| Issue ID | 975857 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 10508629 |
| Manufacurer | Nissan North America, Inc. |
| Brand | NISSAN |
| Model | PATHFINDER |
| Model Year | 2007 |
| File date | 20/06/12 |
| Component | POWER TRAIN |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | 2007 nissan pathfinder... We started experiencing transmission issues(slipping) while on highways at speeds of 65 to 70 causing vehicle to loose gear/power. In most of the incidents our vehicle was loaded with my kids and wife and were forced to immediately pulled off the freeway to avoid being rear-ended(causing accident). We experienced 4 incidents in 2012 when vehicle had over 75000 miles. Latest costly incident took place 3 weeks ago.. My wife lost power again as driving off freeway, pulled into a shopping center, turned car off.... Allowed a few minutes and tried starting it again but it was completely dead, no cranking at all. Local shop diagnosed issues with electrical computer unit and transmission.... Got alarmed, searched online for possible recalls/defects. Sure enough i found many links to complaints and class lawsuit in 2012. I contacted dealer... Two dealer diagnostics reflected a bad body control module(computer unit) and bad transmission due to radiator fluid into transmission.... I already new this. Reading complaints online it appears that these two issues are associated with the recall/defects but dealer is treating the two separately costing me over $3400. I will challenge them on treating these two as separate issues. Why nissan has failed to notified customers about these issues/defects? These failures could have caused us an accident! Proper notification from nissan could have save us these $3400+ in repairs. Why is nissan waiting until vehicles are completely out of service? Why do us, consumers have to cover part of their mis-engineering? I highly recommend an investigation against nissan and make them accountable.... My family cannot afford to pay for their mistakes and negligence! |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 78500 |
| Number of Occurences | 1 |
| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | SELMA, CA |
| VIN pattern | 5N1AR18U97CXXXXXX |
| Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | N |
| Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
| Was incedent reported to police? | N |
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| 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 |
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| Vehicle speed | 70 |
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