2013 Nissan Pathfinder: doors won't lock, open or latch

Filed Aug 18, 2025 · Electrical, Lights · CA

Both of my rear passenger door lock actuators stop working. The doors will not unlock from the inside when a passenger tries to unlock the door to exit the car. My break lights stay on . The ABS light turned on then it stopped turning on. The light bulbs inside the car in the second row stopped turning on .

Filed Dec 29, 2024 · MD

Interior door handle failure. The handle component of the interior door handle which retains the actuator cable frequently breaks resulting in an inability to open the door from inside the vehicle. I have replaced four of these on my vehicle in the 5 years I have owned it. The drivers door has been repaired twice. The component is plastic and obviously not made sturdy enough or made of appropriate material to withstand normal use. Failure of this component results in the inability to open the door from inside the vehicle, posing a safety concern should a passenger need to exit the vehicle in an emergency situation. Had I only experienced this issue once, I would not be gravely concerned, but this component is failing too frequently to just ignore. Numerous online forums also show this to be a frequent problem in all Nissan vehicles with this type door handle. At this point, I feel Nisan should redesign the door handle with a more sturdy and structurally sound design that can hold up to normal use.and should recall and replace the door handles of all Nissan vehicles that use this particular door handle.

Filed Apr 29, 2022 · Body · NV

on 3 separate occasions 3 separate door handles have failed to work from the inside of the vehicle. We had to replace the front passenger side door handle twice and the rear left side once and now the rear right side door handle has stopped working. No warnings whatsoever ever they just stop latching and we are unable to exit the vehicle which is very unsafe. We took it to the Nissan Dealership in Carson City Nevada where we paid to get it replaced on 03/07/2022.

Filed Aug 18, 2021 · Body · NE

Inside passengers front door handle broke making it impossible to open the passengers front door from inside the vehicle

Filed Jan 28, 2020 · 55,000 miles · CA

Door handles randomly brake. This has happend with 2 door handles which I replaced pretty close in time to each other but regular use and nothing rough with them. If we have to get out in an emergency like an accident the door handles aren't reliable. From the inside you can't open the door but if your car isn't operable you cant reach outside to open it.

Filed Apr 3, 2019 · Body · NC

The visor broke and the interior door handle stopped working

Filed Jan 15, 2019 · 60,000 miles · TX

Stationary. Inside door handles would not open the doors. Both front seat doors failed. Dangerous because you could not get out of the car. This also happened on one of my sisters 2013 pathfinders passenger side front door.

Filed Dec 22, 2018 · Body, Visibility · 44,300 miles · OK

Plastic retaining clip inside both driver and passenger sunvisor broken causing visors to fall in field of view causing an obstruction of view of oncoming traffic.passenger side door handle broken inside of door not allowing passenger to exit from vehicle.

Filed Oct 28, 2018 · PA

Inside driver door handle broken, not allowing access to exit vehicle without someone opening the door from the outside or having the window down. Seems to be a common problem but nissan refuses to address. The vehicle was parked when the door could not be opened.

Filed Oct 3, 2018 · Body · 92,350 miles · NJ

Driver door latch has broken preventing opening the door from the inside. The door may only be opened from the outside. The vehicle was parked in a driveway and exiting was prevented until someone else opened the door from the outside.

Filed Sep 12, 2018 · Airbags, Electrical · 87,000 miles · MI

I bought a brand new 2013 nissan pathfinder in march of 2013. Within 6 months I noticed there was jerking with the transmission. I took it back to preston nissan in maryland and was told they had received a bulletin and the transmission needed to be reprogrammed. They reprogrammed the transmission and it helped a little but a few months later it was doing the same thing. I took it back to preston nissan. There I was told that they could not duplicate the problem and that they would reprogram it again. It did not help. I could not afford to keep taking it back, because they charge me every time to keep telling me there was nothing wrong. My car began to not accelerate when I was making a turn or when I was accelerating in traffic. We took it back to preston and we were told that they had put a device in to monitor the transmission as well as reprogrammed it again. My car continued to judder and shake and fail to accelerate. There was a class action lawsuit filed and nissan extended the warranties to 84,000 miles. My car is now at 87,000 and a nissan dealership in michigan is now stating that it needs a new transmission and a cooling fan. Nissan corporate office is now telling me that they will pay 90% of the fan and only 50% of the transmission. I bought the extended warranty when I purchased the car. The transmission is not the only thing wrong with this car. It has been one thing after the other. Door lock motor, visor, hood release, trunk latch, brake lights remain on when car is off, airbag indicator...the list goes on and on.

Filed Aug 18, 2018 · 72,700 miles · CA

Interior driver side door handle failed to open. Had it repaired in 2015. Interior door handle passenger side failed to open starting.8/15/2018. In order to get out of vehicle you must roll down the window. Huge safety concern.