2004 Nissan Quest

GRINDING NOISE UPON INITIAL START OF DAY AND SEVERAL FAILURES UPON INITIAL START; SLUGGISH AND FEELS LIKE IT'LL CUT OFF ON INCLINE AND ACCELERATION. UPON SEVERAL COMPLAINTS WHEN AUTO WAS A FEW MONTHS OLD REGARDING NOT GOING INTO GEAR AND SLOWING, NISSAN PUT IN SOME COMPUTER CHIP RELATING TO THE TRANSMISSION. THEY CLAIMED THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM AND SLOWING PROBLLEM CONTINUES. ALSO PROBLEMS WITH DEFECTIVE INTERIOR EQUIPMENT SUCH AS MIDDLE ROW SIDE LIGHTS FALLING OUT RECESSED HOUSING, NO TENSION IN ARM RESTS ,SKIRTS ON MIDDLE SEATS DON'T STAY ATTACHED,MIDDLE PASS SIDE DOOR HARD TO OPEN, RUBBER ON DOOR PULLING APART,MIDDLE DOOR, DRIVERS SIDE,LOOKS OFF TRACK,ETC. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THERE ARE MULTIPLE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE VEHICLE. FIRST BEING, THE BRAKES MADE A NOISE WHEN APPLIED. SECOND, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE TRANSMISSION REMAINED IN THIRD GEAR. THIS WOULD NOT ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE PROPERLY, AT ANY SPEED. THIRDLY, THE SLIDING DOOR ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE OPENED WHILE DRIVING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO CLOSE THE DOOR, ALTHOUGH IT TOOK MUCH FORCE TO DO SO. LASTLY, THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE VENTS HAD HOT AIR FLOWING THROUGH THEM. THE TEMPERATURE GAUGES WERE ADJUSTED; HOWEVER THE HOT AIR STILL FLOWED. AS A RESULT, THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS TURNED ON IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN A COMFORTABLE TEMPERATURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES FOR INSPECTION AND SOLUTIONS TO THESE PROBLEMS; HOWEVER THE PROBLEMS COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED.

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN QUEST. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL PROBLEMS, SUCH AS UNIDENTIFIED NOISES THAT CAME FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. WHEN APPLYING BRAKES AT RED LIGHTS THE CAR WILL RESPOND BY ACCELERATING. WHEN DRIVING THROUGH TURNS OR AN INTERSECTION THE CAR RESPONDED IN THIRD GEAR INSTEAD OF FIRST. THE DOORS VIBRATED AS IF THEY WILL OPEN BY THEMSELVES. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES, WHICH WAS MOST OFTEN DEEMED NORMAL BY THE NISSAN DEALER. ALSO,THE STEERING WHEEL MADE NOISES. THIS WAS DISCOVERED BY NISSAN AFTER COMPLAINING THREE TIMES, AND A MANUFACTURER'S REPRESENTATIVE WHO DUPLICATED THE PROBLEM AND FOUND A BROKEN PLASTIC PIECE WITHIN THE STEERING. THIS VEHICLE WAS UNDER LEMON LAW INVESTIGATION. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE ANY EXPLANATIONS AS TO WHY THESE PROBLEMS OCCURRED. THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE CORRECTIONS, AT LEAST TEN TIMES. RECENTLY THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE SECOND ROW SEATS, BUT RECALL REPAIRS COULD NOT BE PERFORMED UNTIL DECEMBER 2005. *AK

DT: THE CONSUMER NOTICED WHEN THE DOORS WERE SHUT, THE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AS IF THE DOOR WERE OPEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, AND THEY REPORTED IT WAS FIXED. THE PROBLEM RETURNED WHEN CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE HOME THAT DAY. THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE HATCHBACK DOOR LOCK. WHEN CLOSING THE DOOR, THE CONSUMER HAD TO BANG IT HARD TO GET IT CLOSED. THE SLIDING DOOR WAS HAVING PROBLEMS AS WELL, IT MUST BE SLAMMED IN ORDER TO CLOSE IT. THE DEALERSHIP HAS ATTEMPTED TO FIX THE PROBLEMS WITH THE DOORS. THE TIRE PROBLEMS BEGAN ABOUT 2 WEEKS AFTER THE PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE. TIRE LIGHTS ARE COMING ON, INDICATING THAT THE TIRES ARE LOOSING AIR. OWNER ADVISES THAT ONE TIME THE TIRE LIGHT WOULD COME ON ABOUT EVERY BLOCK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AFTER THIS. THE TIRE HAD A NAIL IN IT. THERE IS ALSO PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO DRIVE, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO SHIFT. OWNER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER ABOUT THIS LAST YEAR AND IN JANUARY OF 2005. THE RECALL NUMBER IS NOT AVAILABLE. THE DEALERSHIP STATES THAT THIS RECALL IS CLOSED. THE DEALERSHIP WON'T LOOK ANY FURTHER INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT, YOU COULD SEE THE METAL IN THE SEAT. THE RADIO HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES. IT IS NOW NEEDING TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. THE CAR HAS A BAD SMELL, LIKE ROTTEN EGGS. THE SMELL IS COMING FROM ENGINE. DEALERSHIP REPORTS IT IS COMING FROM A COMPUTER CHIP AND IT STILL SMELLED AFTER REPLACEMENT. THE SAME SMELL RETURNED AND THEN THE OWNER RETURNED THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY KEPT IT FOR TWO MONTHS. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THE OWNER ADVISES THAT THERE IS STILL A BAD SMELL. THE DEALERSHIP REPORTED THE SMELL MUST BE SULFURIC ACID. THE OWNER WENT TO THE DOCTOR IN REGARDS TO THE BAD CHEMICAL SMELL THAT BURNS. THE VEHICLE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE BATTERY. OWNER PAID FOR CAR RENTAL. *JB THE DRIVERS SEAT MOVED WHEN THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES.*JB

1ST OCCURENCE: AUG 4, 2003 (1) THERE WERE NO EVENTS LEADING UP THE FAILURE. (2) THE FAILURE WAS THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION RELEASE BUTTON/SELECTOR BUTTON DISINTERGRATED FOUR DAYS AFTER PURCHASING THE BRAND NEW VECHICLE. WE HAD DRIVEN 800 MILES, AND UPON TRYING TO SHIFT FROM DRIVE INTO PARK THE BUTTON FELL APART. THE CONSEQUENCE WAS THE INABILITY TO SHIFT OUT OF PARK, UNLESS WE USED A PIECE OF PLASTIC TO PUCH THE SPRING BACK AND WE WERE ABLE TO DRIVE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHICH WAS ONLY 1/2 MILE AWAY WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURED. (3) POHANKA NISSAN OF FREDERICKSBURG, WHERE WE HAD PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, REPLACED THE PART. 2ND OCCURENCE: APPROX. JULY 2004 (1) ONCE AGAIN, THERE WERE NO EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE. (2) THE BUTTON ONCE AGAIN BROKE APART, THIS TIME WHEN DEPRESSING THE BUTTON TO SHIFT FROM PARK INTO DRIVE. THERE WAS A LARGE ENOUGH PIECE OF PLASTIC LEFT TO ALLOW THE CAREFUL PUSHING OF THE SPRING AND WE WERE ABLE TO DRIVE BACK TO POHANKA NISSAN OF FREDERICKSBURG. (3) THE BUTTON WAS ONCE AGAIN REPLACED BY POHANKA NISSAN. [THE BUTTON WAS REPLACED AGAIN UNDER NISSAN REPAIR BULLETIN JUNE 2005 BY COWLES NISSAN OF WOODBRIDGE -- THIS IS THE THIRD REPLACEMENT, EVEN THOUGH IT HAD NOT BROKEN] 3RD OCCURENCE: 4 JULY 2005 (1) FOR ABOUT FOUR DAYS BEFORE THE FAILURE, THERE WAS GREAT DIFFICULTY IN SHIFTING FROM DRIVE INTO PARK, IT WOULD STOP AT REVERSE. AFTER SOME WIGGLING IT WOULD EVENTUALLY SHIFT INTO PARK. (2) WHEN PULLING INTO A GAS STATION, WE ONCE AGAIN WERE HAVING PROBLEMS SHIFTING FROM DRIVE INTO PARK, AND AFTER TRYING TO WRIGGLE THE SHIFTER, THE ENTIRE SHIFTER LEVER CAME OUT OF THE CONSOLE IN MY HAND. THE VEHICLE WAS STILL IN REVERSE. WE GENTLY REPLACED THE SHIFTER INTO THE CONSOLE, AND WAS ABLE TO MOVE THE VEHICLE INTO PARK.

DT: CALLER HAS HAD VAN FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AND IN NOVEMBER 2004 THE BRAKES STARTED MAKING A NOISE AND VAN WOULD NOT RESPOND TO GIVING IT GAS. CALLER STATED THE RPMS REVVED, BUT THE VAN WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE CALLER SAID HER HUSBAND HIT THE BRAKE AND THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK. THE BRAKE ROTORS WARPED AND THE AXLE NEEDED TO BE REBUILT. THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT UNIT ALSO NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. DEALER REPLACED THE ROTORS AND THEY WERE REBUILDING THE AXLE AND REPLACED TRANSMISSION SHIFT UNIT. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. THE CALLER WAS WAITING FOR THEM TO CALL HER BACK.*AK

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

VEHICLE LOST POWER WHENEVER IT WOULD DROP DOWN TO A LOWER SPEED OR COME TO A STOP POSITION. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS PUTTING ITSELF INTO A SAFE MODE. CONSUMER WAS INSTRUCTED TO PLACE THE VEHICLE INTO PARK, SWITCH OFF THE VEHICLE, AND RESTART IT WHEN THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED. VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO THE DEALER ON 4 SEPARATE OCCASIONS, BUT DEALER WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM . MANUFACTURER HAS NO SOLUTION FOR THIS PROBLEM.*AK