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2005 Nissan PATHFINDER Engine And Engine Cooling Cooling System Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	809199
Internal NHTSA #	10349368
Manufacurer	NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Brand	NISSAN
Model	PATHFINDER
Model Year	2005
File date	07/04/09
Component	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	Noticed rough shifts in transmission, eventually failed to engage 5th gear. Took to dealer, transmission lines inside radiator had ruptured. Replaced transmission, radiator and lines at a cost of over $8000 and 4 weeks time. This occurred at 67k miles. At 87k miles, radiator fluid is milky and shows symptoms of another rupture of coolant lines inside transmission. Dealer and nissan usa do not recognize this as a safety issue or inherent defect in engineering. However, a simple search will show an extremely large number of people with similar issues caused by faulty cooling lines in the radiator rupturing causing transmission abrupt behavior and the danger for loss of vehicle control due to the failure.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	67000
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	ELKO, MN
VIN pattern	5N1AR18W15CXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
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Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	70
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A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
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2005 Nissan PATHFINDER Engine And Engine Cooling Cooling System Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2005 Nissan PATHFINDER Engine And Engine Cooling Cooling System Problems, Complaints and Defects

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