2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER Unknown Or Other Problems

UNKNOWN. Every time I drive above 50 mph the car vibrates hard and it’s audible. It feels like the engine. I had it checked out by two mechanics but they couldn’t figure it out. I had my wheels balanced, bought new tires at the mechanic suggestion. That hasn’t helped. I’m not sure if this is safe to drive and it doesn’t make me feel safe. This has been going on for months. Please let me know if they’re similar complaints and what I should do about it. Thank you

RADIATOR FLUID GOING INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING THE TCM FAIL

MY TRANSMISSION STOPPED WITH NO WARNING

Mileage: 180,000

LATELY, MY 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER HAS BEEN STALLING OR SHUTTING DOWN WHILE I AM DRIVING MY VEHICLE. I AM NOT SURE WHY, BUT EVERYTHING STAYS ON AND RUNS FINE, IT IS JUST THAT THE VEHICLE WILL NOT MOVE. I HAVE TO MOVE MY CAR TO THE SIDE, IF I CAN GET IT THERE ON TIME, AND TURN IT OFF. THEN I WAIT A COUPLE OF SECONDS AND START IT BACK IT. AT TIMES, AFTER THE STARTUP, THE CAR WILL RUN FINE, BUT AT OTHER TIMES, I WILL BE ABLE TO DRIVE FOR A LITTLE BIT AND THEN MY CAR STALLS AGAIN OR DIES DOWN. I ALSO HAVE ISSUES WITH THE FUEL SENSOR. IT DOES NOT WORK AND THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS, BUT MY VEHICLE DOES NOT FALL INTO THE RECALL, EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER FUEL SENSON RECALL. I HAVE ALWAYS CAUSED NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF MY VEHICLE STALLING OR RUNNING OUT OF GAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FREEWAY BECAUSE MY FUEL LEVER DOES NOT WORK BECAUSE OF THE FUEL SENSOR.

Mileage: 10

TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING BAD BECAUSE MY RADIATOR FAILURE OF MIXING FLUIDS AND NOW IM IN A BIND WITH ONLYBONE VEHICAL AND MY ONLY WAY TO WORK... I HAVE 3 KIDS AND I NEED HELP GETTING THIS FIXED SO I DONT LOOSE MY JOB... PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU CAN DO SOMETHING FOR ME THANKS SO MUCH

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE WHEN OUT IF NOWHERE IT GOT SLIGHTLY SHAKY RUMBLY FEELING AND THEN IT UP SHIFTED VERY VERY HARD AND REDLINED THE VEHICLE SO I HIT BRAKES AND GOT PULLED OVER AND TURNED IT OFF. I GOT IT TOWED BACK HOME AND THEN NEXT DAY TOWED TO SHOP AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE RADIATOR MALFUNCTIONED AND IT HAD BASICLY DRAINED ANTIFREEZE INTO MY TRANSMISSION. SAID THAT PROBLEM IS NOTORIOUS FOR THESE VEHICLES AND THAT I WOULD NEED NEW TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR NOW.

Mileage: 152,900

CATALYTIC CONVERTERS FRONT AND BACK HAVE TO BE REPLACED

HAVE A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER SE, WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH THE CAR SHUT OFF AND I LOST TOTAL POWER OF THE CAR AND THANKFULLY WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER WITHOUT GETTING KILLED. THIS HAS HAPPENED 2X I LOOS TOTAL POWER AND THE CAR SHUTS OFF. I CALLED NISSAN TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL AND THEY SAID NO, HOWEVER THERE IS A RECALL #10V517000 WHICH NISSAN SAYS MY CAR IS NOT INVOLVED IN THAT ADVISED THIS MODEL HAD A RECALL FOR THIS VERY PROBLEM HAVING THE ENGINE SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING IT. IF THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS VERY REASON AND I HAVE THE MAKE & MODEL WHILE NISSAN WILL NOT INVESTIGATE WHY THIS IS HAPPENED AS IT IS A DIRECT SAFETY PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD THAT I COULD TAKE IT INTO NISSAN FOR THEM TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS OF COURSE AT MY EXPENSE.

Mileage: 105,000

CAR STARTED GIVING PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION IN THAT THE VEHICLE DOESN'T MOVE WHEN YOU RELEASE THE BREAK, YOU HAVE TO ACCELERATE IN ORDER FOR IT TO START MOVING. AFTER TAKING IT TO A NISSAN DEALER IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT IT IS A FACTORY ISSUE THAT HAS HAPPENED TO MANY PATHFINDER MODELS, IN WHICH THE WATER FROM THE RADIATOR GETS INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND DAMAGES THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS OF THE TRANSMISSION. THIS ISSUE IS HAPPENING TO MANY PEOPLE. THE ESTIMATED COST FROM A NISSAN DEALER IS AROUND $6,000 WHICH IS NOW MORE THAN THE CAR IS WORTH.

Mileage: 98,900

NISSAN CLASS ACTION SUIT-OIL COOLER SETTLEMENT. TWO DAYS AGO I TOOK MY NISSAN 2006 PATHFINDER INTO MY MECHANIC AFTER HAVING CONTINUED SHIFTING ISSUES WITH IT. HE SAW AN OILY SLUDGE ( TRANSMISSION FLUID) IN THE RADIATOR, DIAGNOSED A RADIATOR LEAK CAUSING FLUID EXCHANGE BETWEEN RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. I LIVE ON A REMOTE ISLAND IN SOUTHEAST ALASKA, SO THERE IS NO ACCESS TO A NISSAN DEALERSHIP. HIS SHOP COULD NOT FLUSH THE TRANSMISSION SO HAD ME CALL A SHOP OFF-ISLAND. I LEARNED FROM THIS MECHANIC OF REPEAT ISSUES WITH NISSAN'S LEAKY RADIATORS. HE SAID I SHOULD PURSUE CALLING NISSAN FOR COMPENSATION OF SOME KIND. I DID CALL, RECEIVED A CASE NUMBER AND TODAY DURING A CONVERSATION WITH A REGIONAL CONSUMER AFFAIRS AGENT FOR NISSAN, WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT PERTAINING TO THIS VERY ISSUE BUT THAT I MISSED THE FILING DATE AND THEREFORE NISSAN COULD NOT HELP ME. I CALLED NISSAN IN JUNE OF 2016 WITH AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION ISSUE THAT COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO ACCESS TO ANY NISSAN DIAGNOSTIC SOFTWARE. I CALLED NISSAN THEN AND RECEIVED A CASE NUMBER AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO FOR ME. THERE WAS NEVER ANY MENTION OF THE FLUID EXCHANGE ISSUE THAT COULD BE CAUSING MY TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. I THINK NISSAN SHOULD EXTEND THE FILING DATE FOR COMPENSATION UNDER THIS CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AT THE VERY WORST AND REMOVE THE CO-PAY AMOUNT. THIS IS THEIR FAULT. QUITE HONESTLY THERE SHOULD BE A TOTAL RECALL OF ANYONE OWNING THIS FAULTY RADIATOR. AS I SAID I LIVE ON A REMOTE ISLAND SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES AND A COUPLE OF FERRY BOAT RIDES FROM ANY NISSAN DEALERSHIP, AND NOW HAVE NO OPTIONS BEFORE ME. NISSAN ONLY DISCLOSED THE ISSUE BECAUSE I BROUGHT IT TO THEM, AND THEN OFFERED UP INFORMATION KNOWING THAT I WAS NOT ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE ANY OF THE COMPENSATION. I AM DONE WITH EVER OWNING ANOTHER NISSAN!

Mileage: 98,000

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE IN COMING TO A STOP LIGHT SEVERAL TIMES THE VEHICLE HAS EITHER STALLED COMING TO THE LIGHT WHEN I DEPRESS THE BRAKE OR IT STALLS ONCE I AM SITTING WAITING FOR THE LIGHT TO CHANGE I HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK INTO THE IPDM ECM OR THE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR PROBLEM AS STATED IN OTHER COMPLAINTS I WILL DO THAT THIS WEEK. IT HAS STALLED POSSIBLY 6 TO 7 TIMES NOW 2 TIMES EXITING THE HIGHWAY AND COMING TO THE STOP LIGHT AND OTHER TIMES ON CITY STREETS IN TRAFFIC ROLLING AND ATTEMPTED TO STALL OR COMING TO THE LIGHT INSTALLED ONCE I STOPPED OR COMING TO THE LIGHT

RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION FLUIDS MIXED CAUSING MASSIVE RADIATOR BLOW OUT AND REPLACEMENT. . COST OF $2000 THEN AFTER BEING TOLD THE TRANSMISSION SURVIDE AND LIMITED DRIVING NOW A FEW THOUSAND MILES LATER AND ABOUT A YEAR LATER NOW THE TRANSMISSION IS SHOT NO REVERSE AND ONLY ONE FORWARD GEAR!

Mileage: 103,000

IN 2012, SOON AFTER WE PURCHASED OUR USED 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER, WE KNEW IT WAS A MISTAKE. NOT ONLY DID THE FUEL INDICATOR NOT WORK (NOTICED THE DAY WE DROVE IT OFF THE LOT) THE SUV JUST DIDN'T FEEL RIGHT WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE BEEN STRANDED IN 100 DEGREE WEATHER ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS BECAUSE THE FUEL INDICATOR SAYS I HAVE FUEL, BUT THE LIGHT WOULD IMMEDIATELY COME ON, AND THE CAR WOULD CUT OFF & LOCK UP WHILE I WAS DRIVING IT! FAST FORWARD TO LAST YEAR, 2015, WE STARTED EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WHEN SHIFTING INTO AND OUT OF PARK/DRIVE/REVERSE. THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING AND SOMETIMES WOULDN'T EVEN CHANGE GEARS, JUST KEEP REVVING UP THE ENGINE AND NOT GOING ANYWHERE. IT HAS LEFT MY CHILDREN AND ME STRANDED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS SINCE THEN. FINALLY, ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO, THE PATHFINDER DECIDED TO NOT MOVE OUT OF PARK AT ALL AFTER CRANKED. TODAY, 9/14/16, THE TRANSMISSION LEFT ME STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF HEAVY 5 O'CLOCK TRAFFIC. I BARELY HAD IT PULLED OFF THE ROAD WHEN I ALMOST GOT REAR-ENDED! THE TRANSMISSION WON'T CHANGE GEARS, WON'T PROPEL THE CAR FORWARD (OR BACKWARDS) AND THE SHOP SAID IT NEEDED A WHOLE NEW TRANSMISSION, AND MAYBE A NEW RADIATOR! I AM A STUDENT AND MY HUSBAND IS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT - WE CERTAINLY DON'T HAVE AN EXTRA $4,000 LYING AROUND FOR REPAIRS TO A VEHICLE THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED! SO, IT IS PARKED IN OUR DRIVEWAY, COMPLETELY IMMOBILE AND WE HAVE A CAR PAYMENT COMING UP NEXT WEEK (AND EVERY MONTH AFTERWARDS). WE ARE UNDERWATER, STILL OWING $8,000 FOR A CAR WE THOUGHT WE'D DRIVE FOREVER, THAT IS VALUED AT AROUND $4,000 ON A GOOD DAY WITH NO TRANSMISSION ISSUES. SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE! NISSAN NEEDS TO REPAIR OUR CAR ASAP!

Mileage: 140,000

RADIATOR FLUID LEAKED INTO TRANSMISSION. HAD TO REPLACE BOTH PARTS.

Mileage: 98,389

TRANMISION AND RADIATOR

Mileage: 49,257

PURCHASED PATHFINDER IN 2013 WITH 140,000 MILES FROM A DEALERSHIP. AFTER LESS THAN 3 YEARS AND 20,000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION HAS GONE AND IT WILL COST OVER 4,000 TO FIX WHILE I AM STILL FINANCING OVER 9,000 FOR IT. ALL EXTENDED WARRANTY DEADLINES AND LIMITATIONS HAVE EXPIRED BEFORE I HAD EVEN PURCHASED THE CAR. IT IS AMAZING THAT FOR SUCH A SEVERE ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN DETRIMENTAL TO MANY BASED ON MY RESEARCH, THAT NISSAN DOES NOT HAVE MORE REALISTIC AND HELPFUL WARRANTY STANDARDS. I AM NOT A LOSS AT WHAT TO DO AND NISSAN OR DEALERSHIP HAS OFFERED ANY HELP.

Mileage: 160,000

COOLANT IS MIXING WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND IS CREATING THE CAR GETTING OVER HEATED, THE MIX IS GETTING DISCHARGE IN A FORMER OF A BROWN CHOCOLATE MIXTURE

TOOK OUR VEHICLE TO BE SERVICED IN 2012 TO FIND OUT OUR VEHICLE WAS AFFECTED BY THE INTERMIX THE RADIATOR CRACKED AND LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION THEY GAVE US AN ESTIMATED COST OF OVER $10,000.00 STATED IT WAS NO GOOD AND TO TRADE IT IN ASAP SAID WE SHOULDNT DRIVE IT THAT IT WAS DANGEROUS SO WE PARKE DIT. I WAS DEVISTATED WE DID EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER MADE REPORTS CALLED EVERYONE POSSIBLE NOTHING! TRIED TO SUE HOWEVER I FELL ILL (CANCER) AND COULDN'T KEEP OUR HEARING APT HERE IN SACRAMENTO CA. ITS STILL PARKED IN OUR GARAGE.

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED ON MY 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER DUE TO A POOR ENGINEERING ISSUE FROM NISSAN. THIS PROBLEM IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM. TRANSMISSION CAN FAIL AT ANYTIME.

I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN REPORTED HUNDREDS OF TIMES. I HAVE OVER 100,000 MILES, AND WAS PUT IN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WHILE DRIVING MY CAR. AS I WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN ACROSS TWO LANES AND INTO THE PATH OF ONCOMING VEHICLES, THE CAR STUTTERED, ALL OF THE LIGHTS WERE FLASHING, POWER STEERING WENT OUT, AND THE GAS NOR BREAK WOULD WORK. I WAS HALFWAY THROUGH MY TURN WHEN I REALIZED MY PATHFINDER JUST SHUT DOWN-I HAD NO WARNINGS, OR TROUBLE WITH THE CAR COMING UP TO MAKING MY TURN. I WAS VERY FORTUNATE THAT I WAS ABLE TO COAST ONTO THE STREET I WAS TURNING ONTO IT WAS BY THE GRACE OF GOD I DIDN'T GET INTO AN ACCIDENT. COME TO FIND OUT THE RADIATOR LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING IT TO CONTAMINATE THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND ESSENTIALLY BLOW THE TRANSMISSION. REPAIR IS OVER $7000 FROM TWO DIFFERENT BODY SHOPS AS WELL AS A NISSAN CERTIFIED SERVICE CENTER. I OF COURSE WAS NOT HAPPY WHEN I WAS TOLD MY MILEAGE EXCEEDED THE EXTENDED WARRANTY COVERAGE. I WAS ALSO SAD TO FIND OUT NISSAN WASN'T DOING ANYTHING FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS, DESPITE THE MANY MANY COMPLAINTS AND LAWSUITS FILED AGAINST NISSAN WASN'T DOING ANYTHING FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS, DESPITE THE MANY MANY COMPLAINTS AND LAWSUITS FILED AGAINST THEM. THEY DON'T SEEM TO CARE ABOUT CONSUMER SAFETY'EVEN AFTER THE EXACT SAME ISSUE IS HAPPENING WITH HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF THEIR VEHICLES. I AM HOPING NISSAN WILL DO THE RIGHT THING, AND MAKE IT RIGHT. THEY SHOULDN'T BE WAITING FOR PEOPLE TO DIE BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE TO MAKE A CHANGE. IT SEEMS LIKE THEY DON'T CARE TO DO ANYTHING AND LESS THERE IS SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH CAUSED BY THIS ISSUE

RADIATOR LEAKS TO THE TRANSMISSION AND FUME LIKE WHITE MILKY COMING OUT OF THE RADIATOR WHEN WE OPEN IT AND THE SAME STUFF FOUND INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION. LICENSE MECHANIC WAS CONSULTED AND HE FOUND THAT RADIATOR WAS LEAKING TO THE TRANSMISSION WHICH DAMAGE BOTH RADIATOR AND THE TRANSMISSION AND I WILL NEED NEW RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. NISSAN SHOULD RECALL THIS 2006 PATHFINDER AND RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.ACCORDING TO MY INTERNET RESEARCH ON THIS PARTICULAR 2006 PATHFINDER MANY PEOPLE COMPLAINED EXPRIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM.

Mileage: 96,849

RADIATOR LEAKS TO THE TRANSMISSION AND FUME LIKE WHITE MILKY COMING OUT OF THE RADIATOR WHEN WE OPEN IT AND THE SAME STUFF FOUND INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION. LICENSE MECHANIC WAS CONSULTED AND HE FOUND THAT RADIATOR WAS LEAKING TO THE TRANSMISSION WHICH DAMAGE BOTH RADIATOR AND THE TRANSMISSION AND I WILL NEED NEW RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. NISSAN SHOULD RECALL THIS 2006 PATHFINDER AND RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.ACCORDING TO MY INTERNET RESEARCH ON THIS PARTICULAR 2006 PATHFINDER MANY PEOPLE COMPLAINED EXPRIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM.

I'M CURRENTLY FINANCING A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER WHICH I PURCHASED JUNE 2012 AT 78000 MI. IN FEBRUARY OF 2014 I WENT TO GET AN OIL CHANGE AND THE MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT THERE IS OIL IN THE ANTIFREEZE COMPARTMENT. A FEW DAYS LATER I NOTICED THAT MY CAR "SHUTTERED"EVERY TIME I SHIFT GEAR TO REVERSE OR TO DRIVE. I NOTICED MY VEHICLE "LOSING POWER" WHEN I ACCELERATED. AT ONE INSTANCE I WAS DRIVING UP A HILL AND THE VEHICLE BASICALLY LOST POWER AND IT STARTED TO REVERSE BACKWARDS WITHOUT THE GEAR BEING SHIFTED INTO REVERSE. I IMMEDIATELY STOPPED THE CAR WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKES AND TURNED THE CAR OFF. SCARIEST EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND I SENT IT TO A NISSAN DEALERSHIP. THEY INFORMED ME THAT THERE WAS A MANUFACTURED DEFECT WITH THE MAKE AND MODEL OF MY CAR. THE ENGINE COOLANT IS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO BECOME DAMAGED. AFTER MONTHS OF CALLING NISSAN NORTH AMERICA THEY BASICALLY TOLD ME THERE'S NOTHING THEY CAN DO. I FOUND THAT ABSURD SEEING THERE WAS A SETTLEMENT FOR THIS ISSUE MY CAR WAS EXPERIENCE. I ENDED UP PAYING $4000 TO REPAIR THE TRANSMISSION/RADIATOR AND OTHER ISSUES CAUSES BY THIS MANUFACTURED DEFECT THROUGH A NISSAN DEALERSHIP IN APRIL 2014. A YEAR GOES BY AND I'M NOW I'M EXPERIENCING THE SAME "SHUTERRING" ISSUE WHEN SHIFTING GEARS AND I NOTICED THAT MY TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING ONCE AGAIN. THIS IS MY FIRST EVER VEHICLE. IT'S ABSURD WHAT NISSAN HAS DONE. THERE HAS TO BE JUSTICE FOR NISSAN OWNERS. NEVER AGAIN WILL I BUY A NISSAN MODELED CAR. NEVER!!!!!

Mileage: 99,000

ON 8/11/2015 I CONTACTED NISSAN REGIONAL TO FILE A COMPLAINT, 19756783, ABOUT A POSSIBLE ISSUE WITH MY TRUCK. I WAS TOLD TO TAKE THE TRUCK IN TO A NISSAN DEALERSHIP TO HAVE A DIAGNOSTIC. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP BUT WAS TOLD I HAD TO PAY A $139.99 DIAGNOSTIC FEE. I DIDN'T HAVE THOSE FUNDS AT THE TIME. MY TRUCK IS NOW STARTING TO SHOW SIGNS OF JERKING WHILE DRIVING. A MONTH AGO , I WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR FLUIDS MAY BE MIXING TOGETHER. AUTO MECHANIC SAID THE FLUIDS LOOKED MILKY. I DRIVE MY FOUR CHILDREN , AGES 11 MONTHS TO 8 YEARS OF AGE ON A DAILY BASIS TO AND FROM SCHOOL AND AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES. WE HAVE FAMILY IN THE KENOSHA, WISCONSIN AREA WHICH WE OFTEN FREQUENT. I AM EXTREMELY CONCERNED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WILL FAIL WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT A HIGH SPEED. WHENEVER I HAVE TO GO FAR, I DRIVE OUR SEDAN WHICH SEATS 5 PASSENGERS, YET THERE ARE 6 PEOPLE IN OUR FAMILY. I AM AWARE THIS IS NOT SAFE, HOWEVER I FEEL THAT IT IS SAFER THAN DRIVING MY TRUCK WHICH CAN STALL AT ANY TIME NOW. AT THIS TIME, OUR CHILDREN ARE OUR FIRST PRIORITY AND WE WANT TO PREVENT ANY MISHAPS TO HAPPEN. WE DON'T WANT TO BE STRANDED WITH OUR FOUR CHILDREN. I HAVE MY TRUCK MAINTENANCED QUITE OFTEN BECAUSE I TAKE PRIDE IN DRIVING A NISSAN. I DON'T WANT TO MY EXPERIENCE FROM NISSAN TO GO FROM POSITIVE TO NEGATIVE. NISSAN, PLEASE LISTEN TO MY CONCERN AS WELL AS OTHERS. I CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY THE $3,000 DEDUCTIBLE YOU ARE ASKING FOR TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR REPLACED. WE ARE ON A FIXED INCOME AS MY HUSBAND IS THE ONLY BREAD-WINNER IN OUR HOME. PLEASE HELP.....

Mileage: 98,500

BEWARE 2006 PATHFINDERS RADIATOR PROBLEMS THEN TRANSMISSION DIES. OUR TRANSMISSION WENT SUDDENLY AS WE WERE ON A MINI TRIP. WE GOT STUCK SEVERAL TIMES TRYING TO GET HOME. VERY DANGEROUS. THANK GOD WE DID NOT GET INTO AN ACCIDENT AND NO ONE HIT US AS WE WERE STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY HIGHWAY. WE WERE LUCKY WE GOT HOME SAFELY BUT IT WAS A SCARY AND DANGEROUS EXPERIENCE. WE DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR. WE THEN GET IT TOWED AND OF CAUSE ITS THE TRANSMISSION. SAME PROBLEM EVERYONE IS HAVING WITH THESE CARS. NISSAN SHOULD OF HAD THESE CARS RECALLED OR EXTENDED THE WARRANTIES SO THAT NO ONE HAS TO DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM AND GO THROUGH THE HELL WE WENT THROUGH ON OUR MINI TRIP TRYING TO GET HOME SAFELY. THEY ARE RISKING PEOPLE'S LIVES.

Mileage: 110,000

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK IT TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME MY RADIATOR LEAKED FLUIDS INTO TRANSMISSION AND BOTH NEED TO BE REPLACED. I FOUND OUT THERE WAS A CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST NISSAN FOR THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS REALLY TERRIBLE THEY WON'T ADMIT MANUFACTURERS FAULT IN THIS. SO NOW STILL HAVE TO MAKE PAYMENTS FOR THE CAR WE CAN'T EVEN DRIVE FOR ANOTHER 2 YEARS AND THE REPAIRS CAME AT OVER $7000. CAR IS A NECESSITY TO PEOPLE TO MAKE A LIVING FOR THEIR FAMILIES. WE HAVE 3 SMALL CHILDREN THAT HAVE TO GET TO SCHOOL AND DAYCARE SO THANKS NISSAN YOU LOST ANOTHER CUSTOMER. HOPE EVERYONE STOPS BUYING YOUR CARS.

Mileage: 142,000

MY CARS RADIATOR CRACKED AND LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE MIX OF COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION FLUID DAMAGED THE TRANSMISSION AND QUITE POSSIBLY DAMAGED MY ENGINE. NISSAN KNOWS ABOUT THE RADIATOR BECAUSE THEY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON IT. THE REPAIRS FOR THIS INCIDENT ARE HIGH THE NISSAN DEALER I TOOK IT TO QUOTED ME $4,591.43 TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AND THE RADIATOR AND THAT IS WITH THE WARRANTY THEY CLAIM THEY HAVE ON IT. THE DEALER ALSO TOLD ME ANY OTHER DAMAGE CAUSED BY THIS FAULTY RADIATOR WOULD NOT BE COVERED AND I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS TO ANY OTHER COMPONENTS AS WELL THEY TOLD THEY ME MIGHT BE AN ADDITIONAL $2,000 SO NEARLY $7,000. I HAD KNOW CHOICE BUT SELL THE CAR OFF AS SCRAP AS THE REPAIRS WOULD COST MORE THAN THE CAR ITSELF. A FAILURE OF ALL THESE PARTS AT ONCE IS A SAFETY HAZARD TO EVERYONE.

Mileage: 79,498

TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO RADIATOR HOSE LEAK. CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT MILAGE LIMITS EXCEEDED. I HAD THE CAR IN MULTIPLE TIMES THIS WAS NEVER DISCLOSED TO ME. VEHICLE PAID OFF 12/2012- FAILURE 3/2013. TOTAL COST FOR NEW TRANSMISSION/RADIATOR WAS 7,000.00. I HAD TO BORROW THE MONEY SINCE THIS VEHICLE WAS MY ONLY FORM OF TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM WORK.

Mileage: 110,000

TRANSMISSION WAS FAILING ON THE WAY TO THE REPAIR SHOP TO GET IT LOOKED AT. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION, IT REFUSED TO GO INTO GEAR AND CAUSED ME TO SLOW DOWN CONSIDERABLY, RESULTING IN A NEAR ACCIDENT WITH THE CAR BEHIND ME AND THE CAR GOING AROUND ME. THE RADIATOR HAD LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION, A KNOWN PROBLEM IN THIS PARTICULAR YEAR OF NISSAN PATHFINDER.

Mileage: 127,315

THE TRANSMISSION OF MY PATHFINDER WENT BAD BECAUSE OF DEFECTIVE RADIATOR. IT MIXED TRANSMISSION OIL AND ANTIFREEZE IN THE TRANSMISSION. IT WILL COST ME 6K+ TO REPAIR. I READ A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD THIS PROBLEM AND I WANT NISSAN TO FIX IT.

Mileage: 107,000

I WAS DRIVING UP A MOUNTAIN ROAD WHEN SUDDENLY MY VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE AND LOSE POWER. THE ENGINE THEN BEGAN TO REV AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARDS. I APPLIED MY BRAKES AND PUT THE VEHICLE IN ALL AVAILABLE GEARS INCLUDING REVERSE AND THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO REV. THE POLICE WERE CALLED AND I WAS ALMOST STRUCK BY PASSING VEHICLES MULTIPLE TIMES. AFTER 55 MINUTES THE POLICE ARRIVED AND REQUESTED AN EXPEDITED TOW. VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED FROM THE ROADWAY. AFTER PAYING THE $135.00 TOW BILL TO THE LOCAL TOW YARD I WAS ABLE TO CALL AAA AND HAVE THEM TOW ME THE ALMOST 90 MILES BACK TO MY HOME IN NJ. THIS WAS OF COURSE THE SATURDAY OF MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND SO NOTHING WAS GOING TO BE OPEN UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING. TUESDAY MORNING I HAD MY VEHICLE TOWED TO A LOCAL, REPUTABLE TRANSMISSION PLACE. ULTIMATELY THEY TOLD ME THAT WATER HAD GOTTEN INTO MY TRANSMISSION AND IT WOULD COST $3,188.60 TO FIX. THE TRANSMISSION PLACE TOLD ME THAT THEY HAVE SEEN MANY NISSANS WITH THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM. AFTER GOING HOME AND GOOGLING NISSAN PATHFINDER TRANSMISSION I WAS APPALLED TO SEE ALL THE COMPLAINTS ABOUT NISSAN PATHFINDER (AND OTHER MODEL NISSANS) TRANSMISSIONS. I WAS LITERALLY TAKEN BACK BY IT AND COULD NOT BELIEVE IT. I THEN CONTACTED MY NISSAN DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT MY VEHICLE WOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED BEFORE NOVEMBER 14, 2014 OR IF I HAD LESS THAN 80,000 MILES. MY TRUCK HAD JUST OVER 84,000 MILES. I THEN CALLED NISSAN NORTH AMERICA. THEY ADVISED ME THAT IN ORDER FOR THEM TO DETERMINE WHETHER THEY WOULD COVER ANY OF THE EXPENSES INCURRED DUE TO THIS PROBLEM I WOULD I HAVE TO TOW MY TRUCK TO THE DEALER AND HAVE THEM TAKE A LOOK AT IT. ONCE COMPLETED WITH THAT, THEY WOULD SUBMIT A REPORT TO NISSAN NORTH AMERICA TO DETERMINE WHETHER ANY OR ALL OF THE INCURRED EXPENSES WOULD BE COVERED...POTENTIALLY TAKING SEVERAL WEEKS OR MONTHS WITH NO GUARANTEE THAT ANYTHING WOULD BE COVERED.

Mileage: 84,501

RADIATOR FLUID HAS LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING IT TO FAIL. THE DEALERSHIP HAS ISSUED A FIX WHERE THE RADIATOR COOLANT IS BYPASSED FROM THE TRANSMISSION BUT THEN THAT HAS NOT HELPED. THE FIX WAS FOR $500+ THE REPAIRS FOR THE TRANSMISSION ARE AT $4700/- NOW. THIS IS RIDICULOUS THE AMOUNT OF REPAIRS IS MORE THAN THE COST OF THE VEHICLE NOW.

Mileage: 102,000

OUR PATHFINDER STARTED MAKING A NOISE LIKE YOU ARE DRIVING IN THE RUTTED PAVEMENT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD THAT IS INTENDED TO WAKE PEOPLE UP WHO'VE FALLEN ASLEEP. IT ONLY DID THIS OCCASIONALLY AT FIRST, BUT GOT WORSE QUICKLY. WE HAVE TAKEN IT TO OUR MECHANIC AND HE HAS DISCOVERED THAT IT IS A RESULT OF LIQUID FROM THE RADIATOR SOMEHOW LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION. HE HAS ALSO DISCOVERED THAT THIS IS NOT AN UNCOMMON PROBLEM WITH OUR MAKE AND MODEL OF NISSAN. THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS, BUT IT IS A VERY COSTLY AND SERIOUS ISSUE THAT NISSAN SHOULD BE PAYING TO REPAIR. *TR

Mileage: 80,000

WHILE IN GEAR, TRAVELING APPROX. 40MPH, VEHICLE STOPPED MOVING WITHOUT WARNING (NO ENGINE LIGHT, NO OVERHEATING) AND HAD TO COAST DURING HEAVY FREEWAY TRAFFIC, WHICH CAUSED SEVERAL OTHER VEHICLES TO SUDDENLY SLOW OR STOP. CAR WAS TOWED & CODE EVALUATION WAS PERFORMED. RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO A DEFECTIVE RADIATOR WHICH LEAKED COOLANT INTO TRANSMISSION FOR $5347.52.

Mileage: 92,853

RADIATOR COOLANT WENT INTO THE TRANSMISSION. CAUSING IT TO STOP RUNNING AND STUCK IN 4TH GEAR..... ALMOST MAKING IT OFF RTE 22 SO I WON'T GET INTO AN ACCIDENT..... *TR

Mileage: 130,110

DURING DRIVING THE TRANSMISSION POPPED AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. AFTER REVIEWING DIFFERENT WEBSITES THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT MY 2000-2006 PATHFINDERS HAVE. THIS ISSUE IS DUE TO TRANSMISSION FLUID MIXING WITH ENGINE COOLANT. IT IS A FAILURE DUE TO A THIN WALL IN THE RADIATOR THAT WEARS OUT OVER TIME AND IS A VERY EXPENSIVE FIX IF NOT CAUGHT SOON ENOIGH THE PRICES I WAS QUOTED WAS ANYWHERE FROM 4,000 TO 12,000 DEPENDING ON WHAT ALL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.

Mileage: 120,000

TRANSMISSION IS FAILING ESPECIALLY IN REVERSE, IT SHAKES AND SLIPS. I TOOK MY TRUCK TO A TRANSMISSION EXPERT WHO INFORMED ME THAT THESE TRUCKS HAVE THIS MANUFACTURE ISSUE AND MY TRUCK SHOULD BE UNDER WARRANTEE BY THE DEALER, I DID MY RESEARCH AND I AM NOW AWARE OF THE RADIATOR ISSUE AND THE EXTENDED WARRANTEE WILL COVER VEHICLES UNDER 80K MILES MY TRUCK JUST REACH 60K MILES WHICH IS WHEN THESE ISSUES START ACCORDING TO THE INTERNET. I TOOK MY TRUCK TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THEY TOLD ME THAT MY RADIATOR WAS FINE AND I DO HAVE A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM BUT NOT RELATED TO THE RADIATOR AND WANTED TO BILL ME FOR A SERVICE FEE. I CALLED THE EXPERT I HAD BEEN TALKING TO AND HE ADVISED ME THAT THIS WAS BS AND TO ASK IF THEY DID A GLYCO TEST WHICH THEY DID NOT AND ASK HOW THEY KNEW IT WAS NOT MIXING. THE SERVICE MANAGER STATED TO ME THAT IT WILL LOOK SLUSHY AND MINE WAS SIMPLY BLACK OR DARK. NOW I AM NO EXPERT BUT ANTIFREEZE IS GREEN AND TRANS FLUID IS RED. EVEN A CHILD KNOWS THAT IF YOU MIX RED AND GREEN YOU WILL GET BLUE OR A DARK COLOR, WHICH TO ME EXPLAIN WHY IT IS DARK. THE DEALER JUST DOES NOT WANT TO FIX MY TRUCK FOR THE PRICE THAT THE MANUFACTURER WILL PAY THEM WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 2K SO THEY RATHER TELL ME THAT IT IS NOT COVERED AND TRY TO BILL ME FOR 5K+ TAXES SO THEY CAN MAKE A PROFIT OF 3K OF WHICH THE SERVICE MANAGER PROBABLY WILL GET A 1K COMMISSION. I DON'T KNOW WHAT CHECK THEY DID BUT WHATEVER IT WAS MY TRUCK NOW LEAK ANTIFREEZE WHICH WAS NOT AN ISSUE BEFORE I TOOK IT TO THEM. *JS

Mileage: 60,000

SPONTANEOUS LOSS OF POWER DUE TO TRANSMISSION FAILURE. RADIATOR COOLANT FLUID FOUND CONTAMINATING THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. NEW TRANSMISSION AND NEW RADIATOR REQUIRED FOR REPAIR.

Mileage: 142,511

ROUGH SHIFTING PROMPTED A CHECK OF THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AT THE DEALER. WAS TOLD THE RADIATOR CRACKED AND LEAKED COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND BOTH COMPONENTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED IMMEDIATELY. THEY OFFERED REFURBISHED PARTS FOR THE OUT OF WARRANTY REPAIR FOR $5480. AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP OFFERED NEW PARTS FOR $5200. N *TT

Mileage: 97,395

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AT APPROXIMATELY 45MPH THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOSS FORWARD MOVING POWER BUT THE ENGINE WOULD REV TO A HIGH RPM, CAUSING A DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH THE OTHER TRAFFIC ON THE ROAD WHILE WE ATTEMPTED TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. UPON TAKING THE CAR TO THE DEALER, I WAS INFORMED THAT THE RADIATOR HAD EXPERIENCED AN INTERNAL FAILURE CAUSING ANTIFREEZE TO ENTER AND CONTAMINATE THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING THAT TO BECOME DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR. ALTHOUGH THE POWER TRAIN (WHICH I IMAGINE INCLUDES THE TRANSMISSION) WAS STILL UNDER MANUFACTURES WARRANTY UP TO 60,000 MILES, I WAS TOLD IT WOULD NOT QUALIFY FOR A WARRANTY REPAIR SINCE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE RADIATOR WAS THE CAUSE OF THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND THE RADIATOR WAS ONLY COVERED UNDER A 3 YEAR OR 36,000 MILE WARRANTY. THE REPAIR COSTS FOR BOTH WERE QUOTED TO ME FROM THE DEALER TO BE ~$6,000.00 FOR A NEW RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. IT IS ALSO MY UNDERSTANDING NISSAN HAS RECENTLY STARTED TO EXTEND THE WARRANTY ON CERTAIN PATHFINDERS FAULTY RADIATORS (BASED OFF OF VIN NUMBER) AND WOULD ALSO REIMBURSE ANYONE WHO ALREADY HAD TO PAY FOR THIS REPAIR OUT OF POCKET. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED A LETTER FROM NISSAN TO-DATE STATING MY VEHICLE HAS QUALIFIED FOR THIS PLAN. EVEN THOUGH IT IS OBVIOUS TO ME (AND THE NISSAN DEALER) THAT MY RADIATOR WAS FAULTY THEREFORE CAUSING THE DAMAGE BEYOND REPAIR TO MY TRANSMISSION AS WELL. I FEEL I SHOULD BE REIMBURSED FOR THIS VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR SINCE IT WAS CAUSED OUT OF NO FAULT OF MY OWN. DUE TO THE EXTREMELY HIGH DEALER QUOTE, I OPTED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED AT AN INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED REPAIR SHOP FOR ~$4,000.00 FOR WHICH THEY INSTALLED A NEWLY WARRANTED TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR PACKAGE. I WAS TOLD THEY ONLY SELL THE REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSIONS WITH THE RADIATORS INCLUDED, CONFIRMING TO ME THAT THIS TYPE OF FAILURE IS KNOWN TO THE INDUSTRY AS A COMBINED FAILURE.

Mileage: 54,000

ABOUT A MONTH AGO MY WIFE WENT TO FILL UP OUR 2006 PATHFINDER AND WHEN SHE FINISHED THE GAS GAUGE SHOWED ONLY HALF FILL. SHE WENT TO ANOTHER GAS STATION TRIED TO FILL IT UP BUT IT ONLY TOOK ANOTHER DOLLAR. THE NEXT DAY I CALLED UP NISSAN WHO SAID IT WAS THE SENDING UNIT IN THE GAS TANK AND WOULD BE APX $600 TO FIX. I SAW OTHER LOGS OF XTERRAS HAVING THIS PROBLEM AND THERE WAS A RECALL. OUR CAR WAS JUST PAST THE 3 YEAR WARRANTY. IF THIS WERE THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR I'D PAY TO GET IT FIXED. BUT I'VE HAD ANOTHER BUT PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE. I'VE GONE THROUGH 3 SETS OF ROTORS AND I'M ON MY 3RD SET OF TIRES. THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR LOCK BROKE AND TO BE BROUGHT IN TWICE, AND THE BOSE SYSTEM HAS A CD STUCK WHICH I CAN'T GET OUT. THIS HAPPENED ONLY AFTER WE OWNED IT A FEW MONTHS. *TR

Mileage: 32,000

I LIVE IN A VERY COLD PLACE DURING THE WINTER AND WOULD LIKE THE SENSOR RECALL REPLACEMENT PERFORMED FOR MY NISSAN PATHFINDER 2006. *TR

I GOT THIS VEHICLE FROM NISSAN DEALERSHIP ON 3-11-2006. THIS DEALERSHIP DID FRAUD. FIRST OF ALL THEY TOLD ME THAT THE VEHICLE HAD NO MILES ON IT BUT IT DID HAD MILES ON IT AND PLENTY OF THEM. THEY GAVE ME THE WRONG CAR. THE CAR THEY SHOWED ME THAT I WAS GOING TO RECEIVED IS NOT THE CAR I RECEIVED. WHEN I CONTACT THE DEALERSHIP THEY SAID IT WAS TOO LATE. THIS DEALERSHIP IS A COMPLETE LIAR. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW IT GETS BUSINESS IN THE FIRST PLACE. I WANT TO CANCEL THE PURCHASE OF THIS CAR. *JB