I was driving my car into my neighborhood. I turned a corner heard a "clunk" my steering was tight. I then turned into my driveway and lost my steering. Fortunately I was moving slow and did not hit anything. I got out of my vehicle looked under the hood and discovered that my left front wheel well had rusted through and had rotated up and into my steering column breaking the spring in the column and knocking out my steering. So far nissan and my dealer have done nothing. They have rejected my claim that this is a safety problem and they have not given me a formal estimate of the cost to repair. They did offer me $500 of trade in value towards a new vehicle purchase. On november 13, 2009 I requested that the vehicle be repaired at my cost. I visited the dealer on december 1, 2009 to check on progress, and as of this afternoon december 4, 2009 they have not prepared an estimate. I feel this is a safety issue an additional bracket would prevent the wheel well from hitting the steering column. I am lucky that it happened in my driveway later that day was going to drive that vehicle to new york state where if this happened at high speed would have been a serious and possible fatal crash. Instead I drove a rental car after my vehicle was towed to the dealer.
1999 Nissan Pathfinder steering complaints
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I wrote previously on issues with my 1999 nissan pathfinder & recalls safety defects etc..etc.. ? Re airbag switch installation to my vehicle after years of inquiries & being told by nissan dealers & nissan north america consumer affairs there were no recalls &/or safety advisory even after receipt of a red urgent recall card from the dealer I purchased my vehicle from stating that I have been notified by my vehicle division of the existing problem ???? I was told over & over there were not any issues safety/recalls /technical bulletins or anything with my vehicle from both nissan consumer affairs & dealer who sent this card & it must have been sent in error this card is postmarked 2/2008 & states I failed to reply however I never received any prior notifications & blatantly told prior upon my inquiries & after this card there were no issues &they don't know why I received this card blatant liars the card states VIN # jn8 make nissan modification ro705/or 120705 nothing comes up on either what is this for ????? Im getting nowhere without I believe information must be missing on this card & emphatic denial from the dealer nissan auto mall & nissan consumer affairs they even denied any prior complaints I made blasphemous liars!!!!!! Help!!!!
I'm repulsed @ the gross disregard for safety & life of consumers my 99 nissan --death trap hey im alive 3 crashes major steering lock up self acceleration problems electrical stalling shimmy seatbelts don't lock air bags do not deploy this vehicle is dangerous brakes lock up chronic check engine light issues despite numerous inquiries & complaints to nissan they denied any similar complaints with any of their vehicles I have now found multiple foreign campaign recalls which nissan north america was notified by manufacturers of components in their us vehicles by these foreign manufacturers many years later nissan is advising service/safety bulletins however the consumer is not notified & even mislead as to safety issues upon inquiry keep track of your complaints to nissan -when you call back they deny any prior complaints you made at least this has been my experience with nissan consumer affairs ----------when the whole chasis mainframe is bent in 3 major mva,s front head on please again explain to me why the airbags fail to deploy & the seat belts don't lock it seems to depend on way 2 many reasons id like to know what would make them deploy your answer is no answer thanks for your compassion for human life mine was destroyed sincerely disabled do the right thing & spare another human travesty!
Tl*the contact owns a 1999 nissan pathfinder. A mechanic informed the contact that the pinion seal was leaking in the front gear box. The mechanic further explained that it may potentially cause a fire or explosion. The manufacturer stated that there were no recalls for that failure. The purchase date and failure mileage were unknown. The current mileage was 140,000.
Additional details avaiable upon request. Nlm
Claim number - 20-5208-313 while driving in rainy weather, consumer experienced steering problems, causing vehicle to flip over, there were six injuries.
Claim # 42-1281-769 - while driving, consumer attempted to exit ramp, however vehicle's steering became uncontrollable, consumer states that the vehicle's steering would not respond and began to swirl left to the edge of the highway and back again, going off the bank resulting in an overturn, there was one injury.
While traveling at 40-50 MPH vehicle started to spin in a 180 degree turn. When this problem occurred ground has always been wet. Contacted dealer, and dealer stated that vehicle was in good condition, even though problem has occurred three times already.
Un-controllable steering wobble at 70 MPH. Have taken it back to dealer twice, with only tires replaced. Found similar problems on a yahoo website, with customers that have contacted nissan, that have received no fix for this problem. I will send email to your web address with comments from yahoo message board.
While traveling consumer lost control of vehicle due to steering wheel locking up, resulting in an accident.
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