2004 Nissan Quest

I HAVE A NISSAN QUEST 2004 THAT I AM HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE SLIDING DOORS. THE DEAL HAS TRIED TO FIX THEM A NUMBER OF TIMES BUT THE PROBLEM CONTINUES. WHEN THE DOORS ARE OPENED FOR SOMEONE TO GO INTO THE BACK THEY CLOSE ON PEOPLE. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN EVERYTIME BUT THEY ARE EXTREMELY HEAVY DOORS AND HURT WHEN THEY HIT YOU. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THERE IS NOT A SENSOR IN THE DOOR FRAME TO PREVENT THIS FROM CLOSING IF SOMEONE IS IN THE DOORWAY. IT SEEMS EXTREMELY UNSAFE.

NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 05V474 1. SLIDING 2ND ROW SEAT FORWARD. 2. PINCH POINT NEAR CHAIR HANDLE CRUSHED THE TIP OF MY 3RD FINGER 3. NISSAN IGNORED MY CONCERNS AND TOLD ME IT WAS MY FAULT. THEY WERE PUT ON NOTICE IN DECEMBER 2003. THEY ALSO SENT THEIR ENGINEER OUT OF CHICAGO TO INSPECT THE PROBLEM. THEY STATED NO DEFECT EXISTED AND NO CORRECTION WAS NEEDED. NISSAN'S FILE NUMBER ON MY COMPLAINT IS: 439 2014 IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE NISSAN'S PLANNED RECALL IS 1 DAY AFTER THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR MY INJURY AND THE 1ST REPORTED INJURY YOU HAVE ON FILE FOR THE SAME DATE WHICH OCCURRED IN PLANTATION, FL. I RECENT FOUND OUT ABOUT THE RECALL FOR REASONS OTHER THAN THE INJURY. *NM

I BROUGHT MY 2004 NISSAN QUEST [XXX] IN FOR A RECALL FOR THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT AIRBAG IN JUNE OF 2005 TO SOUTHERN STATES NISSAN IN RALEIGH, NC. NISSAN STATED THAT THE SENSOR IN THE SEAT DID NOT MEET THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS AND THEY WOULD FIX IT. WHEN I RECEIVED THE VEHICLE BACK, I FOUND THAT WHEN I SIT IN THE PASSENGER SEAT THE "PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF" LIGHT WOULD TURN ON AND REMAIN ON FOR MY ENTIRE TRIP. NORMALLY, THIS LIGHT IS SUPPOSED TO TURN OFF AFTER 5 OR SO SECONDS INDICATED THAT THE AIRBAG IS IN FACT ACTIVATED TO DEPLOY. THIS LIGHT WOULD COME ON ABOUT 90% OF THE TIME THAT I SAT IN THE SEAT. I AM 5 FEET 8 INCHES TALL AND WEIGH 120 POUNDS. I HAVE CONTACTED NISSAN AND THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU TO ADVISE THEM OF THIS ISSUE. NISSAN HAS TOLD ME THAT THEY RECALIBRATED THE SEAT CORRECTLY AND THAT I SHOULD SIT IN ANOTHER QUEST THAT HAS BEEN RECALIBRATED. I HAVE BEEN BACK TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES AND CHIP A TECHNICIAN THERE VERIFIED THAT THE LIGHT IS INDEED ON WHEN I SIT IN THE SEAT. MONTHS HAVE GONE BY AND BOTH THE DEALER AND NISSAN ARE TELLING ME TO "WAIT" FOR ANOTHER "RECALIBRATED" 2004 QUEST TO COME IN AND THAT I SHOULD DRIVE DOWN AND SIT IN IT. THEY HAVE YET TO GET IN ONE OF THESE VEHICLES FOR ME TO SIT IN. IT IS NOW THE END OF OCTOBER AND I CONTINUE TO HAVE TO SIT IN A PASSENGER SEAT WHERE THE AIRBAG IS INOPERABLE WHEN I SIT IN IT AND NISSAN IS TAKING A CAVALIER ATTITUDE TOWARD THIS. NISSAN AND THE DEALER POINT THE FINGER AT EACH OTHER. THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU HAS TOLD ME THAT THEY HAVE HAD LOTS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT AIRBAG SENSORS IN GENERAL AND THEY ARE NOT GOING TO GET INVOLVED. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE SENSORS ARE CALIBRATED TO DETECT A CHILD SITTING IN THE SEAT - BUT - THESE SENSORS SHOULD BE ABLE TO DETECT A PERSON WITH A 120 POUND FRAME! PLEASE HELP! *JB UPDATED 07/18/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

CONSUMER WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF A RECALL ON AIRBAG SENSOR. *TS THE CONSUMER LEARNED OF RECALL 04V103000 ABOUT A YEAR LATER ON A WEBSITE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TOT HE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THE DEALER CLAIMED THAT THEY SHIPPED THE SEAT TO CALIFORNIA TO BE REPAIRED. THE CONSUMER FOUND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THE SEAT WAS SHIPPED AND REPAIRED ON 3 1/2 DAYS. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO THE CONSUMER THE AIR BAG SENSOR STILL MALFUNCTIONED. WHEN AN ADULT WAS IN THE SEAT THE AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT THE ADULT IN THE SEAT MUST SIT PERFECTLY STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEAT. THE DEALER REFUSED TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER REPAIRS. *NM

THERE IS A VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL OF THIS VEHICLE, IT IS VERY NOTICEABLE WHEN MAKING A TURN AND THE WHEEL IS RETURNING BETWEEN THE 11:00 AND 1:00 POSITION. ALSO WHEN DRIVING AROUND TOWN, SPEEDS NO MORE THAN 55 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL WILL SHAKE. DEALER HAS ROTATED AND BALANCED TIRES, AND MATCH MOUNTED. I WENT TO GOODYEAR AND PAID FOR THEM TO DO THE SAME. THE VIBRATION STILL EXIST. I JUST PICKED THE VEHICLE UP FROM THE DEALER TODAY,10/21/05, AND THE VIBRATION IS STILL THERE AND I PICKED UP THE VEHICLE AND THE INTERIOR WAS FULL OF GREASE, ON THE DOOR AND DRIVERS SIDE RUG. *JB

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

I HAVE A HARMONIC VIBRATION FELT THROUGH THE STEERING WHEEL ON MY 04 QUEST S. OVER LONG DISTANCES, THE SHAKING CAUSES NUMBNESS OF THE HANDS. THE DEALER HAS ATTEMPTED TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM THREE TIMES BEFORE ULTIMATELY DECLARING THAT THIS IS THE NORMAL OPERATING CONDITION OF THE VEHICLE. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. THIS IS A LOG OF WHAT WAS DONE TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE: MONTH 22 IN SERVICE: 28-JUN-05 @ 29,972 MILES - REPLACED ALL FOUR GOODYEAR EAGLE LS 225/65R16 TIRES AS PER DEALER RECOMMENDATION. REASON: WORN. (PART# OETIR-06482). THIS IS WHEN THE SHIMMY EFFECT BECAME OBVIOUS. THE PROBLEM WAS REPORTED TO THE DEALER. MONTH 23 IN SERVICE: 15-AUG-05 @ 32,305 MILES - RE BALANCED ALL 4 TIRES. NO EFFECT. MONTH 23 IN SERVICE: 22-AUG-05 @ 32,727 MILES - REPLACED FRONT TWO TIRES. TIRES ROAD FORCE BALANCED. NO EFFECT. MONTH 24 IN SERVICE: 7-SEP-05 @ 33,101 MILES - RE BALANCED ALL WHEELS AND CHECKED ROAD FORCE. CHECKED FRONT HUB RUNOUT. ADJUSTED STEERING RACK FORCE. CLEANED ALL MATING SURFACES BETWEEN HUB AND ROTOR AND ROTOR AND WHEEL. DEALER CLAIMS ROAD TESTED OK. NO EFFECT. MONTH 25 IN SERVICE: 28-SEP-05 @ 33,985 MILES - ROAD TEST. DEALER STATES NORMAL OPERATING CONDITION FOR VEHICLE. I HAVE REPORTED THE ISSUE TO NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS (CASE # 5066744) BUT THEY REFUSE TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ISSUE BY STATING THAT IT IS A NORMAL OPERATING CONDITION. *NM