2008 Nissan Pathfinder Power Train

PROBLEMAS CON LA TRANSMISION EN SISTEMA DE ENFRIAMIENTO SE DAO EL TCM DE.LA TRANSMISION... CONOZCO VARIAS PERSONAS QUE HAN TENIDO LA MISMA SITUACIN... DESEO SE.INVESTIGUE ENTIENDO ES UN DEFECTO DE FBRICA

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AT ABOUT 40MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD SHUTTER WHEN CHANGING GEARS AND LOSE POWER. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND WE FOUND OUT THAT COOLANT HAD LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION THROUGH THE RADIATOR. NISSAN HAS EXTENDED THE WARRANTY FOR THIS ISSUE, BUT WITH A WHOPPING $3000 DEDUCTIBLE. I WAS SURPRISED TO HEAR THIS IS A KNOWN FAILURE BUT NISSAN WILL NOT TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR PRODUCT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE, IT FAILED TO START WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE LOCAL DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIRE PRESSURE MONITOR SENSOR (TPMS) INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE TPMS WAS REPLACED, BUT THE SENSOR ILLUMINATED AGAIN A FEW WEEKS LATER. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 85,000.

ILL JUST BE ADDED TO THE LIST IM SURE, BUT MY TRANSMISSION SUFFERED A TOTAL FAILURE DUE TO THE RADIATOR ISSUE THAT LEAKS INTO THE TRANSMISSION. APPARENTLY ITS A WELL KNOWN PROBLEM AND NISSAN LOOKED THE OTHER WAY. COST ME $4000 TO REBUILD THE TRANSMISSION AND REPLACE THE RADIATOR. IM AT A LOSS FOR WORDS THE WAY NISSAN HANDLED THIS. BUT NISSAN COULD HAVE BEEN IN MUCH MORE TROUBLE. MY WIFE GOT STUCK WITH THE TRUCK ON THE PARKWAY ON THE SIDE WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC WHIZZING PAST HER AT OVER 55 MPH WITH MY 10 YEAR OLD SON AND 8 YEAR OLD SON IN THE TRUCK. SHE CALLED ME IN PANIC. NOBODY THINKS THAT SUCH A FAILURE COULD POSE SUCH A DANGER LIKE THIS!! WHATS IT GOING TO TAKE FOR A RECALL? A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT???? LUCKILY SHE WAS ABLE TO GET THE TRUCK MOVING SLOWLY OFF THE PARKWAY AND MAKE IT HOME. HOW THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS IS BEYOND ME.....NEVER AGAIN BUYING ANOTHER NISSAN!!

RADIATOR LEAKING CAUSING TRANNY TO FAIL, AFTER TRANNY IS REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE STARTS FAILING IN JUST LESS THAN 2 YEARS CAUSING THE CAR TO HAVE TRANNY ISSUES AGAIN NISSAN SHOULD BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR ALL THIS DEFECTS ON THIS CAR, IT POSSES A SAFE ISSUE BECAUSE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE MAKES THE CAR RUN IF THIS FAILS WHILE CAR RUNNING A HUGE ACCIDENT COULD HAPPEN.

I JUST LEARNED OF AN ISSUE WITH THE RADIATORS FAILING ON THE MODEL I HAVE CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND THUS CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION I FOUND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY A $3000 CO-PAY DUE TO THE MILEGE AND AGE OF MY VEHICLE. DISCOVERING THAT NISSAN HAD KNOW OF THE ISSUE SINCE 2007 AND I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN 2010 I AM QUITE UNHAPPY WITH LEVEL OF CUSTOMER SERVICE TO TAKE CARE OF THIS ISSUE PROPERLY. IF FEEL THAT NISSAN HAS NOT DONE ENOUGH TO REMEDY THESE ISSUE FOR CONSUMERS. I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE TO PICKUP MY CHILDREN WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURED WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO OVERHEAT SPILLING COOLANT MIXED WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID ONTO THE STREET. I MIGHT AS WELL BUY AND INSTALL THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR MYSELF WITH THE CO-PAY THAT NISSAN WANTS TO CHARGE. VERY UNHAPPY WITH WHAT NISSAN IS OFFERING TO FIX THIS PROBLEM.

LOW POWER WHEN GOING UPHILL. DIFFICULTY AND "HARD CLUNKING" WHEN CHANGING GEARS SUCH AS GOING FROM DRIVE TO / FROM REVERSE, DECREASED POWER WHEN DRIVING. WHEN GEARS ARE SHIFTING, TRANSITION IS NOT SMOOTH AND CAR IS SLUGGISH WITH EACH SHIFT. IN ADDITION CLUNKING WITH DECELERATION. WHEN STATIONARY AND SHIFTING INTO REVERSE HEAVY CLUNKING.

"TAKATA RECALL" THE CAR STARED TO VIBRATING WHILE I WAS DRIVING I CAN FEEL THAT THE GEAR WERE NOT WORKING PROPERLY I STOPPED THE CAR CALL A TOW TRUCK TOOK THE CAR HOME CALL THE MECHANIC AND HE EXPLAIN TO ME THAT THE PROBLEM IS THE COOLANT WENT INTO THE TRANSMISSION ALSO TALE ME THAT IT IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM IN THIS CAR. TO FIX IT IS EXTRIMELY EXPENSIVE IT IS MORE THAT THE VALUE OF THE VEHICLE. I JUST FUND OUT THAT ALMOST EVERYBODY THAT HAS A NISSAN PATHFINDER O XTERRA HAD HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. DEFINITELY IS A FACTORY PROBLEM AND WE SHOULD NOT PAY FOR IT THE COMPANY SHOULD FIX IT.

THE INTERNAL RADIATOR HAS SMALL CRACKS THAT LEAK COOLANT AND DAMAGE THE TRANSMISSION. IT STARTED DEVELOPING ISSUES WHEN SHIFTING INTO 2ND GEAR AND THEN WOULD NOT DRIVE AT ALL.

MY RADITOR LEAKED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. THEY FLUSHED THE TRANSMISSION AND A WEEK LATER I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION.

I OWN A 2008 NISSAN PATHFINDER AND THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT DUE TO A DEFAULT IN THE RADIATOR. IT'S GOING TO COST ME $3000 TO FIX A PROBLEM THAT NISSAN NEW ABOUT. I WAS ON MY WAY TO LUNCH AND IT JUST STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. NO WARNING OR ANYTHING.

COOLANT FLUID LEAKED FROM RADIATOR CAP INTO TRANSMISSION CAUSING THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION TO HAVE TO BE REPLACED. VEHICLE HAS 122,000 MILES AND HAS NEVER HAD ANY ISSUES BEFORE THIS. THE FLUID IN RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION IS GUNK.

DEFECTIVE RADIATOR CRACKED AND THE FLUID WENT INTO MY TRANSMISSION RUINING BOTH. KNOWN DEFECT ADMITTED BY NISSAN, BUT LIMITED WARRANTY BEING AWARDED PER CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. THIS IS PREVALENT AND I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY 3,000 DUE TO THEIR PRODUCTION OF A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT IT WOULD STUTTER WHEN SHIFTING GEARS, AND SOMETIME NOT ACCELERATE PROPERLY, VERY DANGEROUS AS MOM DRIVING WITH 4 SMALL CHILDREN!

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 2008 NISSAN PATHFINDER HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE REPAIR SHOP SINCE IT WOULD NOT START. THE PATHFINDER HAD 113K MILES. IT COST ME $2841.27 TO REPAIR.

WOW, I AM AMAZED THAT MY STORY IS SO SIMILAR TO THE ONES I'M READING HERE. I ALSO PURCHASED A 2008 PATHFINDER BRAND NEW. AND I EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE RADIATOR LEAKING INTO MY TRANSMISSION. AND NISSAN HAS TURNED THEIR BACK ON ME AS WELL. AFTER DOING SOME DIGGING, I FOUND OUT THAT NISSAN KNEW ABOUT THIS ISSUE IN 2007. AND YET WHEN I BOUGHT MY VEHICLE THAT HAD 13 MILES ON IT FROM THE DEALERSHIP, NEVER WAS THIS ISSUE BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION. I BELIEVE THEY ISSUED EXTENDED WARRANTIES IN 2010 AND 2012. BUT NEVER CONTACTED US. IF I HAD KNOWN IT WAS A POSSIBILITY OF AN ISSUE, I WOULD HAVE HAD THE CORRECT REPAIR DONE IN ADVANCE TO PREVENT THIS. BUT NOW I FIND MYSELF WITH A DESTROYED TRANSMISSION AND NOWHERE TO GO. I CAN NOT CURRENTLY PAY OUT FOR THIS REPAIR. I ALSO AM LEADING WITH NISSAN TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. BUT THEY KEEP TELLING ME " NISSAN IS NOT IN A POSITION TO HELP ME RIGHT NOW". THE FUNNY THING IS THAT MY FAMILY HAS BOUGHT 5 NISSAN VEHICLES IN THE LAST 17 YEARS. SOME LOYALTY TO A MEMBER OF THEIR FAMILY. I URGE YOU PEOPLE TO DO WHAT I DID. ISSUE A FORMAL COMPLAINT WITH THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU AND MOST IMPORTANT THE ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE. EVENTUALLY WE WILL HAVE TO BE HEARD. I HAVE ALSO MADE IT MY MISSION TO PRINT OUT ALL THE DOCUMENTS I HAVE READ REGARDING THIS ISSUE AND HAND IT TO EVERY PERSON I I SEE DRIVING A NISSAN. AND IF IT'S PARKED, I LEAVE IT UNDER THE WIPER. I DRIVE EVERYDAY AND GO FROM MANHATTAN TO MONTAUK. SO FAR I HAVE SPOKEN WITH OR LEFT INFORMATION FOR OVER 200 NISSAN VEHICLES. AND I'M NOT GOING TO STOP UNTIL THERE IS ENOUGH COMPLAINTS THAT WE CAN GET THIS THING FIXED. FRANK O

AS A SINGLE FATHER OF THREE TEENAGERS, I NEEDED TWO VEHICLES WITH ENOUGH ROOM AND SAFETY FEATURES TO HANDLE HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE NEEDS. I BOUGHT TWO PATHFINDERS, A 2007 SE AND 2008 LE, ONE FOR MYSELF AND ONE FOR MY SON (WHICH WOULD BE PASSED ON, ETC). MY DECISION WAS BASED ON MY PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE WITH NISSAN PRODUCTS AND MY LOYALTY TO THE BRAND. HOWEVER, I NOW HAVE BOTH PATHFINDERS NEEDING MAJOR REPAIRS TO THEIR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS. THE 2008 PATHFINDER'S TRANSMISSION FAILED IN VERY HEAVY HOUSTON TRAFFIC WHILE DRIVING WITH MY YOUNGER SON, WHICH CAUSED OTHER VEHICLES TO SLAM ON THEIR BRAKES AND ALMOST CREATED A LARGE PILE-UP ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY. WHILE WE AVOIDED BEING KILLED BY ONCOMING VEHICLES, WE WERE ALSO IN DANGER AS WE MOVED THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. AFTER TOWING THE VEHICLE TO A REPUTABLE TRANSMISSION SHOP, HE FOUND THE ISSUE TO BE A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE COOLANT FLUID LEAKING INTO THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, CAUSING TOTAL FAILURE. ESTIMATES ARE OVER $6,000 FOR REBUILDING OR REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION WITH PARTS AND LABOR, INCLUDING THE REQUIRED ADDITION OF A "COOLER" INSTEAD OF THE RADIATOR. I ATTEMPTED TO FILE THIS WITH MY CAR INSURANCE BUT WAS DENIED COVERAGE. NOW, THE 2007 PATHFINDER IS HAVING THE SAME SYMPTOMS WITH SLIPPAGE AND INABILITY TO USE OVERDRIVE, WHICH ALMOST CAUSE ANOTHER MULTI-CAR PILE-UP IN HOUSTON TRAFFIC UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO DOWNSHIFT AND MOVE ASIDE. IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE 2007 PATHFINDER TRANSMISSION ALSO FAILS COMPLETELY, AND I STILL OWE $12,000 TO THE CREDIT UNION ON BOTH LOANS COMBINED. I ATTEMPTED A LOAN FOR REPAIRS THROUGH THE TRANSMISSION SHOP, BUT WAS DENIED DUE TO BAD CREDIT FROM A LAY-OFF LAST YEAR. NISSAN, PLEASE ISSUE A RECALL FOR THOSE OF US WITHOUT HOPE AND UNABLE TO BUY A NEW VEHICLE. THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO SAVE LIVES AND BOOST YOUR BRAND TO A HIGHER LEVEL, THROUGH INTEGRITY.

MY TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR SEEPED INTO EACH OTHER AND APPARENTLY CAUSED INTERNAL IRREPARABLE FAILURE. MY BUYER'S SHIELD WARRANTY IS REFUSING TO COVER IT. I PURCHASED THE 5 YEAR/100000 MILE POWER AND TRAIN WARRANTY AS WELL. NISSAN'S FACTORY WARRANTY WILL NOT COVER IT NEITHER WILL MY EXTENDED.

COOLANT LEAKED INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUSING SIGNIFICANT TRANSMISSION ISSUES. THE PROBLEM WAS SUPPOSED TO RESOLVED AS WE HAD IT CLEANED UP...THE VEHICLE WORKED OK FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AND THE PROBLEM REAPPEARED GETTING WORSE AND WORSE...THE VEHICLE IS UNDRIVABLE AT THIS POINT. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME I'VE HEARD OF THIS ISSUE WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL.

THE SUV BEGAN SHUDDERING WHEN SHIFTING INTO GEAR, AND HARD SHIFTING IN LOW GEARS. BROUGHT TO DEALERSHIP, AND THEY SAID COOLANT HAD CONTAMINATED THE TRANSMISSION CASE BY LEAKING FROM THE RADIATOR. REPAIR NEEDED: REPLACE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. SUV HAS 131,000 MILES, AND WAS OTHER WISE IN GOOD CONDITION. REPAIR CENTER SAID TO REPLACE BOTH, COST WOULD BE $5800.00

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS DIAGNOSED, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

HI THERE I RECENTLY BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE 2 DAYS AGO FROM MULLER TOYOTA PHILIPSBURG NJ IT HAVE 157500 MILES. THE TIME I BOUGHT I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS TRANSMISSION PROBLEM AND NEITHER THE DEALER DIDN'T TOLD ME. I PAYED 8000 DOLLAR PLUS TAXES ON THIS VEHICLE. AFTER TWO DAYS I FOUND OUT THAT RADIATOR COOLANT IS MIXED IN TRANSMISSION AND MAKING DRILLING SOUNDS I CALL THE DEALER HE DIDN'T GIVE ME ANY GOOD RESPONSE. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE MEINKE SHOP THEY SAID THEY WILL CHANGE THE RADIATOR AND DRAIN THE COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION OIL BUT THEY NOT SURE IF THERE IS ANY INTERNAL DAMAGE DONE TO TRANSMISSION OR NOT IF THIS DIDN'T FIXES THE PROBLEM I NEED TO REPAIR THE TRANSMISSION WHICH WILL COST 2700 DOLLAR WERE I AM GOING TO GET THAT MONEY I AM POOR GUY AND I CANT AFFORD THAT MONEY IF I KNOW THAT I WILL NEVER EVER BUY NISSAN THIS THE BIGGEST MISTAKE OF MY LIFE. I DONT NO WHAT TO DO NOW. PLEASE HELP I AM TOTALLY SCREWED I ALMOST SPEND 10000 DOLLARS AND I AM STILL SUFFERING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT OPERATE IN REVERSE. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS OR SENSORS ILLUMINATED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,000.

CONTAMINATION FROM RADIATOR INTO TRANSMISSION.

ENGINE COOLANT LEAKED INTO TRANSMISSION DESTROYING TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR REQUIRING REPLACEMENT OF TRANSMISSION AND COOLING SYSTEM. VEHICLE ODOMETER IS AT 115,000. ESTIMATED REPAIR IS $3000-4800+

TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. I'VE BEEN WITHOUT A VEHICLE FOR OVER A MONTH AS PARTS ARE ON BACK ORDER. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE. WHY IS NISSAN NOT PREPARED WITH REPLACEMENT PARTS. WHY WAS WARRANTY ONLY EXTENDED FOR CERTAIN TIME PERIOD AS THEY WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. VEHICLE STOPPED RUNNING IN MY DRIVEWAY. COULD HAVE BEEN HAZARDOUS HAD IT STOPPED RUNNING ON THE HIGHWAY.