2017 Nissan Pathfinder

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE ABRUPTLY STOPPED INDEPENDENTLY WITH THE FORWARD EMERGENCY BRAKES AND CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND DRIVEN TO THE RESIDENCE HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START THE NEXT MORNING. DUE TO THE FAILURE, THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO ORR NISSAN OF WICHITA (10625 E. KELLOGG DR, WICHITA, KS 67207) WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE BATTERY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED HOWEVER, WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BACK TO THE DEALER AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE ALTERNATOR WAS DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

OCTOBER 2019, I NOTICED A LOUD CLANKING NOISE ON OUR 2017 NISSAN PATHFINDER. I DO NOT LIVE NEAR DEALERSHIP, SO WE CALLED AND DESCRIBED SYMPTOMS. THE SERVICER REPORTED THAT WHILE HE COULDN'T DIAGNOSE WITHOUT SEEING THE VEHICLE, GUESSED OUR RADIATOR FAN NEEDED REPLACED DUE TO BEING A COMMON PROBLEM, NOT UNDER WARRANTY AT APPROXIMATELY 65K ($1800 EST.) COOLING FAN REPLACED BY LOCAL MECHANIC FOR APPROXIMATELY $600 WITH AN AFTERMARKET PART. THIS FAN IS IMPERATIVE IN KEEPING THE TEMPERATURE REGULATED AND CAN CAUSE FURTHER DAMAGE AND SAFETY CONCERNS. WHICH LEADS ME TO MY NEXT COMPLAINT. SUMMER 2020. I TAKE MY PATHFINDER TO MY MECHANIC (BRAKES, TIRES, OIL CHANGE). UPON PICK-UP, HE INFORMS OF GRITTY OIL THAT HE HAS NEVER NOTED IN PREVIOUS OIL CHANGES AND RECOMMENDS I CHANGE IT AGAIN, BEFORE MY ROUTINE 3-5K. I TAKE IT BACK A MONTH LATER, AUGUST 2020 FOR INSPECTION, OILED CHANGED AGAIN. WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TURNS ON. THE CODE IS READING A FUEL PRESSURE TEMP SENSOR. MECHANIC IS UNABLE TO LOCATE PART, EVEN FROM DEALERSHIP. I BEGIN HAVING ISSUES WITH ENGINE SURGING WHILE DRIVING/IDLING, RATTLING ENGINE, STALLING AT LIGHTS, ISSUES STARTING INCLUDING HESITANCY FOLLOWED BY REVVING. OVER TWO WEEKS, I WAS EXPERIENCING INTERMITTENT FLASHING INDICATOR LIGHTS. NO MECHANIC, AUTO PARTS WAS ABLE TO FIND A CODE. I CALLED MY CLOSEST DEALERSHIP THE LAST WEEK OF AUGUST AND RECEIVED AN APPOINTMENT FOR 9/14, 3 WEEKS AWAY. I GREW CONCERNED WITH MY FAMILIES SAFETY EACH DRIVE AND BEGAN REACHING OUT TO OTHER DEALERS (2+ HRS AWAY). MY PATHFINDER WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER 9/4/20. DIAGNOSED WITH TIMING CHAIN, GUIDE, TENSIONER ISSUES. ESTIMATE $3100. IT HAS BEEN THERE 2 WEEKS TODAY AND THEY ARE STILL UNABLE TO GET PARTS NEEDED FOR REPAIR AND ARE UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHEN THIS WILL HAPPEN. MY FAMILIES ONLY VEHICLE, LESS THAN 3 YEARS OLD, 75,000 MILES. NISSAN REFUSES TO HELP AT ALL.

I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE IN 2018 SINCE THEN I'VE HAD THIS VEHICLE IN THE SHOP MULTIPLE TIMES . MY DIFFERENTIAL WAS REPLACED A FEW MONTHS AFTER I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE ALONG WITH MY FAN BLADES . THIS IS AGAIN AN ISSUE FOR MY CAR THIS JUST HAVING GOTTEN IT BACK BECAUSE I HAD TO DO A COMPLETE ENGINE REPLACEMENT IN MY NOW ONLY 4 YEAR OLD CAR . MY CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY FROM NISSAN BASED ON ANY OF THE MILEAGE . I TOOK IT TO ONE DEALERSHIP WHO CLAIMED THAT I HAD METAL IN MY OIL SAID NOTHING OF SMUDGE IN THE OIL MIND YOU I HAD JUST HAD MY OIL CHANGED AGAIN NOT TOLD ANYTHING . I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK IN MARCH 2020 WHEN MY LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT KICKED ON WHICH DIDN'T MAKE SENSE AS I HAD JUST HAD AN OIL CHANGE A FEW WEEKS PRIOR AND KEPT UP ON MY OIL CHANGES . THE ENGINE THAT IS IN MY VEHICLE IS APPARENTLY NISSANS NEWEST ENGINE AND A VERY EXPENSIVE ONE AT THAT . I REQUESTED AN EXCEPTION FROM NISSAN IN REGARDS TO THE ENGINE SO I DID AS THEY SAID AND TOOK IT TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP THIS TIME THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP . THEY CLAIMED MY ENGINE WAS A TOTAL LOSS AND IT WAS DUE TO LACK OF MAINTENANCE THERE WAS NO WAY THIS WAS THE CASE IN MY SITUATION . NISSAN INFORMED ME THAT MAYBE THE PREVIOUS OWN R HAD DONE IT AND BASICALLY THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD BE DONE . SO I GOT ONLINE AND STARTED LOOKING AROUND TO FIND THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAD REPORTED THE SAME THING . MY VEHICLE IS PRIMARILY ALL HIGHWAY DRIVING I PAID OVER 7K FOR A NEW ENGINE TO BE PUT IN MY CAR FROM A LOCAL SHOP . THE ENGINE HAD TO BE TAKEN OUT TWICE BECAUSE THE INSIDE PISTONS WERE STICKING THIS WAS ON THE NEW ENGINES . ONCE MY ENGINE WAS FINALLY INSTALLED AND MY 02 SENSORS REPLACED AS WELL A WEEK LATER MY CAR WAS THROWING A MISFIRE FOR LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT. THIS CLEARLY IS A FAULT WITH NISSANS DESIGN OF THIS ENGINE . I HAVE SPENT THOUSANDS ON A NEWER VEHICLE WITH NO HELP FROM NISSAN AND NO FAULT OF MY OWN .

AFTER ABOUT 34,000 MILES I HEAR A RATTLING SOUND COMING FROM ENGINE. AFTER GETTING DIAGNOSED THE NISSAN SERVICE DEPARTMENT IN WAKE FOREST NC SAID THAT IT WAS MY FAN MOTOR AND IT'S OUT OF WARRANTY. SO I DID MY RESEARCH AND FOUND OUT A LOT OF PATHFINDER OWNERS ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME EXACT ISSUE. I HEARD THE NOISE IMMEDIATELY AFTER TURNING MY AIR OWN PULLING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY. *TR

UNDER 40,000 MILES AND THE COOLING FAN STARTED MAKING A RATTLING NOISE. ANOTHER DEAD RADIATOR FAN, NISSAN REALLY NEEDS TO DESIGN THESE THINGS TO LAST MORE THAN JUST PAST THE WARRANTY PERIOD. NOTICED THE NOISE FIRST WHEN THE WIFE PULLED IN BUT UPON RESTART THERE WAS NO NOISE, 5 MINS LATER IT WAS BACK AND THE FAN ASSEMBLY WAS VISIBLY SHAKING. *TR

WHEN MY 2017 PATHFINDER GOT TO ABOUT 40,000 MILES (JANUARY OR FEBRUARY 2020), IT STARTED MAKING A LOUD CLANKING NOISE, COMING FROM BEHIND THE RADIATOR. UPON INSPECTION AT THE DEALERSHIP, I WAS INFORMED THE COOLING FAN WAS LOOSE, CAN'T REMEMBER THE PART THAT HOLDS IT IN PLACE, BUT IT WAS BUSTED...OF COURSE IT WAS! MY WARRANTY EXPIRED AT 36,000, SO THE REPAIRS WERE NOT COVERED. IT WAS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN $900-$1000 FOR REPAIRS. AND I COULDN'T DRIVE IT UNTIL IT WAS REPAIRED. I WAS NOTICEABLY UPSET AND ASKED WHY THIS WOULD BE HAPPENING TO A NEW VEHICLE, AND WAS IT NORMAL FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO BREAK THIS SOON? THE SERVICE GUY AGREED THAT IT PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE WORN OUT THIS SOON, AND WAS ABLE TO FIND A COUPON ON THEIR WEBSITE THAT HE APPLIED TO MY BILL. YAY. I'M GREATLY DISAPPOINTED TO BE SEEING SO MANY OTHERS WHO HAD THIS HAPPEN TO THEM AS WELL. THIS IS CLEARLY FAULTY PARTS AND I WOULD LIKE A REFUND FOR THE REPAIRS I HAD TO MAKE. *TR

HAVE JUST UNDER 40,000 MILES ON MY 2017 NISSAN PATHFINDER AND MY COOLING FAN LITERALLY WOBBLES AS IT SPINS MAKING A LOUD NOISE. IT CONTINUES TO MAKE THIS NOISE AFTER THE CAR HAS BEEN TURNED OFF UNTIL THE FAN STOPS SPINNING. I RESEARCHED THIS AND IT IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. A FAN SHOULDN'T GIVE OUT IN LESS THAN 40,000 MILES AND THE DEALER QUOTED ME $1000-1400 FOR PARTS AND LABOR TO GET IT FIXED. WITH ALL THE COMPLAINTS POSTED FOR YEARS NOW - THIS SHOULD BE A VOLUNTARY RECALL FOR NISSAN AS OBVIOUSLY THIS FAN IS A DEFECTIVE. WILL THINK TIWICE ABOUT ANOTHER NISSAN PRODUCT FOR SURE. HAD A HONDA THAT I DROVE OR 12 YEARS AND NEVER HAD 1 PROBLEM OUT OF IT.

I HAVE A 2017 NISSAN PATHFINDER AND IT HAS APPROXIMATELY 46,000 MILES ON IT. A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, I TURNED ON MY CAR AND HEARD A CLANKING NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I PERSISTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THE NEXT DAY I WENT TO A DEALERSHIP AND THEY STATED IT WAS A FAULTY RADIATOR FAN AND IT WOULD COST ME AROUND $1,000 TO FIX IT. THE MANUFACTURER WARRENTY IS ONLY 3 YR/36,000 MILES FOR BASIC AND 5 YR/50,000 MILES FOR POWERTRAIN. THIS IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY. IT WAS ALSO STATED THAT I SHOULD NOT DRIVE IT UNTIL I GET IT FIXED, DUE TO THE FACT IT COULD CAUSE DAMAGE TO MY ENGINE BY CAUSING IT TO OVERHEAT. THIS A FAIRLY NEW CAR AND I SHOULD NOT HAVE TROUBLE WITH FAULTY PARTS WHEN THE CAR IS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD.