2006 Nissan Pathfinder: sudden loss of power

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 Jul 22, 2016 · Engine, Transmission · 168,000 miles · GA

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 nissan pathfinder. While driving approximately 60 MPH, the vehicle lost power without warning. The vehicle was coasted to the side of the road and towed to a local dealer who diagnosed a transmission failure due to a radiator leak. The dealer completely rebuilt the transmission. The failure recurred. The vehicle was towed to another dealer where it was diagnosed that the rebuilt transmission caused an "inter cooler failure". The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that it was not the manufacturer's problem. The contact was referred back to the dealer that installed the rebuilt transmission. The dealer stated that the manufacturer was aware of the rebuilt transmission and referred the contact back to the manufacturer. The manufacturer stated that nothing could be done. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 10v517000 (engine and engine cooling). The failure mileage was 168,000.

Filed Oct 15, 2015 · Engine · 111,000 miles · TN

Vehicle is currently showing symptoms of the bad timing chain/tensioner issue reported by many other consumers. The repair will be expensive for a component that should last the life of the vehicle. Should the component fail and result in catostrophic damage while driving, this will result in immediate loss of power steering and potentially cause vehicle instability and loss of control

Filed Sep 3, 2015 · 99,000 miles · NY

I'm currently financing a 2006 nissan pathfinder which I purchased june 2012 at 78000 mi. In february of 2014 I went to get an oil change and the mechanic informed me that there is oil in the antifreeze compartment. A few days later I noticed that my car "shuttered"every time I shift gear to reverse or to drive. I noticed my vehicle "losing power" when I accelerated. At one instance I was driving up a hill and the vehicle basically lost power and it started to reverse backwards without the gear being shifted into reverse. I immediately stopped the car with the emergency brakes and turned the car off. Scariest experience of my life. I immediately called a tow truck and I sent it to a nissan dealership. They informed me that there was a manufactured defect with the make and model of my car. The engine coolant is leaking into the transmission causing the transmission to become damaged. After months of calling nissan north america they basically told me there's nothing they can do. I found that absurd seeing there was a settlement for this issue my car was experience. I ended up paying $4000 to repair the transmission/radiator and other issues causes by this manufactured defect through a nissan dealership in april 2014. A year goes by and I'm now I'm experiencing the same "shuterring" issue when shifting gears and I noticed that my transmission is slipping once again. This is my first ever vehicle. It's absurd what nissan has done. There has to be justice for nissan owners. Never again will I buy a nissan modeled car. Never!!!!!

Filed Jun 6, 2015 · 84,501 miles · NJ

I was driving up a mountain road when suddenly my vehicle began to shake and lose power. The engine then began to rev and the vehicle began to roll backwards. I applied my brakes and put the vehicle in all available gears including reverse and the engine continued to rev. The police were called and I was almost struck by passing vehicles multiple times. After 55 minutes the police arrived and requested an expedited tow. Vehicle was then towed from the roadway. After paying the $135.00 tow bill to the local tow yard I was able to call aaa and have them tow me the almost 90 miles back to my home in nj. This was of course the saturday of memorial day weekend so nothing was going to be open until tuesday morning. Tuesday morning I had my vehicle towed to a local, reputable transmission place. Ultimately they told me that water had gotten into my transmission and it would cost $3,188.60 to fix. The transmission place told me that they have seen many nissans with this type of problem. After going home and googling nissan pathfinder transmission I was appalled to see all the complaints about nissan pathfinder (and other model nissans) transmissions. I was literally taken back by it and could not believe it. I then contacted my nissan dealer and was told that my vehicle would have been covered before november 14, 2014 or if I had less than 80,000 miles. My truck had just over 84,000 miles. I then called nissan north america. They advised me that in order for them to determine whether they would cover any of the expenses incurred due to this problem I would I have to tow my truck to the dealer and have them take a look at it. Once completed with that, they would submit a report to nissan north america to determine whether any or all of the incurred expenses would be covered...potentially taking several weeks or months with no guarantee that anything would be covered.

Filed Oct 13, 2014 · Transmission · 82,000 miles · OH

While driving my 06 nissan pathfinder with 82000 miles on the car, it would began to shudder and shake as if running over rumble strips and temporarily lose power that nearly caused me to get in to an accident. As I was merging on to a highway when this shudder and power lose occurred. I later learned how many years of nissans were having these same issues, from transmission fluid and radiator fluid mixing due to faulty lines causing transmission problems like mine. I am writing this complaint in hopes of making this issue aware so it can be corrected before someone loses their life. As I researched this matter I learned that if your coolant overflow appears to be a milky color than that's a sigh of contamination and of course after my near life experience mine too was contaminated. After reading so many stories of how this same experience happened to so many people, how is this issue being over looked? I got lucky I just have to replace my transmission and radiator, at least I still have my life , iam just fearful that if no action is taken the next person in a nissan wont be as lucky.

Filed Jul 18, 2014 · Engine, Transmission · 88,120 miles · CA

Without warning the radiator leaked coolant into the transmission cooling part of the radiator and caused an almost instant burning of the transmission failure that was found to be ruined before I could even safely stop and have it towed. The car lost temporarily lost power to the rear wheels and stranded me in a dangerous intersection where I was almost t-boned. There was no prior symptoms until the transmission failed.....

Filed Jun 27, 2014 · Engine, Transmission · 86,000 miles · NE

My radiator is evidently cracked, leaking coolant into my transmission, causing failure to shift. My vehicle began losing power. At one point, I attempted to accelerate through an intersection from a stand-still as the traffic light turned green. I was nearly rear-ended by the vehicle behind me as my vehicle was not moving, like being stuck in neutral.

Filed Jan 25, 2014 · Transmission · 84,500 miles · NY

On thursday 1/23/2014 at 9:30 and 9 degree in queens new york I started the engine of my 2006 nissan pathfinder and started out for my appointment for the day which I failed to mark because of my car. I did not get to my destination because about two blocks from my house I stopped at the stop sign and as soon as I proceeded to move my engine light came on and my vehicle started losing power, I drove 10mph to the nissan dealer which is not too far from where I was. The dealer inspected the car and told me that there is a problem with the radiator which cause damage to the transmission. They told me they recognize the problem but it was not yet a recall issue, I guess other people had the same problem with that model. The representative said nissan will fix the problem but I have the pay $2500 +tax for the deductible, I also had to rent a car for $300 to get to work until my car was repaired. I think I should not have to pay anything because it is the manufactures fault and nissan is aware of it. I am very disappointed with nissan , I should not have to pay for something that I did not cause.

Filed Jun 3, 2013 · Transmission · 100,225 miles · WA

Less than one week after hitting 100k miles, I started hearing a noise coming from the engine on my way home from work. As I entered the highway the car lost all power and wouldn't change gears, the engine would rev. But the car wouldn't kick into gear. Luckily I was able to coast off highway safely (during rush hour & with all of the oncoming traffic, it was a very dangerous situation to be in) on the last exit before the toll bridge (which is over a mile long with no shoulder & if I got stuck there, I would have received ticket for over $600). I have keep excellent care of this car, taking it to the dealership for suggested services and now I've now found that nissan has been aware of this problem and rather than recalling the parts, or making sure that the owners of these vehicles are aware of this, they have provided an extended the warranty. I've also found as they know about this problem they set the extended warranty at two different levels and 80k and 100k and that they are expecting most failure over the 100k mark and setting things up that way, they don't expect to honor any liability with most of these failures due to their faulty engineering. I've been trying to get them to work with me but since I now have 100,225 miles (just barley over the 100k mark!!!) they refuse to help with any of the extended warranty assistance (which I would still have to pay $3000 before tax as a deductible). This is a very costly repair, when I initially was looking into purchasing a nissan, I had the understanding that they were reliable and if taken care of would run for well over 200k and that nissan would stand by their product. Dealing with this situation and through research I now see that their bottom line is more important than customer satisfaction and safety!

Filed Jun 3, 2013 · 142,511 miles · CA

Spontaneous loss of power due to transmission failure. Radiator coolant fluid found contaminating the transmission fluid. New transmission and new radiator required for repair.

Filed May 5, 2013 · Acceleration, Transmission · 82,000 miles · MA

Vehicle would begin to shake and lose power at exactly 43 miles per hour. To adjust, you would have to release the gas pedal, slow down and then press the gas pedal again to correct the problem. Clearly this causes highway issues when entering or exiting on ramps or streets that have a posting of 40 to 45mph. Not having the power to accelerate or decelerate, puts not only my family at risk, but those around us as well! When the issue was diagnosed, I was told that it was a nissan extended warranty issue involving the radiator fluid leaking into the transmission. My vehicle has 82000 miles (2000 miles over, which would have qualified for free service) which meant that I was now liable for the $2500 dollar deductible for their faulty equipment!