Nissan Pathfinder Transmission Defect Claims and Class Action

Consumers are complaining of transmission related problems on the 2009-2013 Nissan Pathfinder.  Problems include shudder and vibration.  Owner of the Pathfinder with transmission problems may be entitled to compensation for repair costs, inconvenience, or potentially other damages.  Our office is evaluating a class action.   Here are  typical complaints filed with the NHTSA

Date Complaint Filed: 08/27/2014
Component(s): POWER TRAIN

Date of Incident: 12/28/2013
NHTSA ID Number: 10628699      

Vehicle Make Model Model Year(s) NISSAN PATHFINDER 2013                      

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Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.

Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): 5N1AR2MN4DC...

SUMMARY:

I HAD JUST STARTED OFF AFTER MAKING A TURN FROM A RED LIGHT AND THE VEHICLE STARTED SHUTTERING REAL BAD AND FELT LIKE IT WAS IN THE REAR END. THIS WAS JUST THE FIRST TIME OF MANY TIMES. IT STILL DOES IT TO DATE. I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE BRAND NEW FROM MERCER NISSAN IN LUFKIN, TEXAS ON DECEMBER 21, 2013 AND I AM GOING TO FILE A COMPLAINT AGAINST THEM ALSO. I STILL HAVE THE STUPID VEHICLE BECAUSE I AM TOO UPSIDE DOWN TO GET RID OF IT. I HAVE ALREADY HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED WHICH TOOK THEM 11 MONTHS BEFORE THEY DECIDED TO DO THAT. I HAVE ALSO HAD ALL THE NEW SOFTWARE DOWNLOADED AND OTHER PARTS REPLACED. I AM STILL TOLD IF THEY CAN'T DUPLICATE IT THEY CAN NOT FIX IT. SO I AM STUCK WITH A 2013 NISSAN PATHFINDER THAT I WOULDN'T PAY TWO CENTS FOR IF I HAD IT ALL TO DO AGAIN. I AM BEING TOLD THAT IF OTHERS ARE NOT COMPLAINING A RECALL WILL NOT BE ISSUED. THIS VEHICLE IS NOT WORTH THE MONEY I PAID FOR IT. I ALSO READ WHERE THE 2014 PATHFINDERS ARE DOING THE SHUTTERING ALSO. I BELIEVE IT IS TIME TO FIND A GOOD LEMON LAW LAWYER.

Date Complaint Filed: 08/26/2014
Component(s): ENGINE                        

Date of Incident: 08/13/2013
NHTSA ID Number: 10628354                     

          

Vehicle Make Mode lModel Year(s) NISSANPATHFINDER2013

 

Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.

Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): 5N1AR2MN3DC...

SUMMARY:

UPON ACCELERATION, THE TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO STALL FOR A BRIEF MOMENT. THIS IS HAPPENING MORE FREQUENTLY NOW AND STALLS A LITTLE LONGER EACH TIME UPON ACCELERATION. 

     

Date Complaint Filed: 08/12/2014
Component(s): POWER TRAIN

Date of Incident: 08/01/2014
NHTSA ID Number: 10622665

                            

      

Vehicle Make Model Model Year(s) NISSANPATHFINDER 2011

 

Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.

Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): 5N1AR1NB9BC...

SUMMARY:

STOPPED CAR AND TRANSMISSION, BRAKES, STEERING ALL QUIT WORKING AND CAR WOULD NOT RESTART. BOLT ATTACHING TRANSMISSION CABLE TO GEAR BOX FELL OFF!! I WAS VERY LUCK WHERE IT HAPPENED. POTENTIALLY EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.

 

Date Complaint Filed: 08/11/2014
Component(s): POWER TRAIN

Date of Incident: 06/20/2011                     

          

Vehicle Make Model Model Year(s)  NISSANPATHFINDER2013

 

Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.

Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): Not Available

SUMMARY:

NISSAN PATHFINDER 2013 TRANSMISSION HAS SHUTTERED AND SHUTTERED FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. 30 DAYS IT STARTED AGAIN ONLY WORSE, TOOK IT TO THE DEALER IN GULFPORT, MS AND THE MECHANIC THINKS IT HAS BAD GAS. BROUGHT THE CAR IN FLORIDA, THEY WORKED ON IT AND SEEMED TO KNOW WHAT THEY WERE DOING. TODAY, WHILE DRIVING AROUND 35 MPH, IT MAD A SOUND LIKE I HIT SOMETHING IN THE ROAD, REALLY LOUD, WE COULD FEEL IT IN OUR SEATS, I TURNED AROUND AND WENT HOME. I AM SCARED TO DRIVE IT. 

     

Date Complaint Filed: 08/11/2014
Component(s): POWER TRAIN

Date of Incident: 08/08/2014
NHTSA ID Number: 10621300                            

          

Vehicle Make Model Model Year(s) NISSANPATHFINDER2013

Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.

Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): Not Available

SUMMARY:

JUST BOUGHT MY PATHFINDER THREE MONTHS AGO USED WITH 18000 MILES ME AND MY WIFE JUST HAD OUR SECOND CHILD AND WE WERE LOOKING FOR A THIRD ROW VEHICLE COMPARABLE TO THE HIGHLANDER AND WE THOUGHT THIS WAS IT BUT BOY WERE WE WRONG. WE PUT ABOUT 2000 MILES ON IT AND STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS. THIS PATHFINDER PUT MY FAMILY'S LIFE IN DANGER WHEN IT STARTED LOSING POWER AND JERKING IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY HIGHWAY... MY WIFE SAYS SHE'S NEVER HAD SUCH A NEW CAR GIVES HER PROBLEMS LIKE THIS AND SHE NO LONGER TRUST DRIVING IT WITH MY THREE WEEK OLD DAUGHTER AND 2 YEAR OLD SON INSIDE. I'M GONNA GET RID OF THIS JUNK AND BUY A HIGHLANDER LIKE I SHOULD HAVE DONE IN THE FIRST PLACE. THEN I KNOW MY FAMILY WILL BE SAFE ON THE ROAD. NISSAN HAS FOREVER LOST MY BUSINESS, NEVER AGAIN. THEY KNOW THEY HAVE HORRIBLE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AND WON'T DO ANYTHING TO TRULY FIX THEM ONLY TRY TO BUY TIME TILL THE WARRANTY EXPIRES. BYE BYE NISSAN

 

Date Complaint Filed: 08/07/2014
Component(s): POWER TRAIN , UNKNOWN OR OTHER

Date of Incident: 06/10/2014
NHTSA ID Number: 10619509                           

       

Vehicle Make Model Model Year(s) NISSAN PATHFINDER2013

Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.

Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): 5N1AR2MM8DC...

SUMMARY:

TRANSMISSION SLIPS ON TAKE OFF 2-10 MPH

     

Date Complaint Filed: 07/21/2014
Component(s): ENGINE

Date of Incident: 02/21/2014
NHTSA ID Number: 10615087

           

Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.

Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): 5N1AR18B99C...

SUMMARY:

THE DEFECT IN THE RADIATOR CAUSED THE ANTIFREEZE AND OIL TO MIX. IT THEN MIXED WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. THAT WAS FIXED BY A REPAIR SHOP. NOW THE TRANSMISSION HAS SLIPPED OUT BECAUSE OF THE MIXTURE OF THE THREE FLUIDS.

 

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Date Complaint Filed: 07/21/2014
Component(s): POWER TRAIN

Date of Incident: 07/04/2014
NHTSA ID Number: 10614891

                           

Vehicle MakeModelModel Year(s)

• NISSANPATHFINDER2013

Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.

Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): 5N1AR2MM2DC...

SUMMARY:

PURCHASED ON DECEMBER 24, 2013, MY 2013 NISSAN PATHFINDER HAS A MAJOR TRANSMISSION ISSUE, WHICH HAS NOT BEEN FIXED AFTER THREE SERVICE CALLS, AND ENDED WITH THE TRANSMISSION FAILING WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH ON A VERY BUSY INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. SIGNIFICANT SAFETY EVENT. ON 6 JUL 2014, MY PATHFINDER?S TRANSMISSION FAILED IN THE MIDDLE OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 95 OVER 150 MILES FROM MY RESIDENCE AT POSTED SPEED OF 70 MPH. THE CAR STARTED TO SHUDDER WITH A SLIGHT JUMP IN RPM, ACTED NORMALLY, AND THEN, THE TRANSMISSION GOT STUCK IN GEAR. WE MADE IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND SHUTDOWN THE CAR. I RESTARTED THE PATHFINDER AND REGAIN CONTROL OF THE POWER TRAIN; AS BEFORE, THE VEHICLE DROVE WITH NO APPARENT ISSUE. FIFTEEN MINUTES LATER, THE VEHICLE?S RPM STARTED TO EXCEED 5000 TO 6000 RPMS, CYCLING BETWEEN COASTING AT HIGH AND LOW RPMS (WITH NO POWER BEING TRANSFER TO THE WHEELS TO MANEUVER THE CAR PROPERLY), AND NORMAL ?POWERED? DRIVING. FINALLY, IT WOULD NOT RESPOND TO FUEL PEDAL ACTIONS. I WAS ABLE TO ?COAST? THROUGH THE 70+ MPH TRAFFIC TO THE HIGHWAYS? SHOULDER. BACKGROUND. I QUESTIONED BOTH THE SALESMAN/MANAGER ON THIS ISSUE, AND BOTH STATED THAT THESE EARLY PROBLEMS HAD BEEN RESOLVED, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THAT MY VEHICLE?S TRANSMISSION WAS A NEWER ONE. THE FIRST VEHICLE INCIDENT OCCURRED SHORTLY AFTER BUYING THE VEHICLE. THE PROBLEM CONSISTED OF TRANSMISSION BUMPS AND RUMBLES THAT CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SHUDDER OR RATTLE. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP IN FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA ON 19 JAN 2014, 4 MAR, AND 2 MAY. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THIS ISSUE WAS NOT A SERIOUS PROBLEM, AND THAT THE VEHICLE COMPUTER WOULD ADJUST TO THE INDIVIDUAL PATTERN OF THE DRIVER AND THAT THE PROBLEM WOULD EVENTUALLY GO AWAY. NISSAN WAS CONTACTED, AND THE VEHICLE?S SOFTWARE WAS UPDATED. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT WAS CONFIDENT THAT THE PROBLEM WOULD BE MITIGATED BY THE LAST SOFTWARE UPDATE.

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Date Complaint Filed: 07/13/2014
Component(s): POWER TRAIN

Date of Incident: 03/25/2013
NHTSA ID Number: 10610197

                            

Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.

Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): 5N1AR2MM5DC...

SUMMARY:

I HAVE HAD THIS VEHICLE TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES BECAUSE AT SLOW SPEEDS IT SHUDDERS LIKE A MANUAL TRANSMISSION WHEN YOU DO NOT DOWNSHIFT. THERE IS NO RHYME OR REASON AS TO WHEN IT DOES THIS. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN YOU ACCELERATE AROUND 50 MPH THAT IT DOES NOTHING AND THEN DECIDES TO JUST TAKE OFF. THE DEALER HAD IT FOR EIGHT DAYS ON ONE OCCASION AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM - AGAIN HAPPENS AT ANY TIME AND NOT CONSISTENTLY. THE DEALER SAYS THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT UNTIL THEY CAN DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM WITH THE COMPUTER ON IT SO NISSAN CAN TELL THEM WHAT TO DO. THIS IS ABSURD. THEY HAVE A PROBLEM
AND ADMIT IT BUT WON'T TACKLE THE PROBLEM HEAD ON. I GUESS THEY NEED TO HAVE A TRAGIC ACCIDENT BEFORE THEY ARE FORCED TO DO SOMETHING. IT'S TIME FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO STEP IN AND ADDRESS THE PROBLEM. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE DEALER HAD EIGHT TRANSMISSION ISSUES IN THE SHOP WHEN MINE WAS IN LAST WEEK. BUT THEY CLAIM THEIR HANDS ARE TIED. NHTSA TIME TO STEP IN.


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