2006 Nissan Pathfinder Power Train

The contact owns a 2006 Nissan Pathfinder. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the contact became aware of transmission failure during the gear shifting. The contact stated that the gear shifter would remain in neutral. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic and was diagnosed with transmission failure. The contact was informed that the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The dealer was contacted. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 128,364.

.Transmission failed do to coolant in transmission. .got stuck in traffic and couldn’t go anywhere .this is a known problem with these vehicles .vehicle has been inspected by owner who is a mechanic .there were no warning signs

THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING A LITTLE LET FOR US WHEN I START FROM THE STOP SIGN OR FROM A DEAD STOP WHEN THE ENGINE IS COOL AND I 1ST STOP IT RUNS FINE FOR THE 1ST MINUTE OR 2 BUT THEN AS I'M DRIVING ALL OF SUDDEN IT START SLIPPING REAL BAD IF I'M IN REGULAR DRIVE WOULD YOU OVERDRIVE ON WHICH IN 5TH GEAR CANNOT GO ON THE HIGHWAY AFTER 55 MILES AN HOUR AND JUST THAT SLIPPING REAL BAD UNLESS I PUT IT IN 4TH GEAR BY TAKING THE OVERDRIVE OFF DANIEL RIDE OKAY FOR A WHILE BUT IT'S SOON AS I GO TO A STOP SIGN OR I STOPPED THE VEHICLE TAKING OFF IT'S SLIP SO BAD IT ALMOST IS NOT MOVE AT ALL ONCE YOU GET SOME MOVING AND RUNS NOT TOO BAD BUT THE LONGER I DRIVE IT TO WHERE SHE GETS UNTIL I SHUT IT OFF COOLED OFF AND THEN IT WORKS AGAIN FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES

I HAVE A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER AND I WAS DRIVING TO THE DOCTOR AND THERE WAS A SHUDDER. I DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS UNTIL I DID SOME RESEARCH WHICH EXPLAINS THERE ARE A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH NISSAN TRANSMISSIONS IN GENERAL. I CAN'T AFFORD TO FIX IT DUE TO BEING ON A FIXED INCOME. I'M PAYING PAYMENTS ON IT AND ALSO INSURANCE WHICH I CAN'T EVEN DRIVE IT. I NEED MY VEHICLE TO GET PLACES I NEED TO GET. I'M NOT SURE WHAT TO DO. I REALLY BELIEVE NISSAN SHOULD RECALL TRANSMISSIONS AND FIX THEM.

TO ADD TO MY PREVIOUS COMPLAINT MY TRANSMISSION TOTALLY WENT OUT WHEN I WAS DRIVING TO MY MOMS FRIENDS HOUSE. I CAN'T EVEN DRIVE IT TO GET PLACES I NEED TO GO.

THE VEHICLE WILL NOT SHIFT GEARS DUE TO COOLANT IN THE TRANSMISSION. THIS HAS ESSENTIALLY RUINED THE TRANSMISSION DUE TO THE RADIATOR FAILING AND ALLOWING COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION VIA THE TRANSMISSION FLUID COOLANT LINES THAT RUN THROUGH THE BOTTOM OF THE RADIATOR.

TRANSMISSION ISSUE DUE TO LEAK MIXTURE OR RADIATOR FLUIDS. SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM

EL VEHICULO COJE LA REVERSA PERO NO EL DRIVE Y NO QUIERE ARRACAR NO LA PUEDO USAR NI MOVER HACIA FRENTE

THERE IS A SYSTEM DESIGN FLAW WITH THE 05-10 NISSAN TRUCKS; PATHFINDER, FRONTIER, XTERRA. THE RADIATOR HOUSES BOTH COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION FLUID. WHEN THE RADIATOR FAILS, IT LEADS TO COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION FLUID MIXING; RESULTING IN CATASTROPHIC FAILURE AND PREMATURE DESTRUCTION OF THE TRANSMISSION. OUR TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED WITH A BRAND NEW TRANSMISSION AFTER THE ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 89K MILES. AFTER THE NEW TRANSMISSION WAS PUT IN, THE TRANSMISSION WAS DESTROYED AT 90K MILES AND THE ISSUE WAS TRACED BACK TO A CRACKED/RUPTURED RADIATOR; LEADING TO MIXING OF COOLANT AND RADIATOR FLUID WHICH IN TURN RUINED THE TRANSMISSION. THE COST OF THE INITIAL TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT WAS $6000; THE ESTIMATED COST OF REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION AGAIN ALONG WITH THE RADIATOR AND FLUSHING THE SYSTEM AND REPLACING THE FLUIDS IS $8000. IN BOTH INSTANCES OF TRANSMISSION FAILURE, IT HAPPENED DURING DRIVING CONDITIONS ON A HIGHWAY WITHOUT SYMPTOMS OF TRANSMISSION ISSUES. THE WORST PART OF THIS IS NOT THE COST. THE WORST PART IS THAT THIS KNOWN ISSUE ON NISSAN TRUCKS SHOULD HAVE BEEN CLASSIFIED AS A RECALL ISSUE BECAUSE THE FAILURE CAN HAPPEN ANYTIME, ESPECIALLY DURING DRIVING CONDITIONS AND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE A CRASH, SERIOUS INJURY, OR DEATH.

CATASTROPHIC TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR FAILURE DUE TO CO-MINGLING ATF AND COOLANT AT 136,000 MILES. CONTACTED NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, THEY REFUSED TO HELP IN ANY WAY, BUT ACKNOWLEDGED THIS AS A "KNOWN" ISSUE.

TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKED INTO TRANSMISSION CAUSING TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR FAILURE. WAS ON MAINROAD AT TIME AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO MECHANICS WHERE UPON LEARNING THIS IS A TYPICAL ISSUE FOR THESE VEHICLES. CANNOT DRIVE VEHICLE AND REPAIRS ARE VERY COSTLY.

TRANSMISSION HAS WENT OUT DUE TO FACTORY DEFAULT THERE'S A RECALL ON THE EXACT ISSUE THAT I'M HAVING WITH MY CAR I NEED TO KNOW IF THERE'S AN EXTENDED WARRANTY OR SOMETHING TO REMEDY THIS BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO BE A KNOWN ISSUE

MY VEHICLE SUDDENLY STARTED TO HAVE A DELAY IN ACCELERATION WHEN THE GAS PEDAL WAS PUSHED, AND THEN WOULD CATCH AND LURCH FORWARD. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION INNER COOLER RUPTURED AND HAS RUINED BOTH THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. FURTHER RESEARCH INDICATES THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE THAT NISSAN HAS FAILED TO ACCURATELY ADVISE OWNERS ABOUT, OR ISSUE A RECALL. THIS IS NEGLIGENT AND WHOLLY UNETHICAL. NEGLIGENT IN THAT THE SYMPTOMS COULD LEAD TO SERIOUS HARM OUT INJURY, AS THERE IS NO WARNING PRIOR TO THE DAMAGE BEING DONE. UNETHICAL IN THAT NOW NISSAN GETS TO PROFIT FROM THEIR NEGLIGENCE, AS IT WILL COST $5,000 TO REMEDY WHAT COULD AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH LESS COSTLY.

CAR OVERHEATED/NO START, HAD SUV TOLLED TO AUTO REPAIR SHOP WAS TOLD BY TECHICIAN WAS TOLD THE FOLLOWING. RADIATOR FAILED CAUSING COOLANT AND TRANS FLUID TO MIX. TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE FAILED CAUSING VEHICLE NOT TO START.

DEFECTIVE RADIATOR FROM NISSAN, DROPPED FLUID INTO THE TRANSMISSION. AS A RESULT, BOTH THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR HAD TO BE REPLACED. IF THE RADIATOR WAS DEFECTED THE TRANSMISSION WOULD STILL BE IN TACT. THIS HAPPENED JUST REACHING THE 100,000 MILE MARK.

RADIATOR MALFUNCTION CRACKED TRANSMISSION LINES, MIXING ANTIFREEZE INTO THE TRANSMISSION LINES, CONTAMINATED THE TRANSMISSION, THE TRANSMISSION IS RUINED! NEVER INFORMED ABOUT THIS DEFECT IN THE RADIATOR! NEVER NO RECALL!

THE RADIATOR HAS BROKEN AND LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING A COMPLETE FAILURE IN THE SYSTEM. BOTH MUST NOW BE REPLACED.

THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO OVERDRIVE, SO I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AAMCO. THE TRANSMISSION WAS CONTAMINATED WITH COOLANT FROM THE RADIATOR, REQUIRING A COMPLETE OVERHAUL INCLUDING THE TRANSMISSION COMPUTER. ESTIMATED COST OF DAMAGES IS $4600! MY VEHICLE IS IN EXCESS OF THE EXTENDED WARRANTY, HOWEVER THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW THAT SHOULD BE CORRECTED BY NISSAN.

I WAS DRIVING MY NEWLY PURCHASED USED 2006 PATHFINDER AND NOTICED THAT I COULD NOT GET UP TO SPEED UNTIL I GOT UP TO 45 OR 50 MPH NOTICED I HAD SEVERAL ERROR CODES ENDED UP THAT ONE WAS THE TRANSMISSION VALVE ASSY. TOOK IT TO TRANSMISSION SHOP WHICH TESTED THE FLUID AND FOUND THAT THERE WAS RADIATOR COOLANT MIXED WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. THE CAR WAS GREAT EXCEPT FOR THIS ISSUE. NOW IT BARELY DRIVES ONLY IN 4TH GEAR AND I AM TOLD IF I KEEP DRIVING IT THAT WAY IT WILL BURN IT UP. I NEED TO REPLACE BOTH THE VALVE ASSY AND THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM AT A COST OF 5K. I DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY. THIS IS REALLY UNACCEPTABLE.

WHEN I WAS DRIVEN MY NISSAN I MAKE A STOP AND THEN I TRY TO ACCELERATE BUT MY CAR DIDN'T RESPOND SO I TOOK THE NISSAN TO THE MECHANIC AND HE TALK ME THE TRANSMISSION WAS BAD DO I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION .I WAS VERY LUCKY BECAUSE I WAS VERY CLOSE FROM HOME IN CITY STREET OTHER WISE I WOULD HAS TO TOW THE CAR TO THE GARAGE AND PUT MY FAMILY IN DANGER

RADIATOR TRANSMISSION COOLER FAILURE, CAUSING TRANSMISSION TO FAIL

A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH RADIATOR BRAKING WITH COOLANT IN TRANSMISSION RESULTING IN NEW TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR 4439.65. NISSAN SHOULD BE BARRED FROM SELLING CARS IN USA WITH SUCH SUBSTANDARD PRODUCTS/

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, PENULTIMATE WEEK. I OBSERVED LOUD ENGINE NOISE, VIGOROUS SHAKING AND JERKING AND A RELUCTANCE IN ACCELERATION WHEN I APPLIED GAS PEDAL​. I WAS A LITTLE BEWILDERED AS I HAVE BEEN VERY PUNCTILIOUS WITH THE REGULAR MAINTENANCE OF MY CAR. I GENTLY PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT TO AVERT ANY DANGER ON THE FREEWAY. UPON EXITING THE CAR, I PERCEIVED A PUNGENT BURNING SMELL. AT THIS POINT, I KNEW IT WOULD BE UNSAFE AND PERNICIOUS TO DRIVE THE CAR HOME. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED FOR ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE THROUGH MY INSURANCE COMPANY AND HAD THE CAR TAKEN TO MY MECHANIC. HE CALLED BACK THE FOLLOWING DAY WITH THE MOST DISHEARTENING NEWS. FOR SOME UNCANNY REASON, FLUID FROM THE RADIATOR WAS LEAKING INTO AND CONTAMINATING THE TRANSMISSION. HE VEHEMENTLY POINTED OUT THAT HE HAD SEEN QUITE A FEW OF THE SAME OMINOUS PROBLEMS BROUGHT TO HIS SHOP, INVOLVING MOSTLY 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDERS. I WAS GIVEN A QUOTE OF ABOUT $4500-$7000 TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE FROM A USED CAR DEALER WITH APPROXIMATELY 117,000 MILES. I'M CURRENTLY FINANCING THE CAR AND BECAUSE OF MY STUDENT LOAN AND EXORBITANT FEES, I STILL OWE A LOT ON IT. HONESTLY, I CANNOT​ AFFORD THE REPAIRS AT THIS JUNCTURE. IT IS VERY RAPACIOUS AND IMMORAL OF NISSAN TO ABDICATE THEIR RESPONSIBILITY AND PASS ON THE FINANCIAL BURDEN TO INNOCENT CONSUMERS​. THESE CARS HAD FACTORY DEFECTS AND DESIGN FLAWS THAT NISSAN WAS AWARE OF BUT CHOSE TO IGNORE. I ENJOIN ANYONE HAVING SIMILAR PROBLEMS AND INDEED CONSCIENTIOUS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO VOCIFEROUSLY CONDEMN NISSAN'S ACTION AND FORCE A RECALL. THIS IS CORPORATE GREED AT IT'S WORST !!

TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO FAULTY RADIATOR. VEHICLE IS NOT DRIVABLE. HAPPENED WHILE IN MOTION.

TOTAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON I95 IN CONNECTICUT ,10PM AT NIGHT, AT 55MPH , WITH FAMILY IN CAR. COOLANT LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING A TOTAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE. NISSAN KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND DID NOT CONTACT VEHICLE OWNERS TO WARN OF THE PROBLEM OR OFFER SUGGESTED REPAIR. REPLACING THE RADIATOR WOULD HAVE BEEN A $300.00 FIX. INSTEAD NISSAN OFFERED NO WARNING AND THE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON AN INTERSTATE AT NIGHT HAPPENED. TOTAL COST TO REPAIR WAS $4381, PLUS A WEEK CAR RENTAL.