2007 NISSAN PATHFINDER Engine And Engine Cooling Problems

The contact owns a 2007 Nissan Pathfinder. The contact noticed that there was unknown fluid leaking underneath the vehicle onto the ground. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The contact checked the radiator and noticed that the coolant was leaking from the radiator. An independent mechanic was contacted and stated that it sounded as if the transmission might have cracked; however, the vehicle was not diagnosed. The dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 125,000. 02/09/2023 - NHTSA #23E-012 Recall #PC948 PTH FTR XTR AB EMB NTB-23-08 Status: Remedy Not Yet Available

Mileage: 125,000

Defective radiator cross contaminated coolant and transmission fluid lines causing transmission failure and engine damage.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND THE VEHICLE SHIFTED GEARS WITH FORCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO HOWELL MOTORS BUICK, GMC, NISSAN (1158 HIGHWAY 51-98 SUMMIT, MS 39666, (PHONE) 601-276-7711) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED DUE TO A RADIATOR LEAK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RADIATOR WAS REPLACED BY THE SAME DEALER IN 2015; HOWEVER, THE RADIATOR REPLACEMENT DID NOT CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125,000.

Mileage: 125,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED AND THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO WOULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT THEN TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A CRACKED RADIATOR THAT CAUSED FLUID TO LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 83,200.

Mileage: 83,200

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO LOSE POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE AND LATER TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIATOR CRACKED AND LEAKED WATER INTO THE TRANSMISSION, WHICH CAUSED THE COMPUTER SYSTEM, RADIATOR, AND TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 135,000.

Mileage: 135,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE VIBRATED SEVERELY FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE MULTIPLE TIMES WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO A MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKED INTO THE RADIATOR. THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 107,000.

Mileage: 107,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY SHIFTED GEARS AND STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIATOR FLUID MIXED WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION TO BECOME INOPERABLE. AS A RESULT, THE TRANSMISSION AND THE RADIATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 135,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

Mileage: 135,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A POPPING NOISE COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION SENSOR FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ANOTHER INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIATOR COOLANT WAS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 129,000. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN.

Mileage: 129,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS DEFECTIVE AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO JERK AND LOSE ACCELERATION WHILE DRIVING. THE ENGINE LIGHT ALSO ILLUMINATED WHILE THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIATOR FLUID LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION, WHICH CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THAT THE EXTENDED WARRANTY WOULD NOT COVER THE ENTIRE COST OF THE TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000.

Mileage: 95,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS ACTIVATED, THE VEHICLE BARELY MOVED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS CROSS CONTAMINATION OF RADIATOR FLUID THAT LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000.

Mileage: 95,000

WE PURCHASED OUR 2007 NISSAN PATHFINDER ON MAY 21 OF THIS YEAR. TODAY MAKES 39 DAYS WE'VE HAD IT. ON THE 32 DAY WE NOTICED IT WAS HAVING SOME ROUGHNESS IN THE TRANSMISSION WHEN CHANGING GEARS. IT FELT LIKE WE WERE RUNNING OVER REALLY ROUGH ROADS OR RUMBLE STRIPS. IT CONTINUED TO GET WORSE THE LONGER WE DROVE IT. THEN AROUND A WEEK AGO I PUT IT IN REVERSE AND IT CONTINUED TO ROLL FORWARD. I IMMEDIATELY DROVE HOME TO INFORM MY HUSBAND. WHEN HE CHECKED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID IT APPEARED TO BE EMPTY. WHEN HE FURTHER CHECKED IT AND CLEANED THE DIP STICK IT WAS A TANISH COLORED LIQUID THAT WAS SHOWING UP. I WENT TO GOOGLE AND FOUND THAT MANY OTHERS WITH THIS SAME OR SIMILAR VEHICLE WAS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM, AND THAT THE PROBLEM WAS A LEAK IN A RADIATOR HOSE THAT RUNS THRU THE TRANSMISSION AND LEAKS FLUIDS BACK AND FORTH. MY HUSBAND WENT TO CHECK THE RADIATOR AND SURE ENOUGH THERE IS TRANSMISSION FLUID IN THE RADIATOR AND IT APPEARED IN THE ENGINE AS WELL. SO NOW WE HAVE TRANSMISSION FLUID, WATER, AND ANTIFREEZE IN OUR TRANSMISSION, RADIATOR AND ENGINE. NISSAN NEEDS TO STEP UP AND TAKE CARE OF THIS PROBLEM. ITS CLEAR THAT THIS IS A FLAW IN THEIR WORKMANSHIP. WE WERE TOLD BY NISSAN TO BRING OUR PATHFINDER IN FOR AN EVALUATION AND BE PREPARED TO PAY 2,500.00 DOLLARS. NEEDLESS TO SAY WE ARE PAYING A PAYMENT ALREADY ON A VEHICLE WE HAVE HAD FOR ONE MONTH. WE CANT AFFORD THIS KIND OF REPAIR. SO NOW WERE STUCK WITH A CAR WE CANT EVEN DRIVE.....UPDATED 09/03/15 *BF

Mileage: 81,121

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING AND AN ABNORMAL NOISE WAS HEARD UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT COOLANT LEAKED FROM THE RADIATOR INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 93,500.

Mileage: 93,500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN SHIFTING, THE VEHICLE WOULD JERK VIOLENTLY AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. WITHIN MINUTES, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND COULD NOT BE RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT ANTIFREEZE FLUID SEEPED INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 133,000.

Mileage: 133,000

RADIATOR FAILED, MIXED COOLANT INTO TRANSMISSION FLUID CAUSED TRANSMISSION TO FAIL.REPAIRS ESTIMATED AT $5000. *TR

Mileage: 111,000

THE RADIATOR LEAKS FLUIDS INTO THE TRANSMISSION, INTERMIXING THE FLUIDS. THIS IS RUINING THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT AND LEAK. THIS MAKES THE VEHICLE NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RADIATOR HAD A CRACK AND LEAKED FLUID INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIATOR WAS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE STALLED. UPDATED 08/19/15*JB UPDATED 10/07/15*LJ UPDATED 10/11/2017*CN

Mileage: 100,000

I WAS DRIVING BACK HOME FROM MY DAUGHTERS DOCTORS APPOINTMENT. IT WAS DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC TIME. AS I WAS TRYING TO ACCELERATE I FELT A JERK ON THE CARD AND THE O/D LIGHT START FLASHING. I WAS ALMOST HOME SO I KEPT DRIVING TO MAKE IT HOME. DID NOT WANT TO B STRANDED IN THE ROAD WITH MY DAUGHTER. AS I PUSHED ON THE GAS IT DID NOT WANT TO ACCELERATE AN MORE, ALL THE LIGHTS STARTED FLASHING AND WE PRETTY MUCH STROLLED INTO THE NEAREST GAS STATION. I PUT IT IN PARK AND WAITED A MOMENT AND TRIED TO SEE IF IT WOULD CUT BACK ON, BUT IT DIDN'T. I HAD MY VEHICLE TOWED TO THE MECHANIC SHOP AND HE SAID IT SMELLED LIKE RADIATOR FLUID. AFTER DOING DIAGNOSTIC HE SAID PROBLEM WAS TO DUE TO A CRACK THAT LEAKED RADIATOR FLUID INTO TRANSMISSION. SO NOW I HAVE TO REPLACE MY TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR AND COMPUTER. COST WOULD BE OVER $5,000. *TR

Mileage: 150

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT TRANSMISSION FLUID IN THE VEHICLE WAS LEAKING ONTO THE RADIATOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON TWO OCCASIONS WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE CONTROL MODULE FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DETERMINED THAT THE LEAK CAME FROM INSIDE THE RADIATOR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

Mileage: 84,000

RADIATOR FAILURE (KNOWN NISSAN DEFECT) CAUSED COOLANT TO MIX WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID AND DESTROYED THE TRANSMISSION. THIS WAS A $4,600 REPAIR. NISSAN COVERED $0.00. *TR

Mileage: 101,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE IN PARK, THE HEATER FAILED TO FUNCTION. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FLUID IN THE RADIATOR WAS MILKY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

Mileage: 75,000

PURCHASED 2007 NISSAN PATHFINDER BRAND NEW. BROUGHT TO NISSAN DEALER DUE TO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON DASHBOARD. DIAGNOSIS PERFORMED AND DETERMINED RADIATOR/TRANSMISSION FLUID/COOLANT LEAKING INTO TRANSMISSION. ESTIMATED REPAIR $6000 TO REPLACE RADIATOR/THERMOSTAT/TRANSMISSION. AT 140000 MILES, NISSAN STATES NO LONGER UNDER POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. DECLINED SERVICE. *TR

Mileage: 140,000

I NOTICED MY 2007 PATHFINDER'S HEATER WOULD ONLY WORK WHEN THE CAR WAS MOVING BUT, FIGURED IT WAS SOMETHING INSIGNIFICANT AND WOULD GET IT FIXED SOON. I THEN STARTED TO NOTICE MY TRANSMISSION SLIPPING AND STALLING OUT AROUND 40 MPH. I DECIDED I BETTER GET IT INTO THE SHOP BEFORE I WAS STRANDED SOMEWHERE. BEFORE TAKING MY CAR INTO THE SHOP, I FIGURED I'D CHECK THE INTERNET AND MAKE SURE THERE WEREN'T ANY RECALLS ON THE HEATING SYSTEM. I TYPED IN "2007 NISSAN PATHFINDER" ON GOOGLE AND IT AUTO-FILLED "TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS" - NOT A GOOD SIGN. APPARENTLY, NISSAN WAS AWARE OF THE FAULTY RADIATORS IN THESE VEHICLES WHICH LEAK ANTIFREEZE IN TO THE TRANSMISSION AND DESTROY THE DRIVE TRAIN, YET DID NOTHING ABOUT IT.. POST AFTER POST DESCRIBED THE EXACT SAME ISSUES I WAS HAVING WITH MY CAR - PEOPLE WERE DESCRIBING HOW THEIR CARS WERE GETTING STUCK IN HIGH OR LOW GEARS GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND IT SCARED ME TO DEATH! I IMMEDIATELY CALLED TWO LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIPS AND GAVE THEM MY VIN AND MILEAGE. I WAS INFORMED, DUE TO SOME WORTHLESS SETTLEMENT WITH NISSAN, MY PORTION OF THE COST WOULD BE $3,000. HERE IS WHAT MOST INFURIATES ME ABOUT THIS SITUATION: 1. NISSAN WAS OBVIOUSLY AWARE OF THIS ISSUE MANY YEARS AGO SO WHY DIDN'T THEY RECALL THE RADIATOR AND SAVE US THIS TROUBLE AND EXPENSE? DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE BEFORE SOMETHING IS DONE? I'M SURE IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME WITH VEHICLES GETTING STUCK IN HIGH GEAR OR STALLING OUT ON THE INTERSTATE! 2. WHO DID THIS CLASS ACTION SUIT HELP EXACTLY? SOUNDS LIKE NISSAN DEFINITELY GOT THE BIGGER END OF THE STICK. WHEN IT ALL BOILS DOWN, I'M GUESSING THEY ARE OUT VERY LITTLE, IF ANY, MONEY AT ALL. 3. WHAT HAPPENED TO CUSTOMER SERVICE? THIS ISN'T JUST BAD SERVICE - IT'S BAD BUSINESS. IT'S ABSURD THAT CAR COMPANIES ARE ALLOWED TO SELL FAULTY VEHICLES WITHOUT REPERCUSSION. *TR

Mileage: 96,000

DEFECTIVE RADIATOR CAUSED COOLANT CONTAMINATION WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID. *TR

Mileage: 125,923

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIATOR HAD AN INTERNAL CRACK THAT LEAKED FLUID INTO THE TRANSMISSION, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE COMPONENTS. AS A RESULT, THE TRANSMISSION AND THE RADIATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 124,000.

Mileage: 124,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND THE RADIATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 117,000. UPDATED 2/25/15*CN UPDATED 9/11/2017*CN

Mileage: 117,000

RADIATOR TRANSMISSION COOLANT LEAK. RADIATOR FLUID LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAK INTO THE RADIATOR DUE TO A FAULTY RADIATOR COOLANT LINE. TRANSMISSION IS NOW SLIPPING AT THIRD GEAR. NISSAN DEALER QUOTE TO REPLACE BOTH RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION $6,600 CHANGE. *TR

Mileage: 127,000

I NOTICED MY VEHICLES TRANSMISSION SLIPPING WHEN I WAS DRIVING IT AROUND 3RD TO 4TH GEAR. FURTHER REVIEW FOUND THAT MY VEHICLES RADIATOR COOLANT IS LEAKING INTO MY TRANSMISSION. THE RADIATOR FLUID IS LEAKING INTO TRANSMISSION AND TRANSMISSION FLUID IS LEAKING AND MIXING IN MY RADIATOR. *TR

Mileage: 125,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO MOVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIATOR FLUID HAD LEAKED IN THE TRANSMISSION. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE AND THE VEHICLE BECAME INOPERABLE AFTER SOME TIME. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 135,000. UPDATED 12/01/14*LJ *JS

Mileage: 135,000

TRANSMISSION FLUID AND RADIATOR FLUID MIXING SOMEWHERE ALONG THE TRANSMISSION COOLANT ROUTE, CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION. REQUIRED REPLACEMENT OF BOTH MAJOR ITEMS. *TR

Mileage: 115

CRACK IN RADIATOR THAT WAS INSTALLED BY NISSAN LEAKED INTO TRANSMISSION. DRIVING DOWN ROAD IT GOT STUCK IN HIGH GEAR. *TR

Mileage: 147,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHEN THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE AND IDLED HIGHLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT RADIATOR FLUID WAS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

Mileage: 140,000

STARTED WITH A CLICKING NOISE THEN STARTED HIGH GEAR STARTED SHIMMING NOW STUCK IN HIGH GEAR & HAVE ANTIFREEZE IN TRANSMISSION. *TR

Mileage: 140,000

RADIATOR CRACKED AND MIXING OF COOLANT WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID. RADIATOR NEEDED REPLACED. *TR

Mileage: 77,564

VEHICLE BROUGHT IN FOR OIL CHANGE AT THE NISSAN DEALER WHERE PURCHASED AND SERVICED. TOLD THAT MY TRANSMISSION WAS SUSPECT, MAY NEED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO CROSS CONTAMINATION OF COOLANT AND ATF. DEALER WOULD NOT ADDRESS THE PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 107,275

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY. THE CONTACT RELEASED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND HAD TO ACCELERATE AGAIN VERY SLOWLY. THE FAILURE OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. IN ADDITION, THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR WAS CONSTANTLY ILLUMINATED. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC STATED THAT THERE WAS CROSS CONTAMINATION WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKING INTO THE RADIATOR AND COOLANT ENTERING THE TRANSMISSION. AS A RESULT, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE RADIATOR WAS REPLACED AND FLUSHED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED AND THE RADIATOR HAD TO BE CONTINUOUSLY FLUSHED OF TRANSMISSION FLUID. ADDITIONALLY, THE CONTACT ASKED THE DEALER IF THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 08V690000 (AIR BAGS), BUT THE DEALER STATED THAT THE RECALL WAS NONEXISTENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

Mileage: 80,000

THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SLIP AND THE RADIATOR FLUID OVERFLOW CANNISTER STARTED TO EXPEL A PURPLE LIQUID. CAR WAS FOUND TO HAVE A CRACKED TRANSMISSION COOLING TUBE IN THE BASE OF THE RADIATOR AND THE ANTIFREEZE HAD MIXED WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. FOUND OUT ON LINE THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM THAT NISSAN REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE AS A DEFECT. RADIATOR REPLACED AND COOLING SYSTEM FLUSHED ALONG WITH THE REQUIRED TRANSMISSION FLUSHING AND FLUID REPLACEMENT. REPAIRS BECAME VERY EXPENSIVE. ONLY HOPE TRANSMISSION DOESN'T FAIL NEXT. *TR

Mileage: 105,297

DISCOVERED A SMALL POOL OF PURPLE LIQUID UNDER FRONT LEFT TIRE OF MY 2007 NISSAN PATHFINDER IN THE GARAGE YESTERDAY. THOUGHT THAT MUST NOT BE GOOD, SO I STARTED DOING SOME RESEARCH ONLINE. BEHOLD, DISCOVERED IT WAS MOST LIKELY A RADIATOR LEAK AND MOST LIKELY LEAKED INTO TRANSMISSION AS WELL. TOOK THE VEHICLE IN TODAY, AND MY CONCERNS WERE CONFIRMED. RADIATOR REPLACEMENT = $800. TRANSMISSION IS WORKING NORMALLY RIGHT NOW, BUT FROM WHAT I CAN TELL THE DAMAGE MAY ALREADY BE DONE AND ITS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE CATASTROPHIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE +$4000. THE ISSUE I HAVE WITH THIS WHOLE SITUATION IS NISSAN IS VERY AWARE OF THIS DEFECT, YET DID NOT ISSUE A RECALL. ALL THEY DID WAS EXTEND RADIATOR/TRANSMISSION WARRANTY. THIS WARRANTY DOES NOT APPLY TO MY VEHICLE BEING OVER 100K MILES. ALL NISSAN HAD TO DO WAS ISSUE A RECALL, FIX THE DEFECTIVE RADIATOR (PROBABLY A $500 FIX FOR THEM) INSTEAD, THEY IGNORED IT, AND THE CUSTOMER IS STUCK WITH A $5000 FIX THEY DID NOT EVEN SEE COMING DUE TO THEM NOT NOTIFYING US ABOUT IT. I AM NOT PLEASED. *TR

Mileage: 107,000

FLUID LEAKED FROM THE RADIATOR INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

Mileage: 87,000

I HAVE A 2007 PATHFINDER WITH 79,541 MILE I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM ALOT OF PEOPLE ON THIS SITE HAS WITH THE RADIATOR LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION, I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR A OIL CHANGE AND THEY TOLD ME I HAVE A RADIATOR CREAK THAT LEAKING INTO MY TRANSMISSION AND ITS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE I CANT DRIVE IT AT ALL AND THEY HAVE TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION BECAUSE IT HAS A MIX OF COLOR LIKE BROWN SO THEY TOLD ME THEY GOING TO ORDER THE PART I ASK THEM FOR A RENTAL CAR BECAUSE I WAS GOING ON VACATION UNTIL MY TRUCK GET FIX THEY SAID THEY WAS GOING TO TRY TO GET ME ONE THAT WAS ON JUNE 30TH AND ON THURSDAY JULY 3TH THEY CALL ME TO PICK UP MY TRUCK BECAUSE THE ENGINE LIGHT DIDN'T COME ON SO THEY WANT ME TO DRIVE IT UNTIL THE ENGINE LIGHT GO ON, REMEMBER A FEW DAYS AGO THEY TOLD ME NOT TO DRIVE IT BECAUSE IT WAS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE I THINK THEY WANT ME TO DRIVE SO IT CAN GO OVER THE 8 YEARS / 80,000 MILE WARRANTY AND PAY A COPAY OF $2,500 AND I REALLY DON'T HAVE THAT MONEY AND I'M STILL PAYING FOR THE TRUCK THEY WANT ME TO TAKE IT OUT OF THEY DEALERSHIP LIKE THAT, I'M SCARE TO DRIVE IT I HAVE A DAUGHTER AND MY DOG I TAKE WITH ME AND SCARE SOMETHING ITS GOING TO HAPPEN TO US PLEASE HELP ME ANYONE THANK YOU *TR

Mileage: 79,541

TRANSMISSION FAILED, HAD TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION, RADIATOR, MOTHERBOARD FOR COMPUTER INSIDE TRANSMISSION AND HAD TO HAVE LOCKSMITH REPROGRAM SECURITY SYSTEM. *TR

Mileage: 104,000

RADIATOR FLUID MIXED WITH MY TRANSMISSION FLUID, MAKING THE CAR UNDRIVEABLE. AT 65 MPH THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLOW AS THE RPM'S WERE INCREASING. THE VEHICLE THEN SLOWED TO ONLY 40MPH, AND WE BARELY GOT THE CAR OFF THE HWY. THEN, EVENTHOUGH IN DRIVE, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE; LIKE IT WAS PUT IN NEUTRAL. LOOKED UP ISSUE ONLINE, AND IT IS ANOTHER KNOWN NISSAN RECALL; BUT THEY LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF MILES THAT YOU CAN HAVE TO RECEIVE ANY REIMBURSEMENT. BASICALLY, I WILL GET NO RELIEF FOR THIS KNOWN DEFECT. I DID GET A RECALL NOTICE BUT MY VEHICLE WAS HAVING NO ISSUES AT THAT TIME, AND NOW AT 18 MONTHS LATER MY VEHICLE IS TOAST. I WILL NEVER BUY A NISSAN AGAIN. *TR

Mileage: 156,000

AT 40 MPH THE VEHICLE WOULD SEEM LIKE IT UPSHIFTED TO A VERY HIGH GEAR AND THEN START TO VIBRATE REAL BAD. WE TOOK IT IN FOR AN ANALYSIS AND THEY TOLD US IMMEDIATELY THAT THE TWO FLUIDS HAD MIXED (TRANS AND COOLANT). *TR

Mileage: 86,687

THE COOLANT HAS MIXED UP WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID, AND IT IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH SHIFTING. I DONE SOME RESEARCH ONLINE,AND FOUND OUT THAT THIS A MAJOR ISSUE WITH NISSAN AND THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO FIX THIS ISSUE. IT SAYS THAT THERE A HOSE LEAK ISSUE INTO THE TRANSMISSION. NOW M CAR IS SITTING I N MY DRIVEWAY,DEAD. *TR

Mileage: 106,000

I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE COOLANT FROM THE RADIATOR WAS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND VICE VERSA. THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THIS WAS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH MY PARTICULAR MAKE/MODEL VEHICLE. *TR

TRANSMISSION FLUID IS MIXING WITH RADIATOR FLUID. *TR

Mileage: 82,500

I PURCHASED A USED 2007 NISSAN PATHFINDER WITH EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR MY DAUGHTER ON 12/28/13. LAST WEEK THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. SHE MADE AN APPOINTMENT, ARRIVED EARLY AND 5 HOURS LATER WAS TOLD THAT A SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND SUGGESTED THAT SHE TAKE IT TO A NISSAN DEALER AS THEY HAD EQUIPMENT SPECIFIC TO NISSAN VEHICLES AND HER WARRANTY COVERS THE WORK AT ANY DEALERSHIP. SHE ASKED IF THE VEHICLE WAS SAFE TO DRIVE AND WAS TOLD YES. SHE DROVE TWO MILES TO A NISSAN DEALER SPENT ANOTHER 2 HOURS THERE WHILE THEY RAN THEIR OWN DIAGNOSTIC TESTS. THEY DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS CROSS CONTAMINATION IN THE RADIATOR. NOT ONLY DID HER RADIATOR NEED TO BE REPLACED BUT SO DID HER TRANSMISSION. SHE WAS FURTHER TOLD THAT HER VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE CALLED THE WARRANTY COMPANY WHO INDICATED THAT THE RADIATOR WASN'T COVERED AND THEREFORE THE TRANSMISSION WASN'T COVERED AS IT WAS CAUSED BY THE RADIATOR. MY DAUGHTER DROVE BACK TO AUTO NATION AGAIN AND ASKED TO SPEAK TO THE GENERAL MANAGER. SHE WAS TOLD HE WASN'T IN AND THE USED CAR SALES MANAGER WOULD SPEAK TO HER. I LEFT WORK AND WENT OVER TO HELP HER. I ALSO ASKED FOR THE GENERAL MANAGER, WAS ASKED WHAT IT WAS ABOUT, I SAID I WOULD PREFER SPEAKING DIRECTLY TO THE GM AND WAS TOLD THE SAME THING AS MY DAUGHTER. THE USED CAR SALES MANAGER RELUCTANTLY AGREED TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR AND FLUSH THE TRANSMISSION TWICE HE INDICATED THAT WOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM. SHE PICKED UP THE SUV TODAY AND 2 BLOCKS LATER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. SHE WENT BACK TO AUTO NATION AND WAS TOLD BY THE USED CAR MANAGER THAT THERE WAS NO WAY HE WAS PAYING $3500 TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. HE TOLD HER TO JUST DRIVE WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON. THIS IS SO WRONG! TO SEND A 22 YEAR OLD OFF IN AN UNSAFE VEHICLE. THIS WAS APPARENTLY A KNOWN ISSUE ON THIS MAKE/MODEL & YEAR. NISSAN EVEN EXTENDED THE WARRANTIES BECAUSE OF THE ISSUE. *TR

RADIATOR TRANSMISSION COOLER FAILURE ALLOWED CROSS CONTAMINATION BETWEEN TRANSMISSION FLUID AND ANTIFREEZE.THE RESULTING LACK OF LUBRICATION AND ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY OF ANTIFREEZE CAUSED ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *TR

Mileage: 115,000

TRANSMISSION WAS SHUTTERING AFTER INSPECTION THERE WAS WATER IN TRANSMISSION FROM LEAKING RADIATOR THAT NISSAN KNEW ABOUT BUT DIDN'T WARN CONSUMERS. *TR

Mileage: 140,654

THE FLUIDS OF THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION MIXED. 3 MECHANICS AND A NISSAN DEALER SAID ITS A KNOWN ISSUE BETWEEN 2005~2007. AND NO RECALLS WE'RE BEING ISSUED. I HAD A DIAGNOSTIC TEST DONE AT ANTWERPEN NISSAN DONE WHEN MY PATHFINDER WAS RUNNING. I HAVE HAD A 95 SENTRY, I HAVE A 09 VERSA, I HAVE TALKED MY MOTHER IN LAW INTO A NISSAN ALTIMA, AS WELL AS MY STEP MOM. MY HUSBAND HAS TALKED A COUPLE OF HIS CO WORKERS INTO A NISSAN ALSO. I WANT TO KNOW WHY THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALLS ON A "WELL KEPT SECRET" AS THAT IS WHAT I WAS TOLD. *TR

Mileage: 125,000

VEHICLE STRUGGLING TO SHIFT. DIAGNOSIS: TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKING INTO THE RADIATOR. REPLACED RADIATOR DRAINED AND REPLACED ALL FLUIDS, STILL STRUGGLING TO SHIFT. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

THIS VEHICLE WAS BOUGHT FROM DEALER EARLY 2010 WITH AROUND 40,000 MILES. THERE WAS NO KNOWLEDGE OF A MANUFACTURING DESIGN DEFECT INSIDE OF THE RADIATOR. A LEAKAGE DUE TO AN INTERNAL TUBE INSIDE THE RADIATOR CAUSES TRANSMISSION FLUID TO BE CROSS-CONTAMINATED AND BECOME MIXED THEN OVER TIME DESTROYS BOTH THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR. NISSAN MANUFACTURER WON'T HELP WITH REPAIRING THIS PROBLEM. ON TOP OF THAT, THE MILEAGE MAKES ME INELIGIBLE FOR EXTENDED WARRANTY. IT IS 10 YEARS/100,000 MILES WHICH EVER COMES FIRST. HELP ME PLEASE!!!! I DON'T HAVE $10,000 TO PAY FOR THIS REPAIR WHEN ITS NOT MY FAULT. THIS IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT AND THEY DON'T HAVE AN OFFICIAL RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM BUT AN OUT OF REACH WARRANTY. FAILURE HAPPENS AFTER 100,000 MILES MOSTLY. *TR

Mileage: 118,845

VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE AS IF RIDING OVER BUMPS AT APPROX 60-65 MPH AND THEN WHEN APPROACHING A STOP A JERKY SHIFT WOULD OCCUR AT APPROX 5-10 MPH. SERVICE ENGINE SOON ILLUMINATED CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE MORE THAN 10 MPH SO MY WIFE PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT AND SHUT THE CAR OFF. THE CAR WOULD NOT START AGAIN AND HAD TO BE TOWED. I HAD THE CODE PULLED FROM THE ECU AND IT REPORTED ERROR "P0717 INPUT TURBINE SPEED SENSOR CIRCUIT NO SIGNAL". AFTER SEARCHING ONLINE I FOUND A LOT OF INFORMATION ON DEFECTIVE RADIATOR IN 2005-2010 NISSAN PATHFINDER, XTERA AND FRONTIER WHICH ALLOWS COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION FLUID TO MIX AND CAUSES TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHICH WAS ALSO CONFIRMED BY CONTAMINATED COOLANT IN THE RADIATOR. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN AS THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF THIS FAILURE LIKE SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE REPORTED UNTIL ITS SUDDEN FAILURE AND THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL IN PLACE. HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/NISSAN/PATHFINDER/2007/TRANSMISSION/COOLANT_LEAKED_INTO_TRANSMISSION.SHTML. *TR

Mileage: 105,624

I ALWAYS TAKE MY CAR IN FOR SERVICE AT GLENDALE NISSAN AND SO LAST YEAR IN JULY OF 2013 I ASKED WERE THERE ANY RECALL ON MY CAR I WAS TOLD NO. SO IN FEB OF THIS YEAR2014 I STARTED EXPERIENCING SOME PROBLEMS WITH ME HEAT INSIDE THE CAR. THEY CHECKED IT AND TOLD ME MY TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS MIXING WITH MY COOLANT AND I NEEDED TO REPLACE BOTH AND ITS GONNA COST ME $5600. I ASKED WAS THERE A RECALL ON THIS AND I WAS TOLD YES AND MY CAR WASN'T COVERED BECAUSE OF THE MILEAGE. I INSTANTLY GOT UPSET BECAUSE I ALWAYS TAKE MY CAR IN FOR SERVICE TO THIS DEALERSHIP. I WAS TOLD I COULD TRY TO REPLACING THE RADIATOR AND DRAIN THE TRANSMISSION BUT THAT WAS NO GUARANTEE HOW LONG THE CAR WOULD WORK. I DID JUST THAT ..NOW MY CAR IS STAYING IDLE WHILE DRIVING AND IT WONT IDLE DOWN FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. I TRIED CALLING THE 1800NISSAN1 NUMBER AND EXPLAIN MY PROBLEM AND THEY TOLD ME THEY CAN'T HELP ME AND NOTHING THEY COULD DO. THIS IS SO WRONG! I'VE SPENT SO MUCH MONEY AT THIS DEALERSHIP ITS RIDICULOUS. IVE REPLACED MY COMPUTER, BELTS, HOSES, SPARK PLUGS,OIL CHANGES,DRAIN MY TRANSMISSION FLUID.SO MUCH I CANT EVEN REMEMBER EVERYTHING. IF THEY KNOW THAT THIS IS HAPPENING TO THESE CARS AND PUT OUT A RECALL FOR THIS HOW CAN THEY GET AWAY WITH THIS! IM A SINGLE PARENT OF 5 CHILDREN THERE'S NO WAY I CAN AFFORD THIS!! AND THIS IS MY ONLY CAR I HAVE FOR TRANSPORTATION!! THIS IS JUST PLAIN WRONG! THEY SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO GET AWAY WITH THIS! *TR

Mileage: 130,000

MY 2007 NISSAN PATH FINDER WAS RECENTLY WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A COMPLETE FAILURE TO THE TRANSMISSION DUE TO A FAILURE OF THE "RADIATOR ASSEMBLY" THAT FAILED AND ALLOWED WATER TO GET INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION CONTAINMENT AND THIS CAUSED CATASTROPHIC FAILURE TO THE TRANSMISSION. REQUIRING NOW THAT THE WHOLE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE ONLY WARNING I GOT WAS THE FAILURE WARNING LIGHT FROM MY CAR, AND AT THAT POINT ITS ALREADY DAMAGED. LOOKING FOR AN EXPLANATION I TURNED TO NISSAN AND I LEARNED THAT THIS IS RECOGNIZED BY NISSAN DEFECT AND THOUGHT MY VEHICLE HASN'T BEEN COMPLETELY ABANDON BY NISSAN CORP. I STILL HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE $2.5K TOWARDS REPAIRS FOR A KNOWN FAILING DESIGN, THAT FIXING IT COULD HAVE PREVENT THE MUCH MORE COSTLY RESULT OF LEAVING IT AS IS. WHAT HAPPENED TO NISSAN STANDING BY THEIR PRODUCT AND MAKING GOOD ON POOR DESIGN? EVEN WHAT'S MORE IS THAT I WAS MAILED A LETTER REGARDING A CLASS ACTION REIMBURSEMENT IN LEGAL LINGO THAT I DIDN'T FULLY UNDERSTAND AND FELT IT DIDN'T APPLY TO ME SINCE ID HAVE NO EXPENSES. YET IT NOW MAKES SENSE AS TO WHAT ITS PURPOSE WAS.. IT WAS TO MONETARY REIMBURSE THOSE WITH NISSAN'S AT MY SIMILAR AGE AND MILEAGE FOR REPAIR THEY PERFORMED DUE TO ADMITTING IT WAS A FAULTY DESIGN. I CANT HELP BUT WONDER WHAT HARM WOULD IT HAVE BEEN TO PUBLISH AN ADVISORY LETTER AND ALLOW THE CONSUMER THE RIGHT TO MAKE REPAIR PRIOR TO A COMPLETE FAILURE. ADDITIONAL NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS DEPT. NEED A PERSONALITY TRAINING AS THEY ARE UNABLE TO SAY ANYTHING UNLESS IT IS PRE-SCRIPTED FOR THEM. I'M BEGINNING TO RETHINK MY FORTH VEHICLE PURCHASE TO NOT BE A NISSAN. *TR

Mileage: 89,000

BOUGHT 2007 NISSAN PATHFINDER FALL 2010. DEC 2010 IN FOR OIL CHANGE AT DEALERSHIP. SENT HOME PAPER W/ BOXES CHECKED SHOWING TRANSMISSION & COOLANT "MAY NEED FUTURE ATTENTION" NOTHING ELSE BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION. 40,912 MILES ON TRUCK. DEC 2013- 99,279 MILES- TOOK TRUCK TO DEALERSHIP- WASN'T HEATING AT IDLE. FOUND TO BE LOW ON COOLANT, CONTAMINATED TRANSMISSION FLUID, AND OIL SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE (OIL LIGHT DID NOT COME ON) THEY FLUSHED FLUIDS, REFILLED THEM & TOLD US TO CHANGE OIL EVERY 1,000 MILES FOR A FEW MONTHS TO ENSURE CLEAN. JAN 13 2014 ANOTHER OIL CHANGE, ANOTHER CHECKED BOX STATING TRANSMISSION FLUIDS "MAY NEED FUTURE ATTENTION" EVEN THOUGH FLUSHED 18 DAYS AGO. FEB 10 2014 ANOTHER OIL CHANGE, ANOTHER CHECKED BOX STATING COOLANT "MAY NEED FUTURE ATTENTION". THIS SEEMED TO BE ROUTINE AND NOTHING MORE SINCE FLUIDS ROUTINELY NEED CHANGING. FEB 27, 2014 -103,000 MILES- ENGINE LIGHT ON, DROVE IMMEDIATELY TO DEALERSHIP. DIAGNOSIS: COOLANT HAD LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION FROM THE RADIATOR RUINING BOTH. $5,000+ TO FIX.FOUND THERE ARE OVER 110,000 NISSAN PATHFINDERS WITH EXACT PROBLEM, NISSAN IS/HAS BEEN AWARE OF THIS, BUT SINCE THERE IS NO RECALL THEY DON'T HAVE TO INFORM OWNERS. THERE IS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. BECAUSE OF THIS, WARRANTY WAS EXTENDED TO 100,000 MI. BUT, THIS IS HAPPENING RIGHT AROUND OR AFTER 100,000, IT IS TOO LATE. NISSAN WILL ONLY PAY FOR ANYTHING OVER $3,000, BUT ARE INSTALLING REBUILT TRANSMISSIONS THAT COST JUST THAT, SO WE ARE STILL PAYING TOTAL COST. VISITS SHOW THAT AT 40,912 & 99,279 MILES THEY KNEW THIS WAS THE PROBLEM DID NOT INFORM US SINCE THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN LIABLE. A MECHANIC OF 30 YEARS EXPLAINED THAT LOW COOLANT AND COLD ON IDLE MEANS THERE IS A LEAK WHICH WILL ALSO CAUSE OIL SLUDGE. VISITS 1& 2 MOS LATER ALSO SHOWED SIGNS OF LEAKAGE. SIGNS WERE ALL THERE AND IGNORED! DANGEROUS IF HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING. *TR

Mileage: 40,912

THE RADIATOR IS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION. *TR

Mileage: 132,600

MY CAR STARTED TO RATTLE AND LOSE POWER AT 45 MPH. I DROVE IT HOME AND TRIED TO REVERSE IT IN WITH NO LUCK. I IMMEDIATELY KNEW I HAD A TRANSMISSION ISSUE. I PARKED THE CAR FOR TWO DAYS AND TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WHO LATER INFORMED ME THAT MY RADIATOR COOLANT FLUID HAD MIXED WITH MY TRANSMISSION FLUID AND DESTROYED MY ENTIRE CAR. THEY QUOTED ME BETWEEN 7000-9000 TO FIX THE CAR. I CONTACTED NISSAN WHO INFORMED ME THAT THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO BECAUSE THEY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TWICE TO UP TO 100,000 MILES. I FIND THIS IRONIC SINCE AFTER EXTENSIVE RESEARCH THE ISSUE USUALLY OCCURS AFTER 100,000 MILES. NISSAN HAS KNOW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM FOR 7 YEARS AND HAS CHOSEN TO IGNORE THE ISSUE AND NOT ISSUE A RECALL. NOW THE CONSUMERS HAVE TO FOOT THE BILL.

Mileage: 134,800

RADIATOR COOLER LEAKING WATER INTO TRANSMISSION,AND TRANSMISSION OIL INTO COOLING SYSTEM. TRANSMISSION STUCK IN 3 GEAR, ENGINE OVERHEATING DUE TO SLUDGE INSIDE RADIATOR, A TOTAL DISASTER FOR A LOW INCOME INDIVIDUAL TRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEET . *TR

Mileage: 100,100

DRIVING CAR IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AND CAR COMPLETING STOPPED. IT TOOK ABOUT 10 MINUTES TO START. ONCE THE CAR STARTED IT CRANKED FOR ABOUT 10 SECONDS BEFORE IT ACTUALLY STARTED. AT DEALERSHIP, THE CAR WAS DIAGNOSED WITH NEEDING TWO NEW CAM SENSORS. AFTER PAYING $621.00 FOR THIS, MECHANIC TEST DROVE CAR AND FOUND IT TO BE "BUCKING" AND DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIATOR FLUID HAD LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND WE NEEDED A WHOLE NEW TRANSMISSION. NISSAN IS REQUIRING $2,500 DEDUCTIBLE EVEN AFTER THEY REALIZE THEY MADE A FAULTY RADIATOR/TRANSMISSION. *TR

Mileage: 85,000

AT 99000 MILES TRUCK FAILED TO TAKE OFF THEN ALL OF SUDDEN TOOK OFF THEN GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY THE TRUCK WOULDN'T ACCELERATE. DURING A ROAD TRIP WHICH CAUSED A 3 DAY DELAY AND 3000 DOLLARS IN REPAIR. NOW FAST FORWARD TO 111,975 MILES AND WAS GOING UP HILL AT LIGHT AND TRUCK STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS AND SPUTTERING, TOOK IT TO NISSAN DEALERSHIP STATED THAT COOLANT IN TRANSMISSION REPAIR COST 7246 AND STILL OWE 9200 ON TRUCK. *TR

Mileage: 99,000

TRANSMISSION FLUID IS MILKY COLORED. LOSS OF COOLANT. TRANSMISSION SLIPPING. SOMEHOW COOLANT IN TRANSMISSION FLUID. *TR

Mileage: 102,000

MY VEHICLE JUST COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN WITHOUT ANY WARNING SIGNS OR PREVIOUS ISSUES. I HAVE TAKEN VERY GOOD CARE OF THIS VEHICLE AND THE RADIATOR HAS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT THAT ALLOWED TRANSMISSION FLUID TO LEAK INTO THE RADIATOR CAUSING CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE TO MY RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION THAT NISSAN WILL NOT TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR AND WILL COST ME UPWARDS OF $5,200.00 AT LEAST. *TR

Mileage: 119,000

THE TRUCK BEGAN SHIFTING GEARS VERY ROUGHLY AND SLOWLY WITH A STRONG JERKING MOTION TO THE TRUCK. WHEN TAKEN FOR DIAGNOSIS WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND COOLANT WERE MIXING DUE TO A FAULTY RADIATOR AND THUS GOT INTO TRANSMISSION CAUSING THE NEED FOR REPLACEMENT OF RADIATOR, FLUSHING OF FLUID LINES AND TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT APPROX. COST $6000. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM, I SEE MULTITUDES OF OTHER NISSAN CUSTOMERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS ISSUE IS EXTREMELY UNSAFE ON ROADS. MY CAR FALLS OUTSIDE THE EXTENDED WARRANTY GIVEN DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. IN ADDITION, IF MY PATHFINDER DID FALL UNDER THE WARRANTY, NISSAN ONLY ASSISTS WITH PAYMENT TO REPLACE RADIATOR NOT THE DAMAGE DONE TRANSMISSION BECAUSE OF THE FAULTY RADIATOR. THIS ABSOLUTELY NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED FURTHER! *TR

Mileage: 120,000

VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE AT SPEEDS OF APPROX 45 MPH. OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, THE CONDITION WORSENED - THE VIBRATIONS BECAME MORE AGGRESSIVE AND BEGAN TO OCCUR AT HIGHER SPEEDS. AFTER INVESTIGATION BY NISSAN, THEY ADVISED THAT THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE RADIATOR AND POSSIBLY TRANSMISSION THAT WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE I WAS OUTSIDE OF THE 100,000 MILE LIMIT. THE COOLANT IS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION FLUID COOLER LINE AND ULTIMATELY RIGHT INTO THE TRANSMISSION, THEREBY CAUSING DAMAGE THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE REPAIRED WITH A NEW RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. APPARENTLY, THIS IS A KNOW ISSUE WITH THESE VEHICLES AND NISSAN NEGLECTED TO ALERT CONSUMERS. AT THIS TIME, THE VEHICLE IS INOPERABLE. *TR

Mileage: 105,000

NISSAN REFUSES TO FULLY COVER THE REPAIR/REPLACEMENT OF A FAULTY RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. NISSAN IS CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR THIS NEGLECT AND IS STALLING ON RECALLING THE VEHICLES. NISSAN EXTENDED A WARRANTY LEAVING THE BURDEN OF $3,000 DEDUCTIBLE FOR THE CONSUMER. THIS IS AN APPALLING AND SAD EXCUSE OF CUSTOMER SERVICE - THE VEHICLES DID NOT MEET QUALITY CONTROL AND IT IS DISGUSTING TO HAVE THE CUSTOMER PUT OUT THAT MUCH MONEY FOR A PROBLEM THAT EXISTED BEFORE THE VEHICLE LEFT THE DEALERSHIP. *TR

Mileage: 93,500

VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN WARMING UP FOR ABOUT 2 WEEKS, NEVER THOUGHT IT WAS ANYTHING SERIOUS, THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A HEATING COIL OR SOMETHING, TOOK IT TO THE DEALER ON 1/3/14 TO GET AN OIL CHANGE AND FOR THEM TO LOOK AT THE PROBLEM AND THE TECHNICIAN CAME BACK AND SAID "OH YOU NEED A TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR BRING THE CAR BACK ON TUESDAY" LIKE IT WAS SOMETHING COMMON. JUST LOOKED INTO THE COMPLAINTS DID NOT KNOW THIS WAS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLES, NEEDLESS TO SAY THIS WILL BE MY LAST NISSAN. I PURCHASED A EXTENDED WARRANTY WHICH THEY DID ASK ME, HOWEVER I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE CLASS ACTION SUIT THAT WOULD HAVE COVERED THE ISSUE UNTIL TODAY 1/8/14. *TR

Mileage: 73,500

I WAS ON EXPRESSWAY, DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60-65 MILES PER HOUR AND WITHOUT WARNING CAR LOST ALL ITS ABILITY TO ACCELERATE OR MAINTAIN SPEED. CAR ENGINE WOULD REV WHEN YOU PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATOR BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT RESPOND. VEHICLES BEHIND ME HAD TO HIT ON THERE BRAKES AND GO AROUND ME AS I ATTEMPTED TO STEER VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE EXPRESSWAY. ONCE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP, MY TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE IN ANY GEAR LEAVING ME STRANDED. I HAD TO HAVE VEHICLE TOWED TO MY HOME. I WAS INFORMED BY NISSAN THAT ENGINE COOLANT HAD LEAKED INTO MY TRANSMISSION AND RUINED MY TRANSMISSION. I HAVE SINCE FOUND OUT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON NISSAN PATHFINDERS AND THE COST TO REPAIR VEHICLE IS BETWEEN 4 AND 5 THOUSAND DOLLARS. *TR

Mileage: 107,858

THE VEHICLE VIBRATED AND SHUTTERED AND CEASED TO MOVE. I WAS IN TRAFFIC AND LUCKILY HAD A PLACE TO PULL OVER. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP. AFTER A DISCUSSION AND DIAGNOSIS BY THE TECHNICIAN AND SHOP FOREMAN IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND THE RADIATOR HAD CROSSED CONTAMINATION OF FLUIDS RESULTING IN THE TRANSMISSION BECOMING INOPERABLE AND REQUIRING THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR BE REPLACED. THE SHOP FOREMAN STATED THAT NISSAN KNEW ABOUT THIS DEFECT IN THE RADIATOR AND THE RESULTING PROBLEMS. I AM WAITING TO FIND OUT IF NISSAN WILL HELP WITH REPAIR COST. I WAS TOLD BY THE SHOP FOREMAN THAT THE COST TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $8,000.00. . *TR

Mileage: 120,500

CRACKED RADIATOR ALLOWED COOLANT TO LEAK INTO TRANSMISSION SO NOT KNOWING NISSAN WAS HAVING THIS PROBLEM WE HAD A NEW RADIATOR INSTALLED AND THE COOLING SYSTEM AND TRANSMISSION FLUSHED OUT MILEAGE AT THIS TIME WAS 79290 NOW 4 MONTHS LATER THE TRANSMISSION IS SHOT AND NEED A NEW ONE MILEAGE NOW 83158 SINCE THE MILEAGE IS ABOVE 80000 NISSAN WILL NOT FIX THE CAR UNDER THERE EXTENDED WARRANTY AND WANTS ME TO DOLE OUT 2500.00$. IF I WOULD HAVE KNOWN NISSAN WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THERE TRANSMISSIONS I WOULD HAVE TAKEN MY CAR TO A NISSAN AUTHORIZED SERVICE CENTER THE FIRST TIME. *TR

Mileage: 79,290

RADIATOR FAILED (PRODUCT DEFECT, NO ACCIDENT OR EXTERNAL CAUSES) AND LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION, EFFECTIVELY DESTROYING IT. HAD TO GET BOTH RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION REPLACED. SYMPTOMS STARTED WITH SHUDDERING DURING SHIFTING, WHICH LED TO ROUGH SHIFTING, GEAR SLIPPAGE, CHECK-ENGINE LIGHT, AND EVENTUALLY THE CAR NOT EVEN STARTING. *TR

Mileage: 104,000

I WAS DRIVING MY PATHFINDER DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND WHEN I REACHED 40 MPH, IT BEGAN TO HESITATE AS IF THE OVERDRIVE WAS NOT WORKING. AS I GAVE IT MORE GAS, IT STOPPED. IT HAS GRADUALLY GOTTEN WORSE TO THE POINT THAT ANYWHERE FROM 40 TO 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE IS HESITATING UNLESS YOU EITHER SLOW TO BELOW 40 OR SPEED UP TO ABOVE 50. I TOOK IT TO THE NISSAN DEALER AND HE STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS MIXING WITH THE COOLANT, WHICH MEANS THAT I MUST PAY TO HAVE MY TRANSMISSION REPLACED OR PURCHASE A NEW VEHICLE! I HAVE SINCE HEARD THAT THERE HAVE BEEN MANY REPORTS OF THIS SAME ISSUE. MY VEHICLE HAS GONE OUT OF WARRANTY, BUT, IF THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR QUITE SOME TIME (YEARS) AS I HAVE RESEARCHED, THEN I BELIEVE NISSAN SHOULD HAVE TO COVER THE COST OF REPLACEMENT. WHY WAS THERE NOT A RECALL ON THE ISSUE, WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN FIXED EASILY INSTEAD OF HAVING TO REPLACE THE WHOLE THING AT THE OWNERS EXPENSE! I ALSO REALIZE THAT AT ANY MOMENT MY VEHICLE COULD STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, WHICH COULD CAUSE INJURY OR EVEN DEATH TO ME OR MY FAMILY. *TR

Mileage: 93,981

THIS IS ALL AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED (BY NISSAN DEALER) FOR THE KNOWN RADIATOR LEAKING COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. REPAIR BACK IN MAY 2013 WITH APPROX. MILEAGE 68000. NOW VEHICLE HAS ABOUT 75000. DRIVING HOME FROM DINNER WITH WIFE IN MODERATE TRAFFIC. HERD A CLUNK AND CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. BARELY MADE IT HOME. I LET VEHICLE COOL DOWN AND REMOVED THE RADIATOR CAP AND FOUND THICK CREAM LIKE FLUID WHICH IS A DEFINITE SIGN OF OIL BASED FLUID CONTAMINATED WITH WATER / GLYCOL. SEEMS TO ME THAT NISSAN DID NOT REPLACE OR FIX THE LEAKING RADIATOR. DRIVING A VEHICLE THAT BEHAVES IN THIS MANNER CAN NOT BE SAFE TO DRIVE. BACK TO THE SHOP (DEALER) TOMORROW. *TR

Mileage: 68,000

RADIATOR FAILED, LEAKING ANTIFREEZE INTO TRANSMISSION. THIS MIXING OF ANTIFREEZE AND TRANSMISSION FLUID CAUSED TRANSMISSION TO FAIL MY PATHFINDER IS NOW IN A PARKING SPOT. I OWE PAYMENTS ON A VEHICLE I CAN NO LONGER DRIVE, NOR AFFORD TO REPAIR. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE HAD A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER AND THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. A LOCAL NISSAN DEALER HAS INFORMED ME THAT DUE AN APPARENT KNOWN ISSUE FOR THIS VEHICLE A TOTAL FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION HAS OCCURRED. THE NEEDED REPAIRS ESTIMATE IS $7,800 FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION, RADIATOR AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS. *TR

Mileage: 106,000

THIS PATHFINDER IS EXPERIENCING A FAILURE WITH THE TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER / RADIATOR ASSEMBLY AND IS WITHIN THE 10 YEAR PERIOD SPECIFIED BY THE EXTENDED WARRANTY BUT IS BEYOND THE 100,000 MILE LIMIT. DUE TO THE NATURE OF THIS DEFECT, THE SEVERITY OF THIS FAILURE, THE REPETITIVE NATURE OF THE FAILURES AND THE LIMITED OR MISSING FAILURE WARNING SIGNS, I BELIEVE THAT AN INVESTIGATION IS WARRANTED. EXTENDING A WARRANTY FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME A LIMITED MILEAGE THAT MOST CONSUMERS BREEZE THROUGH IN A FEW YEARS IN ORDER TO AVOID A RECALL IS NOT GOOD FOR REPEAT BUSINESS OR SAFETY. NISSAN SETTLED A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT WHERE IT IDENTIFIED THE DEFECTIVE RADIATOR, BUT CAPPED THE WARRANTY AT 10 YEARS/100,000 MILES. WHETHER OR NOT THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AT 10,000 MILES, OR 200,000 MILES, IT IS STILL A MANUFACTURE DEFECT, NOT CAUSED BY THE CONSUMER. SIMPLY EXTENDING THE WARRANTY COVERAGE FOR THE RADIATOR WITHOUT WARNING CONSUMERS OF THE CONSEQUENCES TO THE TRANSMISSION ONLY MAKES SENSE TO ME IF NISSAN IS LOOKING TO CUT THEIR LOSSES. WHY DIDN'T NISSAN WARN CONSUMERS THAT THE TRANSMISSION COULD FAIL VERY QUICKLY AS A RESULT OF A CRACKED COOLER TUBE? HOW MANY CONSUMERS MUST NEEDLESSLY SUFFER TRANSMISSION FAILURES IN BUSY INTERSECTIONS AND ON BUSY, CONGESTED HIGHWAYS BEFORE NISSAN DOES THE ETHICAL THING AND ISSUES A SAFETY RECALL? THIS DEFECT NEED NOT BE LEFT ON THE CONSUMER'S SHOULDERS, AND COULD VERY EASILY CAUSE SAFETY ISSUES FOR THE OWNER. *TR

Mileage: 125,952

VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. AFTER EXAMINING WHAT MAY BE THE PROBLEM IT WAS FOUND THAT THE ENGINE COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION FLUID HAD MIXED DUE TO A DEFECTIVE OIL COOLER INSIDE THE RADIATOR THAT CAUSED THE VALVE BODY IN THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL THAT CONTROLS STARTING AND TRANSMISSION SHIFTS. VEHICLE WAS TOWED BY TRANSMISSION SHOP FOR A COMPETE OVERHAUL INCLUDING A NEW VALVE BODY. COST OF REPAIRS TOTAL WAS 3074.00 DOLLARS. TRANSMISSION SHOP INSTALLED AN EXTERNAL TRANSMISSION COOLER AND STATED THEY WERE HAVING TO MAKE THESE REPAIRS ON A NUMBER OF THESE NISSANS FOR THIS DEFECT. *TR

Mileage: 161,076

DEALERSHIP STATES THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AS WELL AS RADIATOR DUE TO MANUFACTURE DEFECT. REPAIR NOT ALLOWED UNDER WARRANTY DUE TO MILEAGE. TOLD THAT REPAIR WOULD BE $10,000. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

CAR LOSES POWER, SHUTTERS, HAS HIGH RPM WITHOUT ACCELERATION, SKIPS GEARS, STALLS. HAD RADIATOR REPLACED ($1,200), BUT DIDN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM. WAS TOLD A NEW TRANSMISSION IS NEEDED DUE TO COOLANT MIXING WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID AND DAMAGING TRANSMISSION AND COMPONENTS ($4,500). *TR

Mileage: 120,000

2007 NISSAN PATHFINDER WITH 86K MILES. VEHICLE BEGAN HESITATING WHEN TRAVELING 40 MPH ON HIGHWAY, THEN LOSS OF POWER SOMETIMES. THE CAR BEGAN TO OVERHEAT. TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC WHO TOLD ME THAT IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR. COOLER LINE HAD FAILED AND MIXED WITH TRANSMISSION. I CALLED NISSAN AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO 100K BUT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY $2500 OUT OF POCKET. LEARNED OF A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT IN 2012. NISSAN NEVER NOTIFIED ME OF THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. IF THEY HAD NOTIFIED ME ON TIME, I WOULD STILL BE UNDER THE 80K WARRANTY. I HAVE NO MONEY TO FIX MY CAR AND NOW I'M STUCK PAYING FOR A CAR THAT I CAN'T DRIVE. *TR

Mileage: 86,000

2007 NISSAN PATHFINDER LE - 92,000 MILES EST. - I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE NEW IN 2007 AND HAVE BEEN VERY PLEASED UP UNTIL THE PAST TWO WEEKS. MY STORY IS THE SAME AS OTHERS - TRANSMISSION STARTED GETTING ROUGH, PARTICULARLY AROUND 45-50 MPH AND ON INCLINES. THERE IS AN AUDIBLE AND JOLTING CLUNK MOVING FROM NEUTRAL TO DRIVE. WHILE DRIVING IN THE ABOVE RANGE, THE VEHICLE SOUNDS JUST LIKE DRIVING OVER A RUMBLE STRIP ON THE HIGHWAY. I HAVEN'T EVEN TAKEN THE VEHICLE IN TO THE DEALERSHIP YET, AND I ALREADY KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. THIS CAR HAS BEEN BABIED FOR YEARS BEING THAT IT IS THE SOLE AUTOMOBILE THAT MY WIFE AND KIDS DRIVE IN. I'LL BE [XXX] IF I'M GOING TO PAY A $3000 DEDUCTIBLE FOR A DEFECT THAT NISSAN HAS HAD FULL KNOWLEDGE OF FOR YEARS NOW! TO[XXX] WITH THE SETTLEMENT THAT LEFT MOST OF US OUT IN THE COLD WHILE PADDING THE POCKETS OF THE ATTORNEYS! IT IS TIME FOR THE NHTSA TO STEP UP AND MAKE THE ONLY RIGHT AND SAFE DECISION THAT NISSAN REFUSES TO MAKE! THESE CARS ARE NOT SAFE TO DRIVE ON THE ROAD IN THIS CONDITION! MINE WILL REMAINED PARKED IN THE DRIVE UNTIL NISSAN IS FORCED TO RECALL EVERY VEHICLE WITH THESE FAULTY RADIATOR/TRANSMISSION ISSUES. THIS IS MY COMPLAINT. I HOPE THAT NISSAN DOES THE SMART THING HERE. THEY HAVE LOST ME AS A CUSTOMER FOR LIFE, AND I'VE OWNED OR DRIVEN OVER A DOZEN NISSANS IN MY TIME. IT'S A SHAME THAT THIS COMPANY WILL SIT BACK AND LET THESE COMPLAINTS MOUNT UP UNTIL TRULY FORCED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. THEY SHOULD BE DISGRACED KNOWING THAT RIGHT NOW THERE ARE MOTHERS & CHILDREN DRIVING IN VEHICLES THAT COULD SUFFER COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT ANY POINT LEADING TO INJURY AND DEATH. MY ADVICE TO ALL IS TO BRING THIS TO THEIR DOORSTEP. TECHNOLOGY OFFERS US THE ABILITY TO BRING THE FIGHT TO THE TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN. I'LL BE BOMBARDING EMAIL ADDRESSES AND VOICEMAIL BOXES UNTIL THIS IS RESOLVED. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Mileage: 92,378

RADIATOR FAILED, LEAKING ANTIFREEZE INTO TRANSMISSION. THIS MIXING OF ANTIFREEZE AND TRANSMISSION FLUID CAUSED TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. THE VIOLENT VIBRATIONS AND ROUGH SHIFTING IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND NISSAN SHOULD RECALL ALL MODELS WITH THIS RADIATOR. I HAD TO PAY $2500.00 TO HAVE THIS DEFECT REPAIRED. *TR

Mileage: 87,800

MY VEHICLE WAS SHIFTING WEIRD WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT VIOLENTLY LURCHED FORWARD WHILE IN TRAFFIC. I TOOK IT TO THE TRANSMISSION REPAIR SHOP AND WAS NOTIFIED THAT MY TRANSMISSION HAD COOLANT IN IT AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THIS WILL COST OVER $9,000 TO REPAIR AND THE SAFETY ISSUE IS THAT THE VEHICLE LURCHING FORWARD SO VIOLENTLY IS UNACCEPTABLE BECAUSE OF THE FAULTY TRANSMISSION COOLER ETC... *TR

Mileage: 74,000

THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IN THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHIFT ROUGHLY. IT WAS DETERMINED THROUGH THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP THAT THE RADIATOR HAD A CRACK IN , AND RADIATOR FLUID WAS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. IT IS A DESIGN FLAW. *TR

Mileage: 90,000

MY NISSAN PATHFINDER RADIATOR COOLANT LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION, I GOT AN EXTEND WARRANTY AND NOW THE EXTENDED WARRANTY IS NOT COVERING IT DUE TO RADIATOR COOLANT LEAKED TO THE TRANSMISSION AND IT NOT A COVER BENEFIT NOW I'M SCREW. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION HAS APPEARED TO FAIL IN MY NISSAN THE RADIATOR STARTED TO LEAK SEVERAL MONTHS AGO AND I FINALLY HAD TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR AND NOW THE TRANSMISSION HAS STARTED FAIL. THE CAR HAS BEEN WELL CARED FOR AND BOTH THE RADIATOR AND THE TRANSMISSION APPEAR TO BE FAILING WELL BEFORE A NORMAL RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION SHOULD. *TR

Mileage: 96,000

VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING AT CERTAIN SPEEDS. GOT A TRANS FLUSH HOPING IT WOULD IMPROVE. PROBLEM RETURNED. SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK TO GARAGE AND HAD A NEW WIRING HARNESS PUT ON. PROBLEM RETURNED. GOT STRANDED AND HAD VEHICLE TOWED. DETERMINED THAT COOLANT WAS IN THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. HUGE REPAIR BILL. PART OF THE CLASS ACTION SUIT NOW BUT AM STILL OUT $2500. PROBABLY STARTED OCCURRING BEFORE 80,000 MILES AND HAD I BEEN MORE INVESTIGATIVE AT THAT TIME, BILL WOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED BECAUSE IT WAS UNDER 80,000. NOW IT'S OVER THAT AMOUNT AND I AM OUT OF LUCK. HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT IN NISSAN! *TR

Mileage: 82,000

TRANSMISSION STARTING SLIPPING THEN STARTED JERKING WHILE DRIVING THEN IT STARTED OVERHEATING. TOOK IT TO A NISSAN DEALERSHIP BECAUSE I BOUGHT THE EXTENDED WARRANTY THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO COVER THE POWERTRAIN. THEY TOLD ME THAT THE COOLER CRACKED WHICH CAUSED THE RADIATOR FLUID TO LEAK INTO THE TRANMISSION AND MESSED UP THE RADIATOR, WHICH IS NOT COVERED BY THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY BECAUSE THE RADIATOR COOLER WAS NOT PART OF IT. THE DEALERSHIP WANTS TO CHARGE OVER $6000 TO FIX IT. *TR

Mileage: 102,000

TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC. CAUSED BY RUPTURED COOLANT LINE, COOLANT MIXED WITH ATF. REPLACED RADIATOR AND FLUSHED TRANSMISSION, BUT DAMAGE WAS ALREADY DONE. *TR

Mileage: 104,350

WHILE DRIVING ON STREET AROUND 2 PM, THE CAR JUST LOST ITS POWER AND I END UP STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET WITH MY 2 KIDS AT THE BACK SEATS, THE CAR WONT MOVED AND I NEED TO CALL FOR HELP SO THE OTHER DRIVER HELPED ME PUSH THE CAR ON THE SIDE OF THE STREET. TOW TRUCK ARRIVED AND TOWED MY CAR TO THE NEAREST SHOP AND FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION MIXED WITH WATER COMING FROM THE RADIATOR. IT COST 2800 FOR EVERYTHING. THE CURRENT MILES WHEN THIS INCIDENTS HAPPENED IS 111200. *TR

Mileage: 111,200

THERE IS A KNOWN DEFECT IN THE RADIATOR/RADIATOR COOLERS IN THE '05, '06 AND '07 NISSAN PATHFINDERS WHICH CAUSES THE RADIATOR AND THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. PLEASE HELP WITH A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM, SEVERAL OF THE FOLKS STILL HAVE A PAYMENT ON THE VEHICLES. YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE PROBLEMS THAT FOLKS ARE HAVING. THANKS, TERRY PLEASE TRY TO DO ALL YOU CAN FOR ALL OF US, I CAN'T SEE THAT NISSAN CAN GET BY WITH THIS. THEY ARE JUST TO REPLACE THE DEFECT PARTS. *TR

I TOOK MY 2007 NISSAN PATHFINDER TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE BRAKES WORKED ON AND WHILE THERE THEY PERFORMED A MULTI POINT VEHICLE INSPECTION. FROM THIS INSPECTION THEY INFORMED ME THAT THERE WAS CROSS CONTAMINATION OF THE COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION FLUID DUE TO A FAILED TRANSMISSION COOLER. THEY INDICATED THAT DAMAGE HAD ALREADY STARTED AND IT WOULD ONLY BE A SHORT TIME BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION FAILED COMPLETELY SO I NEEDED TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY AND THERE WOULD BE A $3,000 DEDUCTIBLE COST. IN TALKING WITH THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE PERSONNEL AND RESEARCHING ONLINE IT IS CLEAR THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND OBVIOUSLY A DESIGN FAILURE WHICH COULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE IF THE TRANSMISSION FAILS WHILE DRIVING DUE TO THIS KNOWN PROBLEM. MY FAMILY AND I ARE THANKFUL THAT JUST BY CHANCE THE BRAKES NEEDED WORK OTHERWISE MY WIFE AND KIDS COULD HAVE BEEN DRIVING AND BEEN AT RISK OF POTENTIAL INJURY IF THE TRANSMISSION FAILED UNEXPECTEDLY AS HAS BEEN REPORTED BY OTHER NISSAN PATHFINDER VEHICLE OWNERS. DUE TO THE NUMBER OF FAILURES THAT HAS OCCURRED IT IS IRRESPONSIBLE FOR NISSAN TO JUST EXTEND THE WARRANTY INSTEAD OF TAKING A PROACTIVE APPROACH AND ACTUALLY NOTIFYING THEIR CUSTOMERS OF THE PROBLEM AND FIXING THE KNOWN PROBLEM UNDER A VOLUNTARY RECALL. I URGE THE NHTSA TO INITIATE AN INVESTIGATION AND HOLD NISSAN RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR DESIGN FAILURE AND PROTECT THE PUBLIC FROM THE POTENTIAL SAFETY RISK BY FORCING A MANDATORY RECALL TO FIX THE PROBLEM INSTEAD OF JUST WAITING FOR FAILURE WHICH PUTS THE CONSUMER AT RISK. *TR

Mileage: 92,194

THE RADIATOR LEAKED FLUID INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION RENDERING IT USELESS. THIS IS A KNOWN DESIGN DEFECT WITH THE 2007 NISSAN. *TR

Mileage: 987,000

FAILURE OF AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DUE TO CROSS CONTAMINATION OF COOLANT FLUID INTO TRANSMISSION. *TR

Mileage: 107,900

WAS TOLD THAT RADIATOR COOLANT WAS MIXING WITH MY TRANSMISSION FLUID. I NOTICED FIRST THAT THE HEATER WASN'T GETTING VERY HOT A FEW MONTHS AGO, BUT SINCE I LIVE IN TEXAS, THIS WASN'T A HUGE DEAL FOR ME SINCE IT'S NOT THAT COLD AND SO I WAS GOING TO HAVE IT SERVICED AT MY NEXT REGULAR OIL CHANGE. HOWEVER, THEN JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, I NOTICED THAT THE CAR WOULD SHUDDER AROUND 45 - 50 MPH SO I TOOK IT IN IMMEDIATELY AND WAS TOLD THAT I WAS EXPERIENCING A KNOWN DEFECT OF NISSAN'S BUILT BETWEEN 2005 - 2010. IF I HAD KNOWN ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO (ABOUT THE TIME I STARTED NOTICING THE HEATER ISSUE) I WOULD'VE BEEN FULLY COVERED UNDER THEIR EXTENDED WARRANTY OF 80,000 MILES FOR THIS PARTICULAR DEFECT. BUT I'M AT 84,000 AND THEREFORE HAVE TO PAY $2500 OUT OF POCKET FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR. I FEEL THAT I SHOULD STILL BE COVERED SINCE I STARTED EXPERIENCING ISSUES BEFORE 80,000 MILES BUT I HAD NO IDEA THAT IT WOULD BE SUCH A HUGE PROBLEM THAT WOULD REQUIRE A NEW TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR ON A CAR THAT IS ONLY 7 YEARS OLD... *TR

Mileage: 84,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 50 MPH WHEN THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO JERK WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO A SAFE LOCATION AND INSPECTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO ADVISED THAT THE RADIATOR COOLANT LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION FLUID, WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE INTERNAL DAMAGE OF THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE WAS 110,000.

Mileage: 110,000

TRANSMISSION BEGAN SHUTTERING, NOT UP SHIFTING AND LIMITED ACCELERATION AND SPEED ON FREEWAY AT 55MPH. TURNS OUT THAT THE TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER LINES HAD BEEN LEAKING ANTI-FREEZE INTO TRANSMISSION AND DESTROYED IT. MANUFACTURER HAS REPLACED WITH SAME COOLER AND REBUILT (NOT NEW) TRANSMISSION. ISSUE STILL EXISTS INTERMITTENTLY. NEEDS RECALL ENFORCED. MANUFACTURER IS PRICING SAME COOLER AND REBUILT TRANSMISSION AT OVER $7000. THEN AGREEING TO ONLY CHARGE $2500 - $3000 PER CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT. OUTSIDE INDEPENDENT REPAIRS QUOTED AT $350 FOR COOLER AND LESS THAN $2000 FOR REBUILT TRANSMISSION. GOV.'T RECALL SHOULD COVER ALL NEW AND RE-DESIGNED PARTS. FAILURES WILL AND ARE OCCURRING AGAIN. CAN RESULT IN ACCIDENT AT HIGH SPEEDS. *TR

Mileage: 86,000

LEFT MOTEL AT 7AM, VEHICLE SEEMED TO HAVE TROUBLE SHIFTING, HIGH RPM..PULLED OVER TO CHECK..WOULD NOT START..TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. *TR THE CONSUMER STATED THE RADIATOR FAILED. UPDATED IVOQ 01/14/13

Mileage: 117,947

TRANSMISSION FAILURE FROM RADIATOR FLUID LEAKAGE INTO THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. THE COOLING SYSTEM FOR THE TRANSMISSION RUNS THROUGH THE RADIATOR. WHEN THE RADIATOR FAILS RADIATOR FLUID LEAKS INTO THE TRANNY FLUID AND DESTROYS THE INTERNAL TRANSMISSION CLUTCH PLATES AND TORQUE CONVERTER. NISSAN EXTENDED THE WARRANTY FROM 36K TO 80K MILES OR 8 YEARS ON THE RADIATOR, KNOWING THERE WAS A PROBLEM, BUT NO NOTICE FROM THEM TO OWNERS OF THIS PROBLEM. WHEN THE PROBLEM STARTS, IT IS TOO LATE, RESULTING IN $6800 - $7500 IN PERSONAL EXPENSES TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR. NISSAN WILL NOT CONSIDER FIXING AFTER 80K MILES. I HAVE 127000 AND ONLY 5 YEARS OLD VEHICLE. THIS PROBLEM WAS ACKNOWLEDGED TO AFFECT 2005 - 2010 PATHFINDERS. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS ISSUE ON FORUMS, WHICH I FIND AFTER I HAVE THE PROBLEM. NISSAN SHOULD RECALL THE RADIATORS AND FIX THE PROBLEMS. IT IS A DEFECTIVE $300 RADIATOR THAT DAMAGES A $7000 TRANSMISSION!... THIS IS UNFORTUNATE AND IRRESPONSIBLE FOR NISSAN AND IS BASICALLY A BAND-AID ON A SERIOUS HAZARD. NOW MY $30,000 VEHICLE IS WORTH $3,000 TO THE DEALER FOR TRADE IN. *TR

Mileage: 127,000

WHILE DRIVING I NOTICED A GRINDING SOUND WHEN I REACHED SPEEDS OF 40-45 MPH. WHEN I PULLED IN TO PARK THE VEHICLE THERE WAS A LOUD GRIND AND THEN THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. AFTER CHECKING THE FLUID LEVELS I FOUND THAT THE ENGINE COOLANT AND THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WERE MIXING. *TR

Mileage: 100,251

IT WAS NOVEMBER 2011, I WAS DRIVING MY NISSAN 2007 AT THAT TIME I WAS 9 MONTHS PREGNANT. MY DAUGHTER WHO WAS 5 YEARS OLD WAS WITH ME. I WAS ENTERING THE FREEWAY WHEN MY CAR STARTED TO SHAKE,MAKE NOISES AND IT STARTED TO SLOWDOWN ON ITS OWN. I PRESSES THE SPEEDING PEDAL BUT IT KEPT LOOSING POWER. MY DAUGHTER WAS CRYING BECAUSE SHE WAS SCARE. I WAS CRYING TOO I DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO I WAS IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION BECAUSE IT HAPPEN WHEN TRAFFIC WAS AT ITS PICK. I COULD NOT STOP BECAUSE CARS WHERE BEHIND ME AND I COULD NOT SPEED BECAUSE MY CAR WAS LOOSING POWER AND IT SMELL LIKE SOMETHING WAS BURNING. I MANAGE TO GET OFF THE FREEWAY WITH THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS AND STOP THE CAR AT THE MOMENT THE CAR DIE(NO POWER). A TOW TRUCK HAD TO TAKE AS HOME. NISSAN WOULD NOT FIX THE PROBLEM BECAUSE OF THE MILES/WARRANTY WHICHEVER COMES FIRST RULE THAT THEY HAVE. THEY WOULD FIXED FOR A LOT OF MONEY ANYWAY I TOOK IT TO A SHOP AN I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE RADIATOR WHICH DAMAGE THE TRANSMISSION. I HAD IT REPAIR AND A FEW DAYS LATTER ALL THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS ON THE CAR TURN ON AND WENT CRAZY AND THE CAR STOP AT ONES THIS TIME IT WAS THE GAS TANK. IT SCARE ME SO MUCH THAT I CALL MY HUSBAND AND TOLD HIM, "THIS CAR IS GOING TO KILL ME AND MY CHILDREN" NISSAN PATHFINDER IS DANGEROUS AND SOMETHING MUST BE DONE OR SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET KILL. IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE PLEASE HELP US. DO SOMETHING WE NEED HELP PATHFINDERS ARE DANGEROUS NISSAN WON'T FIX THIS FACTORY PROBLEM WITH OUT GETTING PAY. PLEASE A RECALL NEEDS TO GET DONE. I BEG YOU DO SOMETHING THIS IS THE USA OR NOT? I KNOW AT LIST 3 MORE PEOPLE THAT HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THIS CARS AND ALL THE MECHANICS AGREE THAT IT IS A FACTORY PROBLEM. I WILL NEVER BUY A NISSAN IT IS A LEMON! FIRST RADIATOR LINKAGE THEN LIQUID IN TRANSMISSION THEN REPLACE TRANSMISSION THAN IT WILL BE THE GAS TANK WHAT IS NEXT? *TR

Mileage: 52,000

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, I FELT MY TRANSMISSION SEEM TO SHIFT VERY ROUGHLY INTO OVERDRIVE, AND USUALLY OCCURRED BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. OVER THE COURSE OF ABOUT A YEAR, IT CONTINUED THE BEHAVIOR OFF AND ON, UNTIL IT BEGAN TO DO IT DAILY AND I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP. IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING HAD ANTIFREEZE LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION DUE TO THE OIL COOLER LINES CRACKING, A COMMON PROBLEM WITH NISSAN PATHFINDERS, AND OTHER NISSAN VEHICLES OF MY MODEL YEAR. THERE WAS METAL IN THE TRANSMISSION PAN WHICH SIGNIFIES THAT A REBUILD IS INEVITABLE, ALL DUE TO THE MIXING OF ANTIFREEZE IN THE TRANSMISSION. THE RADIATOR MUST ALSO BE REPLACED DUE TO THE MIXING OF TRANSMISSION FLUID, AS THE MECHANICS FOUND THE "MILKY" SUBSTANCE, TYPICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE MIXING OF WATER AND TRANSMISSION FLUID IN THE RADIATOR. SO FAR, I HAVE BEEN QUOTED APPROXIMATELY 6,300 DOLLARS FOR A REPAIR JOB ON THIS VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 130,000

2007 NISSAN PATHFINDER RADIATOR DEFECT CAUSING LEAK OF COOLANT INTO TRANSMISSION FLUID AND RESULTING IN TRANSMISSION/RADIATOR COMPLETE DAMAGE, UNDETECTED BY DEALER SERVICE FOR 30,000 MILES. PROBLEM DETECTED WITH OPENING OF INVESTIGATION. NISSAN REQUIRES CO-PAY OF $2,500 EVEN THOUGH COMPLAINTS OCCURRED PREVIOUS TO 80K MILES AND WHEN PROBLEM DETECTED, WAS 414 MILES OVER REQUIRING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR A KNOWN DEFECT. *TR

Mileage: 80,414

2007 NISSAN PATHFINDER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR PROBLEMS *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE REPAIRS TOTALED $ 3,399.10. *JB UPDATED 11/05/12

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING MY 8TH GRADE SON AND HIS BASKETBALL TEAM TO MIDDLE SCHOOL GAME. SHE WAS ON THE FREEWAY GOING 65 MPH, WHEN SHE FELT THE CAR JERK AND THEN START TO LOSE SPEED, THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING BUT THE CAR HAD SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR. SHE HAD NO POWER AND LUCKILY SHE HAD ROOM TO COAST TO THE SHOULDER. WE TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER THE NEXT DAY THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO RADIATOR FLUID IN THE TRANSMISSION. WE REPLACED THE RADIATOR AND COOLANT LINES AND FLUSHED THE TRANSMISSION, AND IT RAN FINE FOR A FEW MONTHS. BUT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON LAST MONTH, WE TOOK IT IN AND NOW THEY TELL US THAT WE HAVE TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS ISSUE WITH THE NISSAN PATHFINDER, FRONTIER AND XTERRA. IT SEEMS TO BE MORE AND MORE OF A COMMON ISSUE WITH NISSAN OWNERS AND NISSAN IS NOT DOING ANYTHING TO REPAIR THIS VERY SERIOUS AND COSTLY PROBLEM. I JUST GOT AN ESTIMATE ON TUESDAY (9/4/12) FOR $9459.00 WORTH OF REPAIRS TO THE TRANSMISSION AND THE RADIATOR. I BOUGHT THE CAR NEW FROM NISSAN, AND IT NOW HAS 110,502 MILES. *TR

Mileage: 104,000

WIFE FIRST NOTICED A VIBRATION ON HER WAY HOME FROM SCHOOL WITH OUR DAUGHTERS. BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE OVER TIME. I HAD TIRES, BEARINGS, ETC CHECKED. NO PROBLEMS FOUND WITH ANY OF THOSE. LOOKED ONLINE AND DISCOVERED THAT A LOT OF PATHFINDER OWNERS WERE HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. CHECKED COOLANT AND FOUND THAT IT HAD IN FACT MIXED WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID. I SWITCHED THE LINES FROM THE TRANSMISSION TO TRANS COOLER AND RADIATOR TO PREVENT FURTHER CONTAMINATION, AND FLUSHED RADIATOR/REPLACED COOLANT. ALSO HAD TRANSMISSION FLUSHED/FLUID CHANGED. THE VIBRATION IS STILL PRESENT, AS I DON'T HAVE $5000 + FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION/RADIATOR. *TR

Mileage: 88,000

I HAVE MAINTAINED MY CAR. IN JUNE, MY NISSAN DEALERSHIP CHARGED ME $1500 AFTER I REPORTED A JOLT IN THE TRANSMISSION. I BROUGHT IT BACK 08/10/2012 AND THEY SAID THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED REPLACED. I TOOK IT TO ANOTHER SHOP AND THEY SAID THE RADIATOR FLUID HAD LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND RUINED THE TRANSMISSION PRESENTING A FINANCIAL BURDEN AND A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE. *TR UPDATED 09/13/12

Mileage: 107,000

I UNDERSTAND NOW THAT NISSAN PATHFINDER OWNER (05-07) HAVE EXPERIENCED ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSION FAILING DUE TO DEFECTIVE PARTS. I NOW HAVE TO HAVE MY TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR REPLACED TO THE TUNE OF $7000+. WHY HAS THERE BEEN NO RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN PAHTFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH. THE RADIATOR FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE RADIATOR, WATER PUMP, RADIATOR THERMOSTAT, AND TRANSMISSION WERE DAMAGED DUE TO LEAKING RADIATOR FLUID. THE DEALER ALSO STATED THAT RADIATOR NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THIS WAS THE SECOND OCCURRENCE OF THE SAME FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED BOTH FAILURES. THE MANUFACTURE WAS NOTIFIED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 71,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 122,000.

Mileage: 71,000

I DROVE 2HRS AWAY TO PICK UP MY NIECE FROM COLLEGE. THE VEHICLE WAS FINE ON THE FREEWAY, BUT AS SOON AS WE EXITED, IT STARTED TO SPUTTER. WE WERE VERY CLOSE TO CAMPUS SO WE PULLED IN AND MADE IT THROUGH A COUPLE MORE STOP SIGNS BEFORE WE PULLED INTO A STALL AND PARKED. IT WOULD NOT START AFTER THAT. I HAD TO TOW IT BACK HOME AND TO THE DEALER SHIP WHERE I WAS TOLD THAT A PROBLEM IN THE RADIATOR CAUSED FLUIDS TO MIX WHICH SHOT MY ENGINE. NOW NISSAN WANTS TO CHARGE ME $7650 FOR A RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. THAT'S RIDICULES CONSIDERING NISSAN KNEW THESE VEHICLE HAD FAULTY RADIATORS IN THEM. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN VERY DANGEROUS IF THIS OCCURRED ON THE FREEWAY! *TR

Mileage: 138,203

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE TRAVELING 40 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED A GRUMBLING SOUND COMING FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE RADIATOR WAS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION. BOTH THE TRANSMISSION AND THE RADIATOR WERE REPLACED. THE CURRENT AND THE FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 87,000.

Mileage: 87,000

CAR WOULD NOT ENGAGE IN REVERSE. THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS MY TRANSMISSION FAILING DUE TO DESIGN FLAW THAT ALLOWED RADIATOR COOLING FLUID TO LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION. I HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AT A COST OR $3,400. THE CAR WARRANTY HAD RUN OUT AND I WAS NOT REIMBURSED BY NISSAN. NISSAN HAS NOT RECOGNIZED THAT THEY HAVE A DESIGN FLAW ISSUE THAT IS COSTING THEIR CAR OWNERS THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN REPAIRS AS WELL AS RUINING THEIR REPUTATION. *TR

Mileage: 116,000

IF YOU ARE NOT ALREADY AWARE, THERE HAVE BEEN MANY PROBLEMS CONCERNING THIS VEHICLE, WHICH ARE ALMOST ALL SIMILAR TO EACH OTHER. PERSONALLY I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WHICH RANGE FROM: ROUGH ENGINE VIBRATION AT 40MPH, AND 60MPH, THERMOMETER SPIKES WHEN ACCELERATOR IS ENGAGED AT 2500+ RPM, VIOLENT JERKING OF CAR, LOUD ENGINE FAN, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY LOSS OF FORWARD ACCELERATION WHEN ACTIVELY PRESSING ON GAS PEDAL. I BROUGHT THIS TO A NISSAN DEALER TO HAVE THIS DIAGNOSED AND THEY HAVE CONFIRMED THAT MY INITIAL WORRIES WERE CORRECT. A DEFECT DURING MANUFACTURING OF THIS VEHICLE HAS CAUSED RADIATOR COOLANT TO LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION OR VICE-VERSA CAUSING THE DETERIORATION OF BOTH SYSTEMS. THIS IN TURN CORRELATES TO ENGINE OVERHEATING AND MANY OTHER PROBLEMS WHILE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE ALSO THE HOUSING OF THE TIMING CHAIN IS NON-EXISTENT. THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSIS AND PRICE QUOTE FOR REPAIRS NEARS THE $10,000 MARK.A PRICE WHICH IS ALMOST HALF OF WHAT I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE FOR. AS OF YESTERDAY 3/17/12 MY VEHICLE HAS LOST ACCELERATION POWER. *TR

HEATING SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING. VERY OFTEN WHILE DRIVING THE CAR, IT WILL MAKE A STRANGE NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD FOLLOWED BY A VIBRATING/SHAKING MOVEMENT FROM THE SAME AREA. THE SPEEDOMETER HAS ALSO AT ONE POINT FAILED TO MOVE, IT WAS STUCK ON THE ZERO MARK. *TR *JS

Mileage: 65,000

THIS EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE. I AM A MOTHER AND DRIVE TO ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES EVERYDAY WHICH ADDS IMMENSE STRESS ON ME EVERYDAY KNOWING THAT ANY SECOND MY CAR WILL BREAK DOWN LEAVING US STRANDED. I BOUGHT MY PATHFINDER USED FROM THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND HAVE BARELY OWNED IT FOR 2 YEARS. I TOOK IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP AFTER IT WAS RUNNING AT 40MPH AND WOULD NOT LET ME ACCELERATE AND MAKING CRAZY GRINDING NOISES AS THOUGH I WERE RIDING ON THE ROAD SHOULDER. THE DEALERSHIP INFORMED ME THAT IT WASN'T A PROBLEM WITH MY TRANSMISSION BUT MY RADIATOR LEAKING COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION WHICH AS A RESULT RUINED THE TRANSMISSION. HAVING DONE RESEARCH ON THE ISSUE I HAVE READ THAT IT IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THESE MODELS AND THAT NISSAN CORPORATE IS WELL AWARE OF AND REFUSE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THIS IS A GREAT BIG SAFETY ISSUE IMPOSED ON MY FAMILY AND I AM TERRIFIED TO EVEN DRIVE. I AM UPSIDE DOWN ON MY VEHICLE AND CANNOT TRADE IT IN ON A NEW VEHICLE AND AM LEFT WITH MY HANDS TIED. I AM JOINING THE OTHER MILLIONS OUT THERE FILING A CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST NISSAN IN THE HOPES OF RESOLVING THIS ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 102,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATED 45-55 MPH, THE VEHICLE GAVE A HARD SURGE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND A DIAGNOSTIC WAS PERFORMED, WHICH LOCATED AS THE RADIATOR FLUID CONTAMINATING THE TRANSMISSION. THE TRANSMISSION AND THE RADIATOR WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

Mileage: 85,000

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON THE CAR. ALSO, THE FUEL DELIVERY SYSTEM HAS BECOME A SIGNIFICANT HAZARD IN THE CAR. THE PATHFINDER'S GASOLINE GAUGE INDICATES THAT IT IS HALF FULL, BUT SUDDENLY THE YELLOW LIGHT COMES ON TO INDICATE THE CAR IS EMPTY. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT HAZARD WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY AND THERE ARE TIMES WHERE A GAS STATION MAY NOT BE EASILY ACCESSIBLE. *TR

Mileage: 45,000

I HAVEN'T FINISHED PAYING OFF MY CAR AND ALREADY THE TRANSMISSION OF MY NISSAN PATHFINDER 2007 XL IS FAILING. THE RADIATOR SPILLED THE COOLING LIQUID INTO THE TRANSMISSION, WHICH THEN PROCEEDED TO CAUSE SERIOUS PROBLEMS TO THE TRANSMISSION. THE GUARANTY EXPIRED AFTER 100 000 MILES, EVEN THOUGH PRIOR TO THAT THE MILEAGE THE GUARANTY STILL APPLIED. NOW, IN ORDER TO FIX THE TRANSMISSION, OR REPLACE IT FOR A NEW ONE, WILL COST ME OVER $5000USD. I'D LIKE TO UNITE TO THE EXISTING COMPLAINTS/LAWSUIT AGAINST NISSAN ON THE MATTER OF THE FAULTS FOUND IN THE 2007 NISSAN PATHFINDER, AS I FEEL THAT IS UNFAIR THAT THE COMPANY WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF FAULT IN ITS PRODUCT HAS NOT WARNED THE PUBLIC AND HAS PROCEEDED TO SELL THE PRODUCT TO THE PUBLIC, LEAVING US WITH A FAULTY MACHINE THAT IN THE END IS MORE EXPENSIVE, AND NOT A SATISFACTORY PRODUCT. I AM HOPEFUL THAT THE COMPANY WILL RESPONSE TO ALL OF OUR COMPLAINTS, STEPPING FORWARD AND TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE THEY HAVE CAUSED, AND HOPEFULLY TAKING OWNERSHIP OF THE EXPENSES THAT DUE TO THEIR LACK OF RESPONSIBILITY, HAVE BEEN INCURRED ON TO US, THE CONSUMERS. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING THE ENGINE MADE A WHINING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST THAT LOCATED THE FAILURE WITHIN THE TIMING CHAIN. THE MANUFACTURER DENIED ASSISTANCE WITH THE REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 32,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 64,000.

Mileage: 32,000

AS I WAS DRIVING MY 2007 NISSAN PATHFINDER (120,000 ,MILES) THROUGH A BUSY INTERSECTION, I LOST THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE AT ALL. AFTER A VERY FRIGHTENING COUPLE OF MINUTES I WAS ABLE TO STEER THE VEHICLE THROUGH AND COAST DOWN A SMALL INCLINE TO A NEARBY PARKING LOT. AFTER THREEDAYS OUR LOCAL MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO FIX THE CAR, AS HE CONCLUDED THAT THE ECM HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP, WHO AGREED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE ECM ($1014 REPAIR). AFTER THREE MORE DAYS, THEY'VE NOW TOLD US THAT THE PROBLEM IS NOT THE ECM, BUT THE FACT THAT THE RADIATOR FLUID HAS LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION, DESTROYING IT. THEY ARE QUOTING A REPAIR COST OF $7500. I HAVE BEEN WITHOUT A VEHICLE FOR OVER A WEEK (RENTING A CAR BECAME COST PROHIBITIVE), AND NOW WILL SPEND THE MORNING TRYING TO FIND A MORE COST EFFECTIVE WAY TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. I'VE LEARNED THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE OF WHICH NISSAN IS COMPLETELY AWARE. THE COOLANT LEAK/TRANSMISSION FAILURE IS IN FACT A DESIGN DEFECT IN THE VEHICLE. IT IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE THAT NISSAN HAS NOT RECALLED THESE VEHICLES, OR AT THE VERY LEAST MADE THE REPAIR FREE FOR CONSUMERS REGARDLESS OF VEHICLE MILEAGE. I WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER NISSAN AFTER THIS EXPERIENCE. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

RADIATOR LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING TRANSMISSION DAMAGE, REQUIRING A NEW RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. NISSAN KNOWS THIS IS AN ISSUE AND HAS NOT NOTIFIED CUSTOMERS TO FIX THIS PRIOR TO THE PART FAILING TO PREVENT MAJOR DAMAGE. THEY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO 85K MILES FOR THAT PART, BUT IT NEEDS TO FAIL FOR THEM TO COVER THE REPAIR. I COULD HAVE REPLACED THE PART FOR AROUND $400 PREVENTING THE DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION, IF NISSAN WOULD HAVE TOLD ITS CUSTOMERS. NOW I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION FOR $4000 AND RENT A CAR FOR ONE MONTH AT $800. THE DAMAGE OCCURRED WHEN I WAS DRIVING. FORTUNATELY I WAS NOT ON A BUSY HIGHWAY WHEN THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. IT TOOK SO LONG TO FIX THE TRANSMISSION BECAUSE PARTS ARE ON BACK ORDER TO REPAIR THE TRANSMISSION. *TR

Mileage: 104,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHUTTER. A LOCAL MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT RADIATOR FLUID WAS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER DENIED ANY ASSISTANCE WITH THE REPAIRS TO THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 83,400 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 83,600.

Mileage: 83,400

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2007 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE WAS VIBRATING. HE ALSO MENTIONED THAT WHEN HE APPLIED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IT WOULD NOT ENGAGE IMMEDIATELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE CONTROLLER AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RADIATOR MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION AND COOLANT FLUIDS TO MIX, AS A RESULT THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 86,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 86,992.

Mileage: 86,000

MY SON WAS ON HIS WAY TO SCHOOL WHEN I RECEIVED A CALL FROM HIM INFORMING ME THAT THE PATHFINDER WAS RUNNING HOT. I ADVISED HIM TO PULL OVER AND WAIT UNTIL I ARRIVE. WHEN I LET THE HOOD UP, I SAW FOAM-LIKE SUBSTANCES COMING FROM THE RADIATOR. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A MECHANIC SHOP TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT. HE INFORMED ME THAT THE RADIATOR HAD BURST AND LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION. HE CHANGED THE RADIATOR AND INFORMED ME THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD STOP WORKING SOON. SINCE THAN, I HAVE CHANGED THE FLUID 3 TIMES @ $60.00 EACH TIME AND THE FLUID IS STILL PINKISH. NOW MY TRANSMISSION VIBRATES BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH *KB

Mileage: 110,000

MY SON WAS ON HIS WAY TO SCHOOL WHEN I RECEIVED A CALL FROM HIM INFORMING ME THAT THE PATHFINDER WAS RUNNING HOT. I ADVISED HIM TO PULL OVER AND WAIT UNTIL I ARRIVE. WHEN I LET THE HOOD UP, I SAW FOAM-LIKE SUBSTANCES COMING FROM THE RADIATOR. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A MECHANIC SHOP TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT. HE INFORMED ME THAT THE RADIATOR HAD BURST AND LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION. HE CHANGED THE RADIATOR AND INFORMED ME THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD STOP WORKING SOON. SINCE THAN, I HAVE CHANGED THE FLUID 3 TIMES @ $60.00 EACH TIME AND THE FLUID IS STILL PINKISH. NOW MY TRANSMISSION VIBRATES BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH *KB

Mileage: 110,000

2007 NISSAN PATHFINDER. COOLER FOR TRANSMISSION FLUID RESIDES IN RADIATOR. RADIATOR CRACKS, ALLOWING ENGINE COOLANT INTO TRANSMISSION, DESTROYING TRANSMISSION. *KB

Mileage: 86,000

A HIGH PITCHED WHINING NOISE FROM UNDER THE HOOD ON A 2007 NISSAN PATHFINDER. TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP IN MODESTO CALIFORNIA AND MY WIFE WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD COST 1,300 TO REPLACE THE TIMING CHAIN TENSIONERS OR MORE IF THE TIMING CHAIN(S) WERE BAD. THE CAR HAS 71, 000 MILES AND I WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY. MY WIFE WAS TOLD THE CAR WAS SAFE TO DRIVE AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NO RISK OF FURTHER DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. I HAVE READ SEVERAL OTHER INSTANCES WHERE TIMING CHAIN COMPONENTS FAIL JUST BEYOND THE MANUFACTURE'S STATED WARRANTY. THE ISSUE HAS HAD A TSB SINCE JULY OF 2007 #07042A. I HAVE HAD ALL OF MY SERVICE DONE AT THIS DEALER AND I HAD NEVER BEEN ADVISED ABOUT THE TSB OR THE NOISE. THE TIMING CHAIN NOR THE TENSIONERS SHOULD NOT FAIL AT 70,000 MILES. I ALSO HAVE UNEVEN TIRE WEAR WITH NO ALIGNMENT ISSUES. VEHICLE=LEMON. *TR

Mileage: 71,000

RECEIVED WARRANTY EXTENSION ON MY 2007 PATHFINDER RADIATOR TO 80,000. RADIATOR HAS FAULTY TRANSMISSION COOLER INSIDE WHICH LEAKS INTO TRANSMISSION CAUSING TRANSMISSION FAILURE. WHY NOT A RECALL. CALLED NISSAN CORPORATE AND THEY SAID THEY WILL ONLY FIX THE KNOWN DEFECT AFTER THE FAILURE WHICH OF COURSE LEAVES YOU STRANDED SOMEWHERE. THIS MAKES THE VEHICLE AN UNRELIABLE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION, ESPECIALLY ON LONG TRIPS. VERY DISSATISFIED WITH THIS VEHICLE DUE TO TRANSMISSION COOLER DEFECTS, TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER DEFECT, AND THE FUEL GAUGE INOP DEFECT. THESE ARE ALL MAJOR DEFECTS IN WHICH NISSAN GOT OFF EASY BY WARRANTY EXTENSIONS AND NOT PREVENTATIVE REPAIRS OF KNOWN DEFECTS. *TR

Mileage: 13,500

LIKE SOME OF THE OTHER COMPLAINTS, I ALSO HAD TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITH MY 2007 NISSAN PATHFINDER. IN OCTOBER 2009, WITH 48,000 MILES, MY TRANSMISSION STARTED TO ACT UP, SHIFTING IN AND OUT OF OVERDRIVE VERY ABRUPTLY, AND VIOLENTLY. ALSO, WHEN I WAS AT A CRUISING RPM OF 1500-2500 RPM, IN OVERDRIVE, THE CAR WOULD VIBRATE VERY VIOLENTLY. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY STATED THAT IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION, AND FORTUNATE FOR ME, IT WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. 6,000 MILES LATER, IN FEBRUARY 2010, THE PROBLEM CAME BACK. ONCE AGAIN, I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER. THIS TIME THEY STATED THAT THEY FOUND ANTIFREEZE IN THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. THEY STATED THAT THEY NEEDED TO CONTACT A NISSAN REP FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS. 3 DAYS LATER I RECEIVED A CALL STATING THE PROBLEM (ANTIFREEZE WAS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION LINES FROM INSIDE THE RADIATOR, AND IT NEEDED REPLACED), AND THEY SAID THAT NISSAN WOULD COVER THE TRANSMISSION, BUT NOT THE RADIATOR. WHEN ASKED THE PRICE OF THE RADIATOR, THEY QUOTED ME 650 DOLLARS! THE RADIATOR ENDED UP COSTING ME 677 DOLLARS AFTER TAXES, AND THEY REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION UNDER WARRANTY, ALTHOUGH THEY STATED THAT THEY SHOULD NOT, SINCE THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO THE RADIATOR. I SEE THAT THIS WAS NOT JUST A FLUKE PROBLEM WITH MY VEHICLE, BUT IT SEEMS TO BE COMMON WITH THIS VEHICLE. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED OVER THIS MATTER, FOR IT IS A SAFTEY ISSUE, AND SOMEONE IS BOUND TO GET INJURED, IF THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY. I HAVE FOUND HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ONLINE OVER THE LEAKING AND MIXING INSIDE OF THE RADIATOR, LEADING TO THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. TODAY, ON AUGUST 24, 2010, I LEARNED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER WILL NOW NEED REPLACED. A 2007 NISSAN PATHFINDER WITH 64K MILES, ON ITS 3RD TRANSMISSION, NEW RADIATOR, AND NOW WILL NEED A TORQUE CONVERTER. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE!!! NISSAN REFUSES TO ACCEPT FAULT FOR THE PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 54,000

A HIGH PITCHED HUMMING/WHINING NOISE FROM UNDER THE HOOD ON A 2007 NISSAN PATHFINDER. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP AND AFTER PERFORMING A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK, THEY STATED THAT IT WAS THE TIMING CHAIN AND IT WOULD BE $935.00 TO REPAIR. I ASKED THAT SINCE THE CAR WAS ONLY TWO YEARS OLD WITH MAINTENANCE RECORDS SHOULDN'T IT BE UNDER WARRANTY. THEY STATED THAT SINCE I HAD 65,000 MILES I MISSED THE DEADLINE BY 5,000 MILES AND IT WAS O.K. TO KEEP DRIVING AND NOT TO WORRY ABOUT IT. I RESEARCHED AND FOUND THAT THEY HAVE HAD A SERVICE BULLETIN (NTB07-042A) OUT ABOUT THIS ISSUE SINCE APRIL, 17,2009. I HAVE HAD MY VEHICLE IN A FEW TIMES SINCE THE BULLETIN CAME OUT AND FEEL THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE NOTIFIED ME ESPECIALLY SINCE I HAVE PAID FOR ANOTHER BULLETIN ISSUE REGARDING THE FUEL GAUGE(REFERENCE SERVICE BULLETIN NTB07-069B) THAT COST ME $395.00. I FEEL THE DEALERSHIP IS NEGLIGENT IN ADVISING MY WIFE TO NOT WORRY ABOUT THE TIMING CHAIN AND TO GO AHEAD AND DEAL WITH IT LATER. IT APPEARS THAT THEY WANTED MORE MILEAGE TO PLACED ON THE VEHICLE SO THEY WOULD HAVE A STRONGER CLAIM DOWN THE ROAD TO NOT PAY FOR THE REPAIRS THAT WERE MENTIONED ON A BULLETIN FIVE MONTHS PRIOR -WHICH MEANS THAT ISSUES HAVE EXISTED LONG BEFORE THIS TIME FRAME FOR A BULLETIN TO BE ISSUED. I LIVE IN ATLANTA, GA., A MAJOR METROPOLITAN CITY AND I FEEL THAT THE DEALERSHIP PUT MY FAMILY AT RISK BY ADVISING THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SAFE TO DRIVE OFF THE LOT BECAUSE WHENT HE TIMING CHAIN GOES THE CAR LOOSES THE CAPABILITY TO FUNCTION - WHICH IS NOT SAFE ON THE BUSY MAJOR INTERSTATE SYSTEM. I HAVE SEEN A FEW INTERNET THREADS THAT MENTION SIMILAR EXPERIENCES. REGARDING THE FUEL GAUGE ISSUE (NTB07-069B), THIS SERVICE BULLETIN CAME OUT AUGUST 12TH, 2009 I HAD TO HAVE THIS WORK DONE ON 04/24/2009 AND IT COST ME THE $395.00. I HAVE ALSO HAD THE VEHICLE IN AND REPAIRED AT MY COST FOR SERVICE BULLETIN (NTB07-063)...ANOTHER BULLETIN I DISCOVERED TODAY. THE MAIN POINT IS A TIMING CHAIN SHOULD NOT GO OUT AT 65,000 MILES...VEHICLE = LEMON. *TR

Mileage: 65,000