2005 Nissan Pathfinder Transmission Problems

Your transmission suddenly began to fail, causing your car to lose the ability to accelerate while driving in traffic. This left you unable to speed up when needed. The transmission may need to be professionally inspected or rebuilt to restore normal acceleration.

Your engine warning light comes on when you start and warm up your vehicle, and then the engine shuts off while driving on streets or highways. A mechanic and your insurance company determined the transmission is overheating and damaging engine wiring cables due to a factory defect, which required a $4,000 transmission rebuild. You've spent significant money on repairs across the engine, electrical, and transmission systems, but the problem persists and your vehicle remains unusable. The fix will likely require diagnosing and correcting the transmission overheating issue and replacing damaged engine wiring.

Your engine is overheating, and coolant is leaking into the transmission, which is causing the transmission to fail. This is a serious issue that requires immediate attention to prevent further damage to your vehicle.

Your vehicle lost power while driving and wouldn't restart immediately, though it eventually started and ran normally afterward. This problem happened repeatedly, and your dynamic control warning light came on. You identified this as related to Nissan Recall Campaign PC068, which suggests an issue with the powertrain system that causes temporary loss of power and difficulty restarting.

Your Pathfinder is having trouble shifting into 1st gear during stop-and-go traffic, causing the engine to rev and the vehicle to shake with unusual noises. This problem also happens when accelerating on the highway or turning, making it difficult to merge smoothly into traffic and creating a safety hazard. Additionally, your coolant system is leaking and contaminating the transmission fluid, which may be contributing to the shifting issues. The repair will likely require transmission replacement and coolant system repair or replacement.

Over the past 4 years, your Pathfinder has experienced multiple serious issues including engine vibration and shaking, stalling (cutting out), exhaust leaks with fumes, and emissions system failure. You've already had to replace the emissions system, brakes, rotors, air conditioning, exhaust system, radiator, and transmission. These problems together suggest significant wear or underlying mechanical issues that may require diagnosis of the engine and fuel system.

Your car starts and drives normally at first, but then loses the ability to accelerate when you stop. Turning the engine off and cycling through the gears multiple times temporarily restores acceleration and shifting. This problem recurs after short drives—your car goes into reverse fine but won't go faster than 5 mph when moving forward. The issue likely involves the transmission fluid, filter, or internal transmission components that may need inspection or replacement.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT A STOP SIGN WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED, THE ENGINE REVVED AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED FORWARD INTO TRAFFIC AND SUDDENLY STOPPED. THE MAINTENANCE, 4WD, AND CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. ALSO, THE GEAR SHIFTER SYMBOLS WERE BLANK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID HAD A BURNING ODOR. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED TWO DAYS LATER. ADDITIONALLY, WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE BECAME STUCK IN FIRST GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE SAME INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE LOCAL DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 131,000.

RADIATOR INTERNALLY FAILED CAUSING FLUIDS TO MIX. COOLANT WAS RUN THROUGH THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING IT TO FAIL.

I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE HAVING NO IDEA OF THIS ISSUE, I DIDN'T INVESTIGATE BECAUSE THIS IS OUR 7TH NISSAN AND THEY HAVE BEEN GOOD CARS. I WAS DRIVING 75 MPH TO WORK AT RUSH HOUR AND THE TRANS STARTED LETTING LOOSE AND SHUDDERING SO BAD I HAD TO PULL OVER ONTO THE SHOULD AND THAT'S JUST AS SAFE AS DRIVING THIS THING. PAID A LOT OF MONEY TO HAVE IT SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY. BUT EVERYONE THAT ASKS WHY I TELL THEM BECAUSE NISSAN DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THEIR LOYAL CUSTOMERS. WE INTENDED FOR OUR 14 Y/O TO DRIVE IT BUT NO WAY IN THE WORLD WOULD I LET THAT HAPPEN

COMPLETE LOSS POWER AND TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS SHOP, THE DIAGNOSE WAS A FAILED TRANSMISSION FLUID COOLER INTEGRATED INTO THE RADIATOR THAT ALLOWED ENGINE COOLANT TO MIX WITH AND CONTAMINATE THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID. THE VEHICLE DID NOT REPORT ANY WARNING SIGNS BEFORE THE FAILURES OTHER THAN A SUDDEN LOSS OF ABILITY TO MOVE THE VEHICLE. MY PATHFINDER IS 2005 WITH ONLY 81000 BECAUSE I AM IN THE MILITARY AND I DID NOT DRIVE IT, AND I HAVE NO REPORT OF A RECALL.

COOLANT DAMAGE TRANSMISSION. THE CAR LOST POWER IN MOTION

KNOWN TO NISSAN CORP, A DESIGN DEFECT MAKES THE ENGINE RADIATOR RUST AND LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION. MY CAR HAS ALWAYS BEEN PROPERLY MAINTAINED AND I JUS TOOK IT TO PERFORM THE 90,000 MILES SERVICE. COOLANT FLUID WAS FOUND IN THE TRANSMISSION OIL AND DEALER QUOTED ME $6,884.59. AFTER A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT I JUST LEARNED ABOUT, NISSAN HAS EXTENDED THE WARRANTY WITH PARTIAL COPAY UP TO 10YEARS/100,000 MILES WHICHEVER COMES FIRST. MY VEHICLE IS NOW OUT OF WARRANTY. THIS IS SOMETHING UNACCEPTABLE AND NISSAN SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND FIX IT FOR FREE FOR LIFE.

WAS SITTING AT A RED LIGHT ON THE WAY TO WORK. LIGHT TURNS GREEN TRIES TO ACCELERATE AND HARDLY ANYTHING HAPPENS BESIDES A WHINING NOISE. RADIATOR FLUID HAS LEAKED INTO TRANSMISSION FLUID CAUSING A MILKSHAKE LIKE FLUID MIX. NOW NISSAN DEALER WANTS ME TO REPLACE RADIATOR, AND TRANSMISSION ON MY ON DIME. I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL FORUMS WHERE THIS HAS BEEN THE CASE. NOW NISSAN HAS NOT RECALLED THIS VEHICLE FOR ANY SAFETY FIXES OF THE NATURE.

PURCHASED VEHICLE IN 2005. IN 2017 TOOK TO DEALERSHIP WITH PROBLEM OF LOSS OF POWER TO TRANSMISSION ON FREEWAY WHILE MY DAUGHTER NEEDED TO PULL OVER DUE TO PROBLEM. PROBLEM OF NOISE IN ENGINE TIMING BELT WAS ALSO TOLD OF AT DEALERSHIP. WITH EXTENDED WARRANTY OF 10YRS./100,000MI. THEY SAID THEY WERE NOT LIABLE & NEEDED $6971.28 TO REPAIR. VEHICLE HAD 80,825 MILES ON IT BUT WAS TWO YEARS OUT OF COVERAGE. AFTER FINDING OUT IN 2013 A LAWSUIT WAS FILED BY MENDELSOHN AND MAZIE SLATER KATZ & FREEMAN FOR KNOWN DEFECT TO NISSAN, PROBLEM WAS NEVER CONTACTED TO ME FOR SOME REASON? WAS JUST INFORMED BY FALCO V. NISSAN NOTICE ADMINISTRATOR TO FILE PAPERWORK ON KNOWN PROBLEM WITH ENGINE TIMING BELT FOR POSSIBLE 20% RETURN OF PAYMENT MADE TO REPAIR OF DEFECTIVE TENSIONER ASSEMBLY. WHY FOUR YEARS AGO WAS I NOT INFORMED OF RADIATOR LEAK CAUSING POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO VEHICLE & POSSIBLE INJURY TO DRIVER?

MY VEHICLE WAS RECENTLY DIAGNOSED STATING THAT THE RADIATOR HAD LEAKED FLUID INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND IT WOULD COST $6,200 TO REPAIR. MY VEHICLE HAS 85,000 MILES. I WAS NEVER MADE AWARE OF THE EXTENDED WARRANTY WHEN I COULD HAVE HAD IT CHECKED (THE DEALERSHIP DID REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION FLUID ONCE SO THE ISSUE SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF THEN WHEN IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY). THERE IS A VIBRATION WHEN THE RPMS SETTLE AROUND 1000-1500 AFTER THE VEHICLE HAS WARMED UP. IT IS INTERMITTENT, BUT WAS DIAGNOSED BY THE NISSAN DEALER MECHANIC AS THE ISSUE.

TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING. WHEN I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP, RADIATOR FLUID HAD LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING ME TO HAVE TO REPLACE NOT ONLY THE TRANSMISSION BUT THE RADIATOR, HOSES, ETC.

RADIATOR FLUID HAS LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION, COMPROMISING THE INTEGRITY OF THE TRANSMISSION. I FEEL A SHUDDER WHEN THE TRANSMISSION HITS 40 MPH - 60 MPH.

THE ISSUES WITH THE VEHICLE BEGAN AT 133834 MILES. WHEN DRIVING, AT TIMES IT WOULD VIBRATE OUT OF NOWHERE. AFTER A STOP, IT WOULD SHIFT UP HARD OR FAIL TO DOWNSHIFT AND THEN HIT HARD WHEN IT FINALLY WOULD GO IN TO GEAR. ONCE I TOOK IT IN TO A MECHANIC, THE FOLLOWING CODES CAME UP: P1731 - 1ST GEAR LOGIC ERROR, P0430- CAT EFFICIENCY BANK 2, P0455- EVAP SYSTEM LEAK LARGE. THE RECOMMENDATION WAS "TEAR DOWN". IN THE END, I HAD TO REPLACE MY: TRANSMISSION, RADIATOR, TORQUE CONVERTER, VALVE BODY, VALVE BODY SOLENOIDS, CATALYTIC CONVERTER BANK 2, EXHAUST GASKETS, OIL PRESSURE SENSOR, AND OXYGEN SENSOR. WITH A TOTAL COST OF $4,824.65. I WILL UPLOAD THE SERVICES MY NISSAN PATHFINDER HAD TO HAVE.

TRANSMISSION WENT OUT WHILE WITH 2 SMALL CHILDREN IN THE SUV. I HAD ONLY HAD THE SUV FOR 4-6 MONTHS. TRANSMISSION WAS REPAIRED BY DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT . SHORTLY AFTER THE RADIATOR NEEDED REPAIR. IT WAS REPAIRED, AND NISSAN HELPED WITH PARTIAL COST. RECENTLY (02/19/2018)TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AGAIN WHILE YIELDING IN A BUSY INTERSECTION TO GO ON THE HIGHWAY. TRANSMISSION WENT OUT A SECOND TIME ON 02/22/2018 AGAIN. I WAS STOPPED AT A LIGHT, THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN AND I BEGAN TO PUSH ON THE GAS TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN IN A BUSY INTERSECTION AND ONCE AGAIN, THE SUV ONLY COASTED. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO NISSAN SERVICE DEPARTMENT, PAID 110.00 FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND WAS INFORMED ONCE AGAIN THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. A 6,000.00$ JOB. THE TRANSMISSION HAS ONLY BEEN ABOUT 4-5 YEARS OLD PRESENTLY. I AM OUT OF A VEHICLE.

TRAQNSMITTION OIL IN COOLANT HAD TO HAVE SHOP FLUSH OUT RAIADIATOR AND COOLANT SYSTEM AND REPLACE OIL COOLER TRANSMITION SEEMS TO BE SLIPING

TRANSMISSION SHUTTERS REPEATEDLY WHILE PICKING UP SPEED. IT IS INCREASINGLY GETTING WORSE. NOW, ONCE THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN DRIVING AWHILE- THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD AND DOESN'T WANT TO GO PAST 20 MPH ONCE YOU STOP AND THEN GO AGAIN. IT SOUNDS LIKE I AM IN NEUTRAL WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE. ONCE IT COOLS, THE PROCESS STARTS OVER.

CAR HAS EXPERIENCED LEAKAGE FROM THE TRANSMISSION COOLER RADIATOR TO THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. WE WILL NEED TO HAVE IT REBUILT, WHICH WILL COST US $4,500+. WE MAY ALSO NEED TO HAVE THE RADIATOR REPLACED. NISSAN KNEW OF THIS PROBLEM YEARS AGO. THEY DIDN'T DO A RECALL OR ISSUE A SERVICE BULLETIN TO OWNERS OF THESE VEHICLES, WHICH IS UNCONSCIONABLE BEHAVIOR.

THE RADIATOR CRACKED WHERE THE TRANSMISSION LINE RUNS THROUGH IT. THIS CAUSED THE TRANNY FLUID AND COOLANT TO MIX AND RUIN THE TRANSMISSION. I NOTICED A SEVERE VIBRATION AT 40-60 MPH WHICH ALMOST CAUSED ME TO GET INTO AN ACCIDENT. THESE ARE VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE ON THE HIGHWAY WITH THIS ISSUE AND MAY LEAD TO SEVERE ACCIDENTS. THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION SHOULD BE RECALLED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLOW TO ENGAGE AND THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE OVER 50 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE NOT AVAILABLE.

COOLANT MIXED WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID CAUSING CATASTROPHIC FAILURE.AFTER RESEARCHING THE ISSUE,THERE ARE THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRING WHICH COULD POSSIBLY BE LIFE THREATENING IN CERTAIN INSTANCES...THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE THE FIRST TIME 3 YEARS AGO. AND HAS NOW HAPPENED AGAIN THIS MORNING GETTING ON THE ENTRANCE RAMP TO THE HIGHWAY.

TAKATA RECALL

RADIATOR COOLANT LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION RENDERING USELESS. CORRODED AND DESTROYED WHOLE INTERIOR OF TRANSMISSION .

AT ALMOST 70,000 MILES, I STARTED GETTING A VIBRATION WHEN ACCELERATING AT OR ABOVE 40 MPH. I WAS TOLD BY THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP THAT IT WAS COOLANT INTERMIXED IN THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION AND THEY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $6800. NISSAN KNEW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BACK IN 2007 AND DIDN'T NOTIFY OWNERS. NOT HAPPY!

STARTED LOOSING SPEED WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE WITH MY DAUGHTER IN THE SUV WITH ME, SO SCARY. BUT I MANAGED TO COAST TO THE NEAREST EXIT ROLL IN TIME FOR IT TO GET TO 0 ON ODOMETER. THEN HAD IT TOWED TO MY HOME. FEW DAYS LATER TOOK TO TWO DIFFERENT AUTO REPAIR SHOPS(TOWED TO 2ND SHOP BECAUSE SUV WOULD NOT GO PASS 20 AND IT WOULD JUST STOP ONCE DOWN TO 0)WHO INFORMED ME THERE WERE TRANSMISSION ISSUES, FINAL SHOP SAID THE RADIATOR RUPTURED CAUSING WATER, TRANSMISSION FLUIDS, AND ETC TO ALL MIX WHICH HAS CAUSED TRANSMISSION TO GO BAD MY OPTIONS ARE TO REBUILD, BUT ANOTHER TRANSMISSION OR LET THE SUV GO..UPONGOOGLING TO SEE IF OTHERS HAVE OR HAD THIS PROBLEMS I'M TOTALLY NOT ALONE AND YES I'M PASS THE 50,000 N 100,000 RANGE HOWEVER I STILL THINK SOME ETCHING SHOULDBE DONE, BEING I TOOK N TRACE VERY GD CARE IF MY SUV ONLY ALLOWING NISSAN TO REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE MY SUV. I WAS TOLD TO REPAIR THIS WILL COST ME 3900 PLUS. I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY ANY TO BE HONEST BUT DONE TYPE IF HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED FOR NOT ONLY ME BUT EVERYONE EXPERIENCING THIS ISSUE. *TR

PATHFINDER 2005 HAS ONLY 73,000 MILES AND NOW HAS A PROBLEM OF CROSS CONTAMINATION BETWEEN TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR FLUIDS. REQUIRES REPLACEMENT OF TRANSMISSION. VERY EXPENSIVE - REQUIRES TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION AND WASH RADIATOR. TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT PROPERLY. PROBLEM CONFIRMED BY THE DEALER SHOP AS WELL AS AM INDEPENDENT CAR SHOP.

2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER 92,000 , VEHICLE WON'T START AND HAD IT TOWED, WAS TOLD IT WAS DUE TO THE RADIATOR LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION. AFTER HAVING SPENT $800 @ VADAN NISSAN, BECAUSE MY CAR WOULD JERKS AND STOP WHILST DRIVING, WAS TOLD IT WAS A COIL PROBLEM, AND A SENSOR ISSUE, NOTHING WAS EVER SAID TO ME ABOUT THIS HUGE PROBLEM THE 2005 TO 2010 PATHFINDERS ARE HAVING, TOTALLY DISGUSTED WITH NISSAN.

TRANSMISSION FAILURE

TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON INTERSTATE HAD TO BE TOWED HOME 50 MILES

DRIVING AND CAME TO A LIGHT AND THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD OR REVERSE.

TAKATA RECALL I HAVE COOLENT IN MY TRANSMISSION DUE TO RADIATOR FAILURE CAUSING MY TRANSMISSION TO SLIP CAUSING MY CAR TO CRASH INTO MY HOUSE IN MY CARPORT THE REPAIR FOR THE TRANSMISSION IS $3800 AND I'M ON A FIX INCOME

PURCHASED A USED 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. HAD THE VEHICLE ABOUT 2 YEARS. DRIVING HOME ONE DAY THE VEHICLE STARTED TO LOOSE POWER AS THE RPM'S STARTED TO SPIKE. WE HAD TO PULL OFF THE ROAD IN A VERY UNSAFE SPOT BECAUSE THE CAR COULD NO LONGER MOVE. THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNS OF THE TRANSMISSION FAILING. WE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. WITH A QUICK GLANCE INTO THE COOLANT TANK, SEEMS TO HAVE A MIXTURE OF COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION FLUID. REPAIR COST ARE ESTIMATED FROM 2500 - 5,000+. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM.

RADIATOR COOLANT LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION RESULTING IN TRANSMISSION FAILURE.

OUR 2005 PATHFINDER LOST ALL POWER WHILE DRIVING ON A LOCAL HIGHWAY IN OUR TOWN TO TAKE OUR DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL. IT HAS AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND WOULD NOT CHANGE OUT OF FIRST GEAR. WE LIVE UP ON A SLIGHT HILL, AND IT HONESTLY FELT LIKE I WAS PULLING A SEMI BEHIND MY VEHICLE JUST TO GET IT BACK HOME WITHOUT REQUIRING A TOW. NEEDLESS TO SAY WE HAD TO KEEP BOTH OF OUR CHILDREN HOME FROM SCHOOL THAT DAY BECAUSE THIS IS THE ONLY VEHICLE WE OWN. IT ANGERS ME THAT NISSAN REFUSES TO MAKE A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE!! THIS TRANSMISSION ISSUE HAS CAUSED US TO BE WITHOUT A VEHICLE FOR ALMOST A MONTH NOW!! IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY TO FIND PEOPLE THAT ARE WILLING TO HELP YOU OUT LONG TERM!! THIS IS A HUGE INCONVENIENCE TO OUR FAMILY, & WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY OUT OF POCKET TO GET THIS FIXED. A LOCAL MECHANIC NEAR WHERE WE LIVE SAID HE HAS SEEN THIS ISSUE TONS OF TIMES, AND HAS FIXED NUMEROUS AMOUNTS OF NISSAN VEHICLES DUE TO THE CRACK THAT CAUSES THE ANTIFREEZE & TRANSMISSION FLUIDS TO COMBINE AND MESS UP EVERYTHING IN THE TRANSMISSION OVER TIME. WITH THIS BEING AN ISSUE ON NISSAN'S PART, I FEEL THAT THEY SHOULD PAY TO HAVE THE PROBLEM RESOLVED!!! MY HUSBAND IS OUT OF WORK DUE TO AN INJURY AND WILL BE OUT FOR AN UNDETERMINED AMOUNT OF TIME. I WORK PART TIME AT A LOCAL BBQ RESTAURANT IN OUR TOWN, AND DON'T BRING HOME VERY MUCH EACH WEEK. I PRAY THE CORPORATION WILL DO THE RIGHT THING AND FINALLY RECALL ALL THE VEHICLES AFFECTED BY THIS. $3500 DOLLARS IS THE BEST WE CAN FIND & WHEN IT GETS FIXED, THE PERSON WE HAVE SPOKE WITH SAID THEY WILL BYPASS THE RADIATOR WHEN THE TRANSMISSION GETS REINSTALLED MAKING SURE WE NEVER HAVE THIS PROBLEM EVER AGAIN!!!! SADLY WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR THE REPAIRS OR I WOULD NOT BE MAKING THIS COMPLAINT. IF ANYONE KNOWS OF ANY INFORMATION THAT I DON'T KNOW OF PLEASE LET ME KNOW!!! I AM DESPERATE TO GET MY VEHICLE BACK!!! WE HAVE NO ONE TO HELP. THX

I NEEDED TO CHANGE ALL SENSORS BECAUSE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND THE DVD AND SLIP LIGHT STAYED ON.NOW IT WILL NOT START ALL THE TIME AND IF IT DOES IT WILL DIE IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC.IT HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALER.

8/31/2016 - CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON DURING NORMAL DRIVING, I BROUGHT IT TO MY LOCAL MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION WHICH SHOWED THE TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED. THIS IS DUE TO THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION INTERMIX PROBLEM IS HOW NISSAN NOTES IT AND VALIDATED BY MY CALL TO THE LOCAL NISSAN DEALER. THE CAR IS OUTSIDE THE NISSAN EXTENDED WARRANTY PERIOD FOR THIS ISSUE WHICH IS 10 YEARS BUT WELL UNDER THE 100,000 MILES AS IT HAS 80K MILES AT TIME OF EVENT. NISSAN IS UNABLE TO OFFER ANY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE SO THE OUT OF POCKET COST TO REPAIR ($5-$6K) MAKES IT NOT WORTH THE REPAIR SO I'M STUCK WITH A CAR THAT TO DATE I HAVE MAINTAINED VERY WELL. THERE WAS NOT WARNING SIGNS AND I AM SURE THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SOME TIME AS IT DOES NOT HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. VERY DISAPPOINTING THAT NISSAN DOES NOT TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE PROBLEM THAT HAS PLAGUED HUNDREDS OF NISSAN PATHFINDER OWNERS.

VEHICLE WOULD BARELY PULL OUT IN DRIVE, JUST STOPPED PULLING. CHECKED FLUID IN TRANSMISSION AND ITS A MILKY COLOR. RADIATOR COOLANT IS MILKY BROWN.

WHEN DRIVING ABOUT 40 MOST SPEED LIMIT IT FELT AS IF I WAS DRIVING ON SAFETY STRIPS ON THE HIGHWAY LIKE STRUDDER.

WHEN OPERATING MY 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER LE THE TRANSMISSION STARTS TO SLIP AT SPEEDS OF 40-50 MPH IN MOTION ON STREET'S AND HIGHWAYS.

WATER IN TRANSMISSION OIL DUE TO BAD TRANS COOLER WICH IS A KNOWN PROBLEM W/ THESE VEHICLES BY NISSAN BUT WAS NEVER RECALLED.

CONTAMINATION OF TRANSMISSION FLUID ON 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. COLOR OF COOLANT IS PURPLE AND CLOUDY IN OVERFLOW AND RADIATOR. TRANSMISSION HAS STARTED SHUTTERING BETWEEN 35 - 45 MPH. SYMPTOMS BEGAN AT 130K MILES.

COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION FLUID ARE MIXING! THE TRANSMISSION IS STARTING TO SKIP AND THE COOLANT IS MILKY/ CREAMY LOOKING AND I ADDED 3 QUARTS TRANSMISSION FLUID 7DAYS AGO AND NOW HAVE TO ADD MORE. THE COOLANT IS BEING PUSHED OUT OF THE OVERFLOW DO TO THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND COOLANT MIXING TOGETHER.

THE DREADED COOLANT LEAKAGE FROM A FAULTY OIL COOLER CAUSES FAILURE OF TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR.

TRANSMISSION

2005 PATHFINDER DRIVES GREAT AT LOWER SPEEDS, BUT OCCASIONALLY SOUNDS AND FEELS LIKE I'M GOING OVER RUMBLE STRIPS AT SPEEDS HIGHER THAN 40 MPH. TOOK IT TO NISSAN AND WAS TOLD THAT WE HAVE THE WELL KNOWN ISSUE WHERE THE RADIATOR CRACKS AND LEAKS INTO THE TRANSMISSION, RUINING BOTH. THE CAR HAS 95,000 MILES ON IT AND NISSAN WILL DO NOTHING TO HELP. THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP WANTED $6,500 TO FIX. NOW I'M READING THAT THIS COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED WITH A WORK AROUND. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED, OR AT THE VERY LEAST, INFORMATION GIVEN ABOUT THE WORK AROUND TO FIX PRIOR TO THE TRANS GOING OUT.

VEHICLE HAS SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT GEARS PROPERLY WHILE IN TRAFFIC AND OCCUR SPORADICALLY. DIAGNOSTIC CODE REVEALED P1754 A KNOWN ISSUE WITH TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE VIBRATED ROUGHLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND THE RADIATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 111,000.

THE COOLANT FROM THE RADIATOR LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION IN TURNED DESTROYING THE TRANSMISSION. SHORTED THE SAFETY FEATURE IN THE TRANSMISSION TO WHERE IT WOULD NOT START. I WAS STILL MAKING PAYMENTS ON THE VECHICLE WHEN THIS HAPPENED. NISSAN TOLD ME THAT IT WAS A 100K AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO ABOUT IT. I RUINED MY CREDIT AND 2 YEARS LATER I AM STILL HAVING MY CHECK GARNISHED FOR THIS HORRIBLE RECALL.. THEY REPOED THE VEHICLE AND SOLD IT FOR SCRAP AND LEFT ME HOLDING THE BILL BECAUSE I COULD AFFORD A $7000 FIX!!! SOMEONE NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE HORRIBLE RECALL

APPROX. 1 YEAR AGO I NOTICED THAT MY ENGINE COOLANT HAD TRANS FLUID IN IT SO I LOOKED ONLINE AND FOUND THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. I THEN TOOK THE PATHFINDER INTO HAMILTON NISSAN IN HAGERSTOWN MD. THEY REPLACED THE RADIATOR AND INSTALLED A REBUILT TRANSMISSION. ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO I NOTICED THAT THE PATHFINDER WAS NOT SHIFTING INTO OVERDRIVE. NOW THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT INTO OVERDRIVE AND NOW SLIPS IN AND OUT OF 2ND AND 3RD GEAR. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. I WAS ALMOST T-BONED THIS MORNING BECAUSE THE PATHFINDER WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR WHILE THE TRANS WAS IN DRIVE, WHICH IS WHY I AM SUBMITTING THIS COMPLAINT.

TRANSMISSION FAILED. DESIGN ALSO CAUSED NEED FOR NEW RADIATOR.

TRANSMISSION WAS DAMAGED DUE TO COOLANT LEAKING IN FROM A CRACKED RADIATOR

ECM REPLACED UNDER RECALL. RADIATOR/TRANSMISSION REPLACED @ 96K MILES UNDER "EXTENDED WARRANTY." TRANSMISSION REPLACED 2ND TIME 1 YEAR LATER. TRANSMISSION HOSES REPLACED TWICE (DURING SAME TIME PERIOD). NOW - 103K MILES - CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON: VIAS SOLENOID VALVE, BANK 2 CATALYTIC CONVERTER, & OIL PRESSURE SENSOR SWITCH ALL NEED REPLACED (POSSIBLY RELATED TO ECM RELAY ISSUE)

TRANSMISSION FAILURE JUST BOUGHT TRUCK FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS FOR DAUGHTER NEVER DROVE IT FIRST PUTTING ON THE HIGHWAY TRUCK STOP MOVING IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC IN THE FAST LANE CAUSE TWO ACCIDENT GET IT PULL HOME THEN FOUND OUT ITS THE TRANSMISSION AN ALOT OF PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM ONCE IT COOLS OFF IT WILL DRIVE TILL THE TRANSMISSION GETS HOT THEN IT STOPS WORKING AGAIN

TRANSMISSION RADIATOR RUPTURED. COOLANT FLOODED TRANSMISSION AND DESTROYED TRANSMISSION. THIS RUPTURED OCCURRED WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE.

ON 12/11/2015 AT APPROXIMATELY 6:00 PM, I WAS DRIVING DOWN A CITY STREET WHEN MY VEHICLE'S ENGINE SHUT OFF AS I WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MILES PER HOUR. THE BRAKES LOCKED AND I HAD TO FORCE THE GEAR STICK INTO PARK IN THE FAR LEFT TURNING LANE AND NEARLY RAN THROUGH A RED LIGHT. I TRIED TO START THE VEHICLE AND THE ENGINE STALLED FOR ABOUT 40 SECONDS BEFORE RE-STARTING. AFTER I GOT THE VEHICLE STARTED, THE "VDC OFF" AND "SLIP" LIGHTS CAME ON. THE WARNING LIGHTS ARE STILL ONE AND THE ENGINE HAS BEEN SKIPPING. THIS IS THE 3RD TIME IN THE PAST 2 WEEKS THAT I HAVE BEEN DRIVING AND THE VEHICLE HAS JUST SHUT OFF. THE OTHER TWO SHUTOFFS HAPPENED ON HIGHWAYS WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT AND APPROXIMATELY 60 MILES PER HOUR.

THE VEHICLE WILL AT TIMES NOT ACCELERATE FROM A STOP LIGHT, OR WILL FEEL LIKE IT IS LABORING AND BARELY MOVE. THE SHOP RETRIEVED CODES P1754 AND P0744, AND CLEARED CODES, WHICH RETURNED IN SHORT ORDER. THIS CONDITION CAN OCCUR WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN, OR WHERE WE LIVE, STRAND THE CAR ON A RAILROAD CROSSING (WE HAVE HAD 2 YOUNG LADIES KILLED AT RAIL CROSSINGS IN THE LAST 2 YEARS HERE). WHEN A DRIVER EXPECTS THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE, AND INSTEAD IT FLOUNDERS, THE RESULTS CAN ABSOLUTELY BE DEADLY. THE CAR HAS HAD THE RADIATOR REPLACED (A KNOWN DEFECTIVE PART CAUSING COSTLY DAMAGE), BUT THE TRANSMISSION IS NOW BEING FINGERED AS THE CULPRIT AFTER CROSS CONTAMINATION OF COOLANT AND TRANS FLUID ALTERS THE TRANSMISSION FUNCTION TO BE ERRATIC. OURS IS NOT AN ISOLATED CASE, AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY TYPICAL FOR A MANUFACTURER TO COVER-UP KNOWN DEFECTS EVEN WHEN LIFE AND DEATH SAFETY CONCERNS ARE OBVIOUS. THE SUGGESTED REMEDY IS A VERY EXPENSIVE TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT, COSTING THOUSANDS MORE THAN ON OTHER VEHICLES. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. PLEASE HELP.

APPARENTLY THERE WAS A KNOWN ISSUE REGARDING A RADIATOR LEAKING FLUID INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. I BOUGHT MY VEHICLE A YEAR AGO WITH 117K MILES AND NO ONE BOTHERED TO MENTION THE ISSUE TO ME. I DID BUY THE EXTENDED WARRANTY, BUT ACCORDING TO THEM, I'M OUT OF LUCK BECAUSE THE WARRANTY DOESN'T COVER THE RADIATOR AND THE WARRANTY DOESN'T COVER "CORROSION". I AM DISGUSTED BY THE WAY I'VE BEEN TREATED AND I FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN SCAMMED

THERE IS A LEAK IN MY RADIATOR WHICH AS GONE INTO MY TRANSMISSION RENDERING IT INOPERABLE. MECHANICS RECOMMEND TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION DUE TO THIS MASSIVE DESIGN FLAW NISSAN HAS BEEN WELL AWARE OF FOR YEARS. ...UPDATED 12/03/15 *BF I'VE SPOKEN WITH MY NISSAN DEALER AS WELL AS THE DEALER THAT LOOKED OVER THE CAR WHEN I PURCHASED IT AND BOTH SAID IT'S A MASSIVE PROBLEM AND CUSTOMERS HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING IF OR WHEN IT COULD OCCUR, AND THEREFORE NO WAY OF PREVENTING IT. I UNDERSTAND THE NORTH CAROLINA CONSUMER COUNCIL FILED A PETITION BACK IN 2012 AND THAT THE COMPLAINT VOLUME HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS ON THIS ISSUE. I HOPE THE NHTSA COMES TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THIS PART SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED. I HAVE NO FAMILY VEHICLE NOW AND CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY $7500 FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION, THAT HAD NO ISSUES AT ALL UNTIL THE DEFECTIVE RADIATOR GOT A HOLE. THANK YOU *TR

DROVE VEHICLE OUT OF PARKING LOT AND LOST POWER IN TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION WAS DAMAGED BY COOLANT CONTAMINATION FROM A CRACKED TRANSMISSION LINE IN THE RADIATOR. RESULTED IN A $6000+ REPAIR AT LOCAL REPAIR SHOP

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE AT AN IDLE POSITION, THE VEHICLE SHOOK AND STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE CONTACT WAS A CERTIFIED MECHANIC AND WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS DAMAGED BECAUSE OF CONTAMINATION OF THE ENGINE COOLANT THAT SEEPED THROUGH A CRACKED AT THE LINE AND CONTAMINATED THE RADIATOR. THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE BOTH MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 142,741. UPDATED 02/12/16*LJ *JS

TRANSMISSION FAILED. SLIPPING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE DRIVING AT A LOW SPEED, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE ENGINE'S RPMS INCREASED AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSION. BEGAN WITH RADIATOR ISSUES. COME TO FIND OUT, THERE HAS BEEN MANY ISSUES WITH COOLANT MIXING INTO PLACES IT SHOULDN'T. THEN THE TORQUE CONVERTER WENT OUT, AND NOW THE SAFETY NEUTRAL SWITCH AND VALVE BODY. VERY SHORT ENGINEERING AND PROBLEM AFTER PROBLEM OBVIOUSLY KNOWN TO NISSAN BUT NO RECALLS REPORTED.

AFTER RECEIVING A COMPLIMENTARY MULTI-POINT INSPECTION FROM THE LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP, MY WIFE TOLD ME THAT ON THE WAY HOME THAT THE TRANSMISSION SEEMED TO NOT WANT TO SHIFT PROPERLY. WENT TO CHECK TRANSMISSION FLUID AND FOUND THAT THE DIPSTICK IS LOCKED INTO PLACE. DID SOME QUICK RESEARCH TO FIND OUT HOW TO CHECK FLUID LEVEL AND THEN FOUND OUT ABOUT ISSUE WITH NISSAN PATHFINDERS RADIATORS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH LEAKING COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION COOLING SYSTEM. CHECKED RADIATOR AND FOUND FROTHING FOAM ON THE INSIDE OF THE PRESSURE CAP INDICATING THAT THE RADIATOR HAD FAILED. CONTACTED DEALERSHIP AND ASKED THEM WHY THE SECTION OF THE INSPECTION FOR THE COOLING SYSTEM AND TRANSMISSION SYSTEM WERE CHECKED AS "OK". DID NOT RECEIVE AN ANSWER. ALSO, WE WERE NEVER NOTIFIED BY NISSAN ABOUT THE ISSUE WITH RADIATOR IN OUR NISSAN. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY PARKED SINCE THE DEALERSHIP SAID IT WOULD COST UP TO $3000 DOLLARS IN REPAIRS UNDER THE AGREEMENT REACHED. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THIS WAS NOT A RECALL. THIS SITUATION COULD OF CAUSED A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION AT SPEED WHILE DRIVING OR CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE ENGINE BECAUSE OF LACK OF COOLING CAUSING THE ENGINE TO SEIZE UP AT SPEED WHILE DRIVING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SHIFT INTO FOURTH GEAR, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE, AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE SERVICE ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 103,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE JERKED BEFORE RESUMING ACCELERATION. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKED INTO THE RADIATOR AND CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000.

THE VEHICLE HAS HAD ALL SORTS OF ISSUES STARTING WITH THE BRAKES WHEN ONE BRAKE SHOE TOTALLY DISINTEGRATED AND EVIDENTLY RUPTURED BRAKE LINES AT AROUND 61,000 MILES. NEW BRAKE REPLACEMENT ALMOST $900. SINCE THAT TIME (THE VEHICLE NOW HAS 75000 MILES) THE TRANSMISSION HAS CONTINUALLY SLIPPED, THE GAS GAUGES AND ALL OTHER GAUGES WORK INTERMITTENTLY, AND THE EMISSIONS TEST LAST MONTH SHOWED POSSIBLE CATALYTIC CONVERTER ISSUES (THERE ARE EVIDENTLY TWO). WHEN TAKEN IN FOR SERVICE THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN SUGGESTED I GET RID OF THE VEHICLE BECAUSE IT WAS NOTORIOUS FOR CROSS CONTAMINATION OF COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION FLUID. CONTINUING TO DRIVE IT WOULD EVENTUALLY DESTROY THE TRANSMISSION, AND EVEN NOW MAY HAVE PERMANENT DAMAGE. WHEN CONTACTING NISSAN ABOUT POSSIBLE RECALLS AND THE SUPPOSED SETTLED CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT CONCERNING THE TRANSMISSION CONTAMINATION, I WAS TOLD I WOULD NEED DOCUMENTATION OF ALL SERVICE DONE TO THE VEHICLE TO RECEIVE $800 TOWARD THE NECESSARY $3800 REPAIR COST JUST FOR THE CONTAMINATION LEAK. IF ANYONE IS CONSIDERING PURCHASING THIS OR ANY OTHER NISSAN PRODUCT, I WOULD AVOID IT AT ALL COST.

NEVER BUY NISSAN AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MY 2005 PATHFINDER THE TRANS COOLER HAS STARTED SHOWING SIGNS OF FAILURE. RADIATOR/TRANSMISSION

I HAVE SUBMITTED A PREVIOUS COMPLAINT ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION FAILING AS A RESULT OF A RADIATOR LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE CAR WAS REPAIRED AND RUNNING FINE HOWEVER A NEW PROBLEM EMERGED, THAT IS A RESULT OF THE SAME RADIATOR LEAK. MY TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE FAILED ON MY WIFE WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING IT. THIS IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE RADIATOR LEAK AS THERE WAS COOLANT IN THE COMPUTER MODULE. SHE WAS STOPPED AT A STOPLIGHT ON A BUSY FREEWAY AND SUDDENLY COULD NOT MOVE THE VEHICLE. IT CREATED A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE FOR HER AND MY SONS. THE REPAIRS HAVE NOW EXCEEDED $5000.00.

THE VEHICLE DOES NOT ALWAYS GO INTO GEAR FROM A STARTING POSITION, OR FROM ONE GEAR TO THE NEXT. ALSO, IT WILL SUDDENLY LURCH INTO GEAR. IT'S A CONSISTENT ISSUE THAT HAPPENS EVERY TIME THE CAR IS DRIVEN. I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR AN INSPECTION AND WAS TOLD IT WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE COOLANT LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND VICE VERSA. I RESEARCHED THE ISSUE AND DISCOVERED THAT IT HAD BEEN REPORTED TO THE NHTSA AND IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WOULD HESITATE TO RESPOND WHEN DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND AN ABNORMAL NOISE WAS PRESENT COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION VALVE BODY FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS PREVIOUSLY REPLACED IN AUGUST OF 2014. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

THE TIMING CHAIN HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 65K MILES. IT COST $1200 AND IT'S A COMMON NISSAN PROBLEM.

VEHICLE HAD TROUBLE PICKING UP SPEED AFTER STOPPING WHICH IS DANGEROUS WHEN CROSSING TRAFFIC. VEHICLE STALLED AND HAD TO COOL OFF BEFORE RESTARTING. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALEARSHIP AND THEY STATED THAT IT WAS A COMMON FLAW IN NISSANS WHERE THE RADIATOR COOLANT LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION DUE TO CRACKED ATF LINE. THEY RECOMMENDED EITHER INSTALLING A NEW TRANSMISSION OR HAVING THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT.

MY TRANSMISSION FAILED DUE TO A LEAK IN THE RADIATOR. I AM BEYOND UPSET. NO WAY THIS SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED. THIS CAR IS CARED FOR PERFECTLY. MY TRANSMISSION SHOP ESTIMATES THE COST WILL BE OVER $3000. TRANSMISSION SHOP TOLD ME THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL.

THE RADIATOR LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING CATASTROPHIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE.

TRANSMISSION FLUID COOLANT LINE FAILED IN RADIATOR CAUSING COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION FLUID TO MIX AND DESTROY THE TRANSMISSION

VEHICLE HAD TROUBLE PICKING UP SPEED AFTER STOPPING WHICH IS DANGEROUS WHEN CROSSING TRAFFIC. VEHICLE STALLED AND HAD TO COOL OFF BEFORE RESTARTING. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALEARSHIP AND THEY STATED INTO WAS A COMMON FLAW IN NISSANS WHERE THE RADIATOR COOLANT LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION DUE TO CRACKED ATF LINE. THEY RECOMMENDED EITHER INSTALLING A NEW TRANSMISSION OR HAVING THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT. THEY RECOMMENED A PLACE TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT. PICKED UP THE VEHICAL AFTER REBUILD ON JULY 1, 2015 AND BEGAN HAVING THE SAME SYMPTOMS ON JULY 7, 2015.

MY CAR STARTED SHUTTERING WHEN IT WAS TRYING TO CHANGE GEARS AND WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE RADIATOR WAS LEAKING COOLANT AND IT GOT INTO THE TRANSMISSION CONTAMINATING THE TRANSMISSION THEREFORE I NEED A NEW RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. I HAVE A POWER TRAIN WARRANTY WHICH COVERS THE TRANSMISSION BUT NOT THE RADIATOR AND BECAUSE THE RADIATOR WAS THE CAUSE OF THE TRANSMISSION GOING BAD THE WARRANTY WON'T PAY TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION EITHER. AFTER INVESTIGATING THIS HAS BEEN A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THIS YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL AND PEOPLE ARE GETTING RIPPED OFF. IF THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM WHY WOULDN'T IT HAVE BEEN A RECALL. I AM DISGUSTED WITH THE ENTIRE MATTER AND THINK IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED SO PEOPLE DON'T CONTINUE TO GET RIPPED OFF. I AM HOPING THEY COME THROUGH AND REPLACE MINE FOR FREE.

I HAD THE SAME ISSUE AS MANY OTHERS. COOLANT LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING HARD SHIFTS, AND SHUTTERING WHILE ACCELERATING.

VEHICLE CONTAINED A DEFECTIVE RADIATOR COOLER TANK THAT RUPTURES AND FORCES COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION THROUGH THE COOLER LINES. WHEN THE COOLANT MIXES WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID IT CREATES A FROTHY LIQUID THAT EATS VALVES, ERODES SEALS AND CAUSES CORROSION. ITS TOXIC, IRREVERSIBLE AND KILLED THE 5-SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THIS PROBLEM WAS LISTED AS THE 2ND WORST PROBLEM ON CARCOMPLAINTS.COM'S "TOP VEHICLE PROBLEM TRENDS OF 2012". WHY IS THIS NOT A RECALL?!

TRANSMISSION FAILED. *TR

TRANSMISSION COOLER ATTACHED TO RADIATOR CRACKED CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION LEADING TO FAILURE TO ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE WHEN NEEDED AND COMPLETE FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION. *TR

GOT RECALL IN MAIL FOR RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION RECALL WHICH WE HAD TO PAY FOR?!?! OVER $2000. TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR AND NOT EVEN 3 MONTHS HAD GONE BY AND HAVE HAD THE TRUCK TO THE GARAGE 3 TIMES DUE TO DAMAGE FROM TRANSMISSION. GOT IN TRUCK TO GO TO WORK TODAY YUP YOU GUESSED IT TRANSMISSION IS NOW SHOT PUT IN DRIVE AND DOESN'T GO. TOTALLY UNFAIR NISSAN SHOULD HAVE REPLACED IT WHEN THE RECALL CAME OUT. WHY SHOULD THE CONSUMER PAY FOR THERE SCREW UP? NEW TRANSMISSION $5000. WILL NEVER BUY NISSAN AGAIN AND WILL MAKE SURE I TELL EVERYONE. SO FAR TO DATE $5000. TO TRY TO FIX UP NISSAN'S MESS AND THEN I'M TO SPEND ANOTHER $5000. ON THERE MISTAKE. HA TOTAL BULL!!!!! THEY SHOULD HAVE STOOD BY THERE PRODUCT AND REPLACED EVERYTHING AT NO COST TO THE OWNER!!! VERY UNHAPPY!! *TR

HAVE PROBLEM WITH COOLING SYSTEM LEAKING INTO TRANSMISSION. *TR

VEHICLE FAILED TO TORQUE AFTER ACCELERATING AND SLIPPED, AFTER I LOST CONTROL SLIGHTLY BUMPED INTO A PARKED CAR. *TR

THE RADIATOR ON MY PATHFINDER HAS CRACKED AND ALLOWED COOLANT TO GET INTO THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. THIS HAS RUINED NOT ONLY MY RADIATOR BUT ALSO MY TRANSMISSION. *TR

NISSAN NEEDS TO FORMALLY RECALL SEVERAL VEHICLES WITH RADIATOR/ TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. IN MY CASE WHILE I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE SUDDENLY CAME TO A STOP WHILE I WAS ON THE ROAD DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 55 MPH. MY VEHICLE SHUT DOWN AND I TRIED TO TURN ON LUCKILY IT TURNED ON AND BEGAN TO RUN AGAIN. I PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATOR IT DID NOT RUN MORE THAN 20 MPH. I DECIDED TO TOW MY VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC TO HAVE IT DIAGNOSED SINCE I WAS TERRIFIED OF IT SHUTTING DOWN ONCE AGAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. MY MECHANIC DIAGNOSED MY VEHICLE AND CONCLUDED THAT FLUID FROM THE RADIATOR HAD LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION. NONETHELESS, HE EXPRESSED TO ME THAT THIS WAS NOTHING NEW HE HAD SEEN WITH THESE VEHICLES. HE TOLD ME THAT HE HAD FIXED A COUPLE IN JUST THIS LAST YEAR. ACCORDING TO HIS PAST CLIENTS NISSAN FAILED TO DO ANYTHING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM REGARDLESS OF THE POTENTIAL HAZARD. I VISITED THE DEALER IN WHICH I HAVE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND EXPLAIN THE SERVICE MAN MY CONCERN. HE CLEARLY TOLD ME THAT MY WARRANTY WAS OVER AND THAT THE LAWSUIT AGAINST NISSAN TO BE REIMBURSED HAD ENDED IN 2013. I TOLD HIM THAT MY VEHICLE FREQUENTLY COMES TO THEIR SERVICE CENTER FOR MAINTENANCE AND IF THEY WERE AWARE OF THE FAILURE IN THESES VEHICLES ONCE THEY REACH THEIR 100,000 MILES WHY DID THEY FAIL TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM BEFORE IT OCCURRED. IT SURPRISES ME THAT NISSAN FAILED TO INFORM ANY OF ITS CONSUMERS OF THE PROBLEM WHEN IT WAS GOING THROUGH A LAWSUIT. HE THEN PROCEEDED TO TELL ME THAT HE COULD NOT HELP ME AND REFERRED ME TO CORPORATE OFFICE. I WAS TOLD I WOULD BE CALLED WITHIN TWO DAYS. I RECEIVED THE CALL BACK FROM NISSAN SIMPLY TELLING ME MY CASE WAS REVIEWED AND THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING DUE TO THE FACT THAT MY WARRANTY IS OVER. NISSAN IS PUTTING THE LIVES OF THEIR CONSUMERS IN DANGER AND IS HIDING BEHIND THEIR WARRANTY GUIDELINES TO AVOID CORRECTING THEIR ENGINEERING ERRORS. *TR

RE: TRANSMISSION FLUID MIXED WITH RADIATOR FLUID CAUSING TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. HAD TO REBUILD TRANSMISSION. I RECEIVED NO NOTICE OF THE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT RE: NISSAN TRANSMISSION/ RADIATOR LEAK ISSUES. IN SEPTEMBER OF 2014 MY TRANSMISSION STARTED TO FAIL. I HAD IT LOOKED AT BY TWO DIFFERENT SHOPS AND THEY ADVISED A RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT. THIS COST ME: $5400 OUT OF POCKET. I NOW READ THAT NISSAN HAD A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AND WOULD COVER SOME CARS. MY CAR HOWEVER, IS OVER 100,000 MILES AND NISSAN IS NOT OFFERING ANY COMPENSATION. THIS IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE AND I AM BEYOND FRUSTRATED WITH NISSAN. *TR

ME AND MY 6 MONTH OLD DAUGHTER WERE GOING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN MY CAR LOST ALL POWER AND WAS LIKE IT HAD BEEN SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL. MY BRAKES WEREN'T WORKING PROPERLY BUT I GOT US OFF THE ROAD AND HAD THE CAR TOWED. AFTER OUR REPAIR GUY CHECKED ALL THE WIRING AND RAN TEST AND PULLED THE TRANSMISSION PAN OFF THE RADIATOR COOLANT HAD LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION FULL RESULTING IN THE GEARS MESSING UP AND THE ENTIRE CAR UNDRIVEABLE. WE KNEW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND HAD CONTACTED NISSAN 6 MONTHS PRIOR TO CHECK THE RECALL AND WAS TOLD THIS VEHICLE HAD BEEN FIXED....OBVIOUSLY NOT. IF IT HAD BEEN FIXED IT WASN'T FIXED PROPERLY OR IT WOULD NOT HAVE FAILED AGAIN MANY TRIPS HAVE BEEN TAKEN SINCE THEN AND NOW WE ARE OVER 100,000 MILES AND IT'S A $3800 FIX BECAUSE NISSAN EITHER LIED AND IT WAS NEVER FIXED TO START WITH OR DIDN'T CORRECTLY FIX IT THE FIRST TIME. *TR

I BEGAN TO HEAR A NOISE AND HESITATION IN GEAR CHANGE. TOLD TIRES BUT CONTINUE TO HEAR. HAD A OIL CHANGE AT TWIN CITY NISSAN. REP ADVICE COOLANT IN TRANSMISSION WOULD CHARGE $3000 TO REPAIR AND WARRANTY ON RADIATOR EXPIRES SOON. RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION AND FLUIDS FLUSHED FOR $3000 COST TO ME. CONTACT 1800 NISSAN 1 AND TOLD OVER 368 COMPLAINTS ITS MANUFACTURING DEFECT HE ADVICE CAN'T. HELP. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 189,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATH FINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 154,565.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY WHEN SHIFTING GEARS. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 122,000.

TRANSMISSION FAILURE MAKING A LEFT TURN WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC. NO WARNING, NO PRIOR, NOISE OR VIBRATION, JUST A SUDDEN TOTAL FAILURE. THE CAUSE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AS THE LEAKING COOLANT FROM THE TRANSMISSION RADIATOR. THE CURRENT NISSAN 'EXTENDED WARRANTY' IS NOT SUFFICIENT GIVEN THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM AND THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH A TRANSMISSION FAILURE DURING DRIVING. *TR

AS I WAS PULLING OUT ONTO A BUSY STREET THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED AND MY TWO SMALL SONS AND I NEARLY GOT NAILED BY ANGRY ONCOMING TRAFFIC THAT HONKED, YELLED, AND INAPPROPRIATELY GESTURED AT US TO GET OUT OF THE WAY. WE COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED AS WELL AS OTHERS. THIS HAPPENED MORE TIMES THAN I CAN EVEN REMEMBER. IT ALSO SHUDDERS AND SLIPS WHILE DRIVING AT 40-50 MPH. IT IS DANGEROUS! WHY DOESN'T ANYONE DO SOMETHING! I HAD BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM SINCE 65,000 MILES AND AT 80,300 MILES WE FOUND TRANI FLUID IN THE RADIATOR. AFTER GOOGLING THE ISSUE AND LEARNING THAT IT WAS A PART A OF A CLASSACTION SUIT I WAS PISSED THAT I HADN'T BEEN NOTIFIED. I AM A STRUGGLING MOTHER OF TWO AND I AM STILL PAYING FOR A CAR THAT I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DRIVE FOR THE LAST YEAR BECAUSE I CAN'T AFFORD TO FIX IT! I FEEL THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE AND THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL IN PLACE!!!! LIVES ARE BEING ENDANGERED! *TR

I HAD THE VEHICLE'S TIRES REPLACED AND WITHIN A FEW DAYS THERE WAS A SHUDDER LIKE RUMBLE STRIPS. I TOOK THE PATHFINDER BACK TO HAVE THE TIRES LOOKED AT. REPAIR SHOP REPLACED THE WHEEL BEARINGS. THE SHUDDER STILL PERSISTED. I TALKED TO A FRIEND WHO OWNS A TRANSMISSION REPAIR SHOP AND HE TOLD ME ABOUT THE RADIATOR LEAK/TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. HE SAID TO CHECK THE ENGINE COOLANT FOR MILKINESS AND SEARCH ONLINE. THE COOLANT IS MILKY AND AFTER READING ALL THE OTHER COMPLAINTS, MY FAMILY IS SCARED TO USE THE PATHFINDER. I THINK A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION IS FAILING BECAUSE OF FAILURE OF THE COOLING SYSTEM NOT WEAR AND TEAR. A FAILING TRANSMISSION IS MORE LIKELY TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT THAN A FAILING COOLING SYSTEM. ALSO, NISSAN'S EXTENDED WARRANTY SEEMS TO END TO EARLY TO BE EFFECTIVE. *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREETS. CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF LOW GEAR, FORCING MY WIFE TO GET HOME ON ROAD SHOULDERS WITH EMERGENCY LIGHTS ON. THANKFULLY VERY LIGHT TRAFFIC ON A WEEKDAY AFTERNOON. RESEARCHING ONLINE, FOUND THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE WITH THE PATHFINDER, RADIATOR COOLANT LEAKING AND CAUSING TRANSMISSION FAILURE. NEVER NOTIFIED REGARDING ANY RECALLS OR SUCH. *TR

THE VEHICLE BEGAN A SLIGHT SHUDDER WHEN SHIFTING AND WITHIN A FEW DAYS WHILE PASSING A TRUCK ON THE FREEWAY AT 70 MPH IT SHIFTED VERY HARD AND RESPONDED AS IF IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. ANY APPLICATION OF THE ACCELERATOR CAUSED HIGH RPM BUT GAVE NO ADDITIONAL POWER. I WAS FORCED TO PUT ON MY EMERGENCY FLASHERS AND MANEUVER THROUGH THREE LANES OF TRAFFIC AS I HAD LOST ALL POWER AND COULD NOT WAS JUST COASTING ALONG THE FREEWAY. IT WAS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION THAT FORTUNATELY ENDED SAFELY NO THANKS TO THE CAR. IT WAS LATER DETERMINED BY MY MECHANIC THAT THE RADIATOR FLUID HAD MIXED WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION COMPONENTS TO FAIL. AFTER SPENDING $1000.00 ON THE FIRST REPAIRS TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR AND FLUSH THE TRANSMISSION 3 TIMES IT RAN FOR A WEEK AND BEGAN SHIFTING VERY HARD AGAIN. IT IS NOW IN THE SHOP BEING CONSIDERED FOR A TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT. HEARING ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION AND SIMILAR EXPERIENCES BY OTHERS IT IS A WONDER WHY THIS ISSUE HAS NOT BEEN OFFICIALLY DEEMED A SAFETY RECALL SEEING AS HOW MY SAFETY WAS DEFINITELY IN JEOPARDY AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE. *TR

THE CAR BEEN GREAT UNTIL ON DECEMBER 2013. I WAS DRIVING BACK HOME FROM WORK AND I NOTICE THE CAR AT THE TIME OF SHIFTING FROM FIRST TO SECOND HAS HAVING A HARD SHIFTING, THEN LATER I SPEND AROUND 450 FOR THE TRANSMISSION SERVICE, THE CAR WAS SHIFTING BETTER BUT NOT PERFECT, THEN ON JULY THIS YEAR. AFTER HAVING A SHORT TRIP AND TURNING OFF THE ENGINE AND THEN ON AGAIN TO GO TO THE NEXT DESTINATION, THE CAR AT THE TIME OF FINISHING THE STARTING THE TRANSMISSION KICK A BAD NOISE AND EVEN THE CAR JUMPS, TODAY I WENT TO THE DEALER AND EXPLAIN MY PROBLEMS AND SHOW THE KICKING THE SERVICE ADVISOR TOLD ME I HAVE THE CHOICE TO PAY 3000 TO GET A NEW TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR, THEY KNOW WE HAVE THE PROBLEMS WITH THIS TRANSMISSIONS AND THEY DIDN'T CALL FOR A RECALL THAT'S BAD. I HAVE ONLY 96350 MILES AND STILL 4900 TO PAY FOR IT. NISSAN IS NOT MAKING GOOD BUSINESS IN AMERICA, PLEASE HELP US. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION IN MY 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER HAS FAILED. MY SON WAS IN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION ON A BUSY STREET AND THIS PROBLEM JEOPARDIZED HIS LIFE.THE VEHICLE BASICALLY STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF A TURN ONTO A BUSY STREET. THE DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION/RADIATOR BREAKDOWN IS A SERIOUS SITUATION AND A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THESE VEHICLES. MY RADIATOR FLUID LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND FAILED. THE AMOUNT TO REPAIR THIS VEHICLE AND MAKE THIS A SAFE VEHICLE IS MORE THAN WE CAN AFFORD....APPROXIMATELY $5300 BECAUSE THE FUEL SENDING UNIT ALSO FAILED!! I FEEL THIS FAULTY PRODUCT SHOULD BE RECALLED AND NECESSARY REPAIRS MADE OR A REIMBURSEMENT MADE BY NISSAN. *TR

APRIL 2013 (96K) - TRANSMISSION FAILED AS I WAS PULLING OUT OF MY PARKING SPACE. TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR WERE REPLACED UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY OFFERED BY NISSAN AT A CO-PAY OF $3000. FEBRUARY 2014 (105K) - TRANSMISSION HOSE RUPTURED AS I WAS DRIVING ON AN EXPRESSWAY. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF ON AN EXIT AND PARK IN A LOT UNTIL A TOW TRUCK ARRIVED. MARCH 2014 (105K) - RPMS SPIKING, SLUGGISH ACCELERATION AS I WAS DRIVING ON A BUSY INTERSTATE. TRANSMISSION WAS AGAIN REPLACED. AUGUST 2014 (109K) - MECHANIC NOTICED LEAKING FROM TRANSMISSION HOSE WHILE REPLACING BRAKES. DROVE TO THE DEALER AND HAD HOSE FIXED AGAIN. SEPTEMBER 2014 (109K) - TRANSMISSION SLIPPED AS I WAS PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC FROM A SIDE STREET. *TR

NISSAN DEALERSHIP JUST DIAGNOSED THAT MY RADIATOR WAS LEAKING INTO MY TRANSMISSION. THIS WAS PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE THE RADIATOR COOLANT HAS DAMAGED THE TRANSMISSION. IN APRIL OF 2014, I HAD MY 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER TO THE SAME DEALERSHIP FOR THE SAME ISSUE AND THEY HAD FLUSHED AND REPLACED MY TRANSMISSION FLUID. *TR

RADIATOR FAILURE ALLOWING TRANSMISSION FLUID TO MIX WITH ANTIFREEZE CAUSING TRANSMISSION FAILURE. RADIATOR FAILURE DUE TO CRACK IN TRANSMISSION COOLER. IS MANUFACTURING DEFECT, SHOULD BE NISSAN 'S RESPONSIBILITY TO FIX NOT THE CONSUMER. *TR

ALL OF MY EXPERIENCE WITH MY TRANSMISSION FAILURE TOOK PLACE ON THE ROAD WHILE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC WHICH WAS UNSAFE AND SCARY JULY 2014 - PRESENT. FIRST, THE TRUCK DEVELOPED A "BUCKING" MOVEMENT WHENEVER IT WAS DRIVEN. THE BUCKING MOVEMENT IS SIMILAR TO A CAR THAT IS TRYING TO SHIFT GEARS LIKE A MANUAL CAR, BUT THE TRANSITION BETWEEN GEARS WAS NOT SMOOTH. GRADUALLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY, WHILE DRIVING, THE CAR STARTED MAKING REVVING NOISES LIKE A RACE CAR, WHILE THE SPEED IS ONLY 20MPH. THE SPEED DROPPED AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE REGARDLESS OF HOW HARD YOU ARE PRESSING ON THE GAS. TO DECREASE THE REVVING NOISE YOU CANNOT DRIVE ABOVE 40MPH. AS ALWAYS I RELY ON THE DEALERSHIP TO SERVICE MY CAR, AND AT FIRST THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST DID NOT SHOW THE COOLANT LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION. WITH MORE AND MORE TEST BY THE NISSAN MECHANIC, THERE WAS STILL NO INDICATION BY THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST THAT SHOWS THE INCREASE DEFECT OF THE TRANSMISSION. 3 WEEKS LATER, AFTER HANDING OVER THE CAR FOR A COMPLETE DAY, THE DEALERSHIP STRIP THE CAR AND RAN FURTHER DIAGNOSTIC TEST WHICH INDICATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO LEAK FROM THE ENGINE COOLANT LIQUID MIXING WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID LEADING TO AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DAMAGE. THE RECOMMENDATION BY THE DEALERSHIP IS TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION, WHICH WOULD COST $5,000. REMAINING PAYMENT BALANCE FOR THE CAR IS $1700. TOTAL MILEAGE ON THE CAR IS 100,200. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS APPLIED. THE VEHICLE WAS DIFFICULT TO SHIFT INTO GEARS AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED DUE TO WATER AND ANTI-FREEZE ENTERING THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,702.

VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHUDDER AND SHIFT HARD. THEN IT LOST ALMOST ALL POWER. LIMPED HOME IN THE DARK NOT KNOWING IF I COULD GET HOME. VERY SCARY SITUATION. I WAS LUCKY THAT THE WEATHER WAS NOT SEVERE (EXCESSIVE HEAT OR COLD) AS THIS COULD HAVE BEEN VERY DANGEROUS. WITH CHILDREN IN THE CAR, IN A REMOTE AREA AND FROM WHAT I NOW UNDERSTAND , THE TRANSMISSION COULD HAVE ACTUALLY CAUGHT FIRE, THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE A REAL DISASTER! PLEASE REVIEW THIS SITUATION, NISSAN NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED! *TR

VEHICLE STALLED. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DISPLAYED. TOOK VEHICLE TO SECURITY NISSAN IN BALTIMORE, MD TO GET CHECKED OUT. WAS INFORMED BY TECHNICIAN "RADIATOR COOLER IS LEAKING COOLANT INTO AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION". TECHNICIAN RECOMMENDS TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY, RADIATOR WITH RADIATOR CAP, AND FLUSH COOLER LINES. EXTENDED WARRANTY STATES REPAIRS ARE NOT COVERED. TOTAL BULL! COST OF REPAIRS $6000! CONTACTED NISSAN TO SEE HOW THEY WOULD ASSIST WITH THIS PROBLEM AND WAS BASICALLY TOLD THEY WOULDN'T. NISSAN CORP WAS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM SINCE 2010. THIS SITUATION COULD HAVE BEEN RESOLVED WITH A RECALL TO REPAIR "CRACK IN THE RADIATOR ASSEMBLY LEADING TO INTERNAL LEAKAGE OF ENGINE COOLANT". WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN A COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS OR REPAIRS BY NISSAN NOW IS A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS TO CONSUMERS BECAUSE OF THE NEGLECT FROM NISSAN CORP AND MANY OF IT'S CERTIFIED DEALERS TO MAKE CONSUMERS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. WE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE IN 2011 AND NOT ONCE DID THE DEALER MENTION THAT THIS WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM NATIONWIDE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING AND THAT THERE WAS A TRANSMISSION LEAK. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS HESITATING AND STALLED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 14V142000 (POWER TRAIN). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102,000.

HEARD A WEIRD SOUND WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD....THEN ONE DAY I DROVE MY PATHFINDER THEN CAME HOME AND PARKED MY TRUCK AND 3 HOUR LATER WENT TO GO TO STORE MY TRUCK WOULD NOT GO FORWARD. BY LATER THAT NIGHT WHEN THE TRUCK COOLED DOWN THE DROVE FINE... I THEN TOOK IT TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP AND WAS TOLD COOLANT WAS LEAKING IN MY TRANSMISSION...... I HAVE SPENT 440 DOLLARS SO FAR TO GET THE WATER OUT OF IT...... I PICK THE PATHFINDER UP AND DROVE 10 MILE DOWN THE STREET AND THE TRUCK DID IT AGAIN...... IT IS NOW BACK AT THE TRANSMISSION SHOP AND BEING LOOKED AT AGAIN. *TR

MY 2005 PATHFINDER STARTED TO HAVE THIS HEAVY VIBRATION SOUND WHILE ACCELERATING AND A SHUDDERING SOUND SO ON JUNE 30TH I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WHO SAID THEY DIDN'T HEAR THE SOUND SO HE TOOK IS AND RUN A CHECK ON IT AND TOLD ME THAT THE COOLANT IS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION HE THEN GAVE ME BACK THE TRUCK AND SAID HE WAS GOING TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE WARRANTY AND CALLED ME I AS STILL WAITING FOR THAT CALL UNTIL MY HUSBAND RESEARCH IT ON THE INTERNET AND TOLD ME TO STOP DRIVING THE VEHICLE I THEN TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER ON JULY 8TH AND WAS TOLD THE COST WILL BE $6000 BUT NISSAN WAS GIVING ME A GOODWILL PROGRAM OF $3000 SO I WOULD HAVE TO COME UP WITH THAT OTHER $3000 WHICH I DON'T HAVE RIGHT NOW SO AM OUT OF A VEHICLE THEY KNOW OF THE PROBLEM SINCE 2012 AND DID NOT RECALL THE VEHICLE , THAT IS A RIP OFF TO CONSUMERS. *JS

I WAS DRIVING WITH MY FAMILY ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE A/T TRANSMISSION BEGAN VIBRATING. THEN THE A/T TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING OUT OF GEAR. WAS ABLE TO COAST TO A GAS STATION AND INSPECT IT. TRANSMISSION FLUID HAS BEEN LEAKING IN MY COOLANT TANK AND RESERVOIR. COOLANT HAS MIXED WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID IN THE TRANSMISSION AND HAS CAUSED CATASTROPHIC FAILURE AS A RESULT. *JS

STOPPED AT RED LIGHT ONCE LIGHT CHANGED GREEN VEHICLE WOULD NOT PULL OFF. PRESS GAS TO FLOOR TO GET VEHICLE OUT OF THE WAY AND CROSSED THE STREET AND PULLED OFF OVER. TURNED VEHICLE OFF THEN TURNED IT ON IT WOULD DRIVE FORWARD BUT VERY SLOW WAS ABLE TO DO THIS TO GET TO STORE PARKING LOT TO CANAL FOR ASSISTANCE HAD SUV TAKEN TO TRANSMISSION SHOP AND WAS TOLD COOLANT WAS IN THE TRANSMISSION. *TR UPDATED 1/29/2015 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE VIBRATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SPEED WAS REDUCED TO 20 MPH AND THE VEHICLE CAME TO A HALT. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE 144,000.

I WAS DRIVING ALONG A LOCAL ROAD AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, MY ENGINE STARTING REVVING AND THE CAR STARTED SLOWING DOWN. I STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT, BUT WHEN IT TURNED GREEN, MY CAR WOULDN'T MOVE FOR ABOUT A SECOND OR TWO WHEN I PRESSED THE GAS PEDDLE. WHEN IT DID MOVE, IT CRAWLED ALONG AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. I MANAGED TO GET IT HOME AND TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC ON MONDAY. I WAS TOLD THAT COOLANT FROM MY RADIATOR LEAKED INTO MY TRANSMISSION AND DESTROYED IT. ON RESEARCHING THIS, I DISCOVERED THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE IN 2005 - 2010 NISSAN TRUCKS BUT NISSAN WILL NOT COVER THE COST OF REPAIR EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE AWARE OF IT AND DID NOT ISSUE A RECALL. *TR

THE TORQUE CONVERTER IN THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. I NOTICED THE VEHICLE STUTTERING AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS DURING MY TIME ON THE ROAD. I HAD AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC CHECK IT AND A NISSAN DEALER CONFIRM THE DIAGNOSIS. I WAS TOLD THE RADIATOR AND THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. I FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON-LINE SIMILAR TO MINE; THE 2005 MODEL SHOWED THE MOST PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. I DON'T HAVE THE $5,000 TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE COMPANY EXTENDED SOME WARRANTIES DUE TO THIS PROBLEM, BUT ALL HAD EXPIRED OR I HAD TOO MANY MILES (131,000), AND A COPAY OF $3000 WAS REQUIRED. NOT MUCH OF AN OFFER FROM A LARGE THRIVING COMPANY. *TR

I GOT MY OIL CHANGED AT TEAM NISSAN IN LITHIA SPRINGS, AND ON THE 2ND DAY OF DRIVING THE VEHICLE MY 2005 PATHFINDER OVERHEATED. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED TEAM NISSAN AND TOLD THEM OF THE PROBLEM, AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY APOLOGIZE AND TO BRING IT IN. WELL THE SUV WAS TOO HOT TO PUT ON THE ROAD AT THAT POINT SO I STOPPED BY WAL-MART TO ADD COOLANT. I LET THE TRUCK COOL OFF AND THEN ADDED COOLANT. THE LEVELS THEN APPEARED NORMAL AND I MADE MY WAY TO TEAM NISSAN. WHEN I GOT THERE THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY COULD SEE ME AND TO COME BACK THE NEXT DAY. WHILE I WAS TALKING WITH THE REP. I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A GUY TOPPING OFF MY FLUIDS UNDER THE HOOD. WHEN I CAME BACK THE NEXT DAY, THEY CHECK IT AND TOLD ME THAT I HAD NO COOLANT AND THAT MY RADIATOR FLUID HAD LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND THAT THE FLUIDS WERE MIXING. THE REPAIRS TOTALED UP TO $5028.43 INCLUDING A RADIATOR REPLACEMENT, COOLANT FLUSH, AND A TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT. I TOLD HIM THAT I HAD HEARD OF OTHER RECALLS AND COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS (I HAD JUST HEARD ONE OF THE REPS CALL A CUSTOMER AND TELL HIM THAT HIS RECALL ON THE SAME ISSUES WERE COMPLETE AND THAT HE COULD PICK UP HIS VEHICLE), BUT HE SAID THAT NOTHING WAS SHOWING IN THE SYSTEM. I THEN TOLD HIM THAT I COULD NOT GET THAT DONE AT THIS TIME AND I ENQUIRED THAT I HAVE NOT HAD THIS ISSUE AT OTHER PLACES AFTER AN OIL CHANGE. HE GAVE ME AN EXCUSE AS THE GUY DID THE DAY BEFORE AND SHRUGGED ME OFF. HE SUGGESTED THAT I NEEDED TO CHECK THE COOLANT EVERY OTHER DAY AND THAT THE PROBLEM WAS LIKELY TO CONTINUE. SO THE WAITING GAME BEGINS. *TR

VEHICLE WAS STOP AT RED LIGHT OF VERY BUSY INTERSECTION. WHEN LIGHT TURNED GREEN THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND THEN WOULD ONLY COAST IN NEUTRAL WHILE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT ENGAGING. WIFE AND 3 CHILDREN WERE STUCK IN MIDDLE OF INTERSECTION. HAD TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF AND THEN ON TO GET TRANSMISSION TO RE-ENGAGE AND DRIVE. THIS ISSUE HAPPENED A HALF DOZEN MORE TIMES. THIS OWNER TOOK VEHICLE TO LOCAL NISSAN DEALER AND WAS CHARGED FOR COMPUTER ANALYSIS. THIS OWNER WAS TOLD THERE WAS A "KNOWN" ISSUE WITH TRANSMISSION OF THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE BEING CONTAMINATED FROM INNER COOLER. THIS OWNER WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD COST OVER $5500 TO FIX. THIS OWNER DID INTENSE RESEARCH ON SAFETY AND MECHANICAL PROBLEM AND FOUND THOUSANDS OF NISSAN OWNERS WITH SAME ISSUE. THIS VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE RECALLED FOR "KNOWN" ISSUE. *TR

I STARTED FEELING WEIRD SHAKING AND JERKING MOVEMENTS WHENEVER I WENT ON THE FREEWAY GOING AROUND 65 MPH ABOUT A YEAR AFTER I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE. I TOOK IT TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP (DIRITO BROTHERS, WALNUT CREEK, CA -- THE PLACE FROM WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR) TO CHECK IT OUT, AND THEY TOLD ME THE CAR WAS FINE BUT I WAS STILL FEELING THIS SAME SHAKING. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE SHOP FOR THE SAME THING ABOUT TWO MORE TIMES, AND I GOT THE SAME ANSWER. THE CAR ONLY GOT WORSE AND WORSE. AT THE LAST VISIT, WHEN THE TRANSMISSION WAS ALMOST BROKEN, THEY TOLD ME ABOUT A COOLER SYSTEM CRACK AND THEY RECOMMENDED I REPLACE MY TRANSMISSION WITH A NEW ONE. I TOLD THEM I HAD NO MONEY FOR IT, SO WHAT THEY DID WAS FIX THE CRACK, FLUSH THE TRANSMISSION, AND CLEAN IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE INSIDE. AFTER A WHILE, MY TRANSMISSION BROKE DOWN COMPLETELY AND AFTER MY CAR WAS OVER 100,000 MILES, THAT'S WHEN I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE DEALER TELLING ME ABOUT A FACTORY FAILURE -- I DIDN'T QUALIFY BECAUSE THEY ONLY FIXED CARS WITH LESS THAN 100,000 MILES ON THEM. THIS ISN'T FAIR BECAUSE I'VE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS ISSUE SINCE LONG BEFORE THE CAR HAD 100,000 MILES ON IT. I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD HELP ME WITH THIS ISSUE. I WOULD APPRECIATE THE HELP. SINCERELY, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) *JS

MY WIFE AND I WERE ON A MAJOR INTERSTATE ? ACCELERATING UP HILL IN THE MIDDLE LANE? THE POWER JUST SHUT DOWN. WHEN DEPRESSING PEDAL ? TACHOMETER REVVED UP BUT STILL NO POWER. IN THE MEANTIME ? A TRACTOR TRAILER WAS BARRELING UP BEHIND US!! I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO JUST GET OUT OF ITS WAY BY COASTING THROUGH TWO LANES AND INTO THE BREAKDOWN LANE. THE PERSON THAT STOPPED TO HELP US INFORMED US THAT HIS BROTHER HAD THIS SAME ISSUE WITH HIS PATHFINDER AND THAT THERE WAS A RECALL. WELL ? WE NEVER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE ? THE TRUCK NOW HAS 135K MILES AND IS NOT COVERED UNDER THEIR CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT. CALLED A LOCAL DEALER AND WAS TOLD BY THE MECHANIC THAT OUR ISSUE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE RECALL AND THEY HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY. MY ISSUE IS ? IF I HAD RECEIVED THE RECALL WHEN IT WAS ISSUED IN 2010 ? I WOULD HAVE HAD THE REPAIRS MADE WHILE IT WAS COVERED?. SO HOW ARE THEY NOT RESPONSIBLE - WE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED??? THEY NEVER SENT US A RECALL NOTICE AND NO MECHANIC HAD EVER MENTIONED IT??? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE PAST 35 MPH AND FAILED TO MOVE AFTER BEING STOPPED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000.

DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND TRANSMISSION STARTS HAVING A BUMP FEEL TO IT THEN CAR GOES INTO LIMP MODE AND ALMOST GETS HIT BY ANOTHER CAR THEN COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY AND STOPPED ON SIDE OF HIGHWAY. *TR

I AM DRIVING A GROUP OF CO-WORKERS OUT FOR LUNCH. I PULL IN THE TURNING LANE TO WAIT FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO TURN. WHEN IT WAS TIME TO MAKE THE TURN, I PRESSED THE GAS AND THE TRUCK DID NOT MOVE. I PRESSED THE BRAKE AGAIN TO CHECK AND MAKE SURE I HAD NOT ACCIDENTALLY HIT THE GEAR STICK. EVERYTHING LOOKED RIGHT SO I TRIED TO GIVE IT GAS AGAIN. THE ENGINE REVVED LOUDLY BUT AGAIN THERE WAS HESITATION IN MOVEMENT. FINALLY, AFTER WHAT SEEMED LIKE FOREVER, THE TRUCK SLOWLY TURNED. I TRIED TO DRIVE BACK TO THE OFFICE BUT HAD THE SAME ISSUE. I WOULD STOP AND AS SOON AS I PRESSED THE GAS, IT WOULD TAKE FOREVER BEFORE I WOULD ACTUALLY TAKE OFF. THE TRUCK MOVED AT A VERY SLOW SPEED AS IF I WAS PULLING A LARGE LOAD. TURNS OUT IT IS MY TRANSMISSION. HOW UPSETTING WHEN I HAD NO PREVIOUS WARNING. MORE UPSETTING WHEN I BEGIN TO DO MY RESEARCH AND FOUND OUT A CO-WORKER WITH THE SAME YEAR PATHFINDER HAS THE SAME PROBLEM AND LOOKING ONLINE IT APPEARS EVERYONE WITH THIS MODEL TRUCK HAS HAD THIS ISSUE OR WILL EVENTUALLY. WHY IS NISSAN NOT DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THIS BEYOND CONTINUOUSLY EXTENDING THE WARRANTY WITH HUGE CO-PAYS THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY DO NOT REALLY HELP THE CONSUMER? NISSAN NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE FOR THIS COMPLAINT TO BE REVIEWED? *TR

WAS ON INTERSTATE AND TRANSMISSION WENT OUT WHILE I WAS DRIVING WITH MY TWIN NIECES IN THE CAR.IT WAS A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE AND SCARY.I DON'T UNDERSTAND IF A COMPANY BUILDS SOMETHING THAT IS FAULTY HOW DO YOU NOT SUPPORT FIXING THE PROBLEM.REGARDLESS OF MILES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *TR

AFTER HAVING THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR REPLACED TWICE (3/12 AND 10/12) AS I WAS DRIVING 65 MILES PER HOUR ON THE HIGHWAY, ALL LIGHTS ON DASHBOARD CAME ON, CAR DIED. I HAD NO POWER AND SOMEHOW MANAGED TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY SLOWING FOR THE LENGTH BETWEEN TWO EXITS UNTIL I COULD STEER INTO GUARDRAIL TO STOP THE VEHICLE. CAR WAS SMOKING, COOLANT SYSTEM MECHANIC THINKS LET GO AND ENGINE CRACKED, NISSAN REFUSES TO BUY BACK CAR THAT WAS A LEMON IN THE FIRST PLACE. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT THEY DID NOT FIX. *TR

MY TRANSMISSION IS GOING OUT TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY CHANGE THE TRANSMISSION OIL AND A MONTH LATER IS STILL DOING THE SAME. TAKE IT TO ANOTHER MECHANIC AND HE SAID THE TRANSMISSION OIL WAS BLACK AND SMELLED OLD. THE DEALERSHIP ASK WHEN DID I LAST CHANGE THE OIL AND I HAD FORGOT THE I HAD THE QUICK LUBE PLACE FLUSH THE TRANSMISSION A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. CALL THEM BACK AND TOLD THEM WHAT THE OTHER MECHANIC SAID AND I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND HE SAID THAT NOT TO BAD WE CAN ONLY GET SO MUCH OUT. THE OTHER MECHANIC FLESH IT AND CHANGE THE OIL. I'M STILL HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY TRANSMISSION IT GOES REAL SLOW WHEN BACKING UP. I HAVE KEEP MY CAR UP REAL GOOD BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO KEEP BUYING A NEW CAR. *TR

SUDDENLY THE CAR NO LONGER ACCELERATED. NOTHING WAS COMING OR SHOWING ME THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG. STOPPED AT A GAS STATION AND TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND ON AGAIN THEN THE "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT CAME ON. TRIED TO ACCELERATE BUT NOTHING, EVERYTHING WAS RUNNING SMOOTHLY BUT THE CAR WAS JUST NOT ACCELERATING. SUDDENLY IT STARTED GOING REALLY SLOW BUT 500 FEET ON THE ROAD I HAD TO PULL OVER SINCE THE SPEED WENT NO MORE THAN 20MPH ON A 40MPH ROAD. I TRIED PUSHING THE GAS PEDAL TO THE LIMIT BUT NOTHING. THE DAY BEFORE I WENT TO NISSAN DEALERSHIP FOR A DIAGNOSTICS WHICH I WAS CHARGED $105 FOR. THEY TRIED TO GET ME TO TRADE IN MY CAR FOR A NEW ONE. THEY RECOMMENDED I GET THE OIL PRESSURE SWITCH REPAIR AS WELL AS SOMETHING WITH THE COOLANT FLUSH AND TRANSMISSION FLUSH. I WAS GOING GO TAKE IT TOMORROW BUT THIS HAPPENED I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. THE REASON I TOOK IT TO NISSAN IN THE FIRST PLACE WAS BECAUSE I WAS TOLD MY MODEL AND YEAR WERE FOUND TO BE ERRONEOUS WITH TRANSMISSION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE ENGINE RPMS INCREASED AS THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO RESPOND WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS, WHO STATED THAT RADIATOR FLUID LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND CAUSED INTERNAL DAMAGE. THE MECHANIC ALSO STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000.

VEHICLE HESITATION/SHAKING AT 40-45 MILES PER HOUR. TRANSMISSION JERKING. *TR

TRUCK STARTED HAVING A HARD TIME CHANGING THROUGH GEARS, HOWEVER WHEN TRYING TO GO TO 60MPH TRUCK WILL NOT CHANGE AND THE RPM JUST CLAIM. HAPPY THIS DID NOT HAPPEN ON THE INTERSTATE OR WHEN CHANGING LANES. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO LOCAL MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THE COOLANT SEAL IN THE TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED CAUSING COOLANT TO ENTER THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. REPAIRING THE THIS COULD COST UPWARDS OF $2500. NISSAN OFFERING NO HELP ON THIS MATTER.

IN SHORT THE TRANSMISSION IN MY 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER IS AND HAS FAILED. I WAS IN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION ON THE HYWAY AND JEOPARDIZED MY FAMILY'S AND MY LIFE. THE DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION/RADIATOR BREAKDOWN IS A SERIOUS SITUATION AND A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THESE VEHICLES. MY RADIATOR FLUID LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND FAILED. THE AMOUNT TO REPAIR THIS VEHICLE AND MAKE THIS A SAFE VEHICLE IS MORE THAN WE CAN AFFORD. I FEEL THIS FAULTY PRODUCT SHOULD BE RECALLED AND NECESSARY REPAIRS MADE OR A REIMBURSEMENT MADE ON BEHALF OF NISSAN.

TRANSMISSION WENT OUT IN MY VEHICLE. HAS BEEN SHAKING AND HAVING TROUBLE FOR A WHILE, BUT FINALLY "DIED" ON DECEMBER 20TH. IT IS FROM THE COOLANT LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION (SOMETHING NISSAN IS AWARE OF, BUT MAKES NO AMENDS TO FIX). THIS IS A COSTLY FIX AND NOT ONE I CAN PAY ANYTIME SOON. IF I AM UNABLE TO GET TO WORK THEN I CAN'T BUY PARTS AND LABOR. *TR

TRANSMISSION IS IN SAFE MODE DUE TO RADIATOR FLUID LEAKING INTO TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR NEED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT RADIATOR COOLANT WAS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE MECHANIC CONFIRMED THE FAILURE. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURED WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

VEHICLE WAS NOT WANTING TO ACCELERATE IMMEDIATELY. TOOK IT IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND HAD AIR FILTER REPLACED, AND CHECK THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. THAT GAVE A BUNCH OF CODES THAT ALL RELATED TO TRANSMISSION. TOOK IT TO TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST WHO SAID THAT THE RADIATOR CRACKED AND LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION. WORK TO BE DONE IS REPLACE RADIATOR, REBUILD TRANSMISSION, AND INSTALL EXTERNAL COOLERS. SHOP SAID THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE 2005 PATHFINDERS. COST IS ABOUT $5000. THEY SAID THIS ALSO RUINED THE COMPUTER ON THE TRANSMISSION. *TR

ON 1/17/14,WHILE DRIVING MY 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER ON A BUSY HIGHWAY, THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WITHOUT WARNING AND THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY SLOWED TO A CRAWL.I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD AND AVOID A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. I LIVE CLOSE BY AND WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT HOME. WE TOOK OUR VEHICLE TO OUR DEALER THE NEXT DAY. THEY TOLD US THEY WOULD LOOK AT OUR VEHICLE ON MONDAY. IN FOUR HRS., THE SVC.REP.CALLED AND SAID THE RADIATOR FAILED AND DAMAGED THE TRANSMISSION.THEY FOUND A WHINING SOUND AND SAID THE TIMING CHAIN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE COST WOULD BE $3,200 FOR THE TRANSMISSION AND $2,000 FOR THE TIMING CHAIN. WHY DID THEY RUSH TO INSPECT THE SUV? WE WONDER IF THEY JUMPED ON THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A LARGE REPAIR. PRIOR TO THIS, WE TOOK OUR SUV IN FOR SCHEDULED MAINT.IN 8/13 AT THIS DEALER. WE WERE TOLD EVERYTHING WAS FINE AND NO REPAIRS WERE NEEDED. THE MILEAGE IS NOW 82,300 MILES, AND WE PLANNED TO KEEP IT FOR MANY MORE YEARS. WE CALLED THE NISSAN HOTLINE AND SPOKE WITH THE REG. CUST.SVC.REP. SHE SAID THERE WAS NOTHING NISSAN WOULD DO AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. WE DISCOVERED THAT NISSAN WAS INVOLVED IN A CLASS ACTION SUIT THAT WAS RECENTLY SETTLED REGARDING THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. THE NISSAN RADIATOR/TRANSMISSION COOLER LITIGATION, CASE NO. 10-CV-07493. WHY WEREN'T WE NOTIFIED BY NISSAN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM IMMEDIATELY? PER THE SUIT, THE COST FOR REPAIRS OVER 80,000 MILES IS $2,500. IF THIS PROBLEM WAS IDENTIFIED DURING OUR SCHEDULED MAINT. WE WOULD HAVE AVOIDED ALL THESE PROBLEMS AND EXPENSES. THIS MAKES US WONDER IF NISSAN AND THE DEALER CONSPIRED TO KEEP THIS INFO. QUIET UNTIL AFTER THE VEHICLE PASSED 80,000 MILES. WE ALSO DISCOVERED A NEW CLASS ACTION SUIT FILED ON 6/26/13 INVOLVING THE PREMATURE FAILING OF THE TIMING CHAIN. WE WILL PURSUE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO GET REIMBURSED FOR THESE PROBLEMS THAT NISSAN WAS AWARE OF. *TR

VEHICLE REVVED ERRATICALLY, THEN JERKED THEN CUT OFF . TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS "RADIATOR FULL OF OIL AND TRANSMISSION FLUID AND SMELLS BURNT-FLUIDS MIXING-NEED TRANSMISSION. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MILES PER HOUR I FELT LIKE I WAS RIDING OVER RUMBLE STRIPS IN THE ROAD. THE ROAD WAS SMOOTH, SO THAT WAS NOT THE PROBLEM. I LATER FOUND OUT THAT I HAD A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, I FOUND THAT THE RADIATOR COOLANT FLUID LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND DESTROYED BOTH THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION I FOUND THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM EXPERIENCED BY MANY OTHER NISSAN PATHFINDER OWNERS (YEARS 2005 - 2010). THIS IS DEFINITELY A MANUFACTURING DEFECT NOT RECOGNIZED BY NISSAN. *TR

PURCHASED THIS SUV FROM A PRIVATE OWNER WHO REPLACED THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION COOLER YEARS AGO, HAD IT CONFIRMED FROM THEIR MECHANIC AND WHEN I DROVE THIS PATHFINDER IT HAS A BUMP IN THE TRANS. WAS TOLD BY NISSAN OF PADUCAH, AUTOZONE OF PADUCAH THAT IT WAS THE CAT CONVERTER WAS PLUGGED. REPLACED THE CAT CONVERTER, STILL HAS THE BUMP/SLIP IN THE TRANSMISSION. FOUND OUT THROUGH SEVERAL WEBSITES AND FORUMS THAT NISSAN NEEDS TO DO A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM. I'VE BEEN PART OF Z CLUBS IN THE USA FOR OVER 25 YEARS AND A LOYAL NISSAN OWNER AND CAN'T BELIEVE NISSAN WON'T TAKE CARE OF THIS PROBLEM IN THEIR SUV'S AND SMALL TRUCKS... *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILED AT INTERSECTION LEAVING VEHICLE UNABLE TO MOVE. PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY RADIATOR FLUID MIXING WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID. I CONTACTED NISSAN ABOUT THE ISSUE AND THEY DENIED ANY CLAIM FOR REPAIRS. NISSAN HAS KNOWN ABOUT THE ISSUE AND SETTLED THE CLAIMS FOR A SMALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE. THEY MADE IT BASICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO RECOVER ANY DAMAGES BECAUSE THEY REQUIRE A DEDUCTIBLE OF $3000 BEFORE THEY PAY ANYTHING. THEY ALSO WILL NOT COVER ANYTHING ABOVE 100,000 MILES. *TR

TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AS I WAS DRIVING IT ON THE HIGHWAY. *TR

I WAS DRIVING FROM WORK TO PICK UP MY KIDS FROM SCHOOL AND FELT MY VEHICLE BEGIN TO JERK, MY SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON SO I PULLED INTO A GAS STAION NEAR BY. WHEN I GOT OUT OF MY VEHICLE I SAW A HUGE PUDDLE OF RADIATOR FLUID GUSHING OUT. I CALLED MY LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME TO BRING IT IN BUT KEEP MY EYE ON THE H & C GAUGE AND MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T REACH UP TO H BY ANY MEANS. SO I GO AND PULL OUT OF THE GAS STATION AND GO ABOUT 2 BLOCKS AWAY AND IMMEDIATELY THE GAUGE WAS RISING TO H QUICKLY, SO I PULL OVER AND SHUT THE TRUCK OFF AND CALLED A TOW-TRUCK TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. AFTER NISSAN LOOKED AT MY TRUCK I'M TO REPLACE BOTH RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION! I LOOKED UP MY PROBLEMS WITH MY TRUCK AND FOUND OUT THAT LIKE I, MANY OF OTHER AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE HAVING OR HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND NISSAN DOESN'T WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM FOR ANY NISSAN OWNER AND ISSUE A FULL RECALL ON THESE SPECIFIC PROBLEMS. INSTEAD I'M STUCK PAYING A $3,000 CO-PAY OF A WARRANTY THAT DOESN'T HELP ME OUT AT ALL.... I CAN'T COME UP WITH THAT TYPE OF MONEY SPONTANEOUSLY. MY VEHICLE IS MY LIFELINE AND NOW I'M WITHOUT THAT DUE TO ON-GOING ISSUE WITH NISSAN PATHFINDER TRUCKS. SOMETHING HAS GOT TO GIVE SERIOUSLY IF I WOULD'VE KNOWN THAT THIS WAS EVENTUALLY GOING TO HAPPEN (AND IT DOES HAPPEN) I WOULD'VE NEVER BOUGHT THIS TRUCK PLAIN & SIMPLE... I ADVISE THE CONSUMERS TO STAY AWAY FROM NISSAN UNLESS THEY DON'T MIND ALL THE REPAIRS AND DRIVING HASARDS NISSAN HAS TO OFFER. *TR

WHILE ON A SHORT ROAD TRIP THE CAR BEGAN TO SHIFT HARD AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THE CAR WAS LEAKING COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY IN SECOND GEAR THE CAR STARTED TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE AND RUMBLE IN SECOND GEAR. I CONSTANTLY HAD TO PRESS HARDER ON THE GAS TO MAKE IT STOP. WHILE COMING INTO TOWN MY COOLANT WAS SO HOT THAT IT EXPLODED OUT OF THE CAR AND LEAKED EVERYWHERE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED TO 30 MPH INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THEY INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS CURRENTLY BEING INSPECTED BY THE DEALER FOR A SECOND OPINION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT RADIATOR FLUID ENTERED THE TRANSMISSION COOLING RESERVOIR, CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED MECHANIC WHERE A DIAGNOSTIC WAS PERFORMED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 86,200.

I REPORTED A COMPLETE LOSS OF MOTIVE POWER. THE AUTO REPAIR DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A FAILED TRANSMISSION FLUID COOLER LOCATED IN THE RADIATOR ASSEMBLY THAT ALLOWED COOLANT TO MIX WITH AND CONTAMINATE THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID, RESULTING IN DAMAGED INTERNAL TRANSMISSION COMPONENTS AND A DAMAGED INTERNAL TRANSMISSION COMPUTER. *TR

SPENT $1067.22 ON RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION REPAIR ON WHAT LATER WAS RECALLED. NOW THEY STATE I AM NOT ELIGIBLE BECAUSE OF MILEAGE BUT LOGIC WOULD DICTATE THAT THE HIGH MILEAGE CARS WOULD EXHIBIT THE PROBLEM FIRST AS MINE DID. NISSAN ADMITTED A PROBLEM WITH THE RECALL AND I EXPERIENCED IT AND PAID TO HAVE IT REPAIRED. WHY WOULD IT NOT BE COVERED? I SUBMITTED DIRECTLY TO NISSAN WITH CASE NUMBER [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

I TOOK MY CAR TO A NISSAN DEALERSHIP COMPLAINING ABOUT ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPING. I WAS TOLD THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG- HOWEVER THE NISSAN TECHNICIAN WAS FULLY AWARE OF THE ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSION RADIATOR COOLANT AND FAILED TO INFORM ME OF THE POSSIBLE ISSUE. WHY NOT JUST REPLACE THE RADIATOR BEFORE IT CAUSES THE TRANSMISSION TO GO BAD. FINALLY THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 130K MILES AND OF COURSE I AM TOLD THAT I AM OUT OF LUCK AND $4200. I THINK IT IS REALLY SAD THAT NISSAN OFFERED EXTENDED WARRANTIES FOR CUSTOMERS UNDER CERTAIN MILES AND LEFT OTHERS OUT IN THE COLD. IF THERE WAS ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO PROVE THEY WERE AWARE OF THE DEFECT ALL ALONG THEN CUSTOMERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS REPAIRED AT NO COST TO THEM REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF MILES ON THE VEHICLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST ACCELERATION POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,880.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A MAJOR HIGHWAY AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN MY SUV STALLED. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT POPPED UP, TOOK TO A SHOP AND MENTIONED THAT I NEED TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION VALVE BODY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 30 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED AND JERKED AS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS COASTED OFF THE ROADWAY UNTIL IT WAS POWERED OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED A TRANSMISSION MOUNT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 57450.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE DECELERATED AND JERKED WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES. THE DEALER TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE AND WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE JERKING AND DECELERATION INCREASED WITH GREATER FORCE AND THE DEALER RE-INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, ADVISING THAT THE RADIATOR FLUID HAD PENETRATED THE TRANSMISSION. AS A RESULT, BOTH THE TRANSMISSION AND THE RADIATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 57,800.

TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS - VEHICLE HAS BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS SHIFTING - THEN SUDDENLY BEGAN TO MAKE LOUD NOISES - TOOK TO TRANSMISSION SHOP - THEY FOUND NO PROBLEMS WITH COMPUTER DIAGNOSTIC - 2 WEEKS LATER THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON P1746 - WENT TO DRIVE TO SHOP AND COULDN'T MAKE IT - HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED HOME. TRANSMISSION MADE LOUD GRINDING NOISES ALL OF SUDDEN AND WOULD NOT SHIFT GEARS CHECKED TRANNY FLUID AND EVERYTHING ELSE - DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY IT WENT OUT - NO PRIOR PROBLEMS OR SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT BEFORE THIS -- ETC..WENT DOWNHILL FAST - IF I COULD HAVE CAUGHT EARLIER OR HAD SOME KIND OF WARNING FROM NISSAN MAYBE WE COULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING PREVENTIVE - EXTREMELY UPSET AFTER FINDING OUT ONLINE ABOUT 05 TRANNY PROBLEMS - CALLED NISSAN - I HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR COSTS - WAS NEVER INFORMED BY NISSAN OR DEALER ABOUT TRANSMISSION RADIATOR PROBLEMS - NOT A MECHANIC SO I DON'T SPEAK TO DETAILS ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED RADIATOR LAST YEAR IN OCTOBER 2012 - STILL WAS NOT ADVISED ABOUT POTENTIAL IMPACT TO TRANSMISSION MY WIFE WAS DRIVING - LUCKY SHE WAS NOT IN HEAVY TRAFFIC OR ON FREEWAY - COULD HAVE BEEN HORRIBLE ACCIDENT - NISSAN SHOULD HONOR - AND FIX - OR EITHER GIVE US REBATE ON NEW VEHICLE FOR TRADE-IN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH AND THERE WAS A SLIGHT LOSS OF TRANSMISSION POWER WITH SEVERE HESITATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS ANDY THEY INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE TRANSMISSION LINE WAS CRACKED AND TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS LEAKING. THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 66,889.

VEHICLE LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING AND WON'T ACCELERATE. CHECKED THE FLUID LEVELS AND THEY ALL ARE OK, HOWEVER, TRANSMISSION FLUID COLOR APPEARS BROWNISH INSTEAD OF THE USUAL PINK COLOR. *JS

DURING THE TIME I WAS DRIVING THE PATHFINDER I NOTICE THAT THE TRANSMISSION STARTED PULLING. I GOT INTO THE TURNING LANE TO PULL OVER TO CHECK IT OUT BUT WHEN I STOPPED AND THEN TRY TO TURN THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE MORE THEN 3 FEET THAT LEFT ME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. LUCKY NO ONE WAS HURT BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN A BAD SITUATION IF I WAS ON A BUSY STREET. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION IN MY 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER IS FAILING, JUST AS IT HAS BEEN STATED ALL OVER THE INTERNET. OF COURSE THE EXTENDED WARRANTY FROM OCTOBER OF 2012 DOES NOT ASSIST ME. MY TRUCK WAS FINE AT THAT TIME, AND NOW, I AM OVER $124,000 MILES. NISSAN IS STILL RESPONSIBLE FOR FAILING TO INFORM ITS CONSUMERS ABOUT THE ON-GOING FAILING TRANSMISSION ISSUES. NISSAN NEEDS TO PAY FOR MY TRANSMISSION. I EXPECT IT TO HAPPEN!!! *TR

IT'S THE TYPICAL NISSAN PATHFINDER (2005-2011) TRANSMISSION/RADIATOR FAILURE DUE TO FLUIDS FROM BOTH DEVICES MIXING AND CAUSING CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF BOTH. NISSAN INFORMS ME THAT THEY CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND MY PROBLEM, WHICH IS COMFORTING, BUT WILL NOT PAY A DIME. NEVER BUY ANOTHER ONE. *TR

THERE IS PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL VEHICLE. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. THE RADIATOR HAS A LEAK IN IT CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION OIL TO MIX WITH THE RADIATOR COOLANT CREATING A MIXTURE OF GRAVY TYPE SUBSTANCE. THE TRANSMISSION AND THE RADIATOR ARE FILLED UP WITH THIS SUBSTANCE. THE ENGINE IS NOT BEING COOLED DOWN. THE VEHICLE STARTS TO VIBRATE AFTER A CERTAIN SPEED. WHEN YOU POP UP THE HOOD IT SMELLS LIKE PLASTIC BURNING. *TR

NISSAN HAS A RECALL ON THE TRANSMISSION ONLY UP TO 100,000 MILES. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AT 98,000 BUT DID NOT KNOW ABOUT RECALL. I CONTACTED NISSAN AND SINCE IT IS OVER 100,000 THEY WILL NOT FIX THEIR MISTAKE ON ENGINEERING THIS VEHICLE. SO I NOW HAVE A VEHICLE THAT IS SETTING IN MY DRIVEWAY AND WILL NOT RUN! THE TRANSMISSION IS COMPLETELY USELESS AND I DO NOT HAVE $6000 TO FIX IT!! I FEEL NISSAN SHOULD BE LIABLE FOR THE FAULTY VEHICLES NO MATTER WHAT MILEAGE CONSIDERING IT ONLY HAPPENS IN HIGHER MILEAGE. NISSAN HAS TOLD ME THAT THEY WILL NOT FIX IT AND IT IS NOW MY RESPONSIBILITY TO DO SO. *TR

MY PATHFINDER LOCKED IN 4WD WHILE SWITCH WAS STILL IN 2WD AND WOULD NOT START BACK AFTER TOWING TO DEALERSHIP I FIND OUT IT IS THE RADIATOR LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND BOTH WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED AT $4900.00. IF MY WIFE WOULD OF BEEN ON A ROAD WITH MORE TRAFFIC IT WOULD OF BEEN BAD FOR HER AND MY TWO YEAR OLD. WE HAVE ONLY OWNED THE CAR FOR A YEAR AND NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS OUT OF IT AND OUR ALTIMA. WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN NISSAN OWNERS BUT WILL NEVER BUY AGAIN THIS IS EVIDENTLY A REALLY COMMON PROBLEM AND NISSAN'S CUSTOMER APPRECIATION IS AWFUL. *TR

TRANSMISSION FAIL... NEVER RECEIVED ANY RECALLS ABOUT IT... NOW I NOTICED WAS RECALL FOR MY TRANSMISSION AND NISSAN DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO HELP. *TR

1ST - FUEL GAUGE DOES NOT INDICATE WHETHER TANK IS FULL AND SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT IS CONSTANTLY ON. INFORMED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM, BUT NO RECALL FOR MY VEHICLE. WILL COST $1,000 TO REPLACE, STILL HAVE NOT DONE. 2ND - WAS DRIVING MY 2005 PATHFINDER ON HIGHWAY, ALONE WITH MY 2.5 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, RPMS SURGE, CAR WON'T ACCELERATE, FORCED TO PULL OVER IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE OK, TOWED TO NISSAN DEALERSHIP FOR $200. DEALERSHIP SAYS THAT RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION BOTH NEED TO BE REPLACED. DO A GOOGLE SEARCH TO FIND THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE ON THIS YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL AND REPAIRS TOTAL APPROXIMATELY $4,800. SINCE MY MILEAGE IS AT 101,500, 1,500 MILES OVER WARRANTY, NISSAN WILL OFFER NO COPAY. WHY IS THERE NO RECALL? DOES SOMEBODY NEED TO BE SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED FOR THIS TO HAPPEN? SHAME ON NISSAN FOR PUTTING PEOPLE IN DANGER. HAD MY CAR SERVICED AT NISSAN DEALERSHIP WHERE PURCHASED, NO ONE EVER INFORMED ME OF THIS PROBLEM SO I COULD HAVE TAKEN CARE OF IT BEFORE IT WAS TOO LATE. *TR

WAS EXITING A SIDE STREET ONTO A HIGH TRAFFIC ROAD TURNING LEFT, CROSSING ONCOMING TRAFFIC. VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD THEN LOST ALL FORWARD ACCELERATION. LEAVING ME IN ONCOMING TRAFFIC LANE. A SEPARATE VEHICLE NEARLY IMPACTED THE FRONT DRIVER DOOR OF MY VEHICLE, SLIDING TO A STOP. UPON VEHICLE INSPECTION AT THE LOCAL DEALER, IT WAS DETERMINED THE RADIATOR THAT HOUSES A TRANSMISSION COOLER FAILED AND MIXED ANTI-FREEZE IN WITH THE TRANSMISSION, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO DEGRADE QUICKLY, CAUSING A SPURT OF VEHICLE ACCELERATION DUE TO A LARGE TRANSMISSION SLIP. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSE A VERY SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH HAD THE OTHER VEHICLE MADE CONTACT WITH MY VEHICLE. *TR

THE NISSAN PATHFINDER COMPLETE SHUT DOWN DOWN AND THEN WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE. I RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND THE SLIP LIGHT WAS ON--THE CAR WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE. I THEN PARKED THE CAR AND RETURNED NEXT MORNING AND THE CAR ELECTRONICS APPARENTLY RESET (APPARENTLY) AND THE CAR WOULD GO INTO REVERSE. AFTER DRIVING FOR 10 KM, THE SLIP LIGHT CAME ON AND I DROVE IT PROMPTLY INTO NISSAN REPAIR (OVERSEAS). THE REPAIR CENTER INFORMS ME TO NOT DRIVE THE CAR--POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION AND THAT WE NEED TO GET A PART CALLED VALVE ASSEMBLY 31705EA30A; I MUST HAVE THIS SHIPPED, AND COST FOR REPAIR LABOR IS $1,000 LARIE (667.00 USD). THE ISSUE IS THAT THE CAR DIED OUT AS I WAS ENTERING INTO A PARKING LOT AND A CAR HIT ME IN THE REAR--LUCKILY I WAS NOT ON A HIGHWAY WHEN THIS HAPPENED. I HAVE MINOR REAR BUMPER DAMAGE>APPROXIMATELY 200 USD; I WOULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED AS WELL AS MY WIFE, IF THIS HAD HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY OR IN MAJOR TRAFFIC FLOW. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THE RADIATOR IS CRACKED AND HAS LEAKED FLUID INTO TRANSMISSION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT RADIATOR FLUID LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION. AS A RESULT, THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 134,000. *TR

I STARTED OFF AT AN INTERSECTION IN HEAVY TRAFFIC WHERE I LIVE IN ATLANTA, GA. MY TRUCK WOULD NOT MOVE. THE ENGINE REVVED WHEN GIVEN GAS BUT WOULD NOT GO FORWARD. I WAS IN PANIC MODE BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC AND I HAD MY FAMILY IN THE CAR. I WAS TOLD BY A NISSAN REP THAT RADIATOR FLUID IS LEAKING INTO MY TRANSMISSION FLUID AND CAUSING IT TO FAIL. HE SAID EVENTUALLY IT WILL FAIL FOR GOOD. THESE VEHICLES NEED TO BE RECALLED BY NISSAN!!!!!!! THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND IS VERY DANGEROUS!! THIS MUST BE ADDRESSED BEFORE SOMEONE LOSES A LIFE AT THE HANDS OF A FAULTY TRANSMISSION!. ALSO THIS IS A VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR FOR ME. PLEASE DO SOMETHING!! *TR

2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *SMD THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THEY WOULD REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AT A COST OF $4,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE VIBRATED AND THE GEARS MADE A GRINDING NOISE WHILE SHIFTING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE RADIATOR HAD FRACTURED AND CAUSED COOLANT TO MIX WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 84,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE IT WAS STATED THAT THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE 105,000. *TR

FROM STOP TRANSMISSION FAILED TO ENGAGE. CHECKED FLUID FOUND WATER IN TRANSMISSION FROM FAILED COOLING LINE THRU RADIATOR/ TRANS COOLING LINE. *TR

I AM REPORTING ABOUT MY NISSAN PATHFINDER 2005, SUDDENLY STOPPED DRIVING ON 85-N AFTER EXISTING THE FREEWAY YESTERDAY (05/28/2013) AROUND 1:30 PM AND IT WAS NOT MOVING AT ALL AND WE WERE SHOCKED AND ALMOST HIT FROM BEHIND AND THEIR WAS A LOT OF TRAFFIC. WE WERE LUCKY IT DIDN'T STOPPED ON THE FREEWAY, SINCE IT WAS BUSY DAY. WITH ME IN THE CAR WERE, MY WIFE, 3 CHILDREN, YOUNGEST BEEN 1 YEAR OLD AND WITH MY SISTER-IN LAW.. WHEN TRAFFIC WAS BACKED, WE GOT ASSISTANCE FROM THE HERO AND HE MOVED US FROM THE EXIT AND LATER WE TOWED THE CAR TO THE MECHANIC SHOP AND WE FOUND OUT IT HAS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. I SAW AN ADVERT ( NORTH CAROLINA CONSUMER COUNCIL) AND WE REPORTED TO THEM TOO BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. PLEASE ADVISE US WHAT TO DO NEXT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR. ALL OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A DEALER. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE RELAY PACK MALFUNCTIONED AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS DEFECTIVE DUE RADIATOR FLUID LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THERE WAS ALSO TRANSMISSION FLUID THAT LEAKED INTO THE RADIATOR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000.

MY WIFE WAS ON WAY HOME. AS SHE SLOWED AND TURNED INTO DRIVEWAY CAR JUST STOPPED PULLING. IT WAS LIKE IT WAS IN 5TH GEAR. HAD TO ACCELERATE HARD TO JUST GET INTO DRIVEWAY. PARKED AND SHUT IT OFF. AFTER INSPECTION I FOUND TRANS FLUID LOOKED MILKY. SEARCHED WEB AND FOUND THAT HUNDREDS OF OTHERS HAD EXPERIENCED THIS. I HOPED I HAD CAUGHT IT EARLY ENOUGH NOT TO HAVE DAMAGED TRANSMISSION. I REPLACED RADIATOR, THERMOSTAT,TRANS FILTER AND FLUIDS. NO HELP...... STILL DOESN'T PULL. DOES HAVE NICE CLEAN FLUIDS IN IT NOW. *TR

HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM THAT THE NISSAN PUT OUT A RECALL FOR. AN ALARMING NUMBER OF NISSAN XTERRA, PATHFINDER AND FRONTIER OWNERS ARE STEPPING FORWARD WITH STORIES ABOUT THEIR CRACKED RADIATORS WHICH ARE CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION. ONCE MIXED WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID THIS LETHAL COMBINATION KILLS THE VALVES, SEALS AND TORQUE CONVERTER -- RENDERING YOUR ENTIRE TRANSMISSION USELESS. THIS ISSUE IS CURRENTLY CONTAINED TO THE 2005 - 2007 MODEL YEARS, BUT WE'RE KEEPING OUR EYES OPEN FOR REPORTS FROM OTHER YEARS. *TR

TRANSMISSION DID NOT ENGAGE WHEN PULLING CAR OUT OF MY GARAGE. I PUT IT IN PARK AND TRIED AGAIN BUT THE CAR WOULD STILL NOT ENGAGE. AFTER A THIRD ATTEMPT THE CAR BEGAN TO MOVE BUT THE TRANSMISSION WAS ACTING VERY ODD AND DISENGAGING, ALMOST LIKE I WAS COASTING. THIS WAS VERY SCARY FOR ME AND MY THREE CHILDREN. MY HUSBAND INSPECTED THE CAR AND FOUND THAT RADIATOR FLUID CONTAINED A WHITE GREASY SUBSTANCE. I TOOK THE CAR IN FOR INSPECTION AND REPAIR AT MY LOCAL NISSAN DEALER AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT THERE WAS INDEED CROSS CONTAMINATION DUE TO A CRACKED TRANSMISSION COOLING LINE MIXING WITH THE RADIATOR FLUID. THIS WILL END UP COSTING ME $2,500.00 TO FIX. IT APPEARS THAT I AM NOT THE FIRST TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM, AND BY THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE FILING COMPLAINTS IT SEEMS LIKE A DEFECT TO ME AND NOT MERE COINCIDENCE. THIS REALLY NEEDS TO BE A RECALL. NISSAN NEEDS TO BE HELD LIABLE FOR THE MULTITUDES OF PEOPLE STUCK IN THIS UNFORTUNATE SITUATION. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON A LOCAL STREET IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AT 35 MPH ON MY WAY TO PICK UP MY SON FROM SCHOOL, THE PATHFINDER BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. I PRESS ON THE GAS AND THE PATHFINDER WOULD NOT GO ANY FASTER, IT WAS HESITATING AND SEEMED LIKE IT WAS GOING TO STOP. I MADE TO THE MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THE RADIATOR HAD LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE MECHANIC THEN ADVISED THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $5828. I AM UPSET AND COMPLETELY IN SHOCK WHEN HE TELLS NISSAN HAS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY HOWEVER IT ONLY COVERS YOU UP TO 100,000 MILES. NISSAN IS AWARE OF THIS ISSUE AND IF IT HAPPENED AT 100,000 I WOULD HAVE BROUGHT IT IN FOR SERVICING. I PAID OVER 30,000 FOR THE PATHFINDER BRAND NEW AND AFTER EIGHT YEARS THIS IS WHAT I AM LEFT WITH, NO RECOURSE? *TR

LOST POWER, TRANSMISSION NOT ENGAGING, WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS RADIATOR COOLANT WAS LEAKING IN THE SYSTEM. AFTER TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AFTER AT APPROXIMATELY 27,000 MILES SAME INCIDENT HAPPENED AGAIN. *TR

TRANSMISSION STALLS WHEN TRYING TO SHIFT BETWEEN GEARS. THE TRANSMISSION CANNOT DECIDE WHEN TO SHIFT AND TRIES TO DOWNSHIFT DURING DECELERATION. THE TRANSMISSION IS SLOW TO RESPOND. *TR

THE 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER WAS GOING DOWN THE ROAD AND IT BEGAN TO HARD SHIFT. THE REVS WOULD GO HIGH AND THEN THE CAR WOULD SHIFT VERY HARD. THEN WHILE GOING DOWN THE ROAD AT ABOUT 55MPH THE CAR SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL. THE CAR WOULD NOT ENGAGE ANY GEARS AND I HAD TO PULL OF THE ROAD. ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED IT WOULD NOT ENGAGE ANY GEARS. I TRIED TO RESET FROM PARK AND STILL NOTHING. I TURNED OFF THE CAR AND THEN BACK ON,THEN I PLACED THE CAR INTO "D" DRIVE AT WHICH TIME IT HAD A LONG DELAY BEFORE ENGAGING THE GEAR HARD. THEN I ROLLED OFF SLOWLY AND AGAIN, IT REVED UP HIGH BEFORE GOING INTO THE NEXT GEAR. AS SOON AS I GOT TO ABOUT 20 MPH IT SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL BEFORE COASTING TO A STOP. I HAD TO REPEAT THE OFF/ON PROCEDURE AND KEEP IT UNDER 20 MPH BEFORE I GOT TO A SAFE PLACE. THE CAR CONTINUE TO GO DOWN THE ROAD BETWEEN 15-20 MPH AT HIGH REVS IN ORDER TO GET IT TO A MECHANIC SHOP. THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNS, NO INDICATORS THAT THE CAR WAS GOING TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL AND THE WORST THING IS THAT I WAS WITH MY FAMILY IN THE CAR WHEN THIS OCCURED WITH A HIGH VOLUME OF CARS ON THE ROAD WHICH MADE IT A DANGEROUS CONDITION FOR THE CAR TO UNEXPECTEDLY SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION SEIZED AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION WERE BOTH REPLACED DUE TO COOLANT LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND CAUSING INTERNAL DAMAGE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TRANSMISSION IS GOING OUT, I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM NISSAN A COUPLE MONTHS AGO THAT STATES SOME OF THESE VEHICLES HAVE HAD ISSUES. ALSO THEY DO NOTHING FOR THIS AFTER 100000 MI. WELL, IT SEEMS THAT NISSAN KNEW ABOUT THIS AND THERE ARE ALOT MORE OF THESE THAN SOME OF THESE VEHICLES. I HAVE BEEN ALL OVER THE WEB AND HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF THESE ISSUES AND NISSAN FAILS TO ADMIT FAULT. I DON'T HAVE MONEY TO FIX MY VEHICLE WITH 112000 ON IT AND I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO REPLACE A TRANSMISSION WITH ONLY 112000 ON IT, ESPECIALLY A WELL MAINTAINED ONE.NISSAN KNEW OF THIS PROBLEM! [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, A STRONG BURNING ODOR EMITTED FROM UNDER THE HOOD AND THE VEHICLE LOST ACCELERATION POWER. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO MOVE THE VEHICLE INTO A PARKING AREA. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND SMOKE. THE CONTACT DROVE THE VEHICLE HOME. THE MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE RADIATOR FAILED AND CAUSED THE RADIATOR FLUID TO LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 127,525.

I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 40-45 M/H AND THE CAR STOP ACCELERATING, I TOOK THE CAR TO THE MECHANIC AND HE SAY IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION($7,000.00) SO I LOOK IT UP IN THE INTERNET AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

DURING THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2012 I HAD MY NISSAN TRUCK SERVICED. THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST RECOMMENDED TO REPLACE REAR DIFFERENTIAL FLUID, REPLACE CABIN AIR FILTER, REPLACE WINDSHIELD WIPER BLADES, AIR FILTER, PERFORM ENGINE COOLANT EXCHANGE , TRANSMISSION FLUID EXCHANGE, POWER STEERING SYSTEM FLUID EXCHANGE, PERFORM BRAKE SYSTEM FLUID EXCHANGE, AND FUEL INJECTION . I ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER, WHICH WAS DONE BY NISSAN. I HAD ALL OF THESE SERVICES PERFORMED BY THE NISSAN AUTOMOTIVE DEPARTMENT. ON FEBRUARY 28 2013, MY SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT COMES ON ALONG WITH SENSOR LIGHT INDICATING A DOOR IS OPEN. HOWEVER, NO DOORS WERE OPEN. I TAKE THE TRUCK BACK TO NISSAN, AND THEY TELL ME THE TRANSMISSION IS ABOUT TO GO OUT!!!! HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE? I HAVE ALWAYS TAKEN MY TRUCK TO NISSAN TO PERFORM THE SERVICE . I AM OUTRAGED!!!! ALL OF THE SERVICE NEEDED HAS ALWAYS BEEN PERFORMED BY NISSAN. PLEASE HELP!!!! *TR

MY PATHFINDER BEGAN TO SHUDDER AND MAKE A DEEP RUMBLING NOISE WHILE TRYING TO MAINTAIN A CONSTANT SPEED ANYWHERE BETWEEN 40-55PMH. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THIS MORNING AND WAS TOLD THIS AFTERNOON THAT THERE WAS A CRACK IN THE INTERCOOLER INSIDE THE RADIATOR AND IT HAD LEAKED COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. IT HAS CAUSED MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION. THE RADIATOR AND THE TRANSMISSION HAS TO BE REPLACED. THE TECH SAID THE ESTIMATED COST WILL BE $5300. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE ENGINE RPM READING BEGAN TO INCREASE AS THE VEHICLE SHIFTED HARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE RADIATOR FLUID WAS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THERE WAS AN INVESTIGATION UNDER NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: DP12004 (POWER TRAIN) THAT COULD HAVE BEEN RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,241.

RADIATOR CRACKED AND COOLANT LEAKED INTO TRANSMISSION. I DID SOME RESEARCH, THIS HAPPENS TO ALL 2005-2010 PATHFINDERS. VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE FLUSHED AND THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT OFFER ANY FURTHER ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 94,000.

I PURCHASED MY 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER IN MARCH OF 2011. HAD DONE GREAT FOR AWHILE. REPLACE A EXHAUST SENSOR IN AUGUST OF 2012. ALWAYS SMELLED HOT AFTER BEING DRIVEN, LIKE SOMETHING ELECTRICAL BUT COULD NEVER PINPOINT IT. THEN AROUND NOVEMBER 2012 NOTICED A DELAYED REACTION IN ENGAGING WHEN GOING INTO REVERSE AND A SLIGHT HESITATION COMING OUT OF PARK INTO DRIVE. DIDN'T THINK MUCH ABOUT IT AT TIME. BUT HAS SINCE GOTTEN WORSE, SHUTTERS FROM TIME TO TIME DRIVING, AND HESITATES MORE OFTEN. I CALLED THE LOCAL NISSAN SERVICE DEPARTMENT TODAY, JAN 24, THE MANAGER THERE TOLD ME I SHOULD CALL THE NISSAN CONSUMER OFFICE BECAUSE THE COMPANY WAS AWARE OF THE ISSUE. SO I DID. THE FIRST PERSON I STARTED TALKING TO HUNG UP ON ME AS SOON AS I MENTIONED MY VEHICLES MAKE AND MODEL. I CALLED BACK GOT SOMEONE ELSE, ALTHOUGH SHE DIDN'T HANG UP ON ME, SHE WAS NO HELP. SHE SAID BECAUSE MY VEHICLE WAS OVER 100000 MILES, THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD BE DONE. SO I GOT IN TOUCH WITH THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. THEY ARE LOOKING INTO IT FOR ME AS WELL. THIS IS WRONG THE WAY NISSAN IS TREATING PEOPLE. IF THEY TRULY WANTED GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE, THEY WOULD VOLUNTARILY RECALL THESE AFFECTED VEHICLES AND MAKE IT RIGHT. I WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER NISSAN PRODUCT OR RECOMMEND THEM. *TR

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IS FAILING. FAILURE FIRST APPEARED AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH AND NOW EXPERIENCING TRANSMISSION FAILURE FROM 30 MPH TO 60 MPH. PATHFINDER NOW HAS 71560 MILES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO LOOSE POWER AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE OVER 30 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ACCELERATING AFTER DECELERATING, THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED AND ACCELERATION POWER DECREASED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID THAT IS LEAD THROUGH THE RADIATOR TO BE COOLED, ALLOWED WATER INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102,916 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 108,000.

TRANSMISSION COOLER LEAKED COOLANT IN TRANSMISSION AN TRANS STARTED SLIPPING NOW I NEED A TRANSMISSION. *TR

I OWN A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE ENGINE COOLANT CONTAMINATED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID BECAUSE AN INTERNAL PIECE BROKE. THE ONLY REASON I NOTICED ANY ISSUE IS THE REVERSE GEAR BEGAN TO HAVE TROUBLE ENGAGING. AFTER VISITING TWO MECHANICS, I HAD TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE RADIATOR/COOLANT SYSTEM AND PUT IN A NEW TRANSMISSION. ALTHOUGH NISSAN HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE, THEY REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING TO HELP WITH THE SITUATION. ULTIMATELY, THIS REPAIR COST ME UPWARDS OF $6000.00 TO REPAIR. *TR

MY 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER SUFFERED A RADIATOR LEAK WHICH LEAKED FLUID INTO THE TRANSMISSION. WHILE DRIVING THE CAR THE ENGINE STARTED RUNNING AT A HIGH RPM WHILE THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST THE ABILITY TO DRIVE DESPITE THE CAR RUNNING AND THE GAS PEDAL BEING DEPRESSED. THEN THE TRANSMISSION "KICKED IN" AND THE CAR LURCHED FORWARD UNTIL THE ISSUE HAPPENED AGAIN AND THE CAR COMPLETELY BROKE DOWN ON THE ROAD. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND NOTICED THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. AFTER CONTINUALLY APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL THE VEHICLE RESPONDED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT FLUID FROM THE RADIATOR WAS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND CAUSED CORROSION. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THERE WAS AN INVESTIGATION UNDER NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: DP12004 (POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION: COOLING UNIT AND LINES) THAT COULD HAVE BEEN RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 139,000.

WE OWN A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER THAT MY WIFE DRIVES DAILY UNTIL A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO THAT THE TRANSMISSION GAVE UP ON US AT EXACTLY 100298 MILES. SHE SAID THAT SHE WAS DRIVING AROUND 50 MILES AN OUR AND THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN THE SUV JUST QUIT AND IT WOULD NOT GO NO FURTHER. LUCKILY THERE WAS NO CARS BEHIND HER BECAUSE OUR DAUGHTERS WERE WITH HER AT THE TIME. SO NOW I HAVE A PATHFINDER THAT DOES NOT RUN BECAUSE I CANT AFFORD THE SIX GRAND THEY ARE TRYING TO CHARGE ME BECAUSE I WENT OVER 298 MILES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, AN UNUSUAL NOISE COULD BE HEARD COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE TRANSMISSION WAS FLUSHED AND THE RADIATOR WAS REPLACED. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION EXHIBITED INTERNAL DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF COOLANT LEAKING FROM THE RADIATOR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 10V517000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT HAD EXCEEDED THE 100,000 MILE LIMIT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,720.

2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE FIRE THAT WAS CAUSED BY A DEFECT. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE HIS WIFE WAS DRIVING. HIS WIFE FELT A JERKING MOTION WHEN SHE PUSHED DOWN ON THE ACCELERATOR. HIS WIFE PULLED OVER, WHEN SUDDENLY ANOTHER MOTORIST INFORMED HER THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. ONCE SHE EXITED THE VEHICLE, THERE WAS A LOUD BOOM NOISE, WHICH WAS BELIEVED TO BE THE BATTERY EXPLODING. WITHIN IN SECONDS, THE UNCONTROLLABLE FLAMES LITERALLY ENGULFED THE ENTIRE VEHICLE. AN INVESTIGATOR BELIEVED THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE WAS A FAILURE IN THE TRANSMISSION. *JB

MY WIFE PICKED UP OUR TWO YOUNG KIDS (4, 6 AT THE TIME) FROM SCHOOL AND WHILE ON THE WAY BACK HOME OUR 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER TOTALLY SHUTDOWN AS SHE WAS PASSING THROUGH A BUSY INTERSECTION. THANKFULLY, SHE MADE IT THROUGH THE INTERSECTION BEFORE BEING HIT BUT WAS BROKEN DOWN IN THE STREET. UNFORTUNATELY, I WAS OUT OF TOWN FOR WORK THAT WEEK SO SHE CALLED OUR NEIGHBOR AND HE HELPED GET THE TRUCK BACK TO OUR HOUSE. AFTER DISCUSSING THE SITUATION WITH ME ON THE PHONE, SHE CALLED SEVERAL TRANSMISSION SPECIALISTS AND HAD ONE OF THEM (A+ TRANSMISSION) PICK UP THE SUV THE NEXT DAY. AFTER A RUNNING A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND DETERMINING THE SEVERITY OF THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM, THEY HAD TO PULL THE TRANSMISSION TO DO A COMPLETE INSPECTION. THEY DETERMINED THAT THE RADIATOR HAD LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND TRANSFER CASE AND THAT THE WHOLE TRANSMISSION INCLUDING THE RADIATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. WE OPTED FOR A REBUILD SINCE TRANSMISSIONS FROM NISSAN WERE ON 6 MONTH BACKORDER DUE TO OTHER NISSAN'S HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. WE SPENT ALMOST $4,000 TO FIX THIS PROBLEM WITH NO HELP FROM NISSAN. AFTER SOME RESEARCH ONLINE, WE FOUND MANY COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS ISSUE AND THE LACK OF A RECALL BY NISSAN. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY ISSUE THAT NISSAN HAS FAILED TO ADEQUATELY ADDRESS. I HOPE THAT SOMEONE WILL MAKE NISSAN DO THE RIGHT THING. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE DRIVING 60MPH UP A HILL. THE CAR MOST ABILITY TO CLIMB HILL AND SPEED DROPPED DRAMATICALLY. I WAS CONCERNED OF BEING HIT FROM BEHIND AS TRAFFIC WAS GOING FASTER AND HAD TO GO AROUND ME. THERE WAS NOT A PLACE TO PULL OVER. I MADE IT (BARELY) OVER THE HILL AND PULLED OVER. THE ISSUE IS A FAILURE OF THE INTERNAL RADIATOR COOLANT HOSE LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND DESTROYING THE TRANSMISSION. THIS HAS BEEN ADMITTED AND PREVIOUSLY NOTED AND DIAGNOSED BY NISSAN, BUT THEY HAVE OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE IF YOUR VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY. IT SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR ALL AFFECTED VEHICLES. PRETTY SCARY WHEN THE CAR FAILS AT SPEED AND YOU ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. *TR

DRIVING DOWN 4 LANE HIGHWAY AND STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT IN A SMALL TOWN. WHEN LIGHT TURNED GREEN, I TRIED TO PROCEED BUT VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. WHEN I WOULD PRESS THE ACCELERATOR, THE RPMS WOULD GO UP BUT VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. THERE WERE MANY VEHICLES COMING UP BEHIND ME AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND THERE I WAS WITH MY WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY, UNABLE TO MOVE. I HAD TO RISK GETTING OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND RUN TO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE AND TRY TO FLAG DOWN VEHICLES COMING AT ME AT OVER 60 MPH AND TRY TO FLAG THEM AROUND MY STRANDED VEHICLE WITH MY FAMILY INSIDE. FINALLY ABLE TO GET SOME ASSISTANCE AND GET VEHICLE PUSHED TO SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE SAME NISSAN DEALERSHIP FIVE TIMES FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM!!!!! EACH TIME THE REPAIR LASTS APPROXIMATELY 12 TO 18 THOUSAND MILES AND THEN I START HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. IN JAN.OF 2012 ,I PAID THE SAME DEALERSHIP FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION AND IN AUGUST ; I ONCE AGAIN HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. I DECIDED TO FILE A COMPLAINT AFTER BECOMING AWARE THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON ISSUE WITH THESE VEHICLES. *TR

MY NISSAN QUIT DUE TO A FAILED TRANSMISSION. I WAS DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING WHEN I ACCELERATED IT WOULD NOT GO FORWARD. IT OCCASIONALLY WOULD DO A HARD SHIFT WHEN GOING DOWN HILLS OR INCREASING SPEED. I BEGAN TO SMELL A FOUL ODOR COMING FROM THE HOOD AND ALOT OF SMOKE BILLOWING FROM THE BACK OF THE CAR. *TR

MY VEHICLE HAD GIVEN NO SIGNS OF PROBLEMS. I HAD MY VEHICLE SERVICED, OIL CHANGED...ETC ON REGULAR BASIS. FRIDAY NOVEMBER 9TH I LEFT WORK AND MY VEHICLE WOULDN'T START. THE NISSAN DEALER I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO HAS INFORMED ME THAT A FAULTY RADIATOR TANK BROKE DOWN, LEAKED COOLANT INTO MY TRANSMISSION, CORRUPTING MY TRANSMISSION AND ALL THE ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS THAT ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO IDENTIFY MY TRANSMISSION & GIVE THE VEHICLE/TRANSMISSION ABILITY TO START. IN ADDITION THEY INDICATE IT CAUSED CORROSION AND HAS DESTROYED MY TRANSMISSION. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT NISSAN KNEW OF THIS PROBLEM/EXACT ISSUE BUT INSTEAD OF RECALLING THE RADIATORS, THEY "OFFERED" AN EXTENDED WARRANTY UP TO 8 YEARS/80,000 MILES (WHICHEVER COMES FIRST): NO CUSTOMER CO-PAY; AFTER 8 YEARS/80,000 MILES (WHICHEVER COMES FIRST) UP TO 9 YEARS/90,000 MILES (WHICHEVER COMES FIRST): CUSTOMER CO-PAY IS $2,500; AFTER 9 YEARS/90,000 MILES (WHICHEVER COMES FIRST) UP TO 10 YEARS/100,000 MILES (WHICHEVER COMES FIRST): CUSTOMER CO-PAY IS $3,000. I THINK ITS ASININE THAT THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH NOT RECALLING ALL OF THESE AND TAKING CARE OF A PROBLEM THEY KNOW ABOUT WITHOUT PUTTING A HUGE BURDEN ON ALL OF THEIR CUSTOMERS. *TR

THE PROBLEM BEGAN SOME TIME IN SEPT 2012. WHEN SLIGHTLY ACCELERATING AT ABOUT 40 TO 45 MPH THE TRANSMISSION "SHUDDERS". RECENTLY IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING AT HIGHER SPEEDS (60 TO 65). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE TRIED TO ACCELERATE BUT THE SPEED DROPPED TO ZERO. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER AND ALLOWED THE VEHICLE SIT FOR A DAY. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT RADIATOR AND THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

BOUGHT VEHICLE IN APRIL 2012 HAD TRANSMISSION GO OUT FIXED THAT WITH WARRANTY COMPANY. THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AGAIN IN LESS THAN A MONTH COMES TO FIND OUT THE RADIATOR WAS CRACKED SENDING ANTIFREEZE INTO TRANSMISSION AND TRANSMISSION FLUID INTO MY RADIATOR DESTROYING MY TRANSMISSION COMPUTER. GOT THAT FIXED CAMSHAFT SENSORS THEN WENT BAD COST ME MORE MONEY. AFTER THAT THE RADIATOR WAS STILL MESSED UP HAD IT REPAIRED AND FLUSHED SYSTEM COMPLETELY. THE SHOP ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE BACK FLOW RESERVE CAP AND THERMOSTAT FOR BEING BAD. THE VEHICLE WORKED FOR ANOTHER TWO DAYS AND HAD A MECHANIC LOOK AT THE VEHICLE FOR OVERHEATING AND THE DIAGNOSIS WAS FAN CLUTCH WAS WORKING NEED TO REPLACE FAN CLUTCH COMPLETED THAT. NOW NOV. 8TH TWO DAYS LATER AFTER BEING FIXED STILL OVERHEATING. DO KNOW WHAT TO DO ANYMORE??? *TR

THE CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN ON A BUSY STREET DURING MORNING RUSH HOUR, AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH. THE CAR IMMEDIATELY STOPPED RUNNING AND WENT TO A CRAWLING SPEED (AROUND 1-2 MPH). CARS BEHIND NEEDED TO MOVE QUICKLY TO AVOID COLLISION, AND BECAUSE THERE WAS NO SHOULDER, THE CAR BLOCKED TRAFFIC. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO A NISSAN DEALERSHIP. THEIR FIRST DIAGNOSIS WAS THAT IT WAS A FAILURE OF THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION VALVE BODY, AND THEY WANTED TO CHARGE AROUND $2400 FOR THE REPAIR. THREE DAYS LATER, AFTER LOOKING AT IT, THE DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS COOLANT LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION, WITH A COST OF REPAIR OF $7400. *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO RADIATOR LEAKING INTO FLUID MY TRANSMISSION WHICH HAS BEEN RUINED. I HAVE 140 K MILES ON MY 2005 PATHFINDER AND WAS NEVER NOTIFIED BY NISSAN ABOUT THE FAULTY RADIATOR AND THEREFORE THIS DAMAGED OCCURRED. ESTIMATE TO FIX IS $5600.00. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY DECELERATED WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE DIGITAL PANEL THAT DISPLAYED WHICH GEAR THE VEHICLE WAS IN ALSO WENT BLANK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIATOR LEAKED COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION, DESTROYING THE MODULATOR. AS A RESULT, THE TRANSMISSION, RADIATOR AND MODULATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO OFFERED TO PAY FOR PART OF THE REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 96,000.

MANY INSTANCES OF THE CAR JERKING, JERKING FORWARD WHEN TRYING TO SLOW DOWN OR STOP. THE RPM REVVING UP TO DANGEROUS LEVELS FOR NO REASON AND TROUBLE DRIVING UPHILL. MY CAR HAS BECOME A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. FIRST THE FUEL GAUGE STOPPED WORKING, WHICH CAUSED ME TO RUN OUT OF GAS AND STALLING IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. NEXT, MY CAR STALLED FOR NO REASON WHILE DRIVING, THAT WAS REPAIRED, SOMETHING TO DO WITH A RELAY SWITCH, NOW THE TRANSMISSION ISSUES, POSSIBLE RADIATOR FAILURE AND THE NEED OF A NEW CATALYTIC CONVERTER IN A CAR WITH 100K MILES.... THAT'S INSANE !!! SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE SERIOUSLY HURT OR KILLED IF THEY DON'T FIX THESE VEHICLES AND PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS LAYING AROUND TO FIX IT. SO, NO FOOD, RENT OR BILLS BEING PAID FOR OVER A MONTH JUST TO PAY FOR REPAIRS IS EVEN MORE OF A HARDSHIP TO FAMILIES. PLEASE HELP US BEFORE SOMETHING HAPPENS. THANKS !!! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION RESPONDED EXTREMELY SLOW WITH SLIGHT HESITATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THE DEFECT WAS CONTRIBUTED TO A CRACK IN THE RADIATOR. THE LEAKING COOLANT FROM THE RADIATOR CAUSED SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION; HOWEVER THE RADIATOR WAS REPLACED. IN ADDITION, THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,225. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

WAS DRIVING ALONG AND VEHICLE STOPPED PULLING. TOO IT TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD BY MASTER MECHANIC AT NISSAN DEALERSHIP THAT IS WAS ENGINE COOLANT LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION IN WHICH THERE IS A RECALL. AND THEN WAS TOLD BY CORPORATION THAT THEY WERE NOT GOING TO HELP ME. *TR

COOLANT LEAKED INTO TRANSMISSION CAUSING TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. *TR

AFTER STARTING OUR PATHFINDER IN A PARKING LOT AND PLACING IT INTO DRIVE, THE VEHICLE HAD LOST ALMOST ALL ACCELERATION IN FIRST GEAR. AFTER SLOWLY CLIMBING INTO SECOND GEAR, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO JERK AND LURCH ALMOST CAUSING OUR SUV TO STRIKE SEVERAL PARKED CARS. WE IMMEDIATELY TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND WERE TOLD AFTER CAREFUL INVESTIGATION THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE COMPLETELY REPLACED DUE TO DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE LEAKING OF COOLANT AND WATER INTO THE TRANSMISSION FROM THE FACTORY INSTALLED TRANSMISSION COOLER. EXTENSIVE RUSTING AND DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION HAD CAUSED THE FAILURE. THIS IS A VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR ($4000) THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED US TO GET INTO A SERIOUS ACCIDENT HAD WE BEEN TRAVELING AT A HIGHER RATE OF SPEED IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. *TR

WAS DRIVING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION AND THE CAR IMMEDIATELY SLOWED DOWN AND WOULD NOT DRIVE FORWARD, CARS HAD TO SLAM ON THERE BRAKES AND WE WERE ALMOST HIT FROM BEHIND AND THE LEFT SIDE. WE HAD IT TOWED 20 MILES TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP TO HAVE THEM TELL US RADIATOR FLUID HAS LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND WOULD BE $3500 TO FIX, NISSAN OFFERED NO HELP OR COMPENSATION, CALLED BOTH THE DEALER AND NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS WITH NO SUCCESS, NEITHER WANTED OR INSISTED ANY HELP WAS TREATED LIKE I DIDNT EXIST, CAUSED EXTREME PAIN FOR MY FAMILY. *TR

RADIATOR FLUID AND WATER WERE FOUND IN THE TRANSMISSION BOX. MECHANIC SAID THIS IS VERY COMMON WITH THIS YEAR MAKE AND MODEL AND CAN LEAD TO TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND LOSS OF DRIVING ABILITY AT ANY TIME. GOOGLE SEARCHES INDICATE AS SUCH, AND THAT NISSAN KNOWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE BUT ISN'T DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. *TR

I HAD EXPERIENCED SOME SLIGHT JERKING AROUND 60-70 MPH AND DISMISSED IT AS THE TRANSMISSION JUST TRYING TO DECIDED BETWEEN GEARS. LAST NIGHT, WHILE PULLING AWAY FROM A STOP SIGN, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO MOVE FORWARD THEN I HEARD A SLIPPING NOISE AND IT FELT LIKE THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING AND WOULDN'T MOVE. THIS OCCURRED WHILE I WAS IN THE MIDST OF CROSSING AN INTERSECTION WITH MY PREGNANT GIRLFRIEND AND A 5 YEAR OLD IN THE VEHICLE. I IMMEDIATELY PARKED THE VEHICLE TO AVOID ANY DAMAGE. THE TRANSMISSION FLUID LEVEL WAS GOOD, BUT SEEMED RATHER CLEAR COMPARED TO FLUID I HAD SEEN IN THE PAST. I HAD EXPECTED IT TO AT THE LEAST, LOOK DIRTY. AFTER READING REPORTS OF ISSUES ONLINE, MY GUESS IS THE ISSUE MANY OTHERS HAVE REPORTED OF COOLANT MIXING WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. I'M HAVING A MECHANIC LOOK INTO THE ISSUE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION FELT KIND OF JERKY ONE DAY, AND THEN THE VERY NEXT DAY IT FELT LIKE IT WAS SLIPPING OR NOT WANTING TO SHIFT BEFORE IT WOULD SLAM INTO GEAR. IT WAS AT THIS POINT THAT THE TRANSMISSION FINALLY LET GO. *TR

THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHUDDER BADLY AND LOSE POWER. THOUGHT SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF MY VEHICLE, BUT IT WAS SPRAYING TRANSMISSION FLUID. PULLED OFF OF THE INTERSTATE AND CALLED A TOWTRUCK. HAD MY FIVE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IN THE BACK SEAT. SCARED US BOTH. NO ONE INJURED BUT COULD HAVE BEEN IN HEAVIER TRAFFIC. FOUND OUT TODAY THAT IT'S A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE CARS. *TR

I BOUGHT MY 2005 PATHFINDER IN NOVEMBER OF 2010 WITH 76K MILES. EVER SINCE I BOUGHT IT IVE BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSON THAT HAVE SLOWLY GOTTEN WORSE. I WENT AND GOT MY TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGED AT 98K MILES AND NOW IT HAS LEFT ME SIT. STILL OWING OVER 19K ON THE VEHICLE AND PAYING OVER 400 DOLLARS A MONTH ON A PAYMENT AND NOW NISSAN WANTS ME TO PAY FOR THE PROBLEM THAT THEY HAVE KNOWN THEY HAD ON A VEHICLE. NOT CHEAP EAITHER, APPLE NISSAN OF YORK PA ESTIMATED OVER 6K TO FIX THE PROBLEM. COMPLETE BS. THIS NEEDS TO STOP NOW AND THESE PROBLEMS NEED TO BE FREE OF CHARGE AND RECALLED ASAP!! I WILL GO AS FAR AS GOING TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE IF NEED BE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING WITH MY 15 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER FROM MY HOME IN SANFORD, FL TO CLERMONT, FL TO VISIT MY MOM AT THE NURSING HOME. WHILE I WAS ON THE EXPRESSWAY 408 THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO STALL AND BOG DOWN CAUSING THE VEHICLES BEHIND ME TO SLOWED DOWN ABRUPTLY ALMOST CAUSING A CHAIN REACTION ACCIDENT. I WAS TERRIFIED. I SLOWLY MADE MY WAY OFF THE EXPRESSWAY ONTO STATE ROAD 50 THEN THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO AT ALL. I CALLED MY HUSBAND AND HE TOLD ME TO PUT MY HAZARD LIGHTS ON TURN THE VEHICLE OFF AND THEN TRY AGAIN. THIS WORKED BUT I WAS ONLY ABLE TO GO 20 MPH, HOWEVER THE SPEED LIMIT WAS 50 MPH. AT ONE POINT I WAS ON A HILL AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN ROLLING BACKWARDS ALMOST CRASHING INTO THE VEHICLE BEHIND ME. I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE NURSING HOME WHERE I PARKED THE VEHICLE THEN MY HUSBAND CAME AND TOWED IT BACK HOME WHERE IT NOW SITS, WE HAVE TO HOLD NISSAN RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR FLAWS. IT'S NOT FAIR THAT MY LIFE, MY CHILD'S LIFE AND THE LIFE OF OTHER DRIVERS WERE IN DANGER BECAUSE OF NISSAN'S IRRESPONSIBILITY. I WANT THE TRANSMISSION ON MY 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER REPLACED WITH A NEW TRANSMISSION. *TR

MY PATHFINDER STARTED HAVING A VIBRATION EVERY TIME I DROVE IT AND AFTER SOME RESEARCH I FOUND OUT ABOUT THE PROBLEM THEY WERE HAVING WITH THEIR TRANSMISSIONS AND THAT IT WAS A WELL KNOWN ISSUE. I HAVE ALSO HAD A POP AND IT LURCHES FORWARD. *TR

I WAS COMING HOME FROM WORK ON MAIN ROAD AT RUSH HOUR WHEN I HEARD A LOUD CLUNK FOLLOWED BY HESITATION AND LIGHTS ON MY INSTRUMENT PANEL GOING ON. I WAS HAVING TROUBLE GOING EVEN 20 MPH AND MOTORISTS BEHIND ME FELT I WAS GOING UNREASONABLY SLOW, THINKING I WAS DOING THIS ON PURPOSE AND EVEN TRYING TO PASS ME. I LIMPED ALONG TO THE NEXT STREET WHERE I COULD GET OFF SAFELY AND CALLED FOR HELP. BROUGHT THE CAR TO CLOSEST DEALER THE FOLLOWING DAY AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO COOLANT CONTAMINATION. MY CAR WHICH WAS FINALLY PAID OFF NOW FACED CERTAIN DOOM. NISSAN HAS FAILED TO FIX ANY OF THIS SO NOW THE CAR MUST SIT IN MY DRIVEWAY UNTIL YOU ISSUE A RECALL. NISSAN KNEW OF THIS ISSUE LONG AGO AND ISN'T TAKING MEASURES TO WARN ANY OF THEIR CUSTOMERS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. THESE RADIATORS NEED TO BE CHANGED IN ALL AFFECTED VEHICLES AND THOSE WHICH SUFFERED CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE PUT BACK ON THE ROAD AT THEIR EXPENSE.HOW MANY MORE DRIVERS NEED TO GO THROUGH THIS PAINFUL AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING FAILURE? *TR

DUE TO UNEXPECTED TRANSMISSION SLIP, I HAD A NEAR MISS AT A 4-WAY STOP INTERSECTION WHEN MY VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE AS EXPECTED. TWO OTHER CARS ENTERED THE INTERSECTION FROM THE OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS AND BOTH HAD TO STOP WHEN MY VEHICLE FAILED TO EXIT THE INTERSECTION AS THEY MIGHT HAVE EXPECTED. MY PATHFINDER VERY SLOWLY ACCELERATED AND EVENTUALLY CLEARED THE INTERSECTION. I CALLED THE DEALER AND AFTER INITIAL INVESTIGATION, THEY ADVISED ME THAT COOLANT HAD LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION DUE TO FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION RADIATOR, IRREPARABLY DAMAGING THE TRANSMISSION. THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED AS DID THE RADIATOR. ASIDE FROM THE HIGH COSTS OF REPAIRS WHICH I CONSIDER TO BE UNACCEPTABLE FOR A VEHICLE AT ITS STAGE OF SERVICE LIFE, I CONSIDER THE FAILURE MODE TO PRESENT AN UNACCEPTABLE SAFETY RISK. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATH FINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD AND THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED DURING THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHERE THEY ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND THE RADIATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT PROVIDED NO ASSISTANCE BECAUSE THE MILEAGE WAS OVER 80,000. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000. UPDATED 10/10/12*CN UPDATED 10/11/12

I WAS PARKING THE CAR IN A CARPORT A LOW SPEED WHEN THE CAR LUNGED FORWARD AND HIT A METAL POLE AND DENTED MY FRONT BUMPER. SEVERAL WEEKS BEFORE THE INCIDENT I NOTICED THE CAR LUNGES FORWARD (A FEW TIMES) AS I ACCELERATE FROM A COMPLETE STOP. THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED A FEW MORE TIMES UNTIL THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR WOULD HESITATE TO ACCELERATE. I TOOK THE CAR TO UNIVERSAL NISSAN (WHERE I BOUGHT MY CAR AND HAVE EXCELLENT SERVICE RECORD ON MY VEHICLE) ON 08-21-12 AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE RADIATOR WATER WAS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND IT WOULD COST ANYWHERE BETWEEN $4-5K TO BE REPAIRED. THEY ALSO INFORMED ME THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM FOR PATHFINDER, XTERRA AND FRONTIER DUE TO DEFECTIVE RADIATOR. I CALLED NISSAN NORTH AMERICA TO SEE IF THEY COULD HELP ME WITH THE PROBLEM. I WAITED FOR A 2 WEEKS FOR THEM TO RESPOND BUT THEY DID NOT HELP ME, A LOYAL COSTUMER WHO HAVE PURCHASED 3 NISSAN VEHICLES IN THE PAST. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT NISSAN CHOOSES TO IGNORE. SINCE NISSAN DOES NOT WANT TO FIX THEIR DEFECTIVE PRODUCT PLEASE MAKE THEM DO SOMETHING BEFORE THIS SERIOUS PROBLEM TAKES A LIFE. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

WE HAD STARTED TO NOTICE SOME ROUGH SHIFTING AT LOW SPEEDS. THIS PAST WEEKEND MY WIFE WAS TRYING TO DRIVE WITH OUR KIDS IN ATLANTA FREEWAY STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. AT SPEEDS AROUND 15 MPH THE VEHICLE WOULD START TO BUCK AND LURCH AND IT WOULD KILL THE ENGINE. IT IS AN AUTOMATIC BUT WAS BEHAVING LIKE A MANUAL IF SOMEONE DIDN'T PUSH IN THE CLUTCH WHEN COMING TO A STOP. THIS WAS VERY HAZARDOUS IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC ON A 10+ LANE FREEWAY. THE MECHANIC SAID THE TRANSMISSION IS FAILING BECAUSE RADIATOR FLUID WAS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND THAT HE HAD SEEN A NUMBER OF NISSANS WITH THIS PROBLEM. WE ARE HAVING TO REPLACE BOTH THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR AT $4,000. THAT IS BETTER THAN HAVING THE TRANSMISSION LOCK UP AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. IF YOU REMEMBER LAST YEAR, MONTOYA'S NASCAR TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP SENDING HIM INTO ONE OF THE JET DRIERS AT THE TRACK CAUSING A FIERY COLLISION. HE HAD NO CONTROL AT THAT TIME AND HE IS A PROFESSIONAL DRIVER. NISSAN KNOWS THIS IS A PROBLEM. I NOW KNOW THAT I AM NOT ALONE AND THAT TOO MANY NISSAN OWNERS HAVE MADE THIS COMPLAINT AND NISSAN WILL NOT VOLUNTARILY PROTECT THEIR CUSTOMERS. *TR

2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP, THE VEHICLE DOES NOT GAIN SPEED AS IT WOULD NORMALLY. AT HIGHER SPEEDS IT SEEMS TO PERFORM NORMALLY. WHEN SHIFTING INTO DRIVE, THERE IS A NOTICEABLE JUMP/BUMP. I TOOK IT TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP AND THE MECHANIC SAID THAT THE RADIATOR IS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION. HE SAID THE TRANSMISSION IS VERY RUSTY. APPARENTLY THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THESE VEHICLES. AT THIS POINT HE IS ESTIMATING BETWEEN $2,500 AND $3,000 TO REPAIR. VEHICLE HAS ABOUT 108,000 MILES. I WOULD LOVE ANY INFORMATION ON HOW TO BE REIMBURSED FROM NISSAN. *TR

VIBRATES VIOLENTLY WHEN SHIFTING, ON9/15/12 I WAS ON THE FREEWAY AND IT STARTED JERKING AND SHAKING BACK AND FORTH AND I HAD TO LET OF THE GAS TO GET IT TO SHIFT AND GOING AGAIN. SINCE THEN IT HAS GOT WORSE. TOOK IT TOO A TRANSMISSION PLACE AND THEY LOOKED AT THE FLUID AND COOLANT HAD LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION. $4200.00 IS THE ESTIMATE. I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY AND WILL NOW HAVE TO GET A LOAN TO GET IT FIXED. NISSAN WARRANTY IS EXPIRED AT 80K MILES. I HAVE A WARRANTY IN PLACE WITH NAVISS WHICH THEY HAVE DENIED THE CLAIM STATING THE RADIATOR IS NOT A COVERED PART AND THE FACT THAT IS THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM SO IT IS NOT COVERED. I HAVE A WIFE AND TWO KIDS AND THE VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. MY WIFE WILL NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE. I CAN'T BELIEVE NISSAN KNOWS THAT THIS AN ISSUE YET THEY WON'T TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND FIX THE PROBLEM. THE TRANSMISSION PLACE SAID THEY FIX 3-4 A MONTH, AND HAVE YET TO SEE NISSAN COVER ANY. I HOPE THAT THE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT GOES THROUGH SO WE CAN GET OUR MONEY BACK. *TR *JS

MY PATHFINDER HAS 150,000 MILES ON THE TRANSMISSION. THE PATHFINDER IS A 2005. THE PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE IS THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS MALFUNCTIONING. WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, I HAD TROUBLE WITH THE POWER IN THE VEHICLE. IT WAS SLIPPING AND NOT GOING INTO GEAR ALL THE TIME. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT IT IS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND THAT NISSAN ALREADY KNEW OF THE PROBLEM BUT DID NOT DO A RECALL ON THE TRANSMISSION. ALSO BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED, IT ALSO LUNGED FORWARD WHILE DRIVING IT. THIS COULD CAUSE A MAJOR ACCIDENT. AT THIS POINT, NISSAN IS NOT ACKNOWLEDGING THAT IT IS A PROBLEM WITH THEIR VEHICLES. THEY SAID THEY WOULD NOT DISCUSS THE PROBLEM UNLESS IT WAS DIAGNOSED BY A NISSAN DEALER AT A COST OF SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS. *TR

IT STARTED WITH THE HEAT IN MY 2005 PATHFINDER NOT WANTING TO HEAT UP UNLESS GOING OVER 55 MPH. THEN SUDDEN JERKING WITH THE VEHICLE WHEN GOING OVER SPEEDS OF 40. HAD TRANSMISSION FLUSHED AND WORKED FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS. THEN AS MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING ON THE ROAD IT BEGAN TO LOSE ACCELERATION AND CAME TO A STOP. WE HAD THE CAR TOWED AND IT HASN'T STARTED SINCE? THE DEALERSHIP TOLD US THE TRANSMISSION WAS COMPLETELY OUT. THEY SAID IT WAS DUE TO COOLANT LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION. REPAIRS ARE GOING TO BE $5100. THE CAR HAS 92,000 MILES! STILL WAITING TO HEAR IF NISSAN MANUFACTURERS ARE GOING TO FIX THE DAMAGE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS VEHICLE TO DRIVE BECAUSE WHEN IT GOES OUT IT WILL COMPLETELY GO OUT AND IF YOU ARE ON THE HIGHWAY THIS IS VERY SCARY!! *TR

I TOOK MY PATHFINDER TO THE DEALER COMPLAINING OF SHIFTING PROBLEMS TO ESSERMAN NISSAN IN MIAMI FLORIDA. THE SERVICE MANAGER OPENED THE HOOD AND AFTER WAITING OVER 1/2 HOUR REMOVED THE RADIATOR CAP TO FIND WATER IN THE FORM OF A CREAM ( TOOK PICTURES). HE STATED THAT THE ENGINE COOLANT MOST LIKELY HAD GONE INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION AND CREATED DAMAGE, BUT BECAUSE MY CAR WAS 82K MILES THERE WAS NOTHING THE DEALER COULD DO I CALLED NISSAN AND FILED A CASE, BUT IT WAS USELESS. I TOOK THE CAR TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP WHERE THEY CHARGED ME $700+TAX TO FLUSH THE TRANSMISSION, CHANGE THE TORQUE CONVERTER AND INSTALL AN EXTERNAL OIL RADIATOR FOR THE TRANSMISSION. THEY STATED THAT THE DAMAGE WAS DONE AND ALTHOUGH THE ROUGH SHIFTING WILL BE A CONSTANT, THAT AT LEAST I WILL BUY SOME TIME BECAUSE A COMPLETE REBUILT WAS 3500USD. FINALLY THE TRANSMISSION GAVE UP ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN MY WIFE ENTERED THE HIGHWAY BUT THE CAR DID NOT MOVE PASS SECOND GEAR. SHE FOUND THE NEXT EXIT AND CALLED ME. SHE MADE IT HOME ON SECOND GEAR AND HIGH RPM. I CALLED BACK NISSAN, THEY ASK ME TO TAKE THE CAR TO THE DEALER. THE CAR WAS AT HOME SO BEFORE TAKING IT I DECIDED TO PASS BY AND TALK TO THE MANAGER. HE STATED THAT IF NISSAN DID NOT HELP ME AT 82K MILES WHAT MADE ME BELIEVE THAT THEY WERE GOING TO HELP ME AT 120K. I LEFT THE CAR AT HOME UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 45 MPH AND SUDDENLY THERE WAS NO MORE SPEED AS IF THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN ON NEUTRAL, THERE WERE CARS BEHIND BUT IT WAS FORTUNATE THAT IT WAS AT A DISTANCE WHERE THEY WERE ABLE TO STOP SUDDENLY WITHOUT CRASHING INTO US OR EACH OTHER. THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE IS INTENDED TO TRANSPORT SEVERAL PASSENGERS AND IN MY CASE I HAD MY CHILDREN WITH ME. WE BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE USED AS BEING OUR ONLY FINANCIAL OPTION FOR A FAMILY OF SIX. THIS HAS CREATED HUGE TROUBLE FOR OUR FAMILY SINCE ALL OF OUR SAVINGS WENT TO THE PURCHASE OF THIS SUV LAST YEAR AND WE HAVE NO MONEY TO DO REPAIRS AT TIME WHICH ARE APPROXIMATELY $4,000.00. *TR

APPARENTLY NISSAN HAS A FAULTY RADIATOR WHICH IN TURN RUINED MY TRANSMISSION. MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN SERVICED ONLY AT NISSAN, AND I HAVE TAKEN VERY GOOD CARE OF IT. THERE WAS NO WARNING, NO INDICATION THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG UNTIL IT STARTED GIVING ME PROBLEMS SHIFTING GEARS. I HAD IT TOWED TO NISSAN JUST TO FIND OUT THAT THE RADIATOR RUINED MY TRANSMISSION AND NOW WILL COST CLOSE TO 6,000 DOLLARS IN REPAIR. *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILURE, RADIATOR FAILURE. HAD IT FIXED MONTHS AGO AND MY CAR CONTINUES TO SPEW BLUEBERRY YOGURT FROM COOLING SYSTEM. NISSAN DID NOTHING, DEALER DID NOTHING AND NOW MECHANIC IS MAKING ME JUMP THROUGH HOOPS. THIS IS A SERIOUS AND DANGEROUS ISSUE, OCCURRING COUNTRYWIDE IN THOUSANDS OF VEHICLES. NISSAN OBVIOUSLY DOES NOT WANT THE BAD PUBLICITY BY OWNING UP TO THE FAULTY PARTS...WHY DO YOU THINK THEY CHANGED THE PARTS IN 08' MODELS AND UP? LUCKILY MY TRANNY BLOWING ON THE INTERSTATE DID NOT CAUSE INJURY, BUT IT VERY WELL COULD HAVE....IS IT GOING TO TAKE SOMEONE DYING FOR SOMEONE TO FINALLY DO SOMETHING!!?? THERE IS CURRENTLY A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST NISSAN FOR THIS ISSUE (SINCE 2010!) DO SOMETHING!! INNOCENT, HARD WORKING PEOPLE ARE BEING PUT IN DANGER BY THESE VEHICLES. *TR

I PURCHASED THIS CAR AS A "NISSAN CERTIFIED" VEHICLE IT HAD 35000 MILES. THANK GOD I PURCHASED THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. THE WHEEL BEARINGS,FUEL SENSOR, U JOINT, FUEL GAUGE, TIMING CHAIN, AND MANY OTHER SMALL EXPENSIVE ANNOYANCES HAD TO BE REPLACED AND WERE COVERED ON THE WARRANTY I BOUGHT, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY THE ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED WHEN I ONLY HAD 100 MILES LEFT ON MY WARRANTY. I THOUGHT I HAD REPLACED EVERYTHING. BUT THEN THIS PAST JUNE I WAS SITTING IN A DRIVE THRU AND NOTICED A STRONG "WET" SMELL AND NOTICED THAT MY THERMOSTAT WAS BURIED INTO THE RED. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER AND THIS PINK OOZE STARTED POURING OUT ONTO THE PARKING LOT RUINING THE PAVEMENT.(THE POOR OWNER OF THE RESTAURANT HAD TO HAVE IT RE-COATED) AFTER HAVING IT TOWED I WAS TOLD THAT THE COOLANT HAD LEAKED INTO MY TRANSMISSION. I HAD THE RADIATOR REPLACED AND THE TRANSMISSION FLUSHED 3 TIMES TO GET OUT ANY OOZE. NOW MY TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY A MECHANIC THAT IT NEEDS REPLACED. I STILL OWE 9500 ON THIS CAR AND THEY WANT 5000 TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. I HAVE STARTED RESEARCHING ON THE INTERNET AND AM FINDING HUNDREDS OF CONSUMERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND NO SOLUTION FROM NISSAN. I PURCHASED THIS CAR TO GO ON VACATIONS WITH MY KIDS THIS CAR HAS SPACE TO MOVE AND A DVD TO WATCH. UNFORTUNATELY I HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO TRUST THIS CAR AND HAVE ALWAYS HAD TO RENT CARS TO GO ON LONG DISTANCES. IF I WOULD HAVE TAKEN THIS CAR THIS SUMMER ON VACATION MY FAMILY WOULD HAVE BEEN STUCK 800 MILES FROM HOME AND NO CAR TO GET BACK. NISSAN NEEDS TO MAKE THIS RIGHT! *TR

MY 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER LE WAS RUNNING GREAT UNTIL FAIRLY SUDDENLY THE TRANSMISSION STARTED RUMBLING LOUDLY. EVEN THOUGH THE CAR STILL WAS RUNNING I PULLED OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO INVESTIGATE. I COULD FIND NO EXTERNAL PROBLEMS. I CONTINUED DRIVING EVENTUALLY TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP WHERE I WAS INFORMED THAT MY PATHFINDERS RADIATOR HAD FAILED ALLOWING ENGINE COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THIS RESULTED IN A MAJOR REPAIR EVENT TO INCLUDE THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. THIS COULD HAVE MAJOR CONSEQUENCES AS THE TRANSMISSION VIOLENTLY SHAKES AND SHUTTERS. IN MY CASE THE SUV DID NOT BECOME DISABLED BUT YOU COULD EASILY SEE THAT HAPPEN. *TR

RECENTLY MY TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED ON MY 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. AFTER READING UP ON IT ON THE INTERNET FORUMS, I HAVE FOUND THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM DUE TO A COOLANT LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION FLUID CAUSING TRANSMISSION DAMAGE AND FAILURE. I FEEL THAT NISSAN SHOULD STAND BY THIS BECAUSE IT IS A FACTORY DEFECT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ACCELERATING THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO DIAGNOSE THAT THERE WAS A FAULTY VALVE BODY IN THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 116,000.

WE WERE TRAVELING ABOUT 35 MPH IN TOWN AND HEARD A GRINDING NOISE. THE NISSAN WOULD'NT MOVE AND THERE WAS TRANSMISSION FLUID RUNNING OUT OF UNDER IT. WE HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED HOME. WHERE IT STILL SITS. *TR

PER NISSAN DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSIS: TECHNICIAN FOUND ANTI-FREEZE/TRANSMISSION FLUID MIX IN BOTH RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION (FAILURE IN RADIATOR COOLER) TRANS (TCM); NO COMMUNICATION WITH OTHER VEHICLE ECMS CATASTROPHIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE. DEALER RECOMMENDATION: REPLACE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR. FULL TRANSMISSION FLUID AND RADIATOR FLUSH OF SYSTEMS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE WAY TO PICK UP MY KIDS, MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHTED ON. THEN AT A TRAFFIC STOP LIGHT, WHEN THE LIGHTS TURN GREEN FOR GO, I DID RELEASE MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE BUT NO MOVEMENT ON THE CAR. I PRESS ON THE ACCELERATOR BUT HESITANT AND JERKING. AFTER A WHILE IT MOVES GRADUALLY. I STRAIGHT AWAY WENT TO THE DEALER TO HAVE IT CHECK. THEY DID PUT A SMALL INSTRUMENT TO CHECK AND I HEARD HIM ASK ANOTHER GUY WHAT 1754 IS. AFTER A WHILE HE CAME TO ME AND SAID THAT HE HAD THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHTED OFF AND IF IT LIGHTS ON AGAIN, IT MIGHT BE A COSTLY REPAIR. I ASKED HIM WHAT MIGHT BE THE PROBLEM. HE SAID MOST PROBABLY THE TRANSMISSION. THEN A WEEK LATER, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS ON AGAIN, AND I TRIED A SECOND OPINION, SO I WENT TO A NON DEALER TRANSMISSION SHOP. HE ASKED ME WHAT'S WRONG. I TOLD HIM I HAD A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON AND THERE IS HESITATION ON THE VEHICLE AFTER A STOP. HE ASKED FOR THE YEAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE MOMENT I SAID 2005, HE KNOWS ALREADY THE PROBLEM. HE HAD PREVIOUS CASES OF THE SAME YEAR AND MODEL OF MY CAR. HE STILL DID SOME CHECKING AND HE WAS NOT WRONG. HE TOLD ME ITS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. HE SAID COOLANT FROM THE RADIATOR IS LEAKING TO THE TRANSMISSION. THIS IS CAUSING DAMAGED TO THE TRANSMISSION. HE SAID HE HAD TO REBUILT THE TRANSMISSION TO THE TUNE OF 4500. ITS A HUGE AMOUNT FOR REPAIR. ITS THE ONLY VEHICLE WE USE FOR WORK AND FOR KIDS GOING TO SCHOOL. WITH AN UNSAFE VEHICLE LIKE THIS, YOU ARE PUTTING YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY IN GRAVE DANGER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS THE VEHICLE WOULD JERK AND THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SLIP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS CONTAMINATED WITH ENGINE COOLANT AND AS A RESULT, THE RADIATOR AND THE THERMOSTAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 108,000.

THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING/NOT RESPONDING/HESITATION/CAR 'SHAKING' WHEN SHIFTING, ETC SO WE TOOK IT TO A NISSAN DEALER TO ASK WHAT HAPPENED. THEY SAID THE RADIATOR FLUID LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND PRETTY MUCH DESTROYED IT. I ASKED IF THEY HAD SEEN THIS BEFORE OR IF THERE WAS A RECALL FOR IT AND THEY SAID THEY HAD NOT SEEN IT NOR WAS THERE A RECALL. I THEN CALLED ANOTHER NON-DEALER TRANSMISSION CENTER AND THEY KNEW WHAT THE ISSUE WAS BEFORE I EVEN FINISHED EXPLAINING. THEY SAID THEY GET 2005 PATHFINDERS ABOUT 1 PER WEEK AND CURRENTLY HAD TWO ON THE LOT -- ALL WITH THE EXACT SAME ISSUE. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP BACK WITH THIS INFO AND THEY TRIED TO ACT SURPRISED BUT I COULD TELL THEY KNEW EXACTLY WHAT WAS GOING ON HERE. HERE IS A FULL (AND BETTER) DESCRIPTION FROM A PENDING LAWSUIT ON THIS PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLES LIKE WE (AND SO MANY OTHERS) EXPERIENCED: "TRANSMISSION FAILURE CAUSED BY CRACKED RADIATORS - FAULTY RADIATORS ARE CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK INTO AND DESTROY THE TRANSMISSION. AN ALARMING NUMBER OF NISSAN XTERRA, PATHFINDER AND FRONTIER OWNERS ARE STEPPING FORWARD WITH STORIES ABOUT THEIR CRACKED RADIATORS WHICH ARE CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION. ONCE MIXED WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID THIS LETHAL COMBINATION KILLS THE VALVES, SEALS AND TORQUE CONVERTER -- RENDERING YOUR ENTIRE TRANSMISSION USELESS. THIS ISSUE IS CURRENTLY CONTAINED TO THE 2005 MODEL YEAR, BUT WE'RE KEEPING OUR EYES OPEN FOR REPORTS FROM OTHER YEARS. WHAT'S EVEN MORE TROUBLING IS OWNERS WHO HAVE ALREADY HAD THEIR TRANSMISSIONS "REPAIRED" BY AN AUTHORIZED NISSAN DEALER ARE STILL REPORTING CATASTROPHIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN, NISSAN OWNERS WHO ARE OUT OF WARRANTY ARE LEFT TO COVER THE HEFTY REPAIR BILL, WHICH CAN BE OVER $4,500 WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE." *TR

EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE, THE CHECK LIGHT WAS ON AND THE GEARS SEEMED TO BE SHIFTING HARD AND ENGINE RUNNING ROUGH AS IT WAS IN SECOND GEAR. THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO FIRST FLUSH THE TRANSMISSION AND APPLY AN EXTERIOR COOLANT ON TO THE RADIATOR BECAUSE OF KNOWN ISSUES WITH THE RADIATOR LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THIS WAS A TEMPORARY BAND AID BECAUSE THE NEXT TIME I WAS GOING ON A LONG TRIP, THE VEHICLE SHIFTED HARD WHILE DRIVING, JERKED AND WHEN INTO 4WD AUTOMATICALLY WITHOUT ME TOUCHING ANYTHING AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AGAIN. WHEN YOU DRIVE OVER 60 MILES AN HOUR THE RPMS TACK UP SUPER HIGH AND THE ENGINE RUNS WITH A ROAR. HAD THE TRANSMISSION DIAGNOSED AGAIN AND THE FAULT CODES SHOW A P1754, P1759, P1764,01731, P0102....BASICALLY THEY ARE TELLING ME I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION OR A REBUILT ONE TO THE TUNE OF 4-5000 DOLLARS, THE SOURCE OF THE ISSUE IS THE FAULTY RADIATOR WHICH LEAKED WATER INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THIS IS A CATASTROPHIC ISSUE TO ME BOTH SAFETY WISE AND FINANCIALLY WISE AND I'M NOT ALONE--THERE ARE PAGES AND PAGES OF COMPLAINTS FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM YOU CAN FIND ALL OVER THE INTERNET. I WISH I WOULD HAVE KNOWN BEFORE BUYING THE VEHICLE BUT THAT'S WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE. NISSAN EXTENDING A WARRANTY UPTO 80,000 MILES IS A MUTE POINT WHEN MOST OF THESE ISSUES HAPPENS AFTER THAT MILEAGE, TO ME IT'S JUST RIDICULOUS TO HAVE SUCH A HUGE DESIGN/COMPONENT FLAW THAT CAN CAUSE SUCH A HIGH DOLLAR DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE AND NOT HAVE IT RECOGNIZED BY NISSAN AS A RECALL. *TR

COOLANT LEAKED FROM THE RADIATOR INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO GO OUT (NOT AN UNCOMMON PROBLEM FROM WHAT I HAVE HEARD FROM MY MECHANIC AND HAVE SEEN ONLINE AFTER RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS JERKING AND HESITATING WHEN ACCELERATING. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE RADIATOR WAS CRACKED. THE FAILURE CAUSED THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION FLUIDS TO MIX TOGETHER ERRONEOUSLY, DAMAGING THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 87,151.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSIS. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE COOLANT WAS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND THE RADIATOR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING ALONG ONE DAY AND OUR NISSAN PATHFINDER TRANSMISSION BROKE DOWN. THIS HAPPENED IN FAST TRAFFIC AND WITH MY BABY IN THE BACK, NOT EXACTLY THE SAFEST SITUATION. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE, SEEMINGLY A CRACK HAPPENS IN THE RADIATOR THAT SPILLS INTO THE TRANSMISSION FLUID RENDERING THE TRANSMISSION USELESS. SO NISSAN EXTENDED THE DRIVETRAIN WARRANTY TO 80,000 MILES, PROBLEM IS MY PATHFINDER HAS 90,000 MILES. CALL ME CRAZY BUT WHY DOES A KNOWN DESIGN FLAW BECOME MY PROBLEM EVER? WEAR AND TEAR IS ONE THING, DESIGN FLAWS ARE ANOTHER. I'M GOING FROM ONE OF NISSAN'S BIGGEST FANS TO NEVER WANTING TO BUY A NISSAN AGAIN. NISSAN IS FAILING TO RECALL THIS KNOWN PROBLEM OR AT THE VERY LEAST HELP ME NOT BECOME A HATER. WHAT A LOST OPPORTUNITY. NISSAN FAILED. HERE'S THE KICKER, I WAS ABOUT TO BUY A SECOND NISSAN, OBVIOUSLY THEIR REACTION WON'T ALLOW ME TO DO THAT NOW. I CALLED NISSAN TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO AND I HAVE RECEIVED NOTHING BUT JUNIORS WHO ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DEVIATE FROM A SCRIPT. THE SUPERVISOR IS NOT INTERESTED IN CONNECTING WITH ME, IT'S SO OBVIOUS THEY ARE TAKING A HEAD IN THE SAND APPROACH. IS THIS REALLY HAPPENING, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE TOYOTA PEDAL RECALL IMPLICATIONS. *TR

I NOTICED A CONSISTENT VIBRATION WHEN THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTED AROUND 40 MPH. AN INITIAL FLUSH OF THE FLUID TEMPORARILY CORRECTED THE PROBLEM, BUT IT REAPPEARED SEVERAL MONTHS LATER AND PROGRESSIVELY WORSENED. THE TRANSMISSION IS NOW ERRATIC AT ALMOST EVERY SHIFTING JUNCTURE AND IS PRONOUNCED AT HIGH SPEEDS. AN INSPECTION AT A NISSAN SERVICE CENTER CONFIRMED THAT THE PROBLEM IS DUE TO RADIATOR FLUID LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THIS IS A WELL DOCUMENTED NISSAN DESIGN FLAW THAT NISSAN WILL NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR. THE VEHICLE IS TO THE POINT WHERE IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE, ESPECIALLY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER LE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE OVER 20 MPH DESPITE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BEING DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 96,769 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 148,113.

GOING UP A STREET WITH A LOW HILL AND THE TRANSMISSION DIDN'T ENGAGE TO GEAR MAKING THE VEHICLE TO LOSE POWER AND THE WAS TRAFFIC IN BACK OF ME, I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET ROOM TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT THE TRANSMISSION INTO GEAR AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT RADIATOR FLUID LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSIONS AND AS A RESULT, BOTH COMPONENTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

AT 60,000 MILES MY ENGINE, CATALYTIC CONVERTER FAILED. NISSAN REPLACED THESE COMPONENTS. SHORTLY AFTER... WINTER 2010-2011 CAR WOULD NOT HEAT WHILE IDLE. HAD COOLANT REPLACED. SUMMER 2011 ACCELERATION POWER ISSUES/SHAKING. TOOK CAR TO DEALERSHIP (NORTH POINT NISSAN IN LITTLE ROCK). REPLACED RECALLED PART (RELAY SWITCH) BUT REFUSED TO EXAMINE POWER/SLIPPAGE/HEATING ISSUES BECAUSE THE DIAGNOSTICS REPORTED I HAD A BAD BATTERY. DID NOT PLACE ONE OF THEIR BATTERIES INTO MY PATHFINDER TO FIND PROBLEM BUT SENT ME ON MY WAY TO GET A NEW BATTERY. ALSO TELLING ME THAT BAD BATTERIES CAUSE CARS TO DO CRAZY THINGS AT O'REILLY'S AUTO STORE THEY TESTED MY NEW BATTERY AND IT TESTED FINE. UNBEKNOWNST TO ME ALL OF THE SIGNS MY CAR WAS EXHIBITING WERE THE TELL TELL SIGNS OF THE RADIATOR/TRANSMISSION DEFECT. I AM STILL UNSURE WHY THEY DID NOT PICK UP THE SYMPTOMS AND PROPERLY DIAGNOSE MY AUTOMOBILE. PROBLEMS PERSISTED... THE NEXT WINTER SAME ISSUE... MORE COOLANT. IN JUNE 2012 MY PATHFINDER WOULD NOT START...DIAGNOSED WITH TRANSMISSION RADIATOR ISSUE THAT THOUSANDS HAVE EXPERIENCED. NISSAN SENT A WARRANTY EXTENSION TO MOST OWNERS OF PATHFINDERS. MY PATHFINDER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS EXTENSION ...???? FOR WHATEVER REASON THEY BELIEVED THIS DEFECT DID NOT APPLY TO CERTAIN BATCHES. HAD NISSAN SENT ME A WARRANTY EXTENSION I WOULD HAVE IMMEDIATELY TAKEN MY CAR TO BE REPAIRED. AS IT STANDS NOW MY PATHFINDER SITS WAITING.. PLEASE HOLD NISSAN ACCOUNTABLE. *TR

CAR EITHER STALLS OUT, TURNS OFF, OR RAPIDLY DECELERATES AT RANDOM TIMES. TRANSMISSION NOT SHIFTING OR STAYING IN GEAR PROPERLY CAUSING NEAR COLLISIONS ON SEVERAL ACCOUNTS, STALLING IN THE MIDDLE OF INTERSECTIONS, ETC... MECHANIC SAID COOLANT IN TRANSMISSION AND TRANSMISSION FLUID IN COOLANT SYSTEM. SEEMS TO BE TRIGGERING MULTIPLE MECHANICAL FAILURES CODES FROM TRANSMISSION, TO MISFIRES, TO O2 SENSORS. AFRAID TO DRIVE. IT'S BEEN SITTING PARKED FOR MULTIPLE MONTHS VERY DANGEROUS! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE JERKED AND DECELERATED. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE SO THE CONTACT MANEUVERED TO THE SHOULDER. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN SAFELY DRIVEN HOME AT VERY LOW SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102,804.

OUR RADIATOR IN OUR VEHICLE BEGAN MIXING FLUID WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. THIS CAUSED ERRATIC DRIVING WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY AND POOR AND VERY SHAKY ACCELERATION. WE WERE LUCKY TO NOT HAVE HAD THE TRANSMISSION SEIZE ON THE HIGHWAY CAUSING A MAJOR ACCIDENT. WE BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHERE THIS WAS DIAGNOSED AND THEY TOLD US THE ENTIRE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. WE FILED A CLAIM WITH NISSAN USA, BUT IT WAS DENIED. THE TIME FRAME FOR THE WARRANTY WAS COVERED, BUT WE HAD SLIGHTLY EXCEEDED THE MILEAGE WARRANTY. THIS HAS HAPPENED WITH MULTIPLE VEHICLES OF THE SAME TYPE AND A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT IS CURRENTLY PENDING. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AWARE THAT THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL BY NISSAN FOR THE PROBLEM AS THIS IS AN EXTREME SAFETY HAZARD. *TR

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND WE WERE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC DUE TO BEING A SATURDAY AND ALSO A HOLIDAY WEEKEND. MPH WAS 40 AND OUR SUV SUDDENLY LURCHED VIOLENTLY FORWARD. THANKFULLY MY HUSBAND HAS FAST REFLEXES AND IS A VERY GOOD DRIVER AND MANAGED TO GET CONTROL OF THE CAR OR THERE WOULD HAVE CERTAINLY BEEN BAD CONSEQUENCES DUE TO WHERE WE WERE. WE ALSO REALIZED THERE WERE OTHER SIGNS THAT SOMETHING WAS VERY WRONG AND HAD IT TAKEN TO A NISSAN SERVICE SHOP. THIS IS FROM THEIR NOTES: "THEY FOUND INTERNAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO AUTO TRANS COOLER WHICH IS INTERNAL PART OF THE RADIATOR LET GO, REMOVE RADIATOR AND PERFORM ENGINE/COOLANT FLUSH TWICE FLUSH OUT TRANS LINES TWICE AND REPLACE AUTO TRANS WITH FACTORY REMAN UNIT AND RADIATOR." THEY TOOK THE SUV JUNE 6TH AND WE DID NOT GET IT BACK UNTIL AUG 6TH DUE TO NISSAN HAVING TROUBLE FILLING ALL THE TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENTS BECAUSE OF SO MANY OF THE SAME TRANSMISSION/RADIATOR FAILURES AND WE WERE TOLD THIS BY THE NISSAN SERVICE TECHNICIAN. PAYING THE ALMOST $6000. AND LOSING OUR SECOND VEHICLE FOR 2 MONTHS WAS FRUSTRATING BUT THAT WE COULD HAVE BEEN VERY SERIOUSLY INJURED OR WORSE, ON TOP OF THE MANY SURROUNDING VEHICLES AND DRIVERS WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN AFFECTED WHEN THE SUV WENT OUT OF CONTROL LURCHING FORWARD AS IT DID IT IS SHOCKING TO US THAT NISSAN HAS DONE NOTHING ABOUT THIS FOR YEARS. WE CAN LIVE WITHOUT THE MONEY. WE ARE GRATEFUL WE CAME OUT OF IT SAFE. FROM SO MANY OTHERS REPORTING THE SAME DANGEROUS SYMPTOMS OF THE WELL KNOWN PROBLEMS TO US IS SCARY. *TR

THERE'S A TRANSMISSION FLUID LINE THAT RUN IN THE RADIATOR TO COOL THE FLUID. THE TRANSMISSION FLUID LINE CRACKED INSIDE THE RADIATOR CAUSING RADIATOR FLUID TO LEAK INSIDE MY TRANSMISSION. IT DESTROYED MY TRANSMISSION CAUSING A $5,000 REPAIR BILL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE ABNORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO HAVE A DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMED BUT THE CONTACT BELIEVED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 117,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 118,000.

ON 9/5/2008 I TOOK MY PATHFINDER TO GILES NISSAN IN LAFAYETTE, LA BECAUSE I EXPERIENCED SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHERE THE VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE BY ITSELF. THERE WERE ALSO OCCASIONS WHERE THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AT ALL WHEN THE GAS PETAL WAS PUSHED, ESSENTIALLY THE ENGINE WOULD "REV" UP BUT THE CAR WOULDN'T MOVE. GILES NISSAN KEPT THE VEHICLE FOR SIX DAYS AND I WAS TOLD THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. AT THE TIME, MILEAGE WAS AT 51,425, WHICH WOULD HAVE STILL BEEN COVERED UNDER THE 60,000 MILE WARRANTY. NISSAN WAS AWARE OF THE RADIATOR COOLANT LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM AT THIS POINT, AND IF IT WOULD HAVE BEEN FIXED WHEN I FIRST NOTICED THE PROBLEM ALL OF THIS COULD HAVE BEEN RESOLVED RIGHT THEN. HOWEVER, IT WAS NOT AND SEVERAL MONTHS LATER, IN APRIL OF 2009, THE PROBLEMS CONTINUED, AND I NO LONGER FELT IT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE, AS IT WOULD STOP ACCELERATING ALTOGETHER, SOMETIMES WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE. I TOOK THE CAR TO LEBLANC NISSAN IN BATON ROUGE, WHERE THEY INFORMED ME I WOULD NEED TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION & RADIATOR, AND BY THIS TIME I WAS OVER THE 60,000/5 YEAR WARRANTY. THE ESTIMATE WAS APPROXIMATELY $7,000, AND WE WERE TOLD BY THE SERVICE MANAGER THAT NISSAN WOULD NOT BE PAYING FOR ANY OF THE REPAIRS. THERE WAS NO WAY I COULD AFFORD TO PAY THIS MUCH MONEY, SO I TOOK MY PATHFINDER TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC SPECIALIZING IN TRANSMISSION WORK. HE SUGGESTED THAT HE COULD REBUILD THE TRANSMISSION AND FLUSH THE RADIATOR ALTHOUGH HE WARNED I MAY STILL HAVE PROBLEMS IN THE FUTURE (WHICH WAS TRUE). THE MECHANIC ALSO ADVISED THAT I WOULD NEED TO GET A COMPLETE RADIATOR FLUSH TWO OR THREE MONTHS LATER TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS NO MORE LEAKAGE. SINCE THEN, I HAVE HAD TRANSMISSION WORK DONE TWO MORE TIMES, AND TO THIS DAY THE TRANSMISSION CONTINUES TO SIP. NISSAN REFUSES TO REIMBURSE ANY MONEY WHATSOEVER. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY WHEN MY TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. I WAS HEADED ON THE 15 NORTH UP A SMALL HILL AND WAS BARELY ABLE TO GET IT PULLED OVER WITHOUT CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. WHEN I HAD IT TAKEN TO THE SHOP TO CHECK WHAT HAPPENED, THE COOLANT HAD MIXED WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND THAT KILLED IT. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM FROM NISSAN AND THE ONLY THING THEY DID WAS EXTEND THE WARRANTY TO ONLY 80,000 MILES. MINE HAD 84,000 WHEN IT HAPPENED AND I AM OUT OF LUCK. NISSAN GAVE ME A QUOTE OF AROUND $6000 TO REPAIR SOMETHING THAT WAS A DESIGN FLAW!!! THEY WOULD NOT EVEN WORK WITH ME TO GIVE ME A DISCOUNT AS IM SO CLOSE TO THEIR EXTENDED WARRANTY. SOMETIMES A COMPANY SHOULD DO WHATS RIGHT... NISSAN IS NOT ONE OF THOSE COMPANIES. *JS

WHILE DRIVING A NORMAL HWY SPEEDS, THE CAR SUDDENLY LOST ALL FORWARD SPEED AND BEGAN TO SLOW. ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN, ALTHOUGH, THERE WAS NO PROPULSION TO THE REAR WHEELS. HAD PATHFINDER TOWED TO NISSAN DEALER ( BANKSTON LEWISVILLE, TX) WHERE IS WAS DETERMINED THAT THIS WAS A RADIATOR/TRANSMISSION CONTAMINATION FAILURE. OPENED CASE NUMBER WITH NISSAN REQUESTING ASSISTANCE WITH REPAIR. AWAITING A RESPONSE, HOWEVER, WAS TOLD THAT "IT DID NOT LOOK GOOD" AS WE DO NOT HAVE A LOT OF SERVICE HISTORY WITH THE DEALERSHIP. I'VE OWNED 8 NISSANS OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS AND OBVIOUSLY LOYAL TO THE BRAND. THIS IS A DANGEROUS FAILURE, OCCURS WITHOUT WARNING AND COULD POTENTIALLY BE DEADLY. *TR

2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER FAULTY RADIATOR LEAKED COOLANT INTO TRANSMISSION, DESTROYING THE TRANSMISSION.CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO NOT ACCELERATE. NISSAN IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL. I AM JUST GLAD THIS DID NOT HAPPEN IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION WITH MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER. TERRIBLE ENGINEERING, TERRIBLE VEHICLE, MY LAST NISSAN. *TT

DRIVING AT APROX. 55 MPH MOTOR LOST POWER TO MOVE THE UNIT DUE TO TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. ERROR CODES P1757 AND P1759. THIS PROBLEM CAN CAUSE A CRASH. *TR

COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE. RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION FLUID MIXED TOGETHER DESTROYING THE TRANSMISSION. VEHICLE WILL NOW NOT EVEN START BECAUSE OF INLINE COMPUTER INSIDE TRANSMISSION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE VIBRATED ABNORMALLY WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS REPLACED AND THE VIBRATION WAS CORRECTED TEMPORARILY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE LOCAL TRANSMISSION MECHANIC AND A DIAGNOSTIC WAS PERFORMED WHICH LOCATED THE FAILURE AS THE RADIATOR FLUID LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION. AS A RESULT, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 84,000.

TRANSMISSION IS LEAKING IN TO RADIATOR. *JS

2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER TRANSMISSION SEIZED WHILE DRIVING UP A LARGE HILL WITH MY FAMILY HUNDREDS OF MILES FROM HOME ON VACATION. SPENT $250 TO TOW TO THE NEAREST NISSAN DEALER WHERE THE CONFIRMED THE ISSUE STATING IT WAS A FAULTY RADIATOR COMPONENT CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION, CAUSING IT TO BE DESTROYED. THE SERVICE CENTER SUGGESTED A REPAIR BILL OF $5,000 FOR REFURBISHED TRANSMISSION, AND THIS DID THIS WITHIN 30 MINUTES, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS ODD. ONCE I MADE IT HOME I AM FINDING THIS ISSUE IS RUNNING RAMPANT, NO WONDER THEY CONFIRMED THE ISSUE SO FAST! NISSAN NEEDS TO ISSUE A FULL RECALL AND COMPENSATE OWNERS FOR ALL OR AT LEAST A MAJORITY OF THIS REPAIR. *TR

OUR TRANSMISSION STARTED SHUTTERING, PULLING, AND LAGGING WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 40 MPH OR MORE AND EVENTUALLY FAILED. AS A KNOWN FACTORY DEFECT AND DESIGN FLAW, NISSAN FAILED TO NOTIFY CURRENT OWNERS ABOUT TRANSMISSION FAILURES DUE TO RADIATOR FLUID LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION. INSTEAD OF SENDING A LETTER OUT TO ALL NISSAN OWNERS ABOUT THIS ISSUE, THEY DECIDED TO OFFER AN EXTENDED WARRANTY UP TO 2013 OR 80,000 MILES. SINCE MOST OF THE CARS WILL HAVE PROBLEMS WELL AFTER 80,000 MILES AND NO OWNERS WERE NOTIFIED OF THIS EXTENDED WARRANTY, CONSUMERS WERE LEFT UNAWARE AS NISSAN EVADED THE PROBLEM. AS OUR ONLY FAMILY CAR, THIS ISSUE COULD HAVE CAUSED A MAJOR INJURY OR DEATH IF THE CAR'S TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. I HAVE TRIED TO GET ANSWERS FROM NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, BUT THEY SAID THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO HELP ME BECAUSE I AM PAST THE 80,000 MILE MARK AND THAT I AM NOT A LOYAL ENOUGH CUSTOMER. I HAVE OWNED THREE NISSANS AND I DON'T KNOW HOW I COULD POSSIBLY BE MORE LOYAL, ESPECIALLY SINCE I HAD MAJOR ISSUES WITH MY NISSAN TITAN A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHICH NISSAN DENIED TO FIX EVEN WHILE IT WAS STILL UNDER THE FACTORY WARRANTY. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN RESOLVED WITH A FACTORY RECALL LONG BEFORE I HAD THIS ISSUE. NOW I AM FACING A REPAIR BILL FROM NISSAN FOR $5,380.00. LEAVING CONSUMERS WITH THIS KIND OF BURDEN AND HAZARD MAKES ME WONDER IF NISSAN IS WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO BE SERIOUSLY INJURED OR DIE FROM THIS VERY COMMON AND INEVITABLE OUTCOME FOR MOST NISSAN SUVS AND THEIR OWNERS. THIS PROBLEM STILL EXISTS, IT WILL NOT GO AWAY ON ITS OWN, AND THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE LIKE ME WITH THE EXACT SAME COMPLAINT. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE TO HOLD NISSAN ACCOUNTABLE REGARDING THIS MATTER. *TR

WITHIN A WEEK HAD CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FOR CATALYTIC CONVERTER FAILURE AND TRANSMISSION STARTING SKIPPING. FOUND FLUID TO BE STRAWBERRY COLORED IN TRANSMISSION. STOPPED AT A TRANSMISSION SHOP AND THEY ADVISED THAT THE RADIATOR HAD FAILED AND LEAKED COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THIS HAS CAUSED PERMANENT DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION. BASICALLY HAVING TO BUY THE CAR ALL OVER AGAIN OR CUT MY LOSSES AND SEND IT TO THE SCRAP YARD. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER NISSAN PRODUCT. THEY KNOW OF THIS PROBLEM AND REFUSE TO CORRECT THEIR MISTAKES. *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT CAME ON THE CAR STOPPED SHIFTING UP OR DOWN. THE NEAREST DIAGNOSTIC CENTER OBVIOUSLY POINTED TO THE TRANSMISSION AND THEY SAID TO TAKE THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER. I DID THIS ON 29 FEBRUARY 2012. THEIR ANALYSIS WAS THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND COOLANT HAD INTERMIXED DUE TO A LEAK IN THE SYSTEM AND THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR SYSTEM HAD TO BE REPLACED, THEIR ESTIMATE IS $5000. THEY ARE AWAITING DELIVERY OF A REBUILT TRANSMISSION. I HAVE CONTACTED NISSAN AND BEEN GIVEN A FILE NUMBER, 7392063, WITH NO FURTHER FOLLOW UP AS OF TODAY, 4 MARCH 2012. APPROXIMATELY 1.5 YEARS AGO, MY SON HAD THE SAME ISSUE WITH AN IDENTICAL PATHFINDER. HE DRIVES MORE THAN I DO AND REACHED THE 90000 MILEAGE SOONER. HE REPLACED HIS TRANSMISSION FOR A SIMILAR COST. BASED ON SIMILAR COMPLAINTS I HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING, NISSAN IS AWARE OF THIS DESIGN FLAW BUT HAS NOT SATISFACTORILY ADDRESSED IT. IN VIRTUALLY EVERY COMPLAINT I HAVE EXAMINED, THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO THIS LEAKAGE OCCURS AFTER 90000 MILES. *TR

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION STARTED TO SLIP AND WOULD NOT GO INTO GEARS. AFTER PARKING THE CAR, FOUND THAT THE CAR WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE EITHER AND ALL IT WOULD DO IS REV. CAR HAS BEEN ON REGULAR MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE. VERY DISAPPOINTED TO SEE THAT THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED WITH UNDER 100K MILES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT RADIATOR FLUID LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION, CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. A LOCAL MECHANIC REPAIRED THE RADIATOR BUT THE TRANSMISSION ALSO NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE DEALER FLUSHED THE RADIATOR AFTER IT WAS REPLACED BY THE LOCAL MECHANIC. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, BUT DENIED ANY ASSISTANCE WITH REPAIRS TO THE VEHICLE. THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 96,000.

2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS TOOK MY 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER TO THE DEALER FOR TRANSMISSION REPAIR. THE NISSAN ADVISOR AND I NOTICED TRANSMISSION FLUID IN MULTIPLE PLACES. COOLANT CONTAINER WAS MUDDY WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID. VEHICLE HAD JUST ENOUGH MILES BELOW THE 80,000 MILES. HOPEFULLY THE NISSAN COMPANY WILL COVER THE REPAIRS. TECHNICIAN SAID THE 80,000 MILES WARRANTY WILL BE GOOD UNTIL SOMETIME IN THE YEAR 2013. I WAS IN THE FREEWAY DRIVING AND THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO SLIP. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE I COULD OF BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT IF I WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN IN THE HIGHWAY AND THE OPPOSITE DRIVER COULD OF HIT THE TRUCK IN THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE NISSAN ADVISOR TOLD ME THIS PROBLEM IS HAPPENING TO MANY VEHICLES FROM THE YEARS OF 2005 TO 2007. JUST TODAY HE REGISTERED 5 VEHICLES FOR REPAIRS. THE MAJORITY HAD 83,000 TO 91,000, SO THE WARRANTY WILL NOT COVER. BE VERY CAREFUL WITH THESE TYPE OF VEHICLES. TRANSMISSION REPAIR FOR A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER RUNS FROM $4,000 TO $6,000 PLUS OTHER PARTS. NISSAN SHOULD EXTEND THE WARRANTY TO AT LEAST 100,000 MILES AND REPAIR THE RADIATOR PROBLEM. THE NISSAN ADVISOR INFORMED ME THAT THE RADIATOR GETS DAMAGED AND ANTIFREEZE MIXES INSIDE TRANSMISSION,"THIS DAMAGES THE TRANSMISSION AND MANY OTHER PARTS DUE TO THE EXCESSIVE LEAKING AND SPLASHING OF THE TRANSMISSION FLUID." *TR

A CRACKED RADIATOR CAUSED COOLANT TO LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND MIX WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. ONCE THE COOLANT (ANTIFREEZE) ENTERED THE TRANSMISSION IT KILLED THE VALVES, SEALS AND TORQUE CONVERTER AND RENDERED THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION USELESS. *TR

VIBRATION FROM REAR WHEEL BEGINS AT 40 MPH AND INCREASES WITH VEHICLE SPEED. TIRES AND U JOINTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED - PROBLEM PERSISTS. IDENTICAL TO TRANSMISSION/RADIATOR ISSUES DESCRIBED IN SEVERAL CONSUMER FORUMS. I AM RELUCTANT TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE, ESPECIALLY ON THE HIGHWAY. *TR

RADIATOR COOLANT LEAKING INTO TRANSMISSION FLUID, CAUSING TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. SAFETY ISSUE IS IT CAUSES DELAY IN FORWARD PROPULSION. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND HAS BEEN WELL NOTED ON NISSAN PATHFINDERS BUT NISSAN IS NOT WILLING TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PROBLEM. *TR

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ENTER A FREEWAY ON RAMP THE TRANSMISSION FAILED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LOSE POWER AND STOP IN TRAFFIC. AFTER CAUSING A MAJOR TRAFFIC JAM AT THE INTERSECTION, TRAFFIC LIGHT, AND ON RAMP WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD. I HAD JUST HAD OUT PATIENT SURGERY AND MY WIFE WAS DRIVING, IT WAS A HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE. WE FIND OUT LATER THAT THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT FROM NISSAN AND THEY WON'T DO A RECALL. WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF WE HAD BEEN A FEW HUNDRED YARDS FARTHER DOWN THE ON RAMP AND TRYING TO MERGE INTO FREEWAY TRAFFIC WHEN THIS FAILED? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO JERK VIOLENTLY AND THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN ENGINE RPMS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL SHOP PRIOR TO THE FAILURE WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE DISMANTLED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE EXACT FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 105,000.

NISSAN NEEDS TO STEP UP! THIS IS AN UNBELIEVABLE AMOUNT OF WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE WORLD. SINCE HAVING THE MANY OTHER PROBLEMS FIXED ON MY PATHFINDER(2005) I AM NOW FACING AN ISSUE OF IT RUNNING SLUGGISHLY, HIGH RPM'S AND LESS GET UP. THAT WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS WHEN WE PURCHASED THE TRUCK, I THOUGHT IT WAS SAFE. I FELT COMFORTABLE MERGING INTO TRAFFIC WITH MY 4 CHILDREN I KNEW WE HAD POWER ON OUR SIDE. THE TIRE PRESSURE IS CONSTANTLY ( 1X A WEEK) SETTING OFF THE TPMS, THEN THERE IS THE SQUEAKY BRAKES AND OTHER RATTLING, VIBRATING NOISES. THE OTHER THING IS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT THAT RANDOMLY COMES ON FOR SOME REASON THEN WILL MYSTERIOUSLY BE GONE A FEW MILES LATER. WE BOUGHT NISSAN THINKING IT WAS STILL A STABLE RELIABLE COMPANY THAT MADE A STRONG PRODUCT AND STOOD BEHIND IT...WELL WERE WE EVER WRONG! NEVER AGAIN!!! *TR

MY 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER SHUTTERED EXCESSIVELY WHEN DECELERATING FROM THE INTERSTATE AND FROM THAT POINT FORWARD HAD DIFFICULTY SHIFTING INTO HIGHER GEARS. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION HAD GONE BAD. IN THE PROCESS OF REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION, THEY DISCOVERED THE RADIATOR LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND THE COMPUTERS IN THE TRANSMISSION AND THE CAR WERE NOT COMMUNICATING. *TR

I WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER TRANSMISSION SLIPPING DURING ROUTINE DRIVING. I HAD THE FLUID LEVEL CHECKED AND THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. ON OCTOBER 3,2011 WHILE DRIVING ON TO A HIGHWAY RAMP, I STARTED TO ACCELERATE TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC AND THE TRANSMISSION JUST MADE A HIGH PITCH SOUND AND WOULD NOT ENGAGE. SEVERAL CARS WERE BEHIND ME AND I HAD TO GO OFF THE ROAD ONTO THE EMBANKMENT TO AVOID BEING HIT. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE SHOP, AFTER SEVERAL DAYS TOLD BY A MECHANIC THAT THERE WAS A DEFECT IN THE RADIATOR OF THE NISSAN THE INTERIOR COMPONENTS OF THE RADIATOR ALLOWED COOLANT TO MIX WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID CONTAMINATING IT. THE TRANSMISSION AND OTHER DRIVE TRAIN COMPONENTS WERE DAMAGED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ALONG WITH THE RADIATOR. WHEN I CONTACTED THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP HERE IN NORTH CAROLINA I WAS TOLD THAT THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FILED REGARDING THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM BUT THERE WAS NOT A RECALL ON RECORD TO DATE. THE COST OF MY REPAIRS WAS $2,500. *TR

VEHICLE IS SLOW TO ACCELERATE AND RUNS VERY SLUGGISH. MECHANIC CONFIRMED COOLANT HAS LEAKED INTO TRANSMISSION. *TR

ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, I WAS CROSSING A BUSY INTERSECTION BETWEEN TWO MAJOR HIGHWAYS WHEN MY TRANSMISSION FAILED. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO GET IT UP ON TO THE CONCRETE MEDIAN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. I HAD 4 CHILDREN IN MY VEHICLE WHEN THIS OCCURRED, AND LUCKILY A NICE POLICE OFFICER WITNESSED WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND STOPPED TO OFFER ASSISTANCE. LATER THAT NIGHT, MY CAR WAS IMPOUNDED BECAUSE I WASN'T ABLE TO TOW IT THAT DAY. I HAD TO PAY $275 TO GET MY VEHICLE OUT OF THE IMPOUND LOT AND TO THE TRANSMISSION SHOP. THE TRANSMISSION SHOP CALLS AND SAYS MY TRANSMISSION IS COMPLETELY "SHOT" BECAUSE THE COOLANT MIXED WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND I HAVE TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AND THE RADIATOR. THE EXPENSE ALONE IS MORE THAN I CAN SPARE, NOT TO MENTION THE DANGER THAT MY CHILDREN WERE IN WHEN THE TRUCK DECIDED TO COME TO A DEAD STOP AT THE BUSIEST TIME OF DAY ON A WEEKEND! *TR

2005 PATHFINDER TRANSMISSION IN OVERDRIVE GEAR THE CAR FELT LIKE IT WAS GOING OVER A GRATED ROAD. TOOK INTO NISSAN AND AFTER 2 DAYS OF TESTS DETERMINED THAT THE RADIATOR LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND NOW BOTH THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR HAVE TO BE REPLACED FOR OVER $5,500. NISSAN DID EXTEND THE WARRANTY TO 80,000 MILES BUT SINCE MY CAR HAS 98,000 AND WAS NEVER ROUTINELY SERVICED BY NISSAN THEY WILL NOT OFFER ANY MONETARY HELP. NISSAN KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE RADIATOR/TRANSMISSION. I CALLED UP AN INDEPENDENT TRANSMISSION REPAIR FRANCHISE AND AS SOON AS I SAID 2005 PATHFINDER HE KNEW RADIATOR LEAK CAUSED THE PROBLEM. THERE SHOULD BE A NATIONAL RECALL ISSUED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR CONDITIONER WOULD NOT BLOW COLD AIR WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IDLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A LEAK WITHIN THE AIR CONDITIONER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD EXPERIENCE TROUBLE SHIFTING INTO FIRST OR SECOND GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE RADIATOR FLUID WAS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE, BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

THE TRANSMISSION ON MY 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER HAS FAILED DUE TO AN APPARENT LEAK IN THE COOLING SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS RADIATOR FLUID TO LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION. WE BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AS IT BEGAN TO MAKE LOUD NOISES WHILE DRIVING, APPARENTLY STRUGGLING TO SHIFT GEARS, AND SOUNDED AS IF IT WAS ABOUT TO FALL OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP PRETENDED THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE UNTIL I BROUGHT THEM THE RESEARCH I HAD FOUND ONLINE (WHICH THERE IS PLENTY PERTAINING TO THIS SAME EXACT PROBLEM WITH THIS SAME EXACT MAKE, MODEL, & YEAR VEHICLE). THEN THEY FINALLY ADMITTED THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE THIS WIDESPREAD PROBLEM BUT THAT UNFORTUNATELY THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THAT I WILL NOW HAVE TO EAT THE $6,000 REPAIR BILL THAT THEY'VE GIVEN ME. BASED ON THE RESEARCH I'VE DONE, NISSAN CORP. HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM FOR SOME TIME AND HAS FAILED TO ADDRESS IT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE DRIVING, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD DRAG OR HESITATE WHILE SHIFTING INTO THE NEXT GEAR. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIATOR FLUID WAS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION, CAUSING IT TO FAIL. THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR WERE BOTH REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND ASSISTED WITH THE INITIAL REPAIR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 112,000.

THE VEHICLE HAD DIFFICULTY CHANGING GEARS AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. ON 8/22/11 I TOOK THE CAR INTO A NISSAN REPAIR SHOP AND IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT DUE TO A FAULTY RADIATOR, COOLANT LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING CORROSION. I WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD NEED A NEW RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION AT A COST OF APPROX. $6000. I CALLED NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND SPOKE TO 2 REPRESENTATIVES AND A SUPERVISOR WHO STATED THAT DUE TO THE MILAGE ON MY CAR, THEY WOULD OFFER NO ASSISTANCE WITH REPAIRS. I POINTED OUT THAT THIS IS A RESULT OF WELL DOCUMENTED DEFECTS WITH THE RADIATOR HOWEVER THEY STATED THAT NISSAN HAS NO OBLIGATION TO ASSIST ME AS THE PRODUCT HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED. *TR

THE PROBLEM FIRST BEGAN WITH MY 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER ON MARCH 27, 2011, WHEN I FIRST NOTICED THERE WAS NO HEAT IN THE CABIN. THEN ON APRIL 29, 2011, WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, I NOTICED MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH. IT SEEMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING. AS THE NISSAN WAS PARKED IN OUR GARAGE, WE NOTICED FLUID LEAKING ONTO THE GROUND. THE FLUID HAD A MILKY WHITE SUBSTANCE IN IT. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH, WE REALIZED THAT WITH THIS PARTICULAR MODEL, THERE WERE KNOWN PROBLEMS WITH COOLANT LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION. WE HAD THE PATHFINDER DIAGNOSED ON JUNE 3, 2011 BY BILLINGS NISSAN. WE HAD INFORMED THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT NISSAN THAT WE WERE SUSPECTING THE TRANSMISSION WAS CONTAMINATED WITH COOLANT. NISSAN INFORMED US THAT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE COOLANT TO LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION BECAUSE THEY ARE SEPARATE UNITS AND THAT THE MILKY WHITE SUBSTANCE IN THE TRANSMISSION WAS A RESULT OF AIR ENTERING THE TRANSMISSION. AFTER MUCH DISPAIR, WE DECIDED TO TRADE IN OUR VEHICLE AND TOOK A HUGE LOSS ON THE TRADE-IN VALUE. WE FELT THAT IF WE DECIDED TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION, AND THAT THE RADIATOR WAS IN FACT DAMAGED AND ALSO NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, THAT WE WOULD ONLY BE FACED WITH THE SAME ISSUE DOWN THE ROAD AND WOULD NEED TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION A 2ND TIME. ON JUNE 28, 2011, WE RECEIVED A REPORT FROM THE DEALERSHIP THAT WE TRADED THE PATHFINDER AT STATING THE TRANSMISSION WAS INDEED CONTAMINATED WITH COOLANT AND THAT THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION BOTH NEEDED REPLACING. IF ONLY WE HAD RECEIVED PROPER DIAGNOSIS FROM NISSAN INITIALLY, OUR COURSE OF ACTION MAY HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT AND WOULD HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT FIXING THE PATHFINDER VERSUS TRADING IT IN. AS A RESULT, WE HAVE LOST MONEY ON THE TRADE IN VALUE, AND HAVE INCURRED AN UNEXPECTED EXPENSE OF A NEW VEHICLE (PAYMENTS, REGISTRATION, INSURANCE). DEALER LIED TO US. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) *TT

I AM A CAR DEALER IN MONTANA, PURCHASED A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER AT THE AUCTION WITH 85,000 MILES FOR RE-SALE. SHOWED IT ONCE TO A CUSTOMER, IT RAN FINE, I DROVE IT HOME 8-6-11. 78 MPH ON CRUISE CONTROL ON THE INTERSTATE. THE TRANSMISSION DIS-ENGAGED, I BARELY RECOVERED FROM HITTING THE MEDIUM AT THAT SPEED. TURNS OUT THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT THE TRANSMISSION COOLER LEAKS FLUID INTO THE TRANS ON 90% OF THIS MODEL YEAR. EVEN THOUGH I AM A DEALER...THIS IS NOT RIGHT. $4500.00 REPAIR. THANKFULLY IT WAS NOT ONE OF MY CUSTOMERS. NISSAN SHOULD RE-CALL EVERY ONE OF THESE AND MAKE IT RIGHT. I CANNOT BELIEVE THERE HAS NOT BEEN A DEATH FROM THIS FAILURE. I AM SURE THERE HAS BEEN MANY STRANDED TRAVELERS THAT MAY HAVE DIED AS A RESULT. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ALONG AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH WHEN THE PATHFINDER SEEMED TO BE LOOSING POWER AND IT APPEARED THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING. I PULLED OFF THE 4-LANE; PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK; TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF; RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND CONTINUED ON MY TRIP. IT INITIALLY SEEMED AS THOUGH IT WAS CORRECTED; HOWEVER, WHEN I STOPPED FOR A TRAFFIC LIGHT THE VEHICLE WOULD REV BUT WAS SLOW TO PULL OUT. I WAS ABLE TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A NISSAN DEALERSHIP. LATER THAT EVENING I RECEIVED A CALL THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID APPEARED BURNT AND THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED TO THE TUNE OF APPROXIMATELY $6,900. THE SERVICE REP TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS RADIATOR FLUID MIXED IN WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID IN THE TRANSMISSION. I ALSO HAVE REPORTED THIS PROBLEM TO NISSAN THROUGH ITS WEBSITE. THE VEHICLE HAS APPROXIMATELY 149,000 MILES. THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT CAUSE SERIOUS INJURIES OR DEATH IF ONE WAS PULLING INTO OR OUT OF TRAFFIC WHEN THIS PROBLEM IS ENCOUNTERED. A RECALL MUST BE MADE FOR THE SAFETY OF NISSAN OWNERS AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE WHO ALSO MAY BE IMPACTED BY THIS PROBLEM.

STARTED EXPERIENCING SHUDDER WHEN THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION MOVED BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND GEAR. SCHEDULED APPOINTMENT AT DEALER TO INVESTIGATE AND MINIMIZED DRIVING IN THE MEANTIME. SYMPTOM DID NOT OCCUR OVER TWO DAY PERIOD UNTIL DRIVING ON THIRD DAY WHERE THE ISSUE WORSENED RAPIDLY UNTIL TRANSMISSION BECAME INOPERABLE ABOVE 10 MPH. I INVESTIGATED THE ISSUE AND LEARNED THAT THIS IS A WELL KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE PATHFINDER WHERE THE RADIATOR FLUID FAILS INTO THE TRANSMISSION, CAUSING BOTH THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. I INSPECTED THE ANTIFREEZE TO OBSERVE TRACES OF TRANSMISSION FLUID. CHECKING THE TRANSMISSION FLUID, THE FLUID WAS DARKEN AND ABOVE THE HIGH-LEVEL MARK FOR THE FLUID LEVEL. I HAD DEALER INVESTIGATE AND THIS IS IN FACT WHAT HAD FAILED. NISSAN HAD EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO 80K MILES SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE. MY CAR CURRENTLY HAS 89K MILES AND I AM LOOKING AT A $6000 REPAIR BILL THAT I REFUSE TO REPAIR. NISSAN IS OFFERING ZERO ASSISTANCE TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH NISSAN PATHFINDERS. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS ON THE ISSUE WITH NISSAN AND THERE HAVE BEEN NO ACTIONS OTHER THAN RAISING THE WARRANTY TO 80K MILES. THIS IS GROSS ERROR IN THE DESIGN OF THE PRODUCT AND CAN CAUSE SIGNIFICANT INJURY DEPENDING ON THE TIMING OF THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE. DO PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE TO GET NISSAN TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR POOR DESIGN? I AM DONE WITH NISSAN AS A BRAND AND SUGGEST THAT THE FED INVESTIGATE THEIR INACTION IN ADDRESSING THIS PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD HESITATE WHEN SHIFTING GEARS AND WOULD NOT ENGAGE WHEN SHIFTED INTO REVERSE. AND THE VEHICLE WOULD LUNG FORWARD AT ANY TIME. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE WOULD LUNGE FORWARD ABNORMALLY AT ANY TIME WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND ASSISTED THE CONTACT WITH THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92,900 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 93,000.

SINCE APRIL 2011 MY 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER STARTED TO RATTLING AND VIBRATION UNDER THE VEHICLE. AFTER HAVING IT CHECKED BY A MECHANIC IN MAY 2011 HE STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND COOLANT IS MISSING TOGETHER. THE FLUID WAS CHANGED ON JUNE 26, 2011, THAT CAME OUT LOOKING LIKE CHOCOLATE MILK AND IT IS STILL VIBRATING AT 45 AND 64 MILES PER HOUR. I UNDER STAND THAT THIS IS A MANUFACTURER PROBLEM FOR THE WAY IT WAS DESIGNED AND SHOULD BE FIXED BY THE CAR DEALERS AND NOT THE CONSUMER. THE SOLENOID IN THE TRANSMISSION JUMPS OFFLINE AND ONCE THE VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF AND BACK ON IT RESETS AND THE VIBRATION CONTINUE AS YOU DRIVE. THE CHANGING OF THE TRANSMISSION FLUID DID NOT HELP THE PROBLEM. *KB

THE FAMILY AND I ALL GOT INTO THE CAR AFTER GROCERY SHOPPING, IT SEEMED TO BE A NORMAL NIGHT EXCEPT WHEN MY MOTHER WENT IN FOR REVERSE TO GET OUT OF THE PARKING SPOT THE CAR ACCELERATED BACKWARDS AND THE CAR TOOK OVER, OUR MOTHER WAS YELLING SAYING ' THE BRAKES WONT WORK ' EVERYBODY WAS IN SUCH A PANIC THE CAR HIT TWO CIRCLES IN THE STORE PARKING LOT. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS THERE. WE RAN INTO THE STORE GATE WHICH WAS THERE JUST IN CASE THOSE SORT OF THINGS HAPPEN BUT MY BROTHER WHO WAS SITTING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT STOP THE CAR BY PUTTING IT IN PARKING. *TR

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

2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER - NOTICED SHUDDER AROUND 60 MPH INTERMITTENTLY FOR ABOUT ONE WEEK THEN PROBLEM BECAME MORE FREQUENT OCCURRING AROUND 40-45 MPH. WHILE TRYING TO TAKE IT TO DEALERSHIP, TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL IN THE PATH OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC. DEALERSHIP SAID THAT RADIATOR HAD FAILED, LEAKING COOLANT INTO TRANSMISSION WHICH REQUIRED BOTH TO BE REPLACED. SINCE FAILURE OCCURRED AT 90,000 MILES, WARRANTY ON RADIATOR THAT HAS A KNOWN MANUFACTURER DEFECT IS VOID AND THUS PREVIOUSLY COVERED TRANSMISSION WARRANTY IS ALSO VOID. NISSAN OF NORTH AMERICA WILL NOT STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT AND RECALL THE PART, LEAVING THEIR CUSTOMERS STRANDED BOTH ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND IN THEIR WALLETS. TRANSMISSION FAILURE IS AN OBVIOUS SAFETY ISSUE FOR MANY REASONS. THE LOOPHOLE APPEARS TO BE THAT SINCE THE FAILURE IS DUE TO THE RADIATOR, ANYTHING RELATING TO THE TRANSMISSION IS NULL AND VOID. *TT

I HAVE A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER LE 4X4. I PURCHASED THE CAR NEW. DURING THE LIFE OF THE CAR I OFTEN NOTICED THE CAR DOWNSHIFTING FOR NO APPARENT REASON BUT IT WOULD GO AWAY AND I FORGOT ABOUT IT. ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO AND ABOUT 113000 MILES IT GOT WORSE AND STARTED MAKING NOISES AND OFTEN IT SOUNDED LIKE I HAD A FLAT TIRE. MY MECHANIC INSPECTED THE CAR AND THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE THE TRANSMISSION SO HE REFERRED ME TO A TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST WHO INFORMED ME AFTER AN INSPECTION THAT WATER WAS IN THE TRANS AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS SHOT. HE SAID THIS WAS DUE TO A FAULTY PART OR SOMETHING THAT ALLOWED WATER TO GET INTO THE TRANSMISSION FROM THE RADIATOR AND THAT THERE MIGHT BE TRANS FLUID IN THE RADIATOR OR WORSE, IN THE ENGINE. HE SEEMED TO THINK THAT IF LEFT THIS WAY THE TRANS COULD SEIZE UP CAUSING A GREAT AMOUNT OF DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE AND POSSIBLY THE CAR GOING OUT OF CONTROL DUE TO THIS POTENTIAL SEIZING UP CONDITION. FORTUNATELY, THERE WAS NO TRANS FLUID IN THE RADIATOR. I HAD IT FLUSHED AND EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE OKAY. CHECKING ON LINE I HAVE NOTICED NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FOR THIS YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL OF NISSAN REGARDING THIS EXACT ISSUE. ALMOST $4000 LATER HOPEFULLY MY PROBLEM HAS BEEN SOLVED. NISSAN NEEDS TO STEP UP AND MAKE RESTITUTION. *TT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY DECELERATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT RADIATOR FLUID LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND A SENSOR WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A FULL DIAGNOSIS OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE SENSOR FOR THE TRANSMISSION WAS ON BACK ORDER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 135,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD START TO VIBRATE WHEN DRIVING 55 MPH OR MORE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHERE A TRANSMISSION FLUSH WAS PERFORMED. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THERE WAS NO NEED FOR REPAIRS YET THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A SECOND DEALER AND WAS ADVISED THAT FLUID WAS BACKED UP IN THE TRANSMISSION. THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION WOULD BOTH NEED REPLACING. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 86,000.

2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER WITH 93,000 MILES. HAD ORIGINAL ISSUE WITH TRANSMISSION IN 2009 A SLIGHT SHIMMY AND ONCE THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED, AS SOON AS IT SLIPPED I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE SERVICE MANAGER AT THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME COOLANT HAD LEAKED INTO TRANSMISSION AND WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE: RADIATOR, AND TRANSMISSION AT ~$6,500. I ASKED FOR OPTIONS THE DEALER SAID I COULD TRY REPLACING RADIATOR, FLUSH TRANSMISSION AND ADD NEW TRANSMISSION FLUID FOR ~2,500, HE SAID IT MAY MAKE IT 5 MORE MILES OR 500K MILES, BUT EXPECTED THE TRANSMISSION WOULD AT SOME POINT FAIL. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO LOCAL TRUSTED REPAIR SHOP AND HAD RADIATOR REPLACED AND TRANSMISSION FLUSHED WITH NISSAN TRANSMISSION FLUID AND FILLED WITH NISSAN TRANSMISSION FLUID FOR LESS THAN $1K. HAD NO ISSUES SINCE. ON JUNE 6TH OUT OF THE BLUE AS I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM THE LAKE, I FELT THE SHIMMY AGAIN, IMMEDIATELY BACKED OFF THE ACCELERATOR AND THEN SLOWLY GOT BACK INTO THE GAS, AS I DID I FELT THE TRANSMISSION SLIP A LITTLE. LESS THAN 1,000 FEET DOWN THE ROAD I NOTICED SMOKE IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR AND IMMEDIATELY PULLED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHIN 1,000' AS I CAME TO A STOP THICK BLACK SMOKE CAME FROM BENEATH THE VEHICLE AND SHUT THE CAR OFF, AND I REALIZED THE CAR WAS ON FIRE. I OPENED THE DOOR TO GET OUT AND FLAMES WERE COMING FROM UNDER THE RUNNING BOARDS. WITHIN 3 MINUTES THE CAR AND ALL IT'S CONTENTS WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED BY THE FIRE. IT WAS OBVIOUS FROM MY VANTAGE POINT AND THE PICTURES I TOOK DURING THE FIRE THAT THE FIRE ORIGINATED FROM THE TRANSMISSION OVERHEATING AND THE CATASTROPHIC FAILURE RESULTING IN A THERMAL EVENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED, THANK GOD I WAS ALONE.AND THE DEALERSHIP COULD CARE LESS. *TR

NISSAN HAS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THEIR RADIATORS AND FAULTY HOSES. THESE RESULT IN COOLANT LEAKING IN THE TRANSMISSION AND ULTIMATELY DESTROYING BOTH. THIS ISSUE IS PREVALENT AT 85K MILES AND BEYOND WHICH IS OUT OF WARRANTY FOR BOTH. THIS LEAKS CAUSES THE PATHFINDER TO BE UNSAFE AS IT CANNOT BE DRIVEN UNTIL IT IS REPAIRED FOR OVER 6K. THE PATHFINDER DOES NOT SHIFT PROPERLY AND WILL ULTIMATELY STALL COMPLETELY WHILE IN USE. NISSAN WILL NOT COVER THIS ISSUE WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL. *TR

TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SLIP, HAD VEHICLE EXAMINED, PART IN RADIATOR FAILED AND CONTAMINATED TRANSMISSION WITH COOLANT WHICH DAMAGED TRANSMISSION, FLUIDS WERE FLUSHED AND PART IN RADIATOR BYPASSED HOWEVER TRANSMISSION WAS NOT SAVED FAILED IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS WHILE BEING DRIVEN AND ALMOST CAUSED ACCIDENT WHILE MY WIFE AND CHILDREN WERE IN VEHICLE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER. THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS ALSO A VIBRATION UNDERNEATH THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT MANAGED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE HOME. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIANS STATED RADIATOR FLUID WAS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,000.

2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER IS CURRENTLY BEING REPAIRED FOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS DUE TO RADIATOR LEAKING IN THE TRANSMISSION. I HAVE HAD TROUBLE GAINING SPEED ATLEAST 6 TIMES DUE TO HESITATION AND SOMETIMES WOULDN'T SHIFT OUT OF 2ND GEAR AND WOULDN'T GO NO MORE THAN 25MPH. I HAVE TAKEN THE HIGHWAY AND IT WOULD DO FINE UNTIL I GOT OFF AN EXIT AND IT WOULD STALL AT 25MPH. I HAVE TAKING IT TO GET IT FIXED BUT THE TRANSMISSION FOR MY VEHICLE IS ON BACK ORDER DUE TO OTHER THOUSANDS LIKE ME HAVING THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND THIS MATTER SHOULD BE RESOLVED BY NISSAN BUT NO RECALL HAS NOT TAKEN PLACE AS I KNOW OF. IT PUT MANY DRIVERS AND THEIR FAMILIES AT RISK ON AN ACCIDENT AND TO OTHERS SHARING THE HIGHWAY AND ROADS. PLEASE HELP ME AND MANY OTHERS FIND A WAY TO EITHER GET REIMBURSEMENT FOR OUR REPAIRS. THIS TRANSMISSION ISSUE IS A DEFECT AND IS DANGEROUS! SO FAR MY COST OF REPAIRS IS A TOTAL $4,424.32. MY TRUCK IS A 2005 AND THE TRANSMISSION SHOULDN'T HAVE FAILED ME SO EARLY. I DON'T DO HARD DRIVING AND NEVER TOWED OR PULLED ANYTHING HEAVY. PLEASE HELP ME AND MY FAMILY. THANKS AND GOD BLESS! *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. IT WAS SUDDEN AND THERE WAS NO WARNING. I WAS DRIVING ALONG FINE AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN I HAD NO POWER. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND GET HELP. WHEN I TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO A REPAIR SHOP I WAS TOLD THE RADIATOR LEAKED FLUID INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND RUINED IT. I HAD TO PAY TO REPLACE BOTH THE TRANSMISSION AND THE RADIATOR. I ALSO RECEIVED A LETTER FROM NISSAN STATING THIS WAS A KNOWN DESIGN FLAW. WHEN I ASKED TO BE REIMBURSED I WAS TOLD I WAS OUTSIDE OF THE WARRANTY MILEAGE. I DISAGREE IF THE DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY A DEFECTIVE PART, NOT WEAR AND TEAR AND NOT MISUSE OF THE VEHICLE THEY SHOULD RECALL THIS ON ALL VEHICLES REGARDLESS OF MILEAGE, ETC. I HAVE TRIED CONTACTING NISSAN SEVERAL TIMES AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. THE DAMAGE COST ABOUT FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO FIX AND IT ALL HAD TO COME OUT OF MY POCKET. I AM SO DISGUSTED WITH THIS COMPANY AND THE TERRIBLE WAY THEY HANDLE THEIR MISTAKES. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER VEHICLE FROM THEM AND I HAVE WARNED OTHERS TO GET THEIR VEHICLES CHECKED BEFORE THEY GET STRANDED SOMEWHERE OR POSSIBLY HAVE AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE OF NISSAN. *TR

DUE TO A KNOWN MANUFACTURING DEFECT IN THE 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER TRANSMISSION COOLING SYSTEM, MY DAUGHTER WAS STRANDED BY A VEHICLE THAT WOULDN'T MOVE. AFTER RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM I HAVE FOUND THAT THIS IS A FAIRLY COMMON PROBLEM IN THE 2005 YEAR MODEL. THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM AND THE TRANSMISSION MIXING FLUIDS, THEREBY CAUSING CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION. LEADING UP TO THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE, THE TRANSMISSION MAY FAIL TO SHIFT OR IT MAY DOWNSHIFT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS CAUSING OVERSPEEDING OF THE ENGINE. *TR

I HAVE 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER LE 4X4 ,MY TRANSMISSION HAS GONE BAD AFTER SEARCHING ONLINE MANY COMPLAINT ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION COOLANT(WATER) ENTERING THE TRANSMISSION AND LOCKING THE TRANSMISSION , AFTER DOING A SEARCH ONLINE I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM 100'S OF COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN TOLD/ADVISE TO NISSAN USA , TRANSMISSION COULD LOCK ON YOU WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING VERY SERIOUS ,DANGEROUS ,TOOK SUV TO DEALER WANTED ME TO BUY A NEW TRANSMISSION ,TOLD THEM ABOUT ALL THE COMPLAINT SERVICE DEPT.TOLD ME THAT THE WAS MY PROBLEM NOT NISSAN'S PRINTED OUT AND SHOW THEM ALL THE COMPLAINT NO LUCK.....THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL / TRANSMISSION HAS TO BE CHANGE MANY MANY COMPLAINTS .......... *TR

FLAT UNRESPONSIVE GAS PEDAL RESPONSE EXCESSIVE DRIVELINE VIBRATION AT HIGHWAY SPEED WHEEL AND TIRE SHAKE DEALERSHIP STATED NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. OCCURRED ON A REGULAR BASIS UNTIL FAILURE OCCURRED. SECOND SERVICING DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED FAILED TRANSMISSION RADIATOR AND COMPLETE TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT/REPAIR. *TR

MY 2005 PATHFINDER'S TRANSMISSION SLIPPED. FOUND OUT THAT MY RADIATOR HAD FAILED AND MIXED RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION FLUID. NISSAN KNEW THIS WAS A PROBLEM AND INSTEAD OF RECALLING, THEY EXTENDED WARRANTY UNTIL 80,000 OR FEB, 2013 BUT DID NOT NOTIFY ANYONE OF THE POSSIBLE PROBLEM. MY CAR HAS 86,600 MILE ON IT. NISSAN WILL NOT COVER OR PAY ANY PART OF THE REPAIR. IT IS ALL OVER WEB DISCUSSION BOARDS AND ON CONSUMERAFFAIRS.COM AND EDMONDS.COM FROM OTHER WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND RESULT WITH NISSAN CORPORATE. WHEN WILL NISSAN END UP OWNING UP TO THIS DEFECT AND PAY FOR FIXES. IT IS AN EXPENSIVE REPAIR THAT MANY ARE HAVING TO PAY. I WILL BE SENDING A FORMAL COMPLAINT TO NISSAN AND TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS BOARDS BUT SOMEONE NEEDS TO STEP UP AND GET NISSAN TO OWN UP TO THE PROBLEM. *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILURE. HISTORICAL COOLANT LINE ISSUES. REQUIRES REBUILD. *TR

PURCHASED 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. STILL OWE ON FINANCING. I HAD AN ISSUE ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO WHERE I HAD THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION REPLACED AS A RESULT OF FAULTY RADIATOR. I SPENT WELL OVER 4500 TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR AND WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT MY CLAIM FOR THE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT PENDING. I WILL NEVER PURCHASE A NISSAN AGAIN. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE MOMENTARILY STOPPED ACCELERATING FOR A FEW SECONDS. AFTER A FEW SECONDS, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION FLUID NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. WHILE REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION FLUID THE AUTHORIZED DEALER NOTICED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND RADIATOR FLUID WERE MIXING. THE RADIATOR WAS REPLACED AND THE FLUIDS WERE FLUSHED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 106,000.

2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER LEAKS COOLANT FLUID INTO TRANSMISSION WHICH CAUSE GEAR SHIFTING PROBLEMS. REPAIR IS $6000 FOR RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. *TR

NISSAN PATHFINDER COOLER/RADIATOR/TRANSMISSION ARE FAULTY AND NISSAN IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE BUT REFUSES TO WARRANTY EVERY COOLER, ONLY A PERCENTAGE OF THEM. NISSAN HAS EXTENDED THE WARRANTY FOR VEHICLES UP TO 80,000 MILES OR 96 MONTHS. NISSAN SHOULD BE MADE TO RECALL ALL COOLER AND COVER THE EXPENSES FOR THE ONES THAT HAVE HAD TO HAVE IT FIXED. MAKE NISSAN WARRANTY EVERY FAULTY COOLER. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT GEARS AND SPEED WOULD NOT INCREASE IN SPEED MORE THAN 20 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE TRANSMISSION WAS FLUSHED. THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE THE FAILURE AND WAS UNABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIANS STATED THE RADIATOR WAS LEAKING FLUID INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE TECHNICIANS STATED THE RADIATOR AND THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 112,000.

THE TRANSMISSION IN THE 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER SLIPS AND JERKS WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE SLIPPAGE CAN CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO RAPIDLY DECELERATE IN TRAFFIC INCREASING THE LIKELIHOOD OF AN ACCIDENT. THE RAPID JERKING OF THE VEHICLE CAN CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO LOOSE CONTROL ON ITS OWN OR FRIGHTEN OR DISORIENT THE DRIVER CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE JERKED AND WENT INTO FAILSAFE MODE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND DRIVESHAFT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WAS APPROXIMATELY 85,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

NO PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE JUST ONE DAY DIDN'T SWITCH GEARS AND SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THAT WAS IT NISSAN TOLD ME ALMOST 6000 TO FIX RADIATOR ROTTED AND FLUIDS LEAKED INTO TRANSMISSION WHICH MADE BOTH NO GOOD. ALSO 2 MONTHS LATER CD PLAYER STOPPED WORKING WILL NOT EJECT AND CDS STUCK IN THE SYSTEM. *TR

2005 PATHFINDER WOULDN'T ACCELERATE FROM 0-20MPH AND HAD SHUTTERING FEELING AT 40-60MPH. I FEAR THE WORST IS HAPPENING. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 52,800 MILES. NO "SLAMMING" OF GEARS OR SHUDDERING OR DIFFICULTY IN SHIFTING THAT WOULD INDICATE AN ISSUE. TRANSMISSION SERVICED AT 40,000 MILES AND OIL CHANGE/FLUID CHECK AND STATE INSPECTION PASSED 8 WEEKS PRIOR TO FAILURE. WHEN SHIFTED INTO REVERSE, GEAR WOULD NOT ENGAGE FOR SEVERAL SECONDS. BECAUSE ACCELERATION/GAS HAD BEEN GIVEN, WHEN THE GEAR DID ENGAGE, THE ENGINE WOULD REV AND REVERSE AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH CAUSING NEAR ACCIDENTS WITH OTHER VEHICLES AND PEDESTRIANS IN VICINITY. BROUGHT TO NISSAN DEALER AND WAS INFORMED TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS BURNED. I REQUESTED THE RADIATOR BE EXAMINED AND ALTHOUGH THE DEALER SAID THEY DID IT DOES NOT SHOW ON MY SERVICE RECEIPT. DEALER STATED IT WAS A FAULTY TRANSMISSION ONLY, NO RADIATOR INVOLVEMENT. I WAS 3 MONTHS OUTSIDE OF THE DRIVETRAIN WARRANTY. AFTER 7 DAYS OF NEGOTIATION, NISSAN DECIDED TO PAY FOR PART OF THE REBUILT TRANSMISSION AND LABOR. OVER $2000 OUT OF POCKET FOR TRANS AND RENTAL CAR. ALL SERVICE PERFORMED AT REGULAR INTERVALS, ALL SERVICE RECORDS KEPT. ALL SERVICES WERE PERFORMED AT DEALER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED FROM. SAFETY RECALLS SHOULD NOT BE BUSINESS DECISIONS BASED ON SAVING LARGE COMPANIES THE MILLIONS THEY ARE CHEATING THEIR CUSTOMERS OUT OF ON UNUSUAL REPAIRS ABOVE AND BEYOND NORMAL MAINTENANCE. THEY SHOULD BE BASED ON SAVING LIVES AND PREVENTING ACCIDENTS. I NEARLY HIT A PEDESTRIAN DUE TO THIS SUDDEN TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *TR

I OWN A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER THAT RECENTLY HAD THE TRANSMISSION GO OUT ON ME. AFTER TAKING THE CAR TO A NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND FINALLY AN INDEPENDENT TRANSMISSION MECHANIC, IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS RADIATOR LEAKING FLUID INTO THE TRANSMISSION. AN ONLINE SEARCH LED ME HUNDREDS OF OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE WITH NISSAN PATHFINDERS. I BELIEVE THAT NISSAN NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR FIXING WHAT IS AMOUNTING TO A DEFECT IN THEIR CARS. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER AND I HAVE HAD TO PAY 5000 TO HAVE A NEW TRANSMISSION FOR MY CAR, NOW I HAVE TO HAVE A NEW RADIATOR. THROUGH RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET, NISSAN WAS PURCHASING FAULTY RADIATORS FOR 2005 PATHFINDERS, AND THE COOLANT LEAKS INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND DESTROYS IT. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MY VEHICLE AND NISSAN HAS REFUSED TO PAY FOR IT. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO TONS OF OTHER PEOPLE ON THE INTERNET AND THEY SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR CORRECTING THEIR MISTAKE. *TR

TRANSMISSION NOT SHIFTING AT 50 MPH DURING ACCELERATION ON FREEWAY. UNABLE TO AVOID FAST TRAFFIC AND STUCK BEHIND BIG RIG. SLOW DRIVING MORE DANGEROUS THAN NORMAL FLOW TRAFFIC. TOOK TO GET TRANSMISSION FLUSHED AND MECHANIC MENTION BROWNISH COLOR, BUT NO CONTAMINATION OF RADIATOR FLUID. SAYS NEEDS REBUILT OR NEW TRANS. I TOOK SUV BACK AND BEEN DRIVING STILL WITH SHIFTING WORKING, BUT SHAKING AT 60 MPH OR HIGHER JUST LIKE PRIOR TO SHIFT ISSUE. 65K ONLY AND FROM READING FORUMS, I SEE MANY COMPLAINTS AND MANY UNHAPPY CUSTOMERS INCLUDING ME. HOPING NISSAN STEPS UP AND FIXES THIS FOR FREE. NOT SURE IF TRADING IN OR FIXING. LOVE THIS CAR, BUT ISSUE AFTER ISSUE. 2008 HAD BOTH CATS REPLACED, FOR LOST OF POWER. *TR

WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE, I HEARD A LOUD "CLANG" WHICH SOUNDED LIKE IT CAME FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT OR UNDER THE FRONT OF THE CAR. IT SOUNDED LIKE A METAL ROD HIT ANOTHER PIECE OF METAL. AS I WAS ALREADY OUT OF MY SPACE, I PROCEEDED FORWARD, BUT MY CAR LACKED POWER. I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO GAIN ENOUGH POWER TO MOVE FORWARD, BUT SOMETHING WAS OBVIOUSLY WRONG. I WAS ABLE TO GET MY CAR TO THE DEALER, AVOIDING THE HIGHWAY FOR FEAR OF GETTING HIT BY SOMEONE WHILE MY CAR HAD VERY LITTLE RESPONSIVENESS. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE CAR AND CLAIMED TO BE SURPRISED OF THE FAILURE, WHICH WAS THAT TRANSMISSION FLUID HAD LEAKED INTO THE RADIATOR, AND COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE DEALER QUOTED ME $7000 TO FIX THIS ISSUE. AFTER CALLING AROUND AND FINDING AN AAMCO DEALER WHO EXPLAINED TO ME THIS WELL KNOWN ISSUE, I WAS QUOTED A PRICE OF "ONLY" $3800 TO FIX IT. THE PROBLEM, AS DESCRIBED BY THE MECHANIC, WAS A FAULTY DESIGN WHERE THE TRANSMISSION FLUID TRAVELS THROUGH THE RADIATOR WITH SOME SORT OF VALVE BOX BETWEEN THEM AND THE HEAT DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN THE COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION FLUID NECESSARILY CAUSES THE VALVE BOX TO DECAY CAUSING THE 2 FLUIDS TO MIX. THE RESULT IS A COMPLETELY RUINED RADIATOR, COMPLETELY RUINED VALVE BOX, AND IF NOT TREATED EARLY, A COMPLETELY RUINED TRANSMISSION. OBVIOUSLY, IF I AM DRIVING MY CHILDREN ON VACATION AND WE'RE COMING DOWN A MOUNTAIN WHEN THE TRANSMISSION FAILS, THIS COULD BE VERY TRAGIC! NOW I AM OUT A CAR, FORCED TO OBTAIN A RENTAL CAR, AND STILL NEED TO CORRECTLY FIX MY OWN CAR. WHAT'S MORE, IF I USE THE SAME COMPONENTS THAT NISSAN HAS DESIGNED, I WILL ONLY BE SETTING MYSELF UP FOR FUTURE PROBLEMS. I LOOKED ONLINE TO SEE IF ANYONE ELSE HAD THIS PROBLEM AND WAS AMAZED TO FIND SO MANY PEOPLE WITH THE SAME ISSUE, DESCRIBING IN DETAIL PRETTY MUCH WHAT THE AAMCO MECHANIC TOLD ME. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THE FOLKS AT NISSAN HAD NEVER HEARD OF IT. IT IS OBVIOUSLY A FAULTY DESIGN AND NISSAN NEEDS CORRECT IT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STARTED VIBRATING. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND HE WAS ADVISED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REBUILT BECAUSE THE RADIATOR WAS LEAKING FLUID INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 131,000.

I BOUGHT MY 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER NEW FROM THE DEALER. AT ABOUT 60,000 MILES I STARTED HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AND WAS TOLD THAT NISSAN HAD A SEVERE PROBLEM WITH THE RADIATOR LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND RUINING IT. I HAD TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR AT A COST OF ABOUT $600.00. I BELIEVE THAT NISSAN SHOULD HAVE HAD A RECALL SINCE THIS PROBLEM IS SO WIDELY DOCUMENTED. I HAVE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE FUEL PUMP WHICH COST ME $500. NEEDLESS TO SAY, I WON'T BE LOOKING FOR A NISSAN PRODUCT WHEN I SHOP FOR MY NEXT CAR. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

I HAVE A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER THAT MY TRANSMISSION HAS GONE OUT IN. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THE TRANSMISSION REPAIRMAN THAT IT IS CAUSED BY FLUID GETTING INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THERE IS OBVIOUS SIGNS OF ANTIFREEZE BEING IN THE TRANSMISSION AND THROUGH THEIR RESEARCH IT IS FROM THE RADIATOR LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THEY HAVE RECEIVED SEVERAL THINGS AT THEIR SHOP CONCERNING THESE PROBLEMS. NOW I HAVE A 3000 BILL OR MORE TO HAVE THIS TRANSMISSION REPAIRED. THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THIS IN THE INTERNET. ALL TALKING ABOUT THE SAME EXACT THING. *TR

2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING AND CAR SHAKES VIOLENTLY WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 60-70MPH. I'VE CONTACTED NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BUT THEY ARE REFUSING TO REPAIR IT DUE TO NOT SPENDING ENOUGH MONEY AT THEIR DEALERSHIPS AND DUE TO THE HIGH MILEAGE(PROBLEM STARTED AROUND 90K, CURRENTLY ABOUT 110K) OF MY VEHICLE. *TR

TRANSMISSION "STRUGGLES" AT 40 MPG AND THEN AGAIN AT 75 MPH. TOLD I NEED A COMPLETE TRANSMISSION $4,500.00! USED ONES CAN'T BE FOUND IN THE JUNK YARDS BECAUSE THE DEMAND IS HIGH! *TR

COMPLETE FAILURE OF AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IN MY 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER SE REQUIRING THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION TO BE REPLACED. *TR

2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER TRANSMISSION FAILURE 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER HAS A PROBLEM WITH COOLANT LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THIS TRANSMISSION COOLER IS LOCATED INSIDE THE RADIATOR. THE FAULTY DESIGN RUINS THE TRANSMISSION, NISSAN REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM AND ISSUE A RECALL. NISSAN AND THE DEALERSHIPS ARE AWARE OF THIS ONGOING PROBLEM, BUT STILL KEEP SELLING THEM TO UNAWARE CONSUMERS. MY TRANSMISSION IS DESTROYED AND I REPLACED THE RADIATOR AFTER WE FOUND COOLANT IN THE TRANSMISSION. I KEPT THE OLD RADIATOR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING AND THE VEHICLE ALSO STALLED WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. THE FAILURES WERE A RECURRING ISSUE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE RADIATOR FLUID WAS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE DEALER ALSO STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND THE RADIATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,200.

I WAS INFORMED ON MONDAY, JUNE 28, 2010 THAT MY 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER WITH ONLY 68,900 MILES IS IN NEED OF A NEW TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR. I WAS TOLD BY A CERTIFIED NISSAN TECHNICIAN THAT AN INTERNAL FAILURE IN THE RADIATOR CAUSED COOLANT FLUID TO LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION IS CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO BREAKDOWN. APPROX 1 MONTH AGO I NOTICED MY NISSAN PATHFINDER VIBRATING BETWEEN 40-60 MPH. IT TOOK THREE TIMES TO THE DEALER TO DIAGNOSE THIS PROBLEM. APPARENTLY, THIS PROBLEM IS NOT ISOLATED TO MY VEHICLE ALONE. I GOOGLED THE "2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER TRANSMISSION PROBLEM" AND DISCOVERED 100 PLUS SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. NISSAN CUSTOMER SERVICE IS NOT TAKING OWNERSHIP TO THIS PROBLEM. THEY ARE WELL AWARE OF THE ISSUE. MY FEAR IS PATHFINDER OWNERS WITH SIMILAR ISSUES WILL DRIVE THESE VEHICLES UNBEKNOWNST TO THEM THERE IS AN ISSUE AND THE TRANSMISSION MAY SEIZE CAUSING AN MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, HE ENGAGED THE ACCELERATOR AND THE VEHICLE'S SPEED DID NOT INCREASE. HE STATED THE FAILURE WAS INTERMITTENT. IN ADDITION, THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WATER FROM THE RADIATOR WAS GOING TO THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 105,704.

2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER LEAKS COOLANT FLUID INTO TRANSMISSION WHICH CAUSE GEAR SHIFTING PROBLEMS. REPAIR IS $6000 FOR RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. *TR

2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WE FELT A VIBRATION ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO. AT 40 MPH IT FELT LIKE WE WERE GOING OVER RUMBLE STRIPS. TOOK TO THE MECHANIC. HE SAID IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION. RADIATOR FLUID HAD LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND BACK. BOTH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AS THEY WERE RUINED. CAR IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. REPAIR WILL COST $5,000. NISSAN WILL NOT COVER ANY OR ALL OF THE REPAIR. THE CAR ONLY HAS 67,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER TRANSMISSION RADIATOR ISSUE. THERE ARE PLENTY OF POSTS ONLINE REGARDING THE SAME PROBLEM. THE RADIATOR LEAKS COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION FLUID LINES. WHICH IN TURN CAUSES IRREVERSIBLE DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION. WHICH IS AROUND A $4000 PART. *TR

2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER LE, HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE FUEL SENSOR UNIT AT OWN EXPENSE WHEN IT WOULDN'T SHOW CORRECT AMOUNT OF FUEL LEFT IN TANK BELOW HALF FULL. THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED ABOUT 50K MILES. NOW WITH JUST UNDER 95K MILES, AM HAVING ISSUE WITH TRANSMISSION NOT LOCKING INTO OVERDRIVE. THIS IS THE SITUATION OFTEN DESCRIBED AS HEAVY VIBRATION AROUND 45 MPH, AS WELL AS AROUND 60 MPH. HAVE HAD DEALER AS WELL AS INDEPENDENT SHOP LOOK AT THIS BOTH SAYING IT IS A WELL KNOWN ISSUE ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH THIS MAKE/MODEL/YEAR. AS OF THIS POINT - NO CROSS-CONTAMINATION HAS BEEN FOUND WITH THE COOLANT AND THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. I AM LOOKING AT AROUND 5K IN COSTS FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION WHICH HAS NEVER BEEN INVOLVED IN AN HEAVY ACCIDENT NOR DRIVEN OFF-ROAD OR ANYTHING BESIDES CITY AND HIGHWAY DRIVING. NOT VERY RELIABLE FROM MY POINT OF VIEW AND NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED WHY SO MANY HAVE BEEN FAULTY - AND IF FOUND TO BE DESIGN, THEN WHY ISN'T IT AT LEAST PART OF THE RESPONSIBILITY OF NISSAN TO HELP OWNERS OF THESE VEHICLES? *TR

TRANSMISSION SHAKING AT 40-45 MPH. IS CONSTANT UNTIL TRANSMISSION CHANGES GEARS. NISSAN REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION FOR A FEE. AFTER REPLACEMENT THE NEW TRANSMISSION EXPERIENCES THE SAME SYMPTOMS. TOOK IT IN AGAIN AND THEY SAID THE RADIATOR IS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION. PATHFINDER IS IN SERVICE AND I HAVE TO PAY FOR THE PARTS AND LABOR. READING THE COMPLAINTS THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND SHOULD BE A RECALL. *TR

1) THE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY FAILED WITH NO PREVIOUS WARNING/INDICATION ON A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER AROUND THE 82K MILE MARK. I JUST BOUGHT THE CAR USED LESS THAN 1 MONTH AND 1K MILES PREVIOUSLY. I WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MERGING ONTO AN EXPRESSWAY AT THE TIME AND FOUND MYSELF UNABLE TO FULLY ACCELERATE. I BASICALLY COASTED IT OFF THE ROAD AT THIS POINT. ALTHOUGH AN ACCIDENT WAS AVERTED ONE COULD HAVE EASILY OCCURRED. 2) FROM WHAT I WAS TOLD, THE TRANSMISSION SEIZED UP ENTIRELY, AND ALL OF THE FLUIDS DRAINED OUT ENTIRELY. IT ONLY HAPPENED ONCE, HOWEVER IT CAUSED MY VEHICLE TO INSTANTLY BE "DEAD IN THE WATER". 3) THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE U-JOINT AND THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED (NEW) FOR A ROUGHLY 7200 TOTAL PRICE TAG THAT FORTUNATELY FOR ME THE EXTENDED WARRANTY COMPANY ULTIMATELY COVERED (MINUS THE DEDUCTIBLE) AFTER MUCH BACK AND FORTH / INSPECTIONS OVER 6 WEEKS. *TR

WE OWN A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. RECENTLY THE TRANSMISSION IS SLOW TO ENGAGE. IT HAS FAILED AT TIMES WHILE PULLING OUT FROM A STOP. IT PLACES THE VEHICLE OCCUPANTS IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION BECAUSE THE VEHICLE FAILS TO MOVE FORWARD AND YOU ARE PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC. OUR VEHICLE HAS 65000 MILES ON IT, JUST OVER THE WARRANTY LIMIT. WE RECENTLY TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP WHO DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM TO A FAULTY RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. A $6000 REPAIR ESTIMATE WAS GIVEN TO US. FROM WHAT INFORMATION I HAVE FOUND BY MY OWN RESEARCH, THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE THAT NISSAN IS FULLY AWARE OF BUT REFUSES TO RECALL. WE HAVE CONTACTED NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS WHICH HAS BEEN A TOTAL WASTE OF TIME. THIS PROBLEM IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE IN MY OPINION. *TR

MY 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER HAS A DEFECT INVOLVING FLUID FROM THE RADIATOR LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT THAT POSTED ABOUT BY MANY OTHERS AND IT CAUSES MY CAR TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY BETWEEN SPEEDS OF 45-65 MPH. NEITHER NISSAN N.A. NOR THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR, RT 22 NISSAN IN NJ, HAVE BEEN COOPERATIVE IN RECTIFYING OR EVEN ADDRESSING HOW TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR

MY 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER HAS 58,000 AND SHAKES VIOLENTLY ONCE I REACH 40 MPH AND OVER ESPECIALLY ON THE HIGHWAY. I TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL NISSAN DEALER AND IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH THE RADIATOR LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION MAKING IT SHAKE VERY VIOLENTLY. THE ESTIMATED COST TO REPAIR THIS HUGE PROBLEM IS ANYWHERE FROM $3500-$4500. I CALLED NISSAN HEADQUARTERS ONLY TO HEAR THAT MY WARRANTY ALREADY EXPIRED AND THAT THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY AND MECHANICAL PROBLEM THAT SHOULD BE RECALLED SINCE THEY HAVE TERRIBLE ENGINEERING AND COULD POSSIBLY CAUSE AN MAJOR ACCIDENT AND SOMEONE'S LIFE. *TR

1) CAR STARTED TO STUTTER AT FIRST, THEN KICK, THEN BUCK WHEN HITTING 60MPH. THEN IT STARTED DOING IT AT 30MPH, 45MPH AND AGAIN AT 60MPH. 2) IT WON'T AUTOMATICALLY SHIFT (YES IT IS AN AUTOMATIC) IN 3 OR MORE GEARS ONCE THE CAR HAS BEEN WARMED UP 3) CAR WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC (AT THEIR REQUEST) AND THEY SAID THE MOST "COST EFFECTIVE" WAY IS TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR AND THE TRANSMISSION DUE TO A LEAKING RADIATOR HOSE THAT MANAGES TO GET LIQUID INTO THE TRANSMISSION. *TR

AT AROUND 56,600 MILES NOTICED CAR SHAKING VIGOUROUSLY WHEN DRIVING OVER 50 MPH. THIS MILEAGE TYPICALLY OCCURRING ON HIGHWAY AND STEERING WHEEL SHAKES AND VIBRATES AND CAR GEARS FEELS LIKE IT KEEPS SLIPPING UNTIL YOU SLOW DOWN BELOW 40MPH. I BOUGHT MY CAR BRAND NEW, 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER SE AND HAVE SEEN SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT A DEFECTIVE RADIATOR IN THESE VEHICLES WHICH CRACKS AND CAUSES FLUIDS TO LEAK INTO TRANSMISSION AND DESTROY IT. ALTHOUGH MY TRANSMISSION IS STILL COVERED UNDER THE 5YR/60,000 MI WARRANTY, THEY WILL NOT ADDRESS THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THE RADIATOR HASN'T BEEN RECALLED AS YET.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 40 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE VIOLENTLY. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE DRIVING THE VEHICLE NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKING INTO THE RADIATOR. THE CONTACT WAS DISPLEASED TO KNOW THE AUTHORIZED DEALER WAS NOT FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR COST. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,974. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 76,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 40 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED FROM 5TH GEAR TO OVERDRIVE WITHOUT ASSISTANCE. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE TECHNICIAN RECOMMENDED THAT THE TRANSMISSION BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THIS TIME. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 79,000.

2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER WITH 106,000 MILES HAS HAD 3 TRANSMISSIONS REPLACED SINCE JUNE 2009. DEALERSHIP COVERED THEM UNDER WARRANTY, BUT NOW OTHER NON-WARRANTY ISSUES ARE OCCURRING WHICH WERE CAUSED BY THOSE TRANSMISSION FAILURES. VEHICLE HAS HAD THE TRANSCOOLER REPLACED, HOSES, AND RADIATOR REPLACED AND FLUSHED...AT MY COST. VEHICLE MAKES A DANGEROUSLY LOUD VIBRATING NOISE BETWEEN 40-60 MPH AND BEGINS TO SHAKE. ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. PARTS THAT WERE REPLACED WERE KEPT AT THE DEALERSHIP AND ARE NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEM THAT HAPPENS EVERY 2 MONTHS OR SO. *TR

RADIATOR LEAKED INTO TRANSMISSION CAUSING FAILURE WHEN MY FAMILY WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. ALTHOUGH NO ONE WAS INJURED IN THIS CASE, NISSAN REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS WIDESPREAD PROBLEM WITH THE PATHFINDER AND SOMEONE COULD BE HURT IN THE FUTURE. *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILURE SUV BUCKS WILL NOT DRIVE GOING DOWN HIGHWAY UNSAFE IN TRAFFIC. *TR

COOLANT LEAKING INTO TRANSMISSION. ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS MY FAMILY OF 4 AND I START FROM A STOP AND OUR 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE INTERSECTION AND THE TRANSMISSION WILL DISENGAGE OR SLIP DUE TO CONTAMINATION WHILE OTHER VEHICLES ARE HEADING FOR US. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET NISSAN OF MIDDLETOWN NY TO REPLACE IT SINCE I PUT MY CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE AND FEEL IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE BUT INSTEAD THEY KEEP REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND SENDING ME ON MY WAY. IT WAS NOT UNTIL I WAS ON A TEST DRIVE WITH THE MECHANIC (I GOT TO KNOW THEM BEING THERE ALL THE TIME) THAT HE TOLD ME IN CONFIDENCE THAT IT WAS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE NISSANS THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAS A FLAW AND IT WILL COST ABOUT $7,000 TO REPLACE. I FEEL IF IT IS A FLAW AND IT PROVES TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE IT SHOULD BE REPLACED BY NISSAN AT NO COST TO THE CONSUMER SINCE FAMILIES CANNOT AFFORD TO REPLACE THEM FORCING US TO DRIVE UNSAFE VEHICLES. PLEASE HELP US PATHFINDER OWNERS HOLD NISSAN ACCOUNTABLE FOR FLAW IN THE TRANSMISSIONS. *TR

THIS IS REFERENCE TO 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER LE. I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND THE SUV STARTED TO SLOW DOWN. I PRESS DOWN THE GAS PEDAL TO GIVE IT MORE POWER BUT IT WOULDN'T ACCELERATE. I PULLED TO SIDE OF THE FREEWAY AND TURN THE ENGINE OFF TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. I COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG SO I TRIED TO RESTART IT BUT WOULD NOT CRANK OVER. THE METRO FREEWAY TOWING COMPANY TRY TO JUMP START IT 3 TIMES BUT WOULD NOT START. I HAD IT TOW TO THE NISSAN DEALER IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA WHICH THEY DISCOVER THAT THE COOLANT FROM THE RADIATOR LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE MIXURE OF THE TWO COMPONENTS BURNED OUT THE ECM MODULE IN THE TRANSMISSION. THE COST OF REPLACING THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION IS APPROXIMATELY $5400.00, THE VECHICLE IS STILL AT THE NISSAN DEALER WHICH I AM CURRENTLY TRYING FIND A RESOLUATION TO THIS MATTER. BOTTOM LINE WHO IS GOING TO PAY FOR THIS BILL SINCE THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER THAT HAS BEGUN TO SHOW SIGNS OF THE ENGINE COOLANT LEAKAGE INTO THE TRANSMISSION FLUID PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN REPORTED BY SEVERAL OTHER CONSUMERS. THE PROBLEMS OCCURRING ARE SEVERE TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE AT HIGH SPEEDS AND VIBRATION AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 45-55 MPH. I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING THESE PROBLEMS FOR SEVERAL DAYS AND AM CONTACTING NISSAN FOR THE DREADED FORMAL DIAGNOSIS. THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT NEEDS IMMEDIATE ATTENTION AS THE CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF A VEHICLE TRANSMISSION AT HIGH SPEED CAN LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT WITH POTENTIAL FOR VERY SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH. THE PROBLEM IS WELL KNOW TO NISSAN AND HAS OCCURRED IN OTHER MODEL YEARS AS WELL AND THEY HAVE BEEN UNWILLING TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE. IT APPEARS NISSAN WILL CONTINUE TO IGNORE THE COOLANT LEAKAGE INTO THE TRANSMISSION FLUID VIA THE RADIATOR DESIGN FLAW UNTIL DIRECTED TO DO SO. THIS HAS BEEN REPORTED IN MANY CONSUMER FORUMS RELATED TO NISSAN PATHFINDERS OF YEARS 2005-2007. *TR

I OWN A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER AND I HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE HEAT STAYING CONSISTENT (DOES NOT BLOW HOT AIR WHEN IDLE) AS WELL A VIBRATION WHEN DRIVING AT CERTAIN SPEEDS. I ALSO BEGIN TO NOTICE THAT TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SLIP. I WOULD STOP AT A RED LIGHT AND GO TO TAKE OFF AND WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PICK UP SPEED WHICH CAN BE DANGEROUS WHEN ENTERING THE HIGHWAY. I RESEARCHED THIS ONLINE AND FOUND MANY OTHERS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO A NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME EXACTLY WHAT I ALREADY KNEW, THE RADIATOR WAS NOW NO GOOD AND LEAKING ANTIFREEZE INTO THE TRANSMISSION WHICH HAS CAUSED BOTH OF THEM TO BE RUINED AND THEY WANT TO CHARGE ME 5K TO REPLACE. I ASKED IF THE DEALERSHIP HAS SEEN THIS BEFORE AND IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT SEVERAL OF THE SAME VEHICLES HAVE BEEN IN FOR THIS VERY REASON. HE ADVISED THAT NISSAN HAS NOT PAID FOR THESE SERVICES AS THE VEHICLES ARE ALWAYS OUT OF WARRANTY ON THE RADIATOR. I STILL HAVE 2000 MILES LEFT ON MY POWERTRAIN AND ADVISED THAT I WOULD BE CONTACTING NISSAN FOR "GOODWILL" ASSISTANCE. NISSAN FINALLY CONTACTED ME AND ADVISED THAT SINCE THE PROBLEM WAS INITIALLY CAUSED BY THE RADIATOR, THEY WOULD NOT HONOR THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. THEY ALSO ADVISED ME THAT SINCE I WAS NOT CONSIDERED "LOYAL" TO NISSAN AS THIS IS MY FIRST VEHICLE WITH THEM THEY COULD NOT HELP ME. I DO THINK IT IS FAIR TO HOLD THE CONSUMER RESPONSIBLE FOR FIXING THE TRANSMISSION AS CLEARLY THE RADIATOR IS DEFECTIVE AND THE PROBLEM DOESN'T BEGIN UNTIL AFTER IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY. I CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY 5K FOR THE TRANSMISSION AND I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO. IF THIS WAS A RARE CASE OR CAUSED BY THE CONSUMER THEN, YES WE SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE BUT THIS IS CLEARLY A DEFECT AS ALL NISSAN DEALERSHIPS ARE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE ASSIST US AND ISSUE A RECALL FOR THESE PARTS AS DRIVING THIS VEHICLE IS UNSAFE. *TR

OWN A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER WITH 64,000 RIGHT NOW.. WHICH IS OUT OF WARRANTY. HAD THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON FOR COUPLE OF MONTHS.. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN AT THE DEALER AND ALSO PRIVATE MECHANICS... NOBODY COULD FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR UNTIL IT COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN ON ME. WOULDN'T START HAD IT TOWED TO THE NEAREST MECHANIC HE SAID THE CAR HAD ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS HAD THE WHOLE FUSE BOX REPLACED PAID $450 TWO DAYS LATER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN TOOK IT TO THE DEALER NOTHING WRONG WAS FOUND WENT BACK HOME.. RIGHT NOW MY CAR IS AT A PRIVATE MECHANIC... BECAUSE WOULDN'T GO MORE THAN 40 MPH.... THE MECHANIC SAID IS THE RADIATOR WHICH IS BROKEN AND ANTIFREEZE LEAKED IN THE TRANSMISSION PLEASE HELP.... I SEE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM THESE VEHICLES ARE DEFECTIVE JUST TO GET IT FIXED IS CLOSE TO $10,000. *TR

2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER MY RADIATOR LEAKS FLUID INTO THE TRANNY COOLING LINES. ITS BEEN TO NISSAN 2-3 TIMES. FINALLY THERE PUTTING IN A NEW TRANNY AND RADIATOR. FORTUNATELY ITS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

I JUST RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. JUST A COUPLE OF SHORT WEEKS AFTER OWNING THE VEHICLE, I BEGAN TO NOTICE A STRANGE VIBRATION NOISE (LIKE YOU ARE DRIVING OVER A GROOVED SURFACE) COMING FROM THE VEHICLE AROUND 2000-2500 RPMS OR 45-65 MPH. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ONLINE (HTTP://TOWNHALL-TALK.EDMUNDS.COM/DIRECT/VIEW/.F177B6C/8#MSG8) I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT THERE ARE A TON OF PEOPLE HAVING THIS SAME EXACT PROBLEM ON THE '05 NISSAN PATHFINDERS. APPARENTLY, THERE IS A HOSE THAT RUNS FROM THE RADIATOR TO THE TRANSMISSION AND THERE IS A CHRONIC PROBLEM WITH ANTIFREEZE LEAKING FROM THE RADIATOR INTO THE TRANSMISSION, THUS CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO BEGIN TO MALFUNCTION AND THEN ULTIMATELY SHUT DOWN. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE POST ON EDMUNDS.COM, THIS IS A CHRONIC ISSUE IMPACTING ALL 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER OWNERS. I DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO GET THE RADIATOR/TRANSMISSION REPLACED ON THIS VEHICLE. YET, I MUST HAVE TRANSPORTATION TO GET TO/FRO WORK. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE ENGINEERING ON NISSANS PART AND THEY NEED TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THIS ISSUE AND ADDRESS THE FAULTY ENGINEERING HERE BEFORE SOMEONE'S TRANSMISSION SHUTS DOWN AT 60MPH CAUSING A CRASH ON ONE OF OUR HIGHWAYS/INTERSTATES. *TR

THE DEALER POINTED OUT THAT THERE WAS A BUZZING / WHINING NOISE COMING FROM ONE OR BOTH SECONDARY TIMING CHAINS AND CAMSHAFT SPROCKET AREAS. I HAD TO REPLACE BOTH SECONDARY TIMING CHAINS AND BOTH SECONDARY TIMING CHAIN TENSIONERS AT 61,000 MILES. COST: $2,148.00. PLEASE SEE NISSAN TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: CLASSIFICATION: EM07-001 NTB07-042. REFERENCE: DATE: JULY 17, 2007. I BELIEVE THIS ITEM SHOULD BE A RECALL. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A MISTAKE ON NISSAN'S BEHALF WHEN THEY USED INAPPROPRIATE AND UNSAFE PARTS. I ASKED NISSAN TO COVER THIS ITEM UNDER WARRANTY, WHICH THEY QUICKLY REFUSED. I WAS 1,000 MILES PAST MY DRIVE TRAIN WARRANTY BUT THIS HAD BEGUN WAY BEFORE THAT POINT. I FIND IT BOTH AMUSING AND CONVENIENT THAT NISSAN NEVER MENTIONED THIS PROBLEM TO ITS CUSTOMERS, AND ME SPECIFICALLY UNTIL I WAS OUT OF WARRANTY; THE SERVICE REPORT IS DATED JULY 17, 2007, EXACTLY ONE YEAR PRIOR TO MY VEHICLE NEEDING REPAIR. I BELIEVE THIS IS A CLEAR ADMITTANCE OF GUILT ON BEHALF OF NISSAN. *TR