1994 Nissan Pathfinder

These are unverified consumer reports filed with NHTSA, shown as submitted.

• 12/28/1994· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULICCrash

  REAR BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL/ACCIDENT. *SKD

• 12/27/2001· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  4 EXHAUST BOLTS HAVE SHEARED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ENGINE. DEALERSHIP SAID THEY KNEW ABOUT THIS, BUT ONLY COVERED VEHICLES FROM 1995 AND NEWER AND UNDER 100,000 MILES.*AK

• 12/26/1994· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  HORN FAILURE. *AK

• 12/15/1999· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT FROM 1ST GEAR. MUST GO TO N, SHUT DOWN AND RESTART ENGINE, THEN BACK TO D TO CLEAR PROBLEM. *AK

• 12/15/1999· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  RIGHT REAR EXHAUST MANIFOLD STUDS FAILED. *AK

• 12/08/2003· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE WAS VERY LOUD, AND THE EXHAUST SOUNDED AS IF T MARBLES WERE RATTLING AROUND. A RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR VEHICLES OF SAME MAKE/MODEL AND CERTAIN YEARS, BUT THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE BOLTS TO THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD OVERHEATED AND BROKE OFF INTO THE MANIFOLD COVER. MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALER WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.*AK

• 12/05/2006· STRUCTURE

  DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE A GENERAL MAINTENANCE INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED BY AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, IT WAS DETERMINED THE VEHICLE FRAME ALONG BOTH REAR AXLES WAS CORROSIVE AND THE FRAME NEEDED TO BE RESTORED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED.

• 12/04/2000· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  EXHAUST MANIFOLD STUDS ARE BROKEN FROM FATIGUE ON BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES OF THE ENGINE, POSSIBLE ENGINEERING/DESIGN DEFECT. *AK

• 12/01/2002· STRUCTURE

  WHEN YOU ACCELERATE, BRAKE OR GO OVER BUMPS REAR AXLE MOVES AND CHANGES DIRECTION OF STEERING. CAR WILL PULL TO LEFT OR RIGHT SIDE OF ROAD. THE CAR WILL NOT GO DOWN THE ROAD STRAIGHT. REAR FRAME SECTION RUSTED COMPLETELY THROUGH AT MOUNTING LOCATIONS OF AXLE SUPPORT AND SPRING AREAS. OTHER PEOPLE HAVE ALSO FAILED STATE INSPECTION DO TO BAD RUST PROBLEM. CAR HAD FACTORY UNDERCOAT INSTALLED 8 YEARS AGO. NO WAY SHOULDS A CAR FRAME RUST OUT IN 8 YEARS OR LESS. SUV IS STILL WORTH $6000.00 BUT CAN NOT BE SAFLY DRIVE. YOU CAN NOT SEE RUSTED AREA UNLESS YOU PUT CAR UP ON A LIFT. I DID NOT DO THAT BEFORE I PURCHASED SUV JUST TRADED IN THAT DAY. DEALER WAS NOT AWARE OF PROBLEM AND DID NOT PUT ONA LIFT TO INSPECT IT. MY COMPLAINT IS NOT WITH TOYOTA OF NASHUA BUT WITH THE MFG. NISSAN. I AM SURE YOU WILL HAVE REPORTS OF SERIOUS ACCIDENTS WITH THESE SUV IN THE RUST BELT AREAS OF USA. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT IS NEXT STEP. I WILL SEE IF SOMEONE CAN REPAIR WELD IN A NEW FRAME RAIL SECTION. DT

• 11/30/1998· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  THROTTLE STICKS AT HIGH SPEED DRIVING. POTETIAL CAUSE FOR CRASH WITH FATALITIES.

• 11/26/2002· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLINGFire

  WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM THE HOOD AND THROUGH THE AIR CONDITIONER VENTS ALSO, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME. THIS RESULTED IN VEHICLE FIRE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. TS

• 11/24/2001· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROLCrash

  WHEN IN FORWARD GEAR AT IDLE THE ENGINE ACCELERATED UP TO 5000 RPM. I TRIED TO APPLY THE BRAKES BUT COULD NOT STOP THE AUTO FROM CRASHING INTO THE REAR OF MY GARAGE CAUSING DAMAGE TO SEVERAL ITEMS IN THE GARAGE. THIS SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED ABOUT TEN TIMES APPROXIMATELY TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO. AT THAT TIME THE DEALER (PUYALLUP NISSAN, PUYALLUP, WA.) STATE "THIS HAPPENS" WITH PATHFINDERS AND THEY STATED THERE IS NO KNOWN CORRECTION FOR IT. IN ANOTHER CIRCUMSTANCE SOMEONE COULD HAVE BEEN SEVERELY INJURED OR KILLED.*AK

• 11/24/1994· STEERING

  SECURITY ALARM FAILED. *SKD

• 11/24/1994· INTERIOR LIGHTING

  AIR CONDITIONER LIGHT FAILED. *SKD

• 11/23/1994· STRUCTURE

  LEFT REAR DOOR HINGE FAILED, CAUSING DOOR TO STICK. *SKD

• 11/23/1994· VISIBILITY

  LEFT REAR WINDOW MISADJUSTED, CAUSING WATER TO LEAK INTO VEHICLE. *SKD

• 11/22/1994· VISIBILITY

  WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR FAILED. *SKD

• 11/18/1994· SEAT BELTS

  DRIVER'S SEAT BELT FAILED TWICE. *SKD

• 11/17/1994· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  FUEL PUMP FAILED. *SKD

• 11/08/1994· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSMISSION BEARINGS/3 GEARS FAILED. *AK

• 11/05/1997· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO OVER 45 MPH.

• 11/04/2003· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  UPON TAKING IN THE VEHCILE FOR ROUTINE MAINETENCE, OIL CHANGE, TIRE ROTATION, & WINETRISE SPECIAL. WAS INFORMED THAT MY EXAUSHT MANIFOLD BOLTS WERE BROKEN AND NEEDED REPLACING, AFTER THE VEHICLE WENT THROUGH TWO MAJOR INSPECTIONS NOT OVER A YEAR AGO. 1) FOR PURCHASEING A USED VEHICLE AND 2) FOR OUT OF PROVINCE INSPECTION. NISSAN CANADA KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BUT REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM.*AK

• 10/28/2004· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSMISSION FAILURES ON 1994 PATHFINDER VEHICLE. * BF SINCE THE VEHICLE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN BACK 5 TIMES FOR VARIOUS PROBLEMS. *NM

• 10/28/1995· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROLCrash

  GAS PEDAL STUCK, CAUSING SUDDEN ACCELERATION/ACCIDENT. *SD

• 10/27/1997· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WHILE TRAVELING IN HIGH ALTITUDES VEHICLE WILL ONLY GO 45 MPH.

• 10/26/1998· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLINGCrash

  VEHICLE JUST DIE WHEN RUNNING ON THE ROAD.

• 10/22/1996· STRUCTURE

  OPENED UP BACK GLASS PART TO THE DOOR AND WENT TO SHUT THE GLASS AND THE WHOLE GLASS EXPLODED IN DRIVER'S FACE . THE GLASS EXPLODED WITHOUT ANY WARNING. *AK

• 10/21/1997· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,PARKING BRAKE

  REAR EMERGENCY BRAKE CABLES FAILED. ALSO, FRONT BRAKE CABLE DISINTEGRATED. *AK

• 10/20/2008· STRUCTURE

  I NOTICED DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE THAT THE ENTIRE REAR FRAME OF MY VEHICLE IS ROTTED OUT, THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY UNSAFE DEFECT. NOT DRIVABLE AT THIS TIME BECAUSE OF THE CHANCE OF FRAME FAILURE. *TR

• 10/18/1995· POWER TRAINCrash

  WHILE DRIVING DOWN A STEEP HILL, THE AXLE OF THE TRAILER DISCONNECTED FROM THE WHEEL, CAUSING TRAILER TO SKID/LOSE CONTROL, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK

• 10/16/1998· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WILL IDLE HIGH AND LOW. THEN WITHOUT ANY WARNING THE CAR WILL CUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

• 10/12/2001· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROLCrash

  WHILE DRIVING 30-35 MPH, CONSUMER RELEASED HIS FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO SLOW DOWN, AND CONSUMER FELT THROTTLE STICKING, THE ENGINE STARTED RACING AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN EVEN AFTER CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES, CONSUMER USED BOTH FEET TO APPLY BRAKES, WITNESS STATED REAR WHEELS WERE SPINNING, VEHICLE HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE, THERE WERE NO INJURIES, BUT THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE, DEALER CLEANED CARBON BUILD UP IN THROTTLE CHAMBER HOUSING, WHICH WAS THE CAUSE, THIS HAPPENED ONCE BEFORE IN SEPTEMBER 1997, SAME REMEDY APPLIED. *AK THE VEHICLES BATTERY WAS REPLACED. *YH

• 10/10/2008· STRUCTURE

  TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 NISSAN PATHFINDER. UPON ROUTINE INSPECTION, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE CAST IRON WAS RUSTED IN THE VEHICLE FROM THE INSIDE OUT. THE INSPECTION STATION FAILED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THAT IF THE CONTACT DROVE OVER A BUMP TOO HARD, THE VEHICLE COULD SPLIT INTO TWO PIECES. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 130,000.

• 10/06/1998· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  EXHAUST MANIFOLD STUDS ARE BROKEN FROM FATIGUE ON BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES OF THE ENGINE, POSSIBLE ENGINEERING/DESIGN DEFECT.

• 10/01/2001· STRUCTURE

  WHEN THE DOOR IS SHUT AUTOMATIC LOCK WOULD LOCK ALL THE DOORS. SOMETIMES WOULD UNLOCK, AND THEN RELOCK BY ITSELF. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. HAD TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP.*AK

• 09/26/2002· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  CONSUMER STATES THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO START VEHICLE,HAD VEHICLE SERVICED.THE ENGINE HAD LOCK UP. DEALERSHIP REFUSE TO SPEAK TO CONSUMER.

• 09/19/2002· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,UNKNOWN OR OTHER

  ENGINE CHECK LIGHT COMES ON, LOSES POWER STEERING AS A RESULT OF ENGINE FAILURE CAUSED BY A DEFECT IN ENGINE INJECTORS. HAD PART REPLACED TWICE.*AK

• 09/10/1998· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  PASSENGER SIDE MANIFOLD STUDS FAILED AT 59000 MILES COVERED BY POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. DRIVER SIDE STUDS FAILED AT 63000 MILES WILL NOT BE COVERED BY WARRANTY. NISSAN IS AWARE OF DEFECT AND HAS ISSUED A TSB, YET FAIL TO ADMIT IT IS AN ENGINEERING FLAW AND WILL NOT ISSUE A RECALL.

• 09/10/1998· UNKNOWN OR OTHER

  UNSPECIFIED.

• 09/05/2005· STRUCTURE

  FRAME IN REAR WHEEL AREA RUSTED THROUGH ON BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDES. UNDER COATING HAD HIDDEN THIS UNTIL A SMALL CRACK HAD APPEARED. NISSAN CANADA WAS CONTACTED BY PHONE WHO INDICATED THAT NO ACTION WOULD BE TAKEN FOR VEHICLES OVER 5 YEARS OLD. *JB

• 09/01/1998· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  VEHICLE STALLS AND STOPS RUNNING WITHOUT WARNING OR INDICATION, HIGH SPEEDS ON THE HIGHWAY AND SLOW SPEEDS IN NEIGHBORHOOD, DEALER CONTACTED SEVEN TIMES AND CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

• 08/29/2007· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES

  POWER DOOR LOCKS LOCK AND UNLOCK WHILE I AM DRIVING. "CLICK" "CLICK-CLICK" WHEN I AM DRIVING ALONE AND NOT TOUCHING ANY DOOR CONTROLS. DRIVER DOOR LOCK JAMS EASILY. CANNOT UNLOCK THE DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE. INTERIOR PLASTIC PARTS. GASOLINE DOOR KNOB BY DRIVER'S SEAT. BROKEN QUICKLY. HINGE TO THE COMPARTMENT BETWEEN DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER SEAT.. BROKEN ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. INTERIOR PLASTIC LOCKS ON DOORS FELL OFF.

• 08/29/2007· VISIBILITY,STRUCTURE,SEATS

  POWER DOOR LOCKS LOCK AND UNLOCK WHILE I AM DRIVING. "CLICK" "CLICK-CLICK" WHEN I AM DRIVING ALONE AND NOT TOUCHING ANY DOOR CONTROLS. DRIVER DOOR LOCK JAMS EASILY. CANNOT UNLOCK THE DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE. INTERIOR PLASTIC PARTS. GASOLINE DOOR KNOB BY DRIVER'S SEAT. BROKEN QUICKLY. HINGE TO THE COMPARTMENT BETWEEN DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER SEAT.. BROKEN ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. INTERIOR PLASTIC LOCKS ON DOORS FELL OFF. *TR UPDATED 11/1/07 *TR

• 08/29/1996· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSMISSION SLIPS WHILE CHANGING FRON FIRST TO SECOND GEAR.

• 08/20/1998· STRUCTURE

  TRUNK DESIGN ALLOWED FOR THE TRUNK LID TO HIT REAR WINDOW CAUSING WINDOW TO BREAK.

• 08/19/1998· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  ENGINE RUNS NORMAL WITH A SLIGHT TICKING NOISE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE, ESPECIALLY DURING ACCELERATION. POSSIBLY THE EXHAUST SYSTEM.

• 08/14/1998· VISIBILITY

  THE FRONT WINDSHIELD MOULDING IS COMING OFF. THE DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *AK

• 08/06/2003· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  AT ABOUT 100,000 MILES, A BOLT ON THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD FAILED DUE TO THE DEFECTIVE MANIFOLD WARPING AWAY FROM THE ENGINE. BOLT WAS REPLACED, BUT FUTURE PROBLEMS WERE PREDICTED BY THE MECHANIC.

• 08/01/2005· STRUCTURE

  DURING A ROUTINE AUTOMOBILE CHECK UP MECHANIC NOTICED THE BODY FRAME WAS RUSTED. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED VISA E-MAIL.*AK THE FRAME OVER THE REAR WHEELS HAD RUSTED BEYOND REPAIR. THE CONSUMER STATED IT WAS NOT VISIBLE BECAUSE OF THE UNDER COATING. *JB

• 07/30/1998· STRUCTURE

  PAINT STARTED PEELING OFF THE ROOF ONE YEAR AFTER PURCHASE.