SPUTTER. WE WERE VERY CLOSE TO CAMPUS SO WE PULLED IN AND MADE IT THROUGH A COUPLE MORE STOP SIGNS BEFORE WE PULLED INTO A STALL AND PARKED. IT WOULD NOT START AFTER THAT. I HAD TO TOW IT BACK HOME AND TO THE DEALER SHIP WHERE I WAS TOLD THAT A PROBLEM IN THE RADIATOR CAUSED FLUIDS TO MIX WHICH SHOT MY ENGINE. NOW NISSAN WANTS TO CHARGE ME $7650 FOR A RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. THAT'S RIDICULES CONSIDERING NISSAN KNEW THESE VEHICLE HAD FAULTY RADIATORS IN THEM. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN VERY DANGEROUS IF THIS OCCURRED ON THE FREEWAY! *TR

THE FAULTY SEAL THAT SEPARATES THE ANTI-FREEZE AND TRANSMISSION FLUID MIXED AND RESULTED IN THE TRANSMISSION FAILING. THIS CATASTROPHIC FAILURE THAT THE MANUFACTURER IS ADMITTING TO BUT ONLY GIVING PARTIAL REMEDY AS IT MAY NOT HAPPEN BEFORE 80,000 MILES. I FIND MYSELF ALONG WITH MANY OTHER CUSTOMERS WHO ARE FOOTING THE BILL FOR THE 8600 DOLLAR REPAIR IN TOUGH ECONOMIC TIMES. WHEN BUYING A NEW VEHICLE IT SHOULD LAST LONG ENOUGH TO FINISH PAYING THE CAR NOTE WITHOUT ANY MAJOR EXPENSES. THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY AS A RECALL SO THE CONSUMER CAN BE REIMBURSED FOR TERRIBLE ENGINEERING THAT ANY MECHANIC WILL TELL YOU. EVEN THE NISSAN DEALERS KNOW IS A PROBLEM BUT WILL NOT TAKE OWNERSHIP. IS THERE ANY ASSISTANCE AS A CONSUMER? *JS

I WAS PULLING OUT OF MY GARAGE WHEN MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, I TOOK MY CARE TO A GARAGE WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED IT AS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. I TOOK IT TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP WHERE THEY HAVE FOUND THAT MY TRANSMISSION FLUID IS LEAKING INTO MY RADIATOR AND VICE VERSA. THEY MECHANIC SAID HE HAS SEEN QUITE A FEW OF THESE, WHEN I CALLED NISSAN TO FIND OUT MORE I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE MANY OF THESE PATHFINDERS WITH THE SAME ISSUE. IT IS THE FAILURE OF A 400 DOLLAR PART THAT NISSAN SENT NO NOTICE TO ANYONE FOR. I WAS TOLD I WAS OUT OF LUCK. I HAVE OWNED 5 NISSANS AND BECAUSE OF THIS ABSOLUTE DISREGARD FOR CUSTOMERS WILL NOT BUY ANOTHER ONE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK WHEN I NOTICED MY 2007 PATHFINDER WAS NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY, THEN MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I THEN TOOK IT TO AN AUTO PARTS STORE TO SEE WHAT CODE WAS CAUSING THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO COME ON, I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION SPEED SENSOR. THE NEXT DAY I TOOK MY CAR TO A TRANSMISSION REPAIR SHOP WHERE I WAS TOLD IT WAS NOT THE SPEED SENSOR, BUT THE RADIATOR HAD LEAKED COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION. I WAS THEN TOLD THIS WAS VERY COMMON IN THE PATHFINDER AND NISSAN WOULD NOT HELP WITH REPAIR COST. I CONTACTED THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP WHERE I USUALLY GET MY CAR SERVICED AND WAS TOLD THAT NISSAN KNEW ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND WOULD NOT HELP WITH REPAIR COSTS UNLESS I BROUGHT MY CAR TO THEM FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. I DID THEY TOLD ME WHAT I ALREADY KNEW AND THAT IT WOULD COST $7500 TO REPAIR MINUS THE $105 I SPENT FOR THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST. MY CAR IS NOT PAID FOR AND I CAN'T AFFORD TO GET IT REPAIRED. NISSAN SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR POOR HANDLING OF THIS DEFECT. IT SHOULD NOT TAKE SOMEONE BEING SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED BEFORE THEY TAKE ACTION. SINCE FINDING OUT THIS PROBLEM I HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING AND HAVE FOUND I AM NOT ALONE IN THIS FIGHT AGAINST NISSAN. *TR

WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD 4TH GEAR DID NOT ENGAGE AT ALL. HAD TO GET OVER TO SIDE OF ROAD AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TURNED ON. HAD TO DRIVE IT OFF ROAD AT 20/30 MILES PER HOUR IN BUSY TRAFFIC. HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT NISSAN IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT IS NOT ACCEPTING ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR NOT INFORMING US OF THE PROBLEM THAT THEY KNEW ABOUT MONTHS AGO. *TR

CAR STARTED SHIFTING VERY ROUGH AND STALLED IN TRAFFIC. VERY DANGEROUS! FOUND OUT FROM NISSAN SERVICE CENTER THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE RADIATOR THAT CAUSES THE COOLANT TO MIX INTO THE TRANSMISSION. BOTH THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION NEED TO BE REPLACED. NISSAN EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON BOTH PARTS TO 80,000 MILES (APPARENTLY NISSAN KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM). UNFORTUNATELY, IT AFFECTED MY CAR AT 88,000 MILES. NOW, NISSAN IS REALLY GIVING ME THE RUN-AROUND. MY CAR HAS BEEN IN THE NISSAN SERVICE CENTER FOR 2 DAYS. THEY INFORMED ME TODAY (MAY 11, 2012) THEY WOULD MAKE A DETERMINATION BY MAY 16TH IF THEY WILL "HELP PAY" FOR THE FIX. THE DEFECTIVE RADIATOR SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED! I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS FIX. SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE KILLED OR SERIOUSLY INJURED DUE TO THIS DEFECT!!!! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE FUEL GAUGE DISPLAYED AN EMPTY READING EVEN THOUGH THE FUEL TANK WAS FULL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL SENDER FLOAT ARM WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 54,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 54,342. UPDATED 6/4/12 *CN THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED A RECALL HAD BEEN ISSUED FOR THE PROBLEM, THE CONSUMER HAD EXPERIENCED. THE CONSUMER IS SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE RECALL WAS ONLY FOR THE 2008 MODELS. UPDATED 06/11/12 *JB

MY NISSAN PATHFINDER STARTED OVERHEATING. WE HAD THE THERMOSTAT CHANGED. NISSAN STILL OVERHEATED SO I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP AND A FAULTY MECHANICAL ISSUE WITH THE NISSAN CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION TO GET ANTIFREEZE IN IT AND THE RADIATOR TO GET TRANSMISSION FLUID IN IT. NISSAN EXTENDED THEIR WARRANTY TO 80,000 MILES BECAUSE OF ALL THE CUSTOMERS HAVING TROUBLE WITH THIS, BUT MINE WAS OVER. ALSO THE GAS GAUGE IS FAULTY AND WHEN YOU FILL THE GAS TANK UP THE DIGITAL READOUT WILL NOT WORK AND THE GAS GAUGE GOES TO EMPTY. I'VE RAN OUT OF GAS TWICE BECAUSE OF THIS FAULTY GAUGE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE TRAVELING 40 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED A GRUMBLING SOUND COMING FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE RADIATOR WAS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION. BOTH THE TRANSMISSION AND THE RADIATOR WERE REPLACED. THE CURRENT AND THE FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 87,000.