Issue ID | 1596975 |
Internal NHTSA # | 11252540 |
Manufacurer | Nissan North America, Inc. |
Brand | NISSAN |
Model | PATHFINDER |
Model Year | 2014 |
File date | 13/08/19 |
Component | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM |
Product type code | VEHICLE |
Description of the problem | I had 2014 nissan pathfinder and my vehicle was inspected and passed with no issues in june 2019. The day of the accident, i drove all morning with no type of incidents. My niece, who lives on a hill was in the car with me and i picked her that morning from her house. She had to returned to her house later that morning for an item so i drove back up the hill, waited for her in her driveway, left her house and as i was driving down the hill i realized that my brakes was not functioning, my emergency brake light appeared and then all the lights on my dashboard turned on. The emergency brake wasn't working and i couldn't stop the car. I kept pressing my brakes and nothing was happening. It just kept going! At that point, i looked around to see the best place to crash. I came down the hill crossed over one of the main roads and steered my car into a fence and we hit a tree. All of my airbags deployed and i was grateful that both my niece and i had no major injuries. My vehicle was totaled by the insurance company. I had no issues with my brakes in the past! I did find out that there was a problem with the brake software in the 2013 and 2014 nissan pathfinders model-years and there was a recall. I bought my vehicle in 2014 however i never got a recall notice. I also had my vehicle service at a nissan dealership and brake software failures was never communicated to me. Something went terribly wrong with my brakes or the software that day. |
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Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
City and State | YONKERS, NY |
VIN pattern | 5N1AR2MN3ECXXXXXX |
Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | Y |
Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
Was incedent reported to police? | Y |
Was medical attention required? | N |
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Date of purchase | 29/06/24 |
Was original owner? | N |
Anti-lock brakes | N |
Cruise control | N |
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