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.
2006 Nissan Pathfinder transmission complaints
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Transmission failure. I have service records from reputable mechanic shop that the transmission problem started at $77k miles. Nissan does not care. The court ordered settlement (class action suit) lets them off the hook after $80k miles. $2,500 copay to fix a problem caused by radiator leaking into transmission. Terrible customer service at dealership (why I never went to them for repairs). They try to charge for stuff under warranty (my fuel gauge issue a few years back). I thought nissan na would help but I was wrong.
Fluid from radiator leaked into transmission, completely burned out.
Have a 2006 nissan pathfinder le and noticed the transmission was starting to make a rumble strip noise around 45 MPH. Did some research and discovered that nissan had a defective radiator which caused anti-freeze to leak into the transmission through coolant line. Knowing that the radiators were defective why wasn't nissan ordered to recall them. It is a safety hazard if you are traveling on the highway and your transmission fails!!! I now have to pay $2500 to pay for a known defect to have radiator and transmission replace.
Pathfinder experienced complete transmission failure. Car stalled in the middle of an intersection and the engine started smoking and fluids spilled out from underneath. People behind us had to swerve around us to avoid hitting us. Some good samaritans helped my husband push the car to the side of the road. He could no longer drive the car. Earlier in the day the car was having trouble accelerating and would jerk. We managed to get off the freeway before it stalled completely. We had the car towed to mossy nissan and we were told by the service advisor that the manufacturer radiator that came with the car was badly designed. The radiators crack causing cross contamination of the radiator and transmission fluid which then results in complete transmission failure, which is what happened to our car. He told us there was a class action lawsuit, actually, and the settlement terms were that if your car was under 80,000 miles nissan would cover the cost of repairs. Our car had 87,000 miles and so we had to pay $2500. Over 90,000 miles and you have to pay $3000. Over 100,000 miles and you're out of luck. We were told the repair runs about $7,000 outside the warranty period. This should have been a recall issue, not an extended warranty issue, because it is unsafe to be driving on the road when your car stalls and the transmission fails. The car has since been repaired but I no longer feel safe in a nissan. Nissan north america refuses to take responsibility for a design flaw and the extended warranty from the lawsuit benefited no one but nissan. You couldn't have your radiator replaced under the warranty if it wasn't malfunctioning yet. Your car needed to break down before the warranty could kick in, and at that point you were already outside the 100% coverage window.
Vehicle started making a whining noise coming from the engine area that increases with rpms and was taken to dealer and said to be faulty timing chain tensioner. Was manufactured with plastic parts for this model had price quoted to approx $3000 to repair!
Radiator coolant leaked into transmission, killing transmission.
Same issue as all others, drive a 2006 nissan pathfinder and was happy until 125tsd miles never a big repair. Now I have the same issue faulty radiator kills silent the transmission. Did visit the dealer for every service even as the problem starts little by little. First a unpleasant shifting, dealer recommends a transmission flush before the official service interval, done. After we are still not happy as we can tell the transmission shifts different as we did know it from before. See the nissan dealer again, they write the order with the customer complaint, ?customer complains about transmission problems?. Written statement of the dealer, transmission checked no issues found. Some miles later, total fall out of the transmission special the tcu. Good customer will not see now dealer again but a lawyer.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 nissan pathfinder. While driving approximately 25 MPH, the vehicle stalled. The dealer stated that the transmission failed. The manufacturer was notified. The failure mileage was 114,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 nissan pathfinder. The contact stated that while waiting at a traffic light, the vehicle started shaking violently and stalled. The contact mentioned that the check engine light was illuminated. The vehicle was inspected by a licensed mechanic, who diagnosed that the transmission fluid leaked into the radiator and water leaked into the transmission. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The contact referenced a recall under the federal safety agency campaign id 10v517000 (engine and engine cooling). The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 124,000.
Engine coolant hose ruptured into the transmission fluid. First noticed it when the engine was running hot. Found out this is a factory defect.
Nissan pathfinder just got to 100,000 miles when started experiencing transmission issues, turns out there was a factory warranty that I was never informed of that would have covered the radiator/transmission issue. However because I was not having an issue until the extended warranty ended nissan is refusing to cover the cost of repairs despite knowing about this engineering fault. It is extremely frustrating that a large company such as nissan is able to send a vehicle out into the public with known engineering flaws and put a mileage limit on repairing the issue. It is something that will inevitably fail but it is only a matter of time so it might have occurred within the limit for some and outside the limit for others. It is my hope that you will expose this shady and unsafe practice that nissan has going and help get people the repairs they deserve.
Had issue with transmission.brought to mechanic and found out that radiator was cracked and ruined transmission. Was told by mechanic that this was common with this vehicle.went in internet and found all kinds of info about same problem. I feel if I was notified from nissan earlier I would not have to pay for extended warranty 2500.00.would have been free for under 80,000 miles.my car has 80,743 miles.not happy with nissan,will not ever buy another.
I noticed a shudder when the car was shifting, my mechanic test drove it and sent me to the transmission shop. The gentleman there told me that it was a transmission problem. He also said that this was a common problem with this year pathfinder. He thought that since this was a common problem that nissan had extended the warranty. I later found that the warranty had been extended but not enough to include my truck. Very disappointed in nissan, I have owned 4 pathfinders and several other cars made by nissan. I thought they would take better care of loyal customers.
Coolant leaking into transmission causing failure and slippage. When coming to abrupt stops transmission "jerks" and "bucks" also, upon accelerating, transmission slips and is unable to accelerate properly. Safety issue with proper driving capability.
Vehicle transmission stopped shifting while driving in traffic. Sounded like vehicle couldn't switch gears any longer. This is serious problem and lucky it did not result in an accident. We have kept the vehicle on the proper maintenance schedule. With so many complaints this needs to be a recall.
Noticed vehicle pulling off sluggish and wasn't shifting gears. When I made it home, I had it checked out and found transmission fluid mixing with the engine coolant. I started searching online for recall and found this is a common problem, but there isn't a recall to fix the issue. I also didn't know they extended the warranty to 80,000 miles to only have the radiator replaced. They to do something to fix the problem and make it right for their customers.
Radiator developed a crack which leaked into transmission - both had to be replaced. We were told, due to a class action settlement in 2013, we were responsible for a deductible of $2,500 since our vehicle started problem after 80,000 and past march 1, 2014. Did not realize this problem until we took vehicle in, by that time mid april 2014 and at 81,990. This should be a recall.
Driving down the road, vehicle becomes sluggish. Notice that the temperature begins to rise rapidly. In afternoon work traffic and have difficulty negotiating traffic trying not to break down in the middle of a busy road/intersection at 5:20pm. Vehicle was take to a repair shop where I was informed that the radiator had ruptured, thus sending coolant into the transmission and transmission fluid into the engine. Current estimate is approx $3000.
My truck was shifting really hard for approximately two or three days and I took it to a service shop to have them take a look at it and they found radiator fluid had leaked into the transmission on my truck. I had no idea this was something that was a known issue by nissan, after doing some research I found that because I didn't meet the strict requirements for them to cover any cost or out of pocket expenses for the repair I had the service center replace the defective radiator only to find that there was damage done to the transmission too, looking at a cost of over $4,500.00 I was very disappointed with nissan's lack of commitment to taking care of their customers who were experiencing this issue namely me.
Corrosion in radiator parts allowed coolant to contaminate transmission fluid resulting in failure of transmission.
Came to stop at light. Tried to accelerate and transmission was not engaging. Eventually was able to put car in 1st gear and transmission engaged. Was able to pull off road. Turned off vehicle and tried to engage any gear. Transmission totally gone.
Wife was driving home from work. Was in middle lane of traffic stopped at red light. Tried to accelerate but transmission would not engage. Eventually transmission worked for a few seconds. Pulled off road. Inspected vehicle. All gears (including reverse) do not engage. Did some online research this evening and looks like this is a very common problem. Why has there not be a recall for this problem?
Tried to sell the car and the buyer pointed out that the radiator must of cracked and mixed with the transmission fluid. He did not buy the car and now I am being told that I have to replace the transmission and the radiator. Apparently this is a huge problem on these cars and they need to fix this. Very upset and will never buy a nissan again.
Contamination of radiator and transmission fluids. Should have been a nissan recall to fix the problem. Now 10,000 to repair and I put the bill and tell me to take home and park it. Transmission could go out anytime. Why no recall and where is justice here. I trade cars when my finances allow me to, not when I have to, so this is my complaint will nissan be held accountable? I know there's many more people out there with the same problem and nissan should be accountable because it could have been corrected.
I was driving yesterday night when my car started jerking and stopped suddenly on the highway, thankfully the cars behind me were able to stop avoiding a crash because there was lots of traffic, but otherwise, this would have been a fatal crash. The car would not move for several minutes, people had to help push it off the highway. Then after a while it started moving again. I was able to drive the car, jerking all the way back to my house. I had previously noticed a jerking whenever I am accelerating or decelerating, I took it to the dealership and they informed me that it was an issue with the transmission of pathfinders owing to a defect in manufacture that causes radiator fluid to mix with coolant affecting the transmission. They flushed the transmission but the jerking continued. I was searching the internet on this and saw many complaint on this. This issue need to be resolved. I am glad I was spared but life's are being put in danger.
Took my car in for brand new tires..mechanic attempted to start my car, but failed. Had to get my car towed to a nissan dealership and they stated 24 hours later after receiving my car I will need a new transmission and radiator although my car was maintained and always serviced. They stated I will need to pay $6,000 for repairs to drive my car. Right now I am paying a car note and can't drive my car.
My radiator failed and possibly leaked radiator fluid into my transmission, via an internal radiator cooler. This is a widely known problem with this model and year. Involving a class action lawsuit. My mechanic caught this problem early enough that my transmission wasn't completely destroyed. The resulting repair was $900 plus $200 for a transmission flush as a safeguard to possible radiator fluid that may have gotten into the transmission. I was outside of the mileage extension for warranty and since my transmission wasn't destroyed I didn't qualify for any help from the class action lawsuit. The repairs on this vehicle are staggering I currently have a fuel sending unit issue that is the subject of a recall but my vehicle is outside of the warranty extension. This is a poorly made vehicle that has cost me thousands in repairs. Nissan needs to be held accountable. Nissan will not take responsibility and keeps telling me to go to a dealer to get my vehicle repaired. So frustrating.
I purchased a 2006 nissan pathfinder from a dealer less than 1 year ago. At the time of purchase I noticed a slight jump in shifting. I brought this to my sales mans attention and he assured me that this was common in "trucks". Considering I never owned a truck I took this information as factual and purchased the vehicle. My vehicle now not even 1 year later is shifting worse and shaking at about 45 MPH. We took our vehicle for another option at a local mechanic and he notified us of a class action suit against nissan for the same issues we are experiencing. It was told to us that our coolant via the radiator is leaking into our transmission causing our transmission and radiator to be swapped. We do not have the money for this. We were told by nissan consumer affairs that because our vehicles mileage was now over 90k that our co-pay for the repair would be $3000. This is unacceptable considering we just purchased this vehicle. We need your help to push for a recall as it appears there are thousands of cases online of the same exact issues happening in the same model & year. Please advise. Please help. Thank you kindly
This vehicle's timing chain, automatic transmission, and radiator need to be replaced due to premature mechanical failures. The radiator is faulty and the radiator coolant now mixes with the transmission causing transmission failure. Repair costs are around $8000. A quick look at "nissan radiator/transmission cooler litigation" on the internet reveals class action lawsuits filed for these same complaints via thousands of consumers. This is a widespread problem known by nissan and they have not issued any recalls or warned the consumer of these problems. Nissan has offered some owners extended warranties but nothing above 100,000 miles for those with consequential damage to their transmissions due to their knowingly defective radiators. Clearly, toyota's recent acceptance of a $1.2 billion federal fine for deliberately concealing auto defects and safety risks from its buyers and general motor's current regulatory woes because they cynically judged their vehicles defects not recallable when they clearly are, these are signs that enough is enough. To have faulty products is one thing, but to not inform a consumer of a faulty product that will further destroy their vehicles is reprehensible.
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