| Issue ID | 1084299 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 10608464 |
| Manufacurer | Nissan North America, Inc. |
| Brand | NISSAN |
| Model | PATHFINDER |
| Model Year | 2006 |
| File date | 04/07/14 |
| Component | UNKNOWN OR OTHER |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | Transmission is failing especially in reverse, it shakes and slips. I took my truck to a transmission expert who informed me that these trucks have this manufacture issue and my truck should be under warrantee by the dealer, i did my research and i am now aware of the radiator issue and the extended warrantee will cover vehicles under 80k miles my truck just reach 60k miles which is when these issues start according to the internet. I took my truck to the dealer for repairs. They told me that my radiator was fine and i do have a transmission problem but not related to the radiator and wanted to bill me for a service fee. I called the expert i had been talking to and he advised me that this was bs and to ask if they did a glyco test which they did not and ask how they knew it was not mixing. The service manager stated to me that it will look slushy and mine was simply black or dark. Now i am no expert but antifreeze is green and trans fluid is red. Even a child knows that if you mix red and green you will get blue or a dark color, which to me explain why it is dark. The dealer just does not want to fix my truck for the price that the manufacturer will pay them which is approximately 2k so they rather tell me that it is not covered and try to bill me for 5k+ taxes so they can make a profit of 3k of which the service manager probably will get a 1k commission. I don't know what check they did but whatever it was my truck now leak antifreeze which was not an issue before i took it to them. *js |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 60000 |
| Number of Occurences | 1 |
| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | CARTERET, NJ |
| VIN pattern | 5N1AR18W36CXXXXXX |
| Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | N |
| Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
| Was incedent reported to police? | N |
| Was medical attention required? | N |
| Was part original equipment? | |
| No. of injured persons | 0 |
| No. of fatalities | 0 |
| Date of purchase | 07/08/26 |
| Was original owner? | N |
| Anti-lock brakes | N |
| Cruise control | N |
| Number of cylinders | 6 |
| Drive train type | AWD |
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| Vehicle speed | 5 |
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