2006 Nissan Pathfinder ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,POWER TRAIN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE "OVERHEATED" WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH. THE FOLLOWING DAY, THE VEHICLE FAILED START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DETERMINED THAT THE RADIATOR FAILED AND CAUSED COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION FLUID TO MIX. IN ADDITION, THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE FAILED. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE ENGINE HAD TO BE REBUILT AND A NEW RADIATOR NEEDED TO BE INSTALLED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 87,270.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE ALHAMBRA NISSAN DEALER IN ALHAMBRA, CA FOR A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE, THE CONTACT WAS ALSO ADVISED TO HAVE A TRANSMISSION OIL CHANGE. THE TECHNICIAN PERFORMED AN OIL CHANGE ON THE TRANSMISSION AND THE TRANSMISSION FAILED EIGHT DAYS LATER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE ALHAMBRA NISSAN DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND THE RADIATOR FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SERVICED DUE TO THE REPAIR FEES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OLD IN AGE AND OUT OF WARRANTY. THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT OFFER FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 123,000.

I PAID OFF MY PATHFINDER LAST YEAR. JUST ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO AFTER LEAVING A FRIENDS HOUSE THE TRUCK STARTED TURNING ON ALL THE DASH BOARD LIGHTS, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. I DROVE IT VERY SLOWLY HOME NOT EVEN A MILE AWAY, I TURNED IT OFF AND NEXT DAY..MY SURPRISE IT DIDN'T TURN ON TO TAKE TO THE MECHANIC. I CALLED THE TOW TRUCK TO TAKE IT IN TO NISSAN DEALER AND THEY FOUND THAT THE RADIATOR FLUID MIXED WITH TRANSMISSION OIL AND MESSED UP THE MODULE TOO. THEY WHERE ORIGINALLY CHARGING ME 7200 DOLLARS TO FIX. I BROUGHT IT BACK HOME AND AFTER WHEN I WAS ABLE TO PAY WITH CREDIT I TOOK IT IN TO FIX. THEY URGED ME TO FIX ALL AT ONCE BECAUSE OF A MANUFACTURER DEFECT ON ANY OF THE ABOVE..MOST LIKELY THEY SAID IT COULD HAPPEN AGAIN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, ALL THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE STALLED AND FAILED TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125,000. UPDATED 03/09/16 *LJ *CN *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS CONTAMINATION OF RADIATOR FLUID IN THE TRANSMISSION AND THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY IN PARK, THERE WAS ENGINE OIL LEAKING UNDERNEATH THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIATOR WAS LEAKING FLUID INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND THAT THE RADIATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TOWED TO A LOCAL DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED A TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO A RADIATOR LEAK. THE DEALER COMPLETELY REBUILT THE TRANSMISSION. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO ANOTHER DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE REBUILT TRANSMISSION CAUSED AN "INTER COOLER FAILURE". THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT IT WAS NOT THE MANUFACTURER'S PROBLEM. THE CONTACT WAS REFERRED BACK TO THE DEALER THAT INSTALLED THE REBUILT TRANSMISSION. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THE REBUILT TRANSMISSION AND REFERRED THE CONTACT BACK TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V517000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 168,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, AN ABNORMAL SOUND EMITTED FROM THE VEHICLE. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS MIXING WITH THE ENGINE COOLANT. AS A RESULT, THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE, BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 126,000.

THE CAR IS NOT HEATING UP. THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND RADIATOR FLUID IS MIXING TOGETHER MAKING A PINK COLOR.. WE HAVE HAD IT ONLY FOR LESS THAN A YEAR. WE HAVE LOAN ON THE CAR. I KEEP SEEING ONLINE THAT EVEN AFTER REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION. MORE PROBLEMS KEEP HAPPENING. I LOOKED UP THE VIN NUMBER AND IT'S SAYING OUR CAR MAKE IS RECALLED FOR THE AIR BAG? IS THERE ANYWAY YOU CAN HELP US OR COULD WE JUST TRADE TO GET A DIFFERENT VEHICLE. I WOULD MUCH APPRECIATE SOMEONE TO HELP. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT THE DEALER FOR AN UNRELATED ISSUE, THE TECHNICIAN DISCOVERED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RADIATOR LEAKS COOLANT ONTO THE TRANSMISSION, WHICH CAUSED CORROSION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED, IT STARTED TO ACCELERATE INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE MECHANIC STATED THAT COOLANT FROM THE RADIATOR WAS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE MECHANIC ALSO STATED THAT THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 156,000.

ANOTHER CLASSIC STORY OF NISSAN PATHFINDER TRANSMISSION FAILING DUE TO ENGINE COOLANT LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION FLUID COOLER SYSTEM RESULTING IN CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED VIBRATIONS UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND THE RADIATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 114,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

I PURCHASED MY 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER IN 2013 WITH 109K MILES ON IT. I LOVED IT FOR 1YR AND A HALF. 2 MONTHS AGO IT STARTED SHIFTING ROUGH, I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL PLACE TO BE LOOKED AT. I WAS TOLD THAT NISSAN PATHFINDERS HAVE A FAULTY RADIATOR THAT LEAKS INTERNALLY INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE! WOULD COST $3600 TO FIX. I CALLED SUNTRUP AND WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT THAT THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS BEFORE AND TO BRING IT IN, WHICH I DID AND $100 LATER THEY TOLD ME THE SAME THING I ALREADY KNEW FROM THE OTHER PLACE FOR FREE. THEY AGAIN SAID THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS HAPPENING BEFORE BUT THEY COULD FIX IT FOR $6800! I BEGAN SEARCHING (NOT TOO DIFFICULT SINCE IT IS ALL OVER THE INTERNET!) I CALLED AROUND TRYING TO FIND A MORE AFFORDABLE TRANSMISSION PLACE AND EVERY SINGLE PLACE I CALLED KNEW ABOUT THE NISSANS FAULTY RADIATORS!! THIS IS A PREVALENT PROBLEM FOR THE YEARS 2005, 2006 AND 2007 PATHFINDER, XTERRA AND AND FRONTIER! NISSAN REFUSES TO DO A RECALL STATING IT ISN'T A SAFETY ISSUE BUT THERE WAS A CLASS ACTION SUIT CLOSING IN 2013 (YEAR I BOUGHT MY CAR) AND WOULD FIX THE TRANSMISSIONS UP TO 100K (I BOUGHT MINE AT 109K. THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD IS LOOKING INTO THIS ISSUE. I DID CONTACT SUNTRUP AND TALKED TO THE SALES MANAGER WHO SAID TO COME IN AND THEY WOULD "TRY AND HELP ME". THEIR SOLUTION IS TO ROLL THE $4,000 I AM UPSIDE DOWN INTO A BRAND NEW CAR CAUSING MY PAYMENTS TO GO UP EXPONENTIALLY! (ALSO AS A SINGLE MOM OF 3 KIDS IN CAR SEATS A CAR ISN'T HELPFUL, NEITHER IS SUPER HIGH PAYMENTS). YOU CAN NOT TELL ME THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THIS NISSAN TRANSMISSION ISSUE BEING A NISSAN DEALER! THEY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE CLASS ACTION SUIT, THE YEAR I BOUGHT THE CAR?!?! PERHAPS THERE ISN'T ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE IN MY CASE BUT I DO NOT THINK IT IS ETHICAL TO CONTINUE SELLING THESE MODELS AND YEARS!! *TR

THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND THE RADIATOR FLUID ARE MIXED UP DUE TO VEHICLE DESIGN ISSUES. NISSAN IS CONVENIENTLY GETTING OUT OF THE COMPLAINT BY PUTTING IN STUFF THAT THERE IS NO WARRANTY ON THE VEHICLE. *TR

LEAK IN RADIATOR CAUSING CROSS CONTAMINATION BETWEEN RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION FLUIDS. THIS IS CAUSING HESITATION IN POWER DURING OPERATION OF VEHICLE. PER THE NISSAN SERVICE PROVIDER WE TOOK IT TO, THE CARS NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR AT THE COST OF $6000 OR IT WILL SOON DIE. WE BELIEVE THIS IS A MANUFACTURER 'S DEFECT AND A KNOWN FLAW- MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ARE POSTED BY OTHER OWNERS. *TR

FLUID CROSS CONTAMINATION FROM RADIATOR TO TRANSMISSION CAUSING HESITATION DURING OPERATION OF VEHICLE. PER NISSAN SERVICE DEPARTMENT,UNLESS TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR ARE REPLACED THIS IS UNFIXBLE AND CAR WILL SOON DIE. REPAIRS ESTIMATE IS 6,000 DOLLARS. *TR

MY NISSAN PATHFINDER WAS NOT HEATING/ DEFROSTING...ALSO, THERE WAS EXCESSIVE NOISE WHEN THE TRUCK WAS SHIFTING GEARS. I BROUGHT IT INTO MY MECHANIC WHO TOLD ME COOLANT WAS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION, AND THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF APPROXIMATELY $4400. *TR

RADIATOR FAILED AND CROSS CONTAMINATED TRANSMISSION WITH ANTI-FREEZE AND TRANSFLUID. REPLACED RADIATOR AND FLUSHED TRANSMISSION IN SEPT 2014 AND THREE MONTHS LATER DEC18, 2014 THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. REPAIR CENTER SAID IT WILL COST $4500-$5000 FOR REPAIR OF TRANSMISSION. *TR

THE RADIATOR CRACKED AND THE TRANSMISSION OIL MIXED WITH THE COOLING. THIS RESULTED IN THE DAMAGING OF THE TRANSMISSION AND WE HAD TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR. *TR

SAME ISSUE AS ALL OTHERS, DRIVE A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER AND WAS HAPPY UNTIL 125TSD MILES NEVER A BIG REPAIR. NOW I HAVE THE SAME ISSUE FAULTY RADIATOR KILLS SILENT THE TRANSMISSION. DID VISIT THE DEALER FOR EVERY SERVICE EVEN AS THE PROBLEM STARTS LITTLE BY LITTLE. FIRST A UNPLEASANT SHIFTING, DEALER RECOMMENDS A TRANSMISSION FLUSH BEFORE THE OFFICIAL SERVICE INTERVAL, DONE. AFTER WE ARE STILL NOT HAPPY AS WE CAN TELL THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS DIFFERENT AS WE DID KNOW IT FROM BEFORE. SEE THE NISSAN DEALER AGAIN, THEY WRITE THE ORDER WITH THE CUSTOMER COMPLAINT, ?CUSTOMER COMPLAINS ABOUT TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS?. WRITTEN STATEMENT OF THE DEALER, TRANSMISSION CHECKED NO ISSUES FOUND. SOME MILES LATER, TOTAL FALL OUT OF THE TRANSMISSION SPECIAL THE TCU. GOOD CUSTOMER WILL NOT SEE NOW DEALER AGAIN BUT A LAWYER. *TR

TOOK MY CAR IN FOR BRAND NEW TIRES..MECHANIC ATTEMPTED TO START MY CAR, BUT FAILED. HAD TO GET MY CAR TOWED TO A NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND THEY STATED 24 HOURS LATER AFTER RECEIVING MY CAR I WILL NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR ALTHOUGH MY CAR WAS MAINTAINED AND ALWAYS SERVICED. THEY STATED I WILL NEED TO PAY $6,000 FOR REPAIRS TO DRIVE MY CAR. RIGHT NOW I AM PAYING A CAR NOTE AND CAN'T DRIVE MY CAR. *JS

I AM THE OWNER OF A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER WITH CURRENT MILEAGE OF 106,000. I JUST LEARNED TODAY THAT I WILL HAVE TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR FOR $6000. DUE TO THIS KNOWN PRODUCT DEFECT. I AM INFURIATED AS I READ THROUGH ALL THE POST BY PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF WHO HAVE BEEN TOLD NISSAN WILL DO NOTHING SINCE THE VEHICLE IS OVER 100,000 MILES, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE PROBLEM DOES NOT SHOW UP ON AVERAGE UNTIL 95,000 MILES OR MORE. IT WOULD APPEAR NISSAN WHO JUST REPORTED BILLIONS FOR THEIR EARNINGS COULD HAVE DONE THE PROPER PRODUCT RECALL OF ALL UNITS MANUFACTURED/EFFECTED REGARDLESS OF MILEAGE AND FIXED THE ISSUE! *TR

ENGINE COOLANT HOSE RUPTURED INTO THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. FIRST NOTICED IT WHEN THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING HOT. FOUND OUT THIS IS A FACTORY DEFECT. *TR

TRANSMISSION WENT OUT ALL OF SUDDEN AS I WAS DRIVING ON BUSY HIGHWAY. WAS UNABLE TO GET SPEED, COOLANT IS GONE AS WELL. *TR

TRANSMISSION COOLER INSIDE RADIATOR CRACKED AND ALLOWED COOLANT INTO TRANSMISSION FLUID, CAUSING COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FALIURE....COST TO REPAIR 5,000 DOLLARS. *TR