2006 Nissan Pathfinder electrical problems

Filed Sep 2, 2022 · Electrical, Engine · LA

Car shuts off In the middle of driving & also when simply parked. It starts jerking like it’s trying to catch up then it kills. It’s happened in front of traffic and busy roadways/intersections. It has happened more than once.

Filed Aug 13, 2019 · Electrical, Engine · 138,000 miles · NJ

The moment I purchased this vehicle it had check engine light and transmission problems and catalytic converters were bad. Would not pass inspection.

Filed Jun 5, 2019 · Electrical, Engine · 137,000 miles · CA

While driving on the freeway or the city street, the car started to jerk and then suddenly cut off and lose power. This has happened at least five times at normal highway and freeway speeds in a straight forward motion. While on the freeway, I was able to glide over to stop the car and restart it. The car starts right back up and is drivable.the last time was on the city street, I was going about 35-40mph and the car again jerks and the engine cuts off and looses power. However, this time the steering wheel locked up preventing me to get over. I had to stop the car by breaking directly in the lane nearly causing cars to slam into me. Again, once I come to a complete stop and put the car in park I am able to start the engine and drive again. After this first happened, I took my car in for a tune-up, oil change, and a diagnostic test but nothing read as an error. I do not drive far distances just mainly around town and have received regular maintenance on my vehicle. I am now afraid to drive my car because the lose of power does not happen consistently but is very dangerous when it does and can definitely cause an accident/injury/death if someone is driving too close. I looked up recalls and found recall10v517000. It says there was a recall for 2004-2006 nissan pathfinders but my VIN # is not excepted. Please look into this for this matter because I do not feel safe for myself and others while driving

Filed Apr 16, 2018 · Electrical, Fuel system · 185,000 miles · MA

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 nissan pathfinder. While driving approximately 55 MPH, the contact noticed that the fuel gauge was not working. Normally, the instrument panel would display how many miles remained until fuel was needed according to the fuel amount. Ever since the failure began approximately three months ago, the contact was refueling the vehicle more often since the fuel to mileage system failed. The dealer (dartmouth nissan, 83 s state road, north dartmouth, massachusetts) was informed of the failure and stated that there would be a diagnostic fee. Due to the fee, the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 185,000.

Filed Feb 8, 2018 · Electrical, Engine · 105,000 miles · OH

Have a 2006 nissan pathfinder se, while driving at 65 MPH the car shut off and I lost total power of the car and thankfully was able to pull over without getting killed. This has happened 2x I loos total power and the car shuts off. I called nissan to see if there was a recall and they said no, however there is a recall #10v517000 which nissan says my car is not involved in that advised this model had a recall for this very problem having the engine shut off while driving it. If there is a recall for this very reason and I have the make & model while nissan will not investigate why this is happened as it is a direct safety problem. I was told that I could take it into nissan for them to see what the problem was of course at my expense.

Filed Jun 12, 2017 · Electrical · 80,000 miles · PR

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 nissan pathfinder. While driving various speeds, the vehicle stalled and all the instrument panel warning indicators illuminated. The contact was able to coast the vehicle to the side of the road, waited a few minutes, and restarted the engine. The failure recurred intermittently. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The VIN was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 10v517000 (engine and engine, cooling). The contact called the manufacturer and was informed that there was no open recall on the vehicle. The vehicle would need to be taken to the dealer and repaired at the contact's expense. The approximate failure mileage was 80,000.

Filed Sep 7, 2016 · Airbags, Electrical · 130,000 miles · MS

Timing chain is messing up which its clear that all nissan pathfinders made from 2004-2010 have that problem as well as the automatic windows not working going up or down when using automatic as well as passenger airbag light going off randomly. Oh if it helps I worked at nissan north america manufacturing and I can't even begin to tell you how managers would send defected parts to the line for assembly because they would always say "quantity over quality". Its a shame and I hope that this will help push to hold nissan responsible to fix what they already knew was bad.

Filed May 18, 2016 · Electrical, Fuel system · 114,200 miles · TX

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 nissan pathfinder. The contact stated that after the vehicle was started, the fuel gauge displayed incorrectly. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the fuel gauge sensor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The VIN was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 10v075000 (fuel system, gasoline). The failure mileage was 114,200.

Filed Apr 11, 2016 · Electrical, Engine · WA

I have had the coolant problem fixed. Then I have had to replace all the u-joints. I have had to buy new gas caps to get my check engine light to go off. Now there is a terrible leak and a noise that is so bad. I took it into a local shop and it is the timing chain. This car has been nothing but problems and now it is so bad that I can't sell it because no one wants it and I am now so upside down in my loan because the value is going down so much that I can't trade it in.

Filed Aug 19, 2015 · Electrical, Fuel system · 92,800 miles · MN

I took my pathfinder in to the local nissan dealer for a check up--chugging at 35mph, check engine light sporadically goes on and off, gas gauge stopped functioning. Nissan ran the diagnostics and told me the check engine light is because I need to pay $500.00 to replace the fuel sensor. I believe this is a part that was previously recalled. I don't know if nissan considers the fix once and done but vehicles driven in salt and sand winter conditions will need extra attention. The transmission trouble is something nissan knows about but refuses to recall. I was told I needed to replace the radiator and transmission--over $5000.00. If nissan knows about these problems, why must I, a now unhappy owner, pay for these repairs?