1994 NISSAN QUEST Exterior Lighting Problems

BRAKE LIGHTS AND TAIL LIGHTS FAIL TO COME ON AND DASH LIGHTS HAVE ALSO FAILED,DEALER STATES VEHICLE NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL 96V253004 . SEVERAL OTHER COMPLAINS ABOUT THIS FROM DIFFERENT MANUFACTURING DATES AND VIN#. SEEMS TO BE MORE UNIVERSAL THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT. HOPING NISSAN CAN RESOLVE. *TR

Mileage: 300,000

DT: CONSUMER STATES BRAKE LIGHTS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE SHOP, METAL TUBE THAT SEPARATES FROM HOUSING WAS DEFECTIVE. NO LIGHTS CAME ON. PUT IN NEW BRAKE SWITCH, NEW FUSES, AND BULBS.*AK

Mileage: 110,000

THE TAIL LIGHTS WERE DEFECTIVE. THEY WERE CAUSING THE DASHBOARD, AND ALL OF THE MARKER LIGHTS TO FAIL. THE DEALER STATEED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. *JB 96V253004

Mileage: 25,800

REAR LAMP DOES NOT ILLUMINATE RELIABLY BECAUSE METAL CAN IN THE LAMP SOCKET MOVES AND SEPARATES FROM PLASTIC SOCKET HOUSING. THIS RESULTS IN MALFUNCTION OF THE STOP AND REAR RUNNING LAMPS. REAR LAMP MALFUNCTION COULD RESULT IN FOLLOWING DRIVERS COLLIDING WITH VEHICLE BY VIRTUE OF NOT BEING ALERTED TO SUBJECT VEHICLES PRESENCE OR INTENDED ACTIONS. ISSUE IMPACT BOTH REAR LIGHTS.*AK

Mileage: 50,000

THE REAR LAMP SOCKET COMES ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY DUE TO METAL SEPARATING FROM PLASTIC SOCKETS, WHICH CAUSED THE REAR LIGHTS TO FAIL. *AK THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECT AS STATED IN RECALL 96V253004, BUT THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED. CONSUMER FEELS IF THE VEHICLE WAS NOT PRODUCED IN NUMERICAL ORDER, THEN HOW COULD THEY GO BY THE VIN. *PH *JB

Mileage: 132,000

THE TAIL LIGHT SOCKET COME ON INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE LIGHT BULB TO THE SOCKET HAS BEEN REPLACE MORE THAN ONCE. PLEASE FURNISH ADDTIONAL INFORMATIOM. DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. MR

DEFECT MATCHES DESCRIPTION FOR MFG. CAMPAIGN #96V253004. I TOOK IT TO A NISSAN DEALER FOR REPAIR BUT THEY REFUSED TO COVER THE REPAIR. THEY CLAIMED THAT MY VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTERED SEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE THE RECALLED VEHICLES. *AK

RECALL 96 V 253 004/REAR LAMP SOCKET: VEHICLE STOPPED AND REAR RUNNING LIGHT STOPPED OPERATING INTERMITTENTLY. REPLACED BULBS EVERY THREE MONTHS. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVER UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

REAR BRAKE LIGHT ON LEFT HAND SIDE FAILS TO WORK PROPERLY. THE SOCKET FOR THE BULB IS LOOSE. IT WOULD WORK FOR A SHORT PERIOD & THEN THE LIGHT WILL NOT WORK. TALKEN TO DEALER DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER IT WOULD B EEXPENSIVE TO REPAIR & NOT UNDER RECALL. *AK

BRAKE LIGHT FAILURE ALSO OCCURS OUTSIDE OF NHTSA SB048944; MY VEHICLE WAS MNFD 10/93, SIX MONTHS BEFORE THE NHTSA RECALL MNFD DATE RANGE

THE BRAKE LIGHT FUSE BLEW-UP FIVE TIMES WITHIN A TWO-MONTH PERIOD, THUS CAUSING THE BRAKE LIGHTS NOT OPERATE WHEN BRAKE IS APPLIED. I HAVE CONTACTED NISSAN ABOUT THIS. THEY SAID THEY ARE RECALLING 1994 MODELS OF QUEST MINI-VAN DUE TO THIS DEFECT (NHTSA CAMPAIGN # 96V253004) BUT THEY SAID MY CAR IS NOT INCLUDED BECAUSE THE VIN IS NOT ON THEIR LIST. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ITEM BECAUSE THE CAR DRIVER FOLLOWING YOU WON'T HAVE ANY MEANS OF WARNING IF YOU ARE SLOWING DOWN/STOPPING. HE COULD BUMP/CRASH ONTO YOUR CAR. I HAVE REPLACED THE ORIGINAL FUSE WITH THOSE BOUGHT FROM THE DEALER. SINCE THE CAR'S WARRANTY EXPIRED, I WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT IF YOU COULD HELP ME AND OTHER OWNERS OF THIS MODEL OF CAR BEFORE I/WE BRING IT TO THE REPAIR SHOP. THANK YOU