Vehicle shudders / shakes when driving 30-45 MPH. Feels like not shifting properly
2014 Nissan Pathfinder engine complaints
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Truck shudders after being parked or stopped at a light on take off when trying to pick up speed. Also in the motion of driving on city and or highway.
Sometimes my pathfinder does not accelerate when I step on the gas pedal. It typically happens when I am trying to drive after a stop sign or a red light, but sometimes it will even happen when I'm turning into oncoming traffic and trying to accelerate, but nothing happens. It's intermittent, so it does not happen every time.
Faulty rod bearing
2014 n pathfinder 83,000 miles- I parked my car when I restarted it 10 min later, white smoke started coming from my exhaust. So much smoke that I was afraid to drive it. I had the car towed to my mechanic. He said that it's defiantly the engine (possible piston ring or stuck valves) he says he's heard of others with the same problem. Googled and see many others with the same problem. Dealer says I'm 8,000 miles out of my extended warranty. Hard to believe this problem seems so wide spread and isn't a recall.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 nissan pathfinder. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to accelerate while attempting to drive and would jerk. The contact coasted the vehicle to the side of the road and powered off the engine. Once restarted, the vehicle was able to drive normally; however, the failure recurred numerous times. The contact also stated that the failure was intermittent. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to brandon nissan (located at 9920 e adamo dr, tampa, fl 33619, (813) 305-7681) where it was diagnosed that the valve failed and the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 15,120.
I purchased the 2014 pathfinder march 2018 with 27k miles. Oct. 2018 during starting of the vehicle I noticed excessive amount of smoke coming from the tail pipe. My mechanic checked the truck and informed me oil was leaking from the engine into the cylinders. I contacted nissan corp and was informed to take it to a local nissan dealer. The dealer found the transmission was going bad, wheel barren. They returned the vehicle back to me after a week. The next day, the truck was smoking again everytime I would start the ignition. Tried to trade the truck for another make. I can't too much equity. I only had the truck for 8 months. Dec. 5th 2018, check engine light is on and low oil pressure light is on. Excessive smoke still comes from the tail pipe when the truck is started. Returned truck back to nissan dealer for repair.
When starting to take off (going anywhere from 5-20 MPH) my car shakes like it's going to stall out, the engine or transmission does not allow the car to property speedup when accelerating. I feel extremely uncomfortable and not safe. But, I don't have another vehicle to drive. I've notice other people are having this issue too, mileage on my pathfinder is only 49,000. It's very stressful yielding on to highways and proceeding from a traffic light I was stopped at. Also, I would like to mention that I got an oil change last week. After, doing so my car smelled like burning oil after driving more than 500 miles. I took it back to them to check that everything was done properly. They told me that my oil pan is rusted out and my oil stick needs to be replaced. Because, the rubber on the top of the dip stick is wearing. He said that is very uncommon for this age of a vehicle. Please help!!
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 nissan pathfinder. When the vehicle was started, the contact detected an abnormal noise coming from the engine compartment. The vehicle was taken to cowles nissan (14777 jefferson davis hwy, woodbridge, va 22191, (703) 497-3000) where it was diagnosed that the air conditioner compressor went out and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 63,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 nissan pathfinder. While driving approximately 5 MPH, the radiator made a loud noise. The contact opened the hood and noticed that the fan blade shook and struck the fan shroud. The contact called bill ray nissan at 407‑831‑1318 (located at 2724 us-17, longwood, fl 32750) and was informed that the failure was common with the make and model vehicle. The dealer also stated that the part was on backorder. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 52,000.
The battery would not stay locked in place and this seemed to impact the mileage starting over and did not keep accurate amount of gas in vehicle. My transmission was going out; felt as if something was being dragged while driving. I have had to purchase tires twice since buying the vehicle even with getting rotations every other oil change.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 nissan pathfinder. While starting the vehicle, the contact heard an unidentifiable abnormal noise. The vehicle was taken to bill ray nissan (2724 n us highway 17-92, longwood, fl 32755) where it was diagnosed that the fan and shroud assembly needed to be replaced. The parts were on backorder. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 55,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 nissan pathfinder. While driving 40 MPH, the accelerator pedal was depressed and the vehicle hesitated to accelerate. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where diagnostic testing was performed, but no failure codes were detected. After leaving the independent mechanic and making a stop, the vehicle failed to start. The vehicle was towed to nissan of yorktown heights (3495 crompond rd, yorktown heights, ny 10598(914) 737-3500) for diagnostic testing. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 58,000.
My car was towed to the dealer for the 3rd transmission. The last transmission was put in 2 months ago. Car stalls, sputters, fails to accelerate.
Tamara recall complaint regarding 2014 nissan pathfinder transmission defects vehicle shutters and jerks while driving 20 to 30 miles. Vehicle feels like it might stop on highway while merging into on coming traffic.
I purchased a 2014 nissan pathfinder as a new vehicle in october 2015. Since purchasing the vehicle I noticed the vehicle shuddering at low speed or when turning. This shuddering has become more frequent and now happens when the vehicle is cruising down the road. We have also noticed that the passenger airbag will show that there is no body in the seat even when there is someone sitting in the seat. The first time we took the vehicle back to the dealership the mechanic was not able to experience the issues that we had communicated to them and dismissed our claims. Will be going back to the dealership to discuss shuddering issue as it feels like the transmission is going to fall out.
I purchased a 2014 nissan pathfinder as used vehicle in september 2015. Since purchasing the vehicle my wife has complained about the vehicle shuddering at low speed or when turning. This shuddering has become more frequent and now happens when the vehicle is cruising down the road. We have also noticed that the passenger airbag will show that there is no body in the seat even when there is someone sitting in the seat. The first time we took the vehicle back to the dealership the mechanic was not able to experience the issues that we had communicated to them ad dismissed our claims. Contacting dealership 6/6 to have vehicle issues checked again.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 nissan pathfinder. The contact stated that while driving at 75 MPH, the engine stalled intermittently. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.
We are grandparents to 16 grandchildren. We bought our 2014 pathfinder february 21, 2015 so we would be able to take some of grandchildren on trips with us. On april 4th, 2015 while driving on the freeway with 5 of our grandchildren the engine stopped with no warning. We almost got hit 6 different times while trying to figure out what happened and what to do. The fear that we felt for the safety of our grandchildren is describable. Something no one should have to experience especially driving a brand new vehicle. The engine ended up shutting off 2 more times that same day. We took the pathfinder into the dealership only to be told that they did not find anything wrong.... April 11th, 2015 while driving our grandchildren out of town to a baseball game the engine shut off again...at this point we do not feel safe driving this vehicle, which is sad because it is brand new and we paid good money for it. It is back in the shop as of today, april 16th, with no answers.
Transmission intermittently shudders at 10-20 MPH causing poor drivability and potential loss of control. Transmission has been reprogrammed several times and replaced with a rebuilt transmission at 19,413 miles. Shuddering has started again, the dealer applied the latest recall (pc357) but no real change in operation. I started a case with nissan consumer affairs (18336725) but the contact has been extremely difficult to actually talk with. Nissan left one voice mail while I have left 6 voice mails over 2 days with no call backs.
This has happened several times since I bought my brand new 2014 nissan pathfinder. It will shudder and you lose control of the vehicle. To begin with it started at low speeds but now it doesn't matter how fast nor how slow you are going and it has almost got me in wrecks several times in the past month.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 nissan pathfinder. While driving at approximately 55 MPH, the RPM's increased. In addition, the vehicle shook and jerked without warning. The failure occurred on a daily basis. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the vehicle's main computer needed to be serviced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 15,000.
I was involved in a roll over accident and neither the driver or passenger airbags deployed. The side airbags did. The vehicle went head first into the ditch and then flipped over. The vehicle was recalled for the passenger airbag after I first bought it and supposedly "fixed." obviously not. The driver side airbag did not deploy either. My pathfinder is a total loss. This is definitely an issue. This vehicle has also had multiple other issues including the engine coils, transmission computer and finally the whole transmission has been replaced. Terrible in the snow and vibrates like crazy! This vehicle is obviously unsafe and garbage!
We have a 2014 nissan pathfinder sl, with 3551 miles on it. We purchased it used on 8-6-2014 with approximately 2240 miles on it, we are the second owner. On 8-20-2014, while attempting to access an interstate from an on-ramp we experienced a shutter and strong shaking of our 2014 nissan pathfinder sl, at that time it had approximately 3336 miles on it. We were forced to pull over, almost causing an accident. We turned the car off and restarted it to continue on the interstate but did not experience another incident that day. The following six days the car began doing the same thing but it would usually be several times a day. I did research on the transmission and found that the CVT transmission is rife with problems. We took the car to the local dealership (not where we purchased it) and they ran a dynamometer diagnostics on the car and said that the transmission would need to be replaced. As we were discussing this issue the tech mentioned that the records showed the transmission in this car had already been replaced once before, at approximately 2000 miles. Also, I was informed by the dealership, who is going to replace the transmission, that they have been unable to get through to the nissan "CVT hotline" to report the problem and arrange for a new transmission. We have been told by the dealership that it will be replaced but that nissan is the hold up. It is extremely unfortunate that a car manufacturing company can get away with this and force customer to wait for a resolution when they know (and have known for years) that there is a problem. I sincerely hope that there will be a push by our government to resolve this ongoing problem with nissan and possibly a very large fine for nissan's deceptive practices by denying this problem, based on other people's reports who had reported this same CVT transmission problem dating as far back as 2003 .
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 nissan pathfinder. The contact stated while driving approximately 20 MPH, the vehicle shook until it reached 40 MPH. The contact stated that the failure was experienced multiple times. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who could not duplicate the failure. The manufacturer was not notified of the defect. The approximate failure mileage was 8,000.
After only have the car for 3 months, brand new off of the lot, the transmission started to go. Then after getting the a brand new transmission, then the exhaust broke???
Since 10/12/13, the vehicle has experienced violent shuddering and loss of power. When the vehicle is brought to the nissan service department it is always unable to duplicate. We continue driving the vehicle and it gets worse. Finally after it becomes almost unable to drive nissan admits there is a problem and replaces the CVT. We are now on our third CVT since we purchased the car on 7/22/13. We have to travel a two lane mountain highway and it has happened several times and due to losing power going uphill we have almost been hit on numerous occasions. It has also happened on the freeway. It has happened at a busy intersection and the car completely lost power and the car behind us slammed on their brakes and swerved to avoid hitting us. It has happened at speeds from 30 to 60 MPH. I am gravely concerned for my family's safety, we also have a newborn and I am scared to have him in this car but I have no choice. I honestly feel that it is a matter of time before we are hit due to these issues. Nissan continues to deny this is a safety concern.
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