2014 Nissan Pathfinder UNKNOWN OR OTHER

I HAVE BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH MY VEHICLE SINCE 2016. IN 2017 MY VEHICLE STALLED AT A BUSY EXIT RAMP AFTER SHAKING. THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT SEPTEMBER 11, 2019 MY VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN ON A BUSY EXIT RAMP. THE WARNING ON THE VEHICLE STATED HYBRID SYSTEM OVERHEATING. I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN TO THE DEALER BECAUSE OF THE SHAKING AND STALLING AND TWO DAYS LATER I RECEIVED MY VEHICLE BACK. THE SERVICE REPORT STATES THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH MY VEHICLE WAS WORSE THAN BEFORE WITH TWO WARNING LIGHTS. I WAS BARELY ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER ON SEPTEMBER 16TH. ON SEPTEMBER 17TH I RECEIVE A PHONE CALL FROM THE SERVICE ADVISOR THAT THE ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE IS THE TRANSMISSION. THE SHAKING HAS BEEN AN ISSUE SINCE 2017 BUT ACCORDING TO THE SERVICE AGENTS THEY NEVER EXPERIENCED IT UNTIL SEPTEMBER 16TH.

I ARRIVED AT MY DESTINATION AND ATTEMPTED TO OPEN MY DRIVERS SIDE DOOR AND THE HANDLE WOULD NOT WORK. IT MADE A CRUNCH SOUND AND I COULD NO LONGER USE IT. I NOW HAVE TO LEAVE MY CAR ON, ROLL MY WINDOW DOWN, REACH TO OPEN THE CAR FROM THE OUTSIDE, ROLL THE WINDOW BACK UP, THEN TURN MY CAR OFF. I HAD PARKED MY CAR IN A PARKING LOT ON A LEVEL SURFACE WHEN THIS HAPPENED.

A PLASTIC PIECE IN MY VISORS IS BROKEN. THIS SEEMS TO BE A HUGE COMPLAINT FROM OTHER NISSAN PATHFINDER OWNERS AS WELL. VISORS HANG DOWN IN THE WAY OF VISION WHILE DRIVING.

1ST IT WAS MY TRANSMISSION, WHICH WAS REBUILT DUE TO A LAWSUIT. THEN IT WAS THE ENGINE, USED ENGINE WITH 50,000 WAS PUT IN AND I ONLY HAD 76,000 ON THE ORIGINAL ONE. THEN BOTH COOLING FANS HAD TO BE REPLACE....$6000 LATER AND NOW THE [XXX] VISORS!! DRIVERS SIDE BROKEN, WON'T STAY UP UNLESS I USE A BUNGIE CORD. IT'S A HAZARD HAVING IT FLAPPING IN FRONT OF DRIVER AND MY PASSENGER SIDE IS FAILING. NISSAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS!! I'VE PUT ENOUGH $$$ INTO THIS CAR, IT'S LIKE MY MONEY PIT!! NEVER EVER AGAIN WILL I BUY OR SUGGEST A NISSAN TO ANYONE. CAN'T WAIT TO GET RID OF THIS CAR!! PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

THE DOOR HANDLE TO THE PASSENGER SIDE SNAPPED AND THE DOOR DOES NOT OPEN FROM THE INSIDE NOW.

MY VEHICLE WILL MAKE STARTLING RATTLING SOUNDS UNDER THE HOOD WHENEVER THE HEAT OR AIR CONDITIONING IS ON WHETHER THE CAR IS IDLE OR IN MOTION. WHENEVER THIS OCCURS, THE VEHICLE ALSO HESITATES WHEN ACCELERATING AS IF IT WILL CUT OFF.

THE DRIVER'S SIDE SUN VISOR NO LONGER STAYS IN THE 'UP' POSITION AND 'OPENS' WHENEVER I AM DRIVING, ESPECIALLY IF I HIT A BUMP. THE VISOR SUDDENLY DROPS AND HANGS DOWN, DIRECTLY IMPAIRING MY ABILITY TO SEE THE ROAD. WHENEVER I TRY TO PUT THE VISOR BACK UP TO ITS 'UP' POSITION IT MAKES A LOUD CREAKING NOISE

I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE ON 11/6/2018 AND IT WAS RIDING FUNNY SO I TOOK IT INTO MY DEALERSHIP, THE TRANSMISSION WAS GOING MY CARS TRANS WENT OUT A TOTAL OF 3 TIMES OF THE DEALERSHIP FIXING IT. THEY STATED THAT'S A NUMBER ONE PROBLEM IN THESE VEHICLES.

WAS DRIVING ON THE EWAY WITH MY FAMILY AND HEARD A LOUD BOOM. THEN HEARD WIND AND PIECES OF GLASS ABOVE THE SUNROOF VISOR. PULLED OVER AND CONFIRMED THAT MY SUNROOF EXPLODED.

WE WERE TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 1PM WHEN THE SUNROOF EXPLODED. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THE SUNROOF GLASS EXPLODED. IT EXPLODED BEFORE ON 11/29/18. THE WEATHER WAS SUNNY AND CLEAR WITH A TEMP OF ABOUT 45 DEGREES. THE SUN SHIELD WAS OPEN BUT THE SUNROOF WAS CLOSED. WE HADN'T PASSED AN OVERPASS AND WHEN THE WE CLEANED UP THE GLASS WE DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING THAT MIGHT HAVE IMPACTED THE GLASS OF THE SUNROOF. WE PURCHASED THE CAR USED FROM A DEALERSHIP IN APRIL 2018.

SUN ROOF BLEW UP WHILE DRIVING.

AS I WAS DRIVING ON 110 SOUTH FREEWAY AND ENTER FASTTRACK LANE NEAR EXPOSITION BLVD EXIT, I HEARD A VERY LOUD EXPLOSION AND THOUGHT THAT I WAS RUNNING INTO A COLLISION WITH ANOTHER ONCOMING VEHICLE. AS I WAS SLOWING DOWN AND LOOKED AROUND THERE WERE NO VEHICLE NEAR ME AND THE WEATHER WAS SO CLEAR. THEN I NOTICED THAT MY SUNROOF GLASS WAS BLOWN OFF AND SHATTERED. LUCKY ENOUGH I HAD MY SUNROOF SHADE CLOSED SO THE SHATTERED GLASS DIDN'T FLIGHT IN THE CAR. THERE WERE ANOTHER 04 PASSENGERS IN MY CAR AS WELL BUT NO ONE GOT HURT.

BOTH SUNVISORS LEFT HAND AND RIGHT HAND VISOR STARTED CLICKING WHEN MOVING IT AND THEN IT STARTED POPPING AND NOT GOING BACK UP

MY VEHICLE HAS A POWER LIFT GATE. THERE IS AN INTERNAL HINGE THAT CONNECTS THE STRUT/ARM TO THE LIFTGATE. THIS IS AN INTERNAL PIECE. THIS 'HINGE' SOMEHOW RUSTED AND SNAPPED. I BELIEVE IT'S CALLED THE 'STRUT MOUNT'. THEREFORE THE STRUT/ARM IS NO LONGER CONNECTED TO THE LIFTGATE. THE ENTIRE POWER LIFTGATE SYSTEM IS NOW INOPERABLE. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME THE ENTIRE POWER LIFTGATE SYSTEM HAS TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF ALMOST $2,000.00. I CALLED NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS TO ASK FOR ASSISTANCE AND LOG A CASE. THE CASE # IS 33162218. NISSAN DECLINED ASSISTANCE. I FOUND A RECALL ON THE 2014-2016 NISSAN ROGUE MODELS WITH THE SAME ISSUE. I BROUGHT THIS UP TO NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND IT DID NOT CHANGE THEIR POSITION. MY ARGUMENT IS: 1) THIS IS AN INTERNAL PART AND SHOULD NEVER HAVE RUSTED. 2) WHY DOES THIS 1 PART REQUIRE THE ENTIRE POWERLIFT GATE BE REPLACED? WHEN THIS FIRST HAPPENED, I WAS OPENING THE LIFTGATE (USING THE POWER FEATURE), IT GOT ABOUT 1/2 UP, STOPPED, THEN SLAMMED BACK DOWN. HOWEVER, IT DID NOT CLOSE ALL THE WAY BECAUSE THE STRUT THAT BROKE FROM THE HINGE WAS LEFT EXTENDED, CAUSING THE LIFTGATE TO NOT BE CLOSED. THIS WAS ACTUALLY DANGEROUS BECAUSE MY ARM COULD HAVE BEEN TRAPPED WHEN THE LIFTGATE CLOSED UNEXPECTEDLY. I FOUND SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ONLINE BUT NO OFFICIAL RECALLS.

SEPT 2018 FRONT PASSENGER DOOR HANDLE BROKE; UNABLE TO OPEN DOOR FROM THE INSIDE. MARCH 2016 FRONT DRIVER SIDE DOOR HANDLE BROKE; WAS UNABLE TO OPEN DOOR FROM THE INSIDE.

I WAS IN MOTION ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN I MOVED THE DRIVERS SIDE SUNVISOR. A LOUD POP HAPPENED AND THE VISOR BROKE. IT WOULD NOT RETURN TO ITS STATIONARY PLACE AND HUNG IN FRONT OF MY FIELD OF VIEW. IT DANGLES INTERFERING WITH DRIVING.

SUN VISOR ON PASSENGER SIDE FELL DOWN WHILE DRIVING

THE DRIVER SIDE VISOR BROKE. AT TIME OF PURCHASE, BOTH VISORS MADE A LOUD CLICKING SOUND WHEN THEY WERE PULLED DOWN OR PUSHED UP. THE PLASTIC ATTACHED TO THE HINGE BROKE. AFTER LOOKING UP THIS ISSUE ONLINE, IT APPEARS THAT SEVERAL THOUSAND PEOPLE HAD SIMILAR ISSUES WITH THEIR NISSAN PATHFINDERS. THE BROKEN PLASTIC PREVENTS THE VISOR FROM BEING PUSHED ALL OF THE WAY UP, THUS CAUSING THE DRIVER'S VISION BEING PARTIALLY BLOCKED.

THE SUN VISORS HAVE ALWAYS NOT FULLY RETURNED TO THE POSITION WHEN CLOSED LIKE ALL OTHERS DO. HOWEVER, WITHOUT WARNING THE DRIVER'S SUN VISOR BROKE DURING VEHICLE OPERATION ON AN INTERSTATE. IMPEDING THE VISION OF THE DRIVER, DURING OPERATION, IS EXCEEDINGLY DANGEROUS. I HAD TO DRIVE WITH ONE HAND HOLDING THE VISOR IN PLACE.

SUN VISORS ARE AN ISSUE FOR SO MANY NISSAN PATHFINDER OWNERS! THEY NEED TO BE RECALLED. SUN VISORS DO NOT STAY UP. THEY FALL WHILE DRIVING WHEN YOU POSSIBLY GET THEM TO STAY. WHEN THEY WON'T STAY UP THEY STAY DOWN AND MYSELF AND PASSENGERS ARE CONSTANTLY HITTING OUR HEADS ON THEM. IT OBSTRUCTS MY VIEW WHILE DRIVING EVEN WHEN MY SEAT IS ALL THE WAY DOWN.

THE SUN VISORS IN THE PATHFINDERS HAVE A PLASTIC HINGE ATTACHMENT THAT FAILS REGULARLY IN SEVERAL YEARS OF THE VEHICLE. WHILE THE SUN VISOR MAY NOT BE SAFETY CRITICAL EQUIPMENT, THE MODE OF FAILURE MAKES IT UNSAFE. WHEN IT FAILS, YOU ARE UNABLE RETURN IT TO NORMAL POSITION AND IT HANGS FULLY DOWN (AT LEAST IN MY CASE) OBSTRUCTING THE DRIVER'S VISIBILITY. WHEN IT FAILED FOR ME, MY VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON A HIGHWAY, WITH VERY HEAVY TRAFFIC. I HAVE FIXED THE FAILED VISOR SO CAN'T PROVIDE A PICTURE.

I HAVE OWNED MY PATHFINDER FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS. WHEN I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE BOTH VISORS WERE SAGGING AND DIDN'T FULLY RETRACT INTO PLACE. OVER THE LAST MONTH THE DRIVERS SIDE VISOR IS NOW TO THE POINT WHERE IT HANGS HALFWAY DOWN ALL OF THE TIME. I RESEARCHED ONLINE AND HAVE FOUND THIS PROBLEM TO BE WHAT I CONSIDER AN EPIDEMIC. NOT ONLY ARE THE VISORS MANUFACTURED HORRIBLY BUT NOW CAUSE A HAZARD WHEN I AM DRIVING BECAUSE I CONTINUOUSLY HIT MY HEAD ON THE VISOR. NISSAN NEEDS TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER RECALLING ALL VISORS THAT ARE DESIGNED AS SUCH. I JUST SPENT ALMOST $200 TO FIX ONE VISOR FOR WHAT I BELIEVE IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. NOT HAPPY! I DO NOT HAVE A PICTURE TO SEND IN TODAY BECAUSE I HAVE ALREADY FIXED THE VISOR BECAUSE IT WAS A HAZARD TO DRIVE.

WHILE DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 75MP ON THE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 10:30 AM THE SUNROOF EXPLODED. THE SUN SHADE WAS OPEN BUT THE SUNROOF WAS CLOSED DURING THE EXPLOSION. THE WEATHER SUNNY AND CLEAR WITH A TEMP OF ABOUT 40 DEGREES. I HADN'T PASSED A SEMI OR TRUCK OR AN OVERPASS. I MAINTAINED OUR SPEED UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND ASSESS THE DAMAGE. PASSENGER IN THE BACK SEAT RECEIVED MINOR CUTS ON HIS LEG. THE CAR WAS PURCHASED USED FROM DEALERSHIP IN APRIL 2018. IT HAD 34,000 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE. I HAD A "CRASH PROTECTOR" PLACED OVER THE SUNROOF BY SAFELITE GLASS REPAIR UNTIL REPLACEMENT PART IS AVAILABLE.

VEHICLES SHAKES AND SHUDDERS WHEN DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS, ALSO BOTH INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES BROKE. CAR FEELS LIKE YOUR DRIVING ON THE ROUGH LINES ON THE HIGHWAY THEY USE TO WAKE YOU UP.

ON FEBRUARY 27, 2018 I WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH ALONG A HIGHWAY. SUDDENLY I HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A GUNSHOT GOING OFF AND THEN GLASS FELL INTO MY CAR, SOME ON ME FROM THE SUNROOF. THE ENTIRE SUNROOF EXPLODED. I HAVE TAKEN PICTURES BECAUSE THE SMALL AMOUNT OF GLASS AROUND THE OUTSIDE EDGES WAS PUSHED OUTWARDS LIKE AN EXPLOSION FROM PRESSURE OF SOME SORT. AFTER CALLING MY LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP I WAS TOLD THIS IS NOT A NISSAN PROBLEM AND NOT COVERED BECAUSE MY WARRANTY MILEAGE AND TIME HAS EXPIRED. THIS IS A NISSAN PROBLEM BECAUSE GLASS SHOULD NOT EXPLODE FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THANK GOODNESS I DID NOT LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE SHOCK OF THE SITUATION.