2004 Nissan Quest

(1) THERE WERE NO EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE. (2) AM RADIO RECEPTION IS TERRIBLE, HIGH STATIC EVERYTIME YOU RUN OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD. (3) THE FIRST DEALER COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM, THE SECOND DEALER FOUND LOOSE GROUND WIRES FOR THE AM ANTENNAE, BUT HAD NOT ORDERED THEM UNTIL A DETERMINATION COULD BE MADE IF IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY.

RE: MY 2004 NISSAN QUEST-HAVE HAD SAME PROBLEM RECUR FOR ALMOST 1 YR & DEALER HAS NOT FIXED IT IN 5 TRIES. ON 7/21/04, BROUGHT MY VAN IN FOR SERVICE 'CAUSE AN ALARM BEEPER WOULD GO OFF RANDOMLY WHEN DRIVING-COMES FROM REAR POWER LIFTGATE. BESIDES THE CONSTANT BEEPING, AT TIMES THE LIFTGATE WILL NOT OPEN, ALSO WHEN OPEN THE LIFTGATE WILL NOT CLOSE USING THE POWER BUTTONS-THEN LIFTGATE NEEDS TO BE SHUT MANUALLY. AT MY 7/21/04 SERVICE APPT, THE DEALER ORDERED A PART THAT WOULD BE INSTALLED LATER TO FIX BEEPING. PICKED THE VAN UP ABOUT 4:30 PM, GOT GROCERIES, PICKED UP DAUGHTER & DROVE HOME. ON THE WAY THE VAN WAS BEEPING ALL THE WAY WHEN SUDDENLY A FLASHING WARNING LIGHT CAME ON THAT SAID "WARNING LIFT GATE OPEN". I PANICKED THINKING MY LIFT GATE WAS ABOUT TO FLY OPEN. I PULLED OVER CONFUSED BECAUSE LIFTGATE WAS NOT OPEN. I PUSHED INTERIOR CONTROL FOR LIFT GATE BUT LIFTGATE DID NOT OPEN. THINKING I WAS TEMP. OK, I SLOWLY DROVE HOME W/ FLASHING WARNING SIGNAL ON WHOLE TIME. WHEN I GOT HOME-TRIED TO OPEN LIFTGATE. IT WOULDN'T BUDGE-NOT W/ POWER CONTROLS INSIDE VAN NOR KEY FOB. IT WOULDN'T OPEN MANUALLY EITHER. AT THAT POINT, I WAS AFRAID TO DRIVE VAN ANY FURTHER. WAS WELL AFTER 5 PM & THE SERVICE DEPT WOULD BE CLOSED BUT I CALLED THEM ANYWAY. I TALKED TO JOHN NELSON, SALES MGR & EXPLAINED WHAT HAPPENED. TOLD HIM I WAS AFRAID TO DRIVE VAN BECAUSE OF WARNING LIGHT BUT CAN'T SEEM TO OPEN/CLOSE DOOR EITHER. HE ASSURED ME THAT VAN HAS "SAFETY MECHANISMS" THAT WOULD PREVENT DOOR FROM FLYING OPEN WHILE DRIVING. I TOLD HIM THAT IT WAS HARD TO BELIEVE VAN WAS SAFE WHEN IT SEEMED WARNING LIGHTS WERE MALFUNCTIONING. SINCE 7/21/04 THE WARNING LIGHT HAS NOT COME ON AGAIN. BUT THE PROBLEM THAT PRECEDED THE WARNING LIGHT-THE CONSTANT BEEPING-STILL HAPPENS ALL THE TIME, BUT ONLY WHEN IT'S WARM. SINCE I LIVE IN WI NOV 04-MAR 05 WAS PROBLEM FREE. DON'T KNOW IF DOOR WILL REALLY FLY OPEN, BUT I KNOW QUEST ALREADY HAD RECALL FOR SIMILAR PROBLEM-SLIDING DOORS NOT LATCHING IN SUB-40 WEATHER. *JB

WHILE DRIVING THROUGH A CONSTRUCTION SITE VEHICLE DROVE OVER AN ORANGE TRAFFIC CONE. IN THE PROCESS, IT PULLED DOWN A WIRE FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE, CAUSING IT TO SHUT DOWN. OWNER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, AND WAS TOLD THAT WHAT WAS BEING EXPERIENCED WAS NOT A MECHANICAL DEFECT, AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. *AK THE CONSUMER BELIEVES A RECALL SHOULD BE INITIATED THAT WOULD PROVIDE PROTECTION FOR THE WIRING UNDER THE VEHICLE. *NM

NISSAN QUEST 2004 SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT ON AND PROBLEMS WITH STEERING. *BF THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT HAD COME ON 3 TIMES, CREAKING WAS FELT IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND OR THE FRONT END, SOUNDS WERE HEARD COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, COMPUTER TIRE MONITOR INDICATED A FLAT TIRE AND OR LOW TIRE PRESSURE DURING COLD WEATHER, THE VEHICLE WOULD RUN FOR FIVE MINUTES THEN GO UP TO 4 DEGREES HIGHER (OVER INFLATED), WHEN THE WEATHER WAS WARM, THE SETTING WOULD THEN BE ABOVE 40 PSI WHICH WAS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE IF NOT ADJUSTED (INCORRECT RESULTS ON THE DISPLAY), SRS LIGHT HAD COME ON AFTER RECALL CAMPAIGN #04V103000 WAS PERFORMED, DRIVER'S SIDE POWER WINDOW WAS INTERMITTENT, SLIDING DOORS MADE LOUD BUMP NOISE WHEN OPENED ALL THE WAY, ESPECIALLY ON INCLINES, HEAT OUTLETS LOCATED ON THE FLOOR BEHIND THE FIRST ROW SEAT CAN'T BE CONTROLLED BY THE PASSENGER REAR CONTROLS, THE DOME LIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING, THE DOOR RATTLED, THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT WINDOW WOULD NOT MOVE, THE WINDOW SWITCH HAS AN OPEN CIRCUIT, THE VEHICLE WAS JERKING UPON ACCELERATION AT 30 MPH, REAR HEATER WAS BLOWING COLD AIR, THERE WAS A HEAVY GRINDING NOISE WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS FIRST STARTED AFTER SITTING FOR MORE THAN ONE HOUR ALONG WITH THE POWER STEERING, TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKED A REDDISH/PURPLE FLUID ON THE GARAGE FLOOR, THE INTERIOR LIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE AND THERE WAS AN EVAPORATION LEAK. *SC *JB

WE GOT THE CAR IN DEC 2003. BETWEEN FEB 2004 AND APRIL 2004 THE CAR HAD 5-6 HARD STARS; IN MOST CASES IT TOOK LESS THAN 5 MINUTES TO HAVE IT STARTED AND ONLY ONE TIME MORE THAN AN HOUR. I LEFT IT THERE AND CAME BACK AFTER 5 H.---IT STARTED RIGHT AWAY. ALL THIS HAPPENED IN HOUSTON TX.. DEC 20 2004 IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE IN PENNSYLVANIA, SECOND DAY OF OUR HOLYDAY VACATION. I?VE TRIED TO START IT FOR MORE THAN 3 HOURS, UNTIL THE BATTERY WENT DEAD. FINALLY THE DEALER PICKED IT UP. AFTER ABOUT 10 DAY THE NISSAN ?TRAINED? AUTO MECHANIC COMES UP WITH THE DIAGNOSTIC: ?NO PROBLEM WITH THE CAR, YOU JUST FLOODED! IT IS NOT GOING TO BE COVERED BY THE WARRANTY!? YOU DON?T HAVE TO BE A MECHANIC TO KNOW THAT AN INJECTION ENGINE CAN?T BE FLOODED UNLESS THE CAR HAS A PROBLEM ( NO SPARKING, INJECTORS LICKS, OFF TIMING?). SAME CAR THE RADIO/CD SOMETIMES JUST WON?T PLAY; THE POWER IS ON BUT NO SOUND. USUALLY AFTER 5- 10 MINUTES WILL GO ON. THE REAR AC FAN CAME LOOSE AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. (AT LEAST THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT COULD AND HAD BEEN FIXED!) NICE CAR BUT I HAVE TO FILE FOR LEMON. I PAY FOR A NEW CAR AND I EXPECT IT TO START WHEN I NEED IT NOT WHEN IT ?FEELS LIKE?*AK

I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS, BOTH BIG AND SMALL, WITH MY BRAND NEW NISSAN QUEST SE. I CAN ALMOST DEAL WITH THE SQEAKS, RATTLES, BROKEN BUTTONS, BROKEN LIGHTS, MALFUNCTIONING SENSORS, RADIO PROBLEMS, AND MALFUNCTIONING SLIDER DOORS, BUT THE PROBLEM I CANNOT ACCEPT IS THE FAILURE OF THE CAR TO RUN DURING DAMP OR COLD DAYS. THE CAR CRANKS AND STARTS AFTER A FEW ATTEMPTS, BUT WHEN IT IS PUT INTO DRIVE IT EITHER LAGS AS IF IT'S RUNNING OUT OF FUEL, OR DIES COMPLETELY. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON AT LEAST 8 OCCASSIONS, 2 OF WHICH I HAD TO CALL A TOW TRUCK BECAUSE I COULD NOT RESTART THE CAR. UNFORTUNATELY, MY DEALERSHIP CANNOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM SO NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE. MEANWHILE, I NEVER KNOW IF MY CAR WILL RUN ON THESE DAYS, I HAVE EVEN BEEN FORCED TO WALK DOWN THE STREET IN BELOW ZERO WINDCHILL TEMPERATURES WITH MY CHILDREN IN ORDER TO GET HELP. I PURCHASED A NEW CAR TO HAVE SAFETY AND PEACE OF MIND, AND INSTEAD I AM LOSING SLEEP AT NIGHT AND ASKING NISSAN TO BUY THIS CAR BACK. I WILL LIST THE MOST RECENT OCCURRENCE ON THE FORM, BUT PLEASE NOTE THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 8 TIMES.*AK

MY VAN HAS BEEN REPEATEDLY IN THE SHOP SINCE THE DAY WE BOUGHT. FIRST IT WAS THE INTERNAL LIGHT RELAY, THEN NOISE FROM THE AC, THEN THE DVD/RADIO DIDN'T WORK, THEN RATTLES FROM DOORS, BACK WINDOWS AND SEATS, THEN ALL THE RECALL ITEMS LASTLY MORE RATTLES IN THE BACK AND THE PASSENGER AIRBAG SENSOR WHICH IVE BEEN INFORMED CANNOT BE FIXED. "THEY HAVEN'T COME UP WITH A FIX FOR THAT PROBLEM YET. *AK