2001 Nissan Pathfinder Suspension

DRIVER SIDE FRONT STRUT TOWER MADE A LOUD "POP" SOUND WHEN DRIVING. BOTTOM PORTION OF STRUT TOP CRACKED THROUGH. STRUT TOWER BEARING NOW MOANING WHEN TURNING, OUT OF GIMBLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO FISHTAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE A FAILURE AND THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH OR GREATER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 138,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE WAS ACCELERATED AND WHEN GOING OVER 40 MPH THE VEHICLE SHOOK. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE RIGHT FRONT STRUT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000. UPDATED 09/02/14*LJ THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER IN OCTOBER 2011. THEY REPAIRED THE LEFT STRUT ONLY, AND THE RECALL STATED BOTH STRUTS WERE INCLUDED. UPDATED 10/01/14 UPDATED 10/28/2014*LJ UPDATED 11/18/2014 *JS THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT THE OWNER'S EXPENSE. UPDATED 4/22/2015 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH AND GOING OVER A BUMP, THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED NEW TIRES AND AN ALIGNMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 172,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE TRAVELED OVER A ROAD BUMP OR UNEVEN ROAD SURFACE, THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY. THE CONTACT RESEARCHED ONLINE AND FOUND THAT THE FAILURE COULD HAVE INVOLVED THE SWAY BARS. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS TOLD TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 134,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 144,000. *TR

THE FRONT RIGHT SUSPENSION COIL ON MY 2001 NISSAN PATHFINDER FAILED AND BROKE INTO TWO PIECES. THE WIDEST SECTION OF COIL SHIFTED OFF THE STRUT SPRING PERCH AND CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE NEARBY TIRE SIDEWALL CAUSING TIRE WEAR WHICH COULD LEAD TO FAILURE. THE RIDE HEIGHT ALSO FELL AS A RESULT OF THE BREAKAGE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED DURING NORMAL SUBURBAN DRIVING. THE VEHICLE IS NOT SUBJECTED TO EXTREME OPERATING CONDITIONS AND THE STRUTS WERE REPLACED APPROXIMATELY 10,000 MILES PRIOR TO COIL SPRING FAILURE. *TR

TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY - HIT A SWOOP IN THE ROAD AND THE VEHICLE STARTING ROCKING BACK AND FORTH LIKE A BOAT IN THE WATER. IT FELT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO ROLL OVER UNTIL I HAD TO PUT ON BRAKES GOING 65 MILES PER HOUR. NOW CAN ONLY MAINTAIN A HIGHWAY SPEED OF 50 MPH IN ORDER NOT TO EXPERIENCE THIS ROCKING BACK AND FORTH. *TR

REAR END SWAYS UNCONTROLLABLY WOBBLE. WOBBLE HAPPENS AFTER 50 MPH WHILE ACCELERATING AROUND CORNER AND OR ON FREEWAY. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND SCARY ... *TR

DRIVER REPORTED RUBBING, GRINDING NOISE IN PASSENGER FRONT END WHEN TURNING VEHICLE AT SPEEDS OVER 40 MPH. VEHICLE TAKEN FOR REPAIR. SPECIALIST REPORTED MAJOR CORROSION UNDER ENTIRE FRONT END OF VEHICLE. BRACKET/MOUNT FOR PASSENGER SIDE LOWER CONTROL ARM 60% ERRODED. MAJOR SEPERATION AT WELD POINT IN UNIBODY/FRAME JUST BEHIND FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE. TAKEN TO AUTHORISED NISSAN DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP IDENTIFIED MAJOR CORROSION ON BOTH FRONT STRUT TOWERS. BOTH FRONT STRUT TOWERS REPAIRED IAW RECALL NTB11-064 R1107 FRAME DAMAGE/CORROSION NOT REPAIRED. NISSAN DEALERSHIP DID CONFIRM DAMAGE BUT STATED THAT RECALL NTB11-064 R1107 DOES NOT ADDRESS/INCLUDE CORROSION DAMAGE TO FRAME. INITIAL REPAIR SPECIALIST ADVISED NOT OPERATING VEHICLE DUE IMMINENT FAILURE CAUSING LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. WILL CONTACT NISSAN USA. *TR

THE CAR'S REAR END SWAYS ON SLOWING DOWN AND UP ON ACCELERATION, IT SEEMS TO HAVE A LOSS OF TRACTION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STRUTS WERE BEING REPLACED BY A LOCAL MECHANIC WHEN THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE STRUT HOUSING WAS FRACTURED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN I.D. NUMBER: 11V244000 (SUSPENSION:FRONT) AND CALLED THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE CRACK IN THE STRUT HOUSING WOULD CAUSE THE STEERING COLUMN TO FRACTURE AND POSSIBLY CAUSE A CRASH. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 165,000. UPDATED 03/15/12 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN RESOLVED. 03/23/12

2001 NISSAN PATHFINDER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO RECALL REIMBURSEMENT *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE HIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN SUBJECT TO CORROSION ISSUES. THE DEFECT WAS DUE TO LACK OF ANIT-CORROSIVE MATERIAL APPLIED AT THE TIME OF MANUFACTURING. THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS A KNOWN RECALL THAT ADDRESS THE ISSUES. HOWEVER, NISSAN DENIED THE CONSUMERS REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT, STATING NO RECALLS EXISTED FOR HIS VEHICLE

2001 NISSAN PATHFINDER. CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE IS PART OF A RECALL ISSUED FOR 1996-2006 PATHFINDERS. CONSUMER EXPRESSES DISCONTENT REGARDING REPAIRS *TGW THE CONSUMER WAS INITIALLY TOLD THE VEHICLE WAS BEYOND REPAIR. SHE WAS THEN INFORMED THE VEHICLE WOULD BE REPAIRED. *JB

2001 NISSAN PATHFINDER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO RECALL ISSUED CONCERNING SUSPENSION *TGW THE CONSUMER IS SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE REPAIRS SHE HAD DONE ON THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO THE RECALL. THE CONSUMER STATED NISSAN ORIGINALLY AGREED TO REIMBURSE HER. HOWEVER, THEY HAVE SINCE DENIED HER CLAIM. *JB

2001 NISSAN PATHFINDER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO RECALL CONCERNING CORROSION ISSUES *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED DURING A ROUTINE MAINTENANCE APPOINTMENT, THE CONSUMER WAS ADVISED BY THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON HIS MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR VEHICLE. THE RECALL WAS ISSUED AS A RESULT OF A CORROSION ISSUE UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE, WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE STRUTS AND OR THE STEERING MECHANISM. THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AND IT WAS DETERMINED THE EXTENT OF THE CORROSION UNDER THE VEHICLE WAS SO SEVERE THAT THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE REPAIRED. THE CONSUMER WAS GIVEN A LOANER VEHICLE AND WAS TOLD THAT NISSAN CORPORATE WOULD CONTACT HIM FOR A RESOLUTION. THE CONSUMER STATED WEEKS PASSED AND HE NEVER HEARD FROM NISSAN. THE CONSUMER WAS FINALLY INFORMED THAT A THIRD PARTY VENDOR WOULD INSPECT THE VEHICLE. THE THIRD PARTY VENDOR DETERMINED THE VEHICLE COULD INDEED BE REPAIRED. THE CONSUMER WOULD LIKE FOR NISSAN TO BUY THE VEHICLE BACK. *JB

2001 NISSAN PATHFINDER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO RECALL NOTICE CONCERNING STRUT TOWER HOUSING *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE ENTIRE STRUT ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED ON SEPT. 5, 2008 BEFORE THE NOTIFICATION WAS RECEIVED. THE CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH AND HEARD A CLICKING NOISE FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THERE WAS DIFFICULTY TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL AND A REDUCTION IN THE ENGINE POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 11V244000 (SUSPENSION:FRONT). THE REMEDY CONSISTED OF THE REPLACEMENT OF THE REINFORCEMENT PLATE DUE TO EXCESSIVE CORROSION. THE FAILURE CONTINUED AFTER THE REPAIR WAS PERFORMED. THE DEALER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD PULL ABNORMALLY FROM RIGHT TO LEFT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED FREQUENTLY WHENEVER UNEVEN ROAD SURFACES WERE DRIVEN OVER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THERE WAS A LARGE SEPARATION IN THE STRUT HOUSING THAT WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THAT THEY WOULD CALL HIM BACK IN REFERENCE TO THE RECENT UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 11V244000 (SUSPENSION:FRONT). THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 155,000.

HAVE A 2001 PATHFINDER SWAYS FROM SIDE TO SIDE FROM THE REAR AT 55 MILES I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE THE SHOCKS BUT NOW I FOUND THAT ALL 2001 PATHFINDER DO THIS AT THAT SPEED. WHY DOES HAS IT NOT BEING RECALL. SAME VEHICLE ENGINE LIGHT DOES NOT TURN HAVE REPLACED ALL KINDS OF SENSORS AND STILL LIGHT DOES NOT TURN OFF. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THERE WAS DIFFICULTY TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. THE FAILURE OCCURRED CONTINUOUSLY WHENEVER HE MADE A RIGHT TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO INFORMED HIM THAT THE STRUT TOWER HOUSING WAS COMPLETELY COVERED WITH RUST WHICH RESULTED IN A FRACTURE. THERE WAS A RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 11V244000 (SUSPENSION:FRONT). THE CONTACT PLANNED TO NOTIFY THE DEALER TO CONFIRM WHETHER THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DEFECT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 180,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

REGARDING PE11004 - MY LEFT FRONT STRUT TOWER HAS COMPLETELY FAILED. THERE IS A HEAVY AMOUNT OF CORROSION AROUND THE AREA, AND THE THIN METAL, ONCE CORRODED, RIPPED LIKE PAPER AROUND THE BASE OF THE TOWER. HANDLING OF THE VEHICLE BECAME VERY POOR, AND STEERING BECAME MORE DIFFICULT. I BELIEVE IT ALSO PUT STRESS ON THE BRAKE LINES, AS I COULD FEEL PULSING IN THE BRAKE PEDAL WHILE GOING OVER BUMPS WITH THE BAD TOWER. *TR

2001 NISSAN PATHFINDER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO RECALL RELATED TO SALT EROSION *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED HE SPENT $ 2,358.75 IN OUT OF POCKET REPAIRS AND IS SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT. *JB

I RECENTLY REPLACED THE SUSPENSION ON MY 2001 NISSAN PATHFINDER. I SEE NOW THAT THE PATHFINDERS HAVE BEEN RECALLED IN THE NORTHERN STATES FOR THAT PROBLEM. I CALLED NISSAN AND THEY ARE TELLING ME THAT MY CAR IS NOT ON THE LIST AS I DID NOT PURCHASE IT UP NORTH. I HAVE DRIVEN IT TO CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA FREQUENTLY AS MY DAUGHTER ATTENDED SCHOOL UP THERE. I COST ME APPROXIMATELY $700. FOR THIS REPAIR. I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE FOR WORK AND COULD NOT KEEP THE CAR ON THE ROAD AS IT FISHTAILED ALL OVER. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK IT TO THE SHOP AND WAS ADVISED MY SUSPENSION HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO RUST. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 NISSAN PATHFINDER. IT SWAY FROM SIDE TO SIDE WHILE I'M DRIVING. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE FAST OR SLOW. FIRST, I CHANGED THE FRONT SHOCK ABSORBER. NOT MUCH IMPROVEMENT, THEN THE BALL JOINT. IT IMPROVED ABOUT HALFWAY. BUT NOW AFTER ABOUT A MONTH, IT'S EVEN WORSE. I DID SOME RESEARCH IN THE INTERNET AND SURPRISE, I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF PATHFINDER OWNERS HAVE THE SAME ISSUE. I KNOW MY CAR IS OLD BUT QUITE A FEW HAVE THE SAME ISSUE BEFORE THEY HIT 100K MILES. I THINK THIS IS A DESIGN PROBLEM OR PARTS PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE RECALL. SO FAR, I DIDN'T SEE ANY DEATH OR ACCIDENT REPORTED BECAUSE OF THIS BUT I'M SURE IT'S BOUND TO HAPPEN. IT'S DANGEROUS DRIVING THIS THING AROUND WITH THE SWAYING SPECIALLY IN HIGH SPEED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING SEEMED TO GRIND. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE STRUT TOWER SEPARATED AND WAS LEANING AGAINST THE STEERING COLUMN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THE DEALER OFFERED TO REPAIR IT AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE AS THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 90,000.