2005 Nissan Pathfinder ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,POWER TRAIN

RADIATOR FAILED AND LEAKED ANTIFREEZE INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING IT TO FAIL. *TR

DRIVING 35 MPH, APPROACHING STOP SIGN. SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON. STOPPED AT STOP SIGN. NO APPARENT ISSUES UNTIL I PULLED OUT ONTO HWY AND THE CAR WOULD BARELY MOVE. IT WAS AS IF IT WAS TAKING OFF IN SECOND OR THIRD GEAR (IT IS AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION). SINCE THE CAR WOULD NOT GAIN SPEED, I PULLED OVER AS I COULD NOT GAIN SPEED TO AVOID THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC IN THE LANE. COULD NOT DRIVE VEHICLE OVER 20 MPH AND REVVING AT ALMOST 3000 RPM, JUST BARELY MOVING. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN AFTER HAVING TRANSMISSION REBUILT ON 1/28/14 AT A STOP AND CAR WOULD BARELY MOVE, BUT RPMS WERE NEAR 3000. TOOK BACK TO REPAIR SHOP. THIS HAPPENED A THIRD TIME AFTER IT HAD APPEARED TO BE FIXED ON 3/14/14. LUCKILY, ALL TIMES I HAVE NOT BEEN IN SERIOUS TRAFFIC AND WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD WITHOUT INJURY. HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THERE IS NOW EVIDENCE OF RADIATOR LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE RECALL NOTICE FOR THIS DOES NOT EXTEND TO THE MILEAGE I HAVE ON THIS VEHICLE SINCE IT IS NOW AT 164,000, AND THE RECALL ONLY COVERS 100,000 MILES OR 10 YEARS. I HAVE ONLY HAD THIS CAR SINCE 2009, BUT IT DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR THE RECALL. DANGEROUS VEHICLE. IT APPEARS TO BE RUNNING JUST FINE, AND THEN IT STARTS DRAGGING AND CANNOT GAIN SPEED. HAVE HAD THREE CLOSE CALLS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING UPHILL ON THE FREEWAY, THE TRANSMISSION IN OUR NISSAN BEGAN TO SLIP THROUGH GEARS. I HAD TO GET TOWED OFF THE FREEWAY. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO OUR MECHANIC AND LEARNED THE RADIATOR TRANS COOLER WAS LEAKING RADIATOR FLUID INTO THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SYSTEM CAUSING CROSS CONTAMINATION AND FAILURE. OUR MECHANIC FLUSHED THE TRANS SYSTEM AND REPLACED THE RADIATOR. THE VEHICLE TRANSMISSION OPERATED OKAY FOR APPROX. 3 WEEKS THEN BEGAN TO SLIP AGAIN. NOW IT WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF FIRST GEAR. I STARTED CHECKING INTO THIS AN LEARNED NISSAN WAS FACING A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT IN 2012 FOR RADIATOR/TRANS OIL CROSS CONTAMINATION ISSUES. THERE WAS A DEADLINE ON NISSAN'S SETTLEMENT IN EARLY 2013 WHERE THEY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON THE RADIATOR TO 100K AND WOULD COVER SUBSEQUENT REPAIRS TO THE TRANS. MY MILEAGE EXCEEDS 100K AND I KNEW NOTING ABOUT THE LAWSUIT BACK IN 2012 AND 2013 AND DID NOT HAVE A TRANS PROBLEM THEN. NISSAN WILL DO NOTHING TO HELP. IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO BESIDES FORK OUT ALL THIS MONEY TO HAVE THE TRANS REBUILT. *TR

I HAD TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHILE DRIVING. I LOST ALL BUT 1ST GEAR WITH NO WARNING. I HAD IT TOWED TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP WHOM STATED THAT THERE WAS COOLANT IN THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. THEY ADVISED ME THAT THE COOLER IN THE RADIATOR HAD BROKEN AND ALLOWED COOLANT TO MIX WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. I HAVE NOT GOT A BILL YET BUT IT WILL BE UPWARDS OF $3500. I HAD GOTTEN TWO LETTERS FROM NISSAN THAT EXTENDED THE WARRANTY BUT BOTH TIMES I WAS TO HIGH OF A MILEAGE. SEEMS THAT IF THEY EXTEND A WARRANTY FOR A PROBLEM TWICE THAN THEY KNOW THEY HAVE A PROBLEM AND SHOULD DO A COMPLETE RECALL. I ALSO HAD THE FUEL SENDING UNIT GO OUT AND I REPAIRED THAT DUE TO NISSAN WANTING A HIGH DOLLAR AMOUNT TO FIX IT. I HAVE HAD IT WITH NISSAN AND THEM NOT DOING ANYTHING TO HELP THE CUSTOMERS WHEN THEY KNOW THERE IS A MAJOR PROBLEM. *TR

RADIATOR FLUID HAS LEAKED INTO MY TRANSMISSION, DUE TO A FACTORY DEFECTIVE RADIATOR. MY TRANSMISSION IS DAMAGED AND WILL NOT SHIFT INTO 5TH GEAR. THE TRANSMISSION WILL HAVE TO BE REPAIRED OR REPLACED ALONG WITH THE RADIATOR. *TR

I NOTICED THAT THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS READING A LITTLE HIGH SO I TOOK IT TO A FRIEND AND HE SAID THERE WAS OIL IN THE RADIATOR WHEN THE CAP WAS REMOVED. HE RECOMMENDED THAT I TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER SAID I HAD TO PAY A CO-PAY OF $2500.00 TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR AND THE TRANSMISSION BECAUSE THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. *TR

I WAS DRIVING THE CAR AND WHEN ON THE ONRAMP OF THE FREEWAY, THE CAR LOST POWER AND SHUT DOWN. NISSAN DEALERSHIP SAID THE RADIATOR LEAKED FLUID ONTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING IT TO LOOSE POWER. THEY SAID I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR BUT WILL NOT COVER THE WARRANTY WHICH WAS SETTLE IN US DISTRICT COURT OF NEW YORK. THEY WANT TO CHARGE ME $5300 FOR THE REPAIRS. THIS IS CLEARLY A FAULTY DESIGN OF THE NISSAN PATHFINDER SERIES AND WEBSITE SEARCHES VERIFY THAT THE PROBLEM EXITS FOR THOUSANDS OF NISSAN PATHFINDERS FOR THE YEARS OF 2005-2010 IN RELATIONS TO A RADIATOR CRACK AND FLUID LEAKING ONTO THE TRANSMISSION. *TR

LOST ALL ACCELERATION POWER; BARELY MOVED WITH FULL GAS. DIAGNOSED AS RADIATOR FLUID LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION. *TR

FAILED TRANSMISSION DUE TO CONTAMINATION FROM RADIATOR FLUID. *TR

TRANSMISSION JUST OUT OF NO WHERE STARTS JERKING AND OVER HEATING TOOK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THAT COOLANT/TRANSMISSION FLUID CROSS CONTAMINATION DUE TO INTERNAL RADIATOR/TRANSMISSION FLUID COOLER FAILURE TO FIX THE PROBLEM IT WILL COST 4700.00 AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH HAVE FOUND THAT THERE IS MORE NISSAN OWNERS HAVING THIS VERY ISSUE PLEASE NISSAN YOU NEED TO DO A RECALL ON THESE TRANSMISSIONS IF NOT ILL NEVER BUY A NISSAN EVER AGAIN. I MEAN WHO HAS THAT KIND OF MONEY TO SPEND ON A PART THAT IS INTERNAL AND NOT ABLE TO BE MAINTENANCED HOW DO WE KNOW ITS GOING BAD? OH YEA IT JUST STOPS WORKING I HAVE A FAMILY OF 5 AND WE TRAVEL THE INTERSTATE ALOT IM GLAD I WASN'T ON THE INTERSTATE AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME. COULD HAVE BEEN VERY TRAGIC IF SOME ONE HIT US BECAUSE OF A MALFUNCTION LIKE THIS. *TR

DRIVING IN TOWN ROUGHLY 25 MILES, THE TRUCK SLOWED DOWN, YOU HIT THE GAS TO EXCEL AND IT STOPS EVENTUALLY. THE MECHANIC SAYS THE TRANSMISSION COOLANT LEAKED, MIXED AND NEED TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AND TRAINED AND LEANED THE RADIATOR. *TR

I BROUGHT OUR PATHFINDER IN TO OUR MECHANIC FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND INSPECTION. HE SAID THAT THE RADIATOR IS GOING BAD. SPECIFICALLY THE COOLANT THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE TRANSMISSION. HE SAID THAT WE SHOULD NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE, AS IT COULD BLOW THE TRANSMISSION. WE ARE LUCKY THAT HE DID SUCH A THOROUGH INSPECTION, AS WE HAD NO WARNING SIGNS. I GOOGLED THE PROBLEM AND FOUND YOUR WEBSITE, AND THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH NISSAN. OUR MECHANIC SAID HE RECENTLY HAD TO REPLACE TWO RADIATORS, ONE ON A 2009 NISSAN PATHFINDER AND ANOTHER ON A NISSAN (TRUCK)...I CAN'T REMEMBER THE MODEL AND YEAR. *TR

THEY REPORT IN ALL INSTANCES THAT THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A FAILED TRANSMISSION FLUID COOLER LOCATED IN THE RADIATOR ASSEMBLY THAT ALLOWED COOLANT TO MIX WITH AND CONTAMINATE THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID, RESULTING IN DAMAGED INTERNAL TRANSMISSION COMPONENTS AND A DAMAGED INTERNAL TRANSMISSION COMPUTER. THE COMPLAINANTS REPORT NO WARNING SIGNS LEADING UP TO OR JUST PRIOR TO THE FAILURES. *TR

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON IN THE VEHICLE THE NIGHT BEFORE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE NISSAN SERVICE DEALERSHIP THE NEXT DAY-JUNE 5, 2013-FOR A DIAGNOSIS. WAS TOLD THE COOLANT HAD LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND RUINED IT. BOTH THE RADIATOR AND THE TRANSMISSION WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. WAS TOLD BY THE MECHANIC THAT NISSAN WILL NOT PAY FOR ANY PART OF THE REPAIRS DUE TO BEING OVER 100,000 MILES. THE ODOMETER HAS 103,000 MILES, ONLY 3,000 MILES OVER THE LIMIT. THIS IS MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT AND SHOULD BE REPAIRED BY NISSAN, FREE OF CHARGE. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION, DISCOVERED THAT THOUSANDS OF OWNERS 2005-2010 PATHFINDERS, X-TERRAS, FRONTIERS AND ARMADAS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME EXACT ISSUE. THE COST FOR MY REPAIR IS $6300! NISSAN NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED AND THE TOTAL REPAIR COSTS REFUNDED TO THE OWNERS! THIS IS AN ENORMOUS HARDSHIP FOR THIS FAMILY AND ALL WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS FIASCO! *TR

THE 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER'S TRANSMISSION STARTED TO SLIP AND ENGINE SPEED WOULD DIP AND VEHICLE WOULD FEEL AS THOUGH IT WAS ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT INTO A NON EXISTENT GEAR AT SPEED. SEVERAL WEEKS AFTER THIS STARTED TO HAPPEN A NOTIFICATION WAS RECEIVED IN THE MAIL PERTAINING TO THE COOLANT LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION OIL. AFTER HAVING REPLACING THE RADIATOR AND FLUSHING THE TRANSMISSION AND REPLACING TRANSMISSION OIL, THE TRANSMISSION IS CONTINUING TO SLIP. AWAITING WORD FROM NISSAN NORTH AMERICA TO REPLACE OR FIX THIS KNOWN ISSUE. *TR

TRANSMISSION STARTED CHUGGING TOOK IT TO THE REPAIR SHOP THE NEXT DAY AND THEY SHOWED ME I HAVE ENGINE COOLANT IN THE TRANSMISSION AND THAT IT WOULD BE 5000 TO REPAIR. TOLD ME I WAS THE 6TH NISSAN THAT HAS BEEN IN HIS SHOP IN THE LAST MONTH WITH THE SAME PROBLEM!! *TR

DUE TO A DESIGN DEFECT, I HAVE RADIATOR FLUID LEAKING INTO AND RUINING MY TRANSMISSION. I LEARNED THAT NISSAN HAS RECOGNIZED THE PROBLEM AND HAS EXTENDED THE WARRANTY. HOWEVER, BECAUSE THE VEHICLE HAS ABOVE 80,000 MILES I HAVE A CO-PAY OF $2,500. I FIND THIS UNFAIR. THIS PROBLEM IS NOT DUE TO MILES DRIVEN OR OPERATOR ERROR. THIS IS A DESIGN DEFECT AND TO REQUIRE CUSTOMERS TO PAY THOUSANDS TO FIX NISSAN'S ENGINEERING PROBLEM IS WRONG. I FEEL I HAVE BEEN TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF. NISSAN SHOULD COVER THE FULL COST OF THE REPAIR REGARDLESS OF MILEAGE BECAUSE THE PROBLEM RESULTS FROM A DESIGN FLAW. *TR

I EXPERIENCED TRANSMISSION SHIFTING PROBLEMS BETWEEN 50-60 MPH. LOCAL SERVICE CENTER DIAGNOSED IT AS A DEFECTIVE RADIATOR WHICH ALLOWED RADIATOR FLUID TO GET INTO THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. AFTER TALKING TO OTHER PATHFINDER OWNERS AND CHECKING THE INTERNET APPARENTLY NISSAN WAS AWARE OF THEIR DEFECT AND TRIED TO KEEP IT HIDDEN RESULTING IN A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT WHICH WAS SETTLED. UNFORTUNATELY I AM OUT $1,500 FOR REPAIRS AND THERE IS NO GUARANTEE I WON'T BE REPLACING MY TRANSMISSION SOON! CAN YOU HELP? *TR

AS I WAS DRIVING ON A MOTOR WAY, THE CAR JUST START SHAKING AND STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING FROM THE DASHBOARD. A MESSAGE "SERVICE SOON" STARTED DISPLAY ON THE DASHBOARD. THIS SEEMS LIKE A TRANSMISSION FAILURE. I COULDN'T MOVE THE CAR FROM THAT SPOT ON THE MOTOR WAY. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE MECHANIC AND HE DIAGNOSE THE CAR AND COULDN'T FIND ANY FAULT ON THE CAR. I AM SCARE TO DRIVE THE CAR AND THE CAR IS STILL AT THE AUTO MECHANIC SHOP NOT KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM. *TR

FAILED TRANSMISSION FLUID COOLER LOCATED IN THE RADIATOR ASSEMBLY THAT ALLOWED COOLANT TO MIX WITH AND CONTAMINATE THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID. THE RADIATOR HAD TO BE REPLACED, POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO TRANSMISSION. *TR

I WAS DRIVING .IT DID A CLICK SOUND WHEN CHANGING SHIFTS FROM 1 TO SECOND. I TOOK THE MECHANIC AND I WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION HAD LEAK SOME FLUID DAMAGE BECAUSE THE RADIATOR HAD A LEAKAGE. I CHANGED THE RADIATOR AND HEATER ASSEMBLY HOSE THAT IT WAS DAMAGE, TOO. TO REPLACE A RE-BUILD TRANS. I WAS TOLD THAT I NEED 5K THAT I DON'T HAVE IT RIGHT NOW. BUT, SOONER OF LATER I HAVE TO REPLACE IT. I CALLED MY DEALER AND I WAS TOLD THAT I'M IN MY OWN.BECAUSE MY CAR HAS 137K MILES. I FOUND OUT THAT THERE ARE MORE THAN A FEW OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM.

JUST OVER A YEAR AGO OUR 2005 PATHFINDER'S TRANSMISSION FAILED DUE TO NISSAN INSTALLING A FAULTY RADIATOR IN THE VEHICLE WHEN IT WAS MADE. DUE TO THE EXPENSE OF GETTING IT FIXED, IT STILL SETS IN THE GARAGE WAITING TO SAVE UP THE MONEY TO FIX THE ISSUE. OVER THE YEAR, NISSAN HAS ADMITTED IT WAS A PROBLEM BUT INSTEAD OF FIXING IT, THEY SAY THEY WILL COVER IT IF THE VEHICLE HAS LOW MILLAGE. THE RADIATOR PROBLEM IS NOT MILLAGE DEPENDANT. WE DROVE OUR PATHFINDER AND IT WAS BEYOND THE MILLAGE THEY WOULD COVER. SO I GUESS I AM BEING PENALIZED BY NISSAN FOR DRIVING THE PATHFINDER. I JUST WISH NISSAN WOULD DO THE RIGHT THING FOR ITS CUSTOMERS. *TR

SUDDEN JERKING IN THE VEHICLE WHEN TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AS A FAILED TRANSMISSION COOLER WHICH ALLOWS COOLANT TO MIX WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID, CAUSING INTERNAL DAMAGE TO THE COMPONENTS. NOTHING HAPPENED BEFORE, BUT THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING 5TH GEAR AND NO GOING INTO IT, NOW 4 AND THIRD FINALLY JUST STOPPED MOVING... REPAIR COST IS GOING TO BE 6500$ AT THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND THEY WILL NOT ADMIT A KNOWN ISSUE.... *TR

ENGINE LIGHT IS ON. NISSAN DEALER SHOP RECOMMENDS TO REPLACED TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR. *TR

I AM AN OWNER OF A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. ON 12/05/13 THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR ON MY CAR FAILED WITH NO WARNING ON A DESERTED ROAD. I HAD MY CAR TOWED TO NISSAN WHERE THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WOULD COST 5,100 DOLLARS TO REPAIR. I LATER LEARNED THAT THERE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN A LAWSUIT AGAINST NISSAN FOR TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR FAILURE AND THE MAKE AND MODEL OF MY CAR WAS INCLUDED. AFTER LEARNING THIS INFORMATION I CALLED NISSAN BACK AND THEY STATED THAT THEY ONLY COVERED IT UP TO 100,000 MILES AND MY CAR IS AT 136,000 MILES SO IT WOULD BE MY RESPONSIBILITY TO FIX IT. AFTER DOING RESEARCH ON LINE THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE HAVING THESE EXACT SAME ISSUES AND NISSAN WILL DO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ABOUT IT AND THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO HELP WITH COST IN ANY WAY. *TR