Issue ID | 973629 |
Internal NHTSA # | 10507077 |
Manufacurer | Nissan North America, Inc. |
Brand | NISSAN |
Model | PATHFINDER |
Model Year | 2013 |
File date | 22/03/13 |
Component | POWER TRAIN |
Product type code | VEHICLE |
Description of the problem | It happened 3 times already, car started shaking and it stop all of a sudden, all transmission fluid and coolant drained out. Luckily we did'n get hit from the back because the first time was when we stop on a red light and it didn't move at all we tow it to the nearest nissan dealer and they said that it was a factory defect but that was fixed. I had a bad feeling and took it to puente hills nissan where we bought the car. But they told to comeback next day so on my way home on the freeway it started again we just had seconds to pull aside from the road and the car didn't moved at all, fluids drained out again and this time the smoke was even worst i had a panic attack because i thought it was going to catch on fire so i've jumped out of the car "on the freeway" without thinking that i could get killed. The car got towed to puente hills nissan and "they fixed it". When they were testing it it happened again!! They towed the car back and now after a week they said that they already fixed the problem that it was the radiator that had too much pressure so was heating up and shooting the hoses off so they now replaced the radiator and told me to go and pick up the car. I don't feel safe driving around with my family this situation can cause an accident. Nissan dealer won't replace the car even though there is the lemon law that states that after 3 repairs from the same issue the car has to be replaced and even more because it was a brand new car and we only had it for 6 weeks. And there was also 2 recalls on this particular vehicle one on the electric system and other one on the air bags so now i don't know what else is going to happen with this vehicle. |
Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 1500 |
Number of Occurences | 3 |
Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
City and State | DOWNEY, CA |
VIN pattern | 5N1AR2MN1DCXXXXXX |
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 | 29/06/24 |
Was original owner? | N |
Anti-lock brakes | N |
Cruise control | N |
Number of cylinders | 6 |
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Vehicle speed | 5 |
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