2006 Nissan Pathfinder: jerking or lurching

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 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 Jun 27, 2018 · Transmission · 155,000 miles · SC

My vehicle suddenly started to have a delay in acceleration when the gas pedal was pushed, and then would catch and lurch forward. I have been told that the transmission inner cooler ruptured and has ruined both the radiator and transmission. Further research indicates this is a known issue that nissan has failed to accurately advise owners about, or issue a recall. This is negligent and wholly unethical. Negligent in that the symptoms could lead to serious harm out injury, as there is no warning prior to the damage being done. Unethical in that now nissan gets to profit from their negligence, as it will cost $5,000 to remedy what could and should have been much less costly.

Filed May 28, 2017 · Transmission · 122,000 miles · NJ

While driving on the highway, penultimate week. I observed loud engine noise, vigorous shaking and jerking and a reluctance in acceleration when I applied gas pedal​. I was a little bewildered as I have been very punctilious with the regular maintenance of my car. I gently pulled into a parking lot to avert any danger on the freeway. Upon exiting the car, I perceived a pungent burning smell. At this point, I knew it would be unsafe and pernicious to drive the car home. I immediately called for roadside assistance through my insurance company and had the car taken to my mechanic. He called back the following day with the most disheartening news. For some uncanny reason, fluid from the radiator was leaking into and contaminating the transmission. He vehemently pointed out that he had seen quite a few of the same ominous problems brought to his shop, involving mostly 2006 nissan pathfinders. I was given a quote of about $4500-$7000 to fix this problem. I purchased the vehicle from a used car dealer with approximately 117,000 miles. I'm currently financing the car and because of my student loan and exorbitant fees, I still owe a lot on it. Honestly, I cannot​ afford the repairs at this juncture. It is very rapacious and immoral of nissan to abdicate their responsibility and pass on the financial burden to innocent consumers​. These cars had factory defects and design flaws that nissan was aware of but chose to ignore. I enjoin anyone having similar problems and indeed conscientious members of the public to vociferously condemn nissan's action and force a recall. This is corporate greed at it's worst !!

Filed Oct 12, 2016 · Transmission · 35 miles · NC

I'm a owner of a 2006 nissan pathfinder. This vehicle has major transmission issues. Vehicle shutters and jerks while driving 20 to 30 MPH!!

Filed Jun 13, 2016 · Transmission · 127 miles · NH

Driving home after the car has been warmed up for quite some time it started jerking shuttering violently and whining extremely loud upon acceleration it continued to worsen we checked radiator and transmission fluids there was atf fluid in the radiator and in the reservoir of radiator fluid it was thick frothy and almost a tannish color that like of strawberry milk. We were only about a half a block from home when this occurred and it frightened our children in the backseat thankful we were not on the interstate the shuttering was extremely bad

Filed Jun 6, 2016 · Transmission · 109,000 miles · WI

On the second day of owning my pathfinder I noticed a vibration when I was driving around 40 MPH. I took it into the shop less than a week later to have the transmission flushed and to disconnect the radiator from the transmission (did this due to research we found on the internet). The mechanic did see that my transmission fluid was cloudy meaning the coolant was leaking into the transmission. My vehicle was working great for about two weeks until one day I noticed a jerky feeling when driving my vehicle on a city street. That jerky feeling shortly turned into the vehicle shaking when shifting, which turned into not shifting at all after stopping at a red light. My vehicle would barely accelerate, mostly engine revving, luckily I was on a hill where I could coast to the side of the road. This occurred within 5-10 minutes, very quick, little warning. This could have been a very dangerous situation and could have ended worse than it did!!!

Filed May 13, 2016 · Engine · 130,000 miles · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 nissan pathfinder. The contact stated that the vehicle experienced shuddering and jerking. The failure occurred without warning. The vehicle was taken to the independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the vehicle's radiator cracked which resulted in damaged a transmission. The timing chain, the radiator, and the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 130,000.

Filed Apr 17, 2016 · Engine, Transmission · 92,000 miles · IL

Car shakes violently when accelerating and jerks. Have been told I probably have a crack in raidiator and fluids leaked in transmission will be thousands to fix. After looking on internet. I see many people with problem and nissan is not covering costs.

Filed Mar 25, 2016 · Engine, Transmission · CO

While driving on interstate 25 in south denver, my pathfinder began to sputter and stall. The engine started to overheat as I pulled into a service station about two miles away. I had it towed to christian brothers auto in parker colorado. A radiator part blew, the engine overheated and was destroyed. The steam from the plastic radiator part also damaged the main computer. It was close to $10,000 for all repairs related to the radiator part failure. Approximately 8,000 miles later, my daughter and I were driving on I-70 near the vail, colorado exit, and the pathfinder started to jerk violently on the highway going 65mph. I was able to pull over to the side of the road. Scary experience for us both. This happened today, 03/24/2016. Smoke was coming from under the car. I had it towed to avon auto in avon colorado. They said the transmission is damaged, but they did not have time to look into it further. Please call or email me with further questions. [xxx] or [xxx]. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).

Filed Jan 22, 2016 · Transmission · 109,112 miles · FL

Vehicle jerks and stalls and even cuts off during driving. I was driving on the interstate and went to change lanes and the engine just shut off. I tried to pull to the side of the road quickly but I had no engine power. I coasted to the shoulder of the road and called my husband to pick me up. I had the vehicle towed to my mechanic and he advised us that the automatic transmission fluid had contaminated the anti-freeze and vice versa and that I'd need a new transmission and radiator installed for $5500.00. He also added that nissan had just lost a class action lawsuit to repair the vehicles affected but the catch is that your vehicle can not have over 100,000 miles on it. From my research in the forums, the issue does not arise until the vehicle mileage exceeds 100,000, so we're basically screwed for repairs on our nissans with 100,001 miles or more. I'm double screwed as I have 2 2006 nissan's. My other vehicle is currently inoperable due to atf contamination.

Filed Sep 9, 2015 · Engine, Transmission · 62,000 miles · PA

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 nissan pathfinder. While driving 5 MPH, the accelerator pedal was depressed but the vehicle hesitated and jerked before moving forward. The failure recurred on numerous occasions. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the transmission and the radiator needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 62,000.