2015 Nissan Pathfinder: check engine light

Filed May 6, 2025 · Transmission · 120,000 miles · SC

The contact owns a 2015 Nissan Pathfinder. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the accelerator pedal was depressed; however, the vehicle failed to accelerate as intended. Additionally, the transmission shuddered, and the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed with transmission failure. The contact was informed that the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 120,000.

Filed Jul 16, 2022 · Transmission · RI

Transmisson is stuttering. Check engine light was on when i had it read came back as CVT leak. Vehicle only has 107,000 miles on it.

Filed Dec 5, 2021 · Transmission · PA

We bought this Nissan Pathfinder SV model with 4-wheel drive brand new in 2015. This model supposed to have had an upgraded Continuously Variable transmission (CVT). It is meticulously maintained. In 2020 at 70,000 miles the CVT oil was changed by the Nissan dealer. The dealer said that there was nothing abnormal with the car and it was doing well. About year later at around 80,000 miles, car started to sporadically shudder and loose power when cruising at a low speed and when trying to accelerate or go up a hill with slow speeds. There was no check engine light, or any other indicators that there was a problem. We took it to the Nissan dealer and the dealer ran diagnostics. They charged us $129.95 for an hour of troubleshooting and give us a report that the car has a code P17F1 - the CVT Judder. This indicates that there is a problem with the CVT steel belt or the CVT valve body. According to Nissan these problems can not be repaired. The only fix is transmission replacement at the cost of $6,042.76. This car is few months after the warranty expired. We are another family victimized by Nissan who knows that they have problems with their CVT and they keep selling bad vehicles.

Filed Dec 1, 2020 · Acceleration, Electrical · 56,500 miles · PA

The car suddenly started stalling on the highway and would not accelerate and stuck at the same speed. The check engine light came on. This happened a few times where the car would stall and the acceleration would not work on local roads as well as the interstate thus considerably slowing the speed of the traffic upon getting it inspected at the dealership, they found the crankshaft sensor was faulty.

Filed Nov 28, 2016 · Transmission · 29,000 miles · TX

While taking off from 0-20mph the car will hesitate and jerk. Took the vehicle to nissan service dept. Back in may 2016 and they could not find nothing wrong with car. Now it has been happening more frequently and we took it back on 11/18/16 and the service dept. Said they still can't find nothing wrong with vehicle because there are not check engine code popping up, so they needed permission to have a service tech take it home to see if he can see what we are experiencing and will follow up with us tomorrow. I believe this problem started back in early 2015 when we bought the car, but it would only happen so rarely that I never thought about it until my wife who drives it every day brought it up to my attention.

Filed Mar 23, 2016 · Airbags · 3,700 miles · OH

I worked with nissan last year to resolve an issue that I had with a pathfinder airbag issue (nissan case 19556126). 'the original vehicle was replaced and I've had the bad luck of getting a 2015 pathfinder with the same issue. 'I've had this vehicle since late november of 2015, it has approx. 3700 miles on it and is already exhibiting issues with the passenger airbag. 'it has been in 3 times with document (videos) instances where the airbag off light is on, while driving with a person weighing more than 100lbs in the passenger seat. These are intermittent issues. One time I drove with the airbag off light on from cleveland to richfield 'approx. 30 miles. I feel that this is a serious safety issues that could result in serious injury or death if it is not fixed. 'it still is not resolved. 'joel tanner, has been my contact at airport nissan (440‑884‑7800) where the car came from and has been serviced. He stated that they could not find an issue with the vehicle's airbag. However, I have clearly documented the issue with videos. 'dikota, at nissan consumer affairs (615- 725-7590) talked with me and stated that there is nothing wrong with my vehicle. 'the vehicle has also been in for engine light issues which for the time have been resolved. 'it is also exhibiting an issue with the GPS where addresses can't be found with the vehicle's GPS but my iphone can. I have videos that can be sent but your website doesn't accept them - please provide a way to send them to you.

Filed Dec 2, 2015 · Transmission · 22,000 miles · NV

Judder is found between 20-25 miles for more than 5 second when accelerating smoothly. The mechanic recorded the judder and sent it to the engineer. The engineer at corporate nissan told us that it is a normal thing but any car shouldn't have a judder(especially 2015 newest model). A judder also shows in the high speed, but not as much as slow sleep. A judder also appears when the car slows down to a stop. I have to wait until check engine light it up for them to fix the issue. It does not make sense when there is a record of judder but wait until something happens to the car.

Filed Sep 18, 2015 · Transmission · 2,300 miles · NM

After purchasing the vehicle from automation nissan dallas the transmission , CVT, failed at 2300 miles. There was no heavy use on the transmission. We have not even towed with it. This is unacceptable and the dealer refuses to do anything beyond fix this lemon. Picked up vehicle, 9/17/15 and on the morning of 9/18/15 the fuel light came on. We did not fuel the vehicle or open the fuel cap 9/18/15 the check engine light came on again and the vehicle is back at the dealer.