2015 Nissan Pathfinder: engine stalls while driving

Filed Jul 17, 2025 · Transmission · 158,000 miles · WI

The contact owns a 2015 Nissan Pathfinder. The contact stated that upon starting the vehicle and depressing the accelerator pedal, there was a significant delay in the vehicle response. Additionally, the contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle overheated, the transmission was slipping, and the vehicle hesitated to shift into the intended gear. The contact stated that the vehicle had overheated while driving and had failed to shift beyond first or second gear on some occasions. The contact stated that the vehicle had overheated and had stalled on other occasions, and the vehicle would become drivable after half an hour. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic to be diagnosed, but the cause of the failure could not be determined. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. An unknown dealer was contacted and informed the contact that the VIN was not included in a recall. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 158,000.

Filed Oct 1, 2024 · Electrical, Transmission · VA

The contact owns a 2015 Nissan Pathfinder. The contact stated while driving 3 MPH in a parking lot, the vehicle stalled. An Advanced Auto mechanic determined that the battery was drained. The mechanic replaced the battery. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed and making a U-turn, the vehicle went into LIMP Mode. The contact was able to pull into a nearby AAA parking lot, where the vehicle was jumpstarted. The contact was able to drive to the residence. The contact stated that the failure recurred while driving and turning. The contact was able to pull into a parking lot, where the vehicle was jumpstarted. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, where it was diagnosed with CVT judder. The vehicle was not repaired. The dealer was not notified of the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and informed the contact that the vehicle was no longer covered under TSB Number: NTB17-039N. The failure mileage was unknown.

Filed May 4, 2022 · Transmission · NJ

Shuttering occurs upon acceleration from a stop and loss of power. Intermittent stalling an extreme loss of power.

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 25, 2020 · Engine, Transmission · MO

I just purchased this SUV used with 84000 mile within 24 hr the car starts to drive like I am running over speed bump like it's not pulling or something kind of hard to explain the gauges bounce back and forth when it happens it's trying to pick up speed but stalling it's clearly the CVT issue it happened on the highway and just riding through town it felt like it was losing power not wanting to the same speed I was at

Filed Feb 21, 2020 · Transmission · 62,000 miles · FL

The vehicle shakes, jerks and shudders during acceleration at low speeds I.e. 20-40 MPH. It feels like it stalls and then goes again. This happened in traffic on the freeway and on the freeway on ramp, in a roundabout and just turning or going through a light. After some research it appears it is the CVT transmission. The vehicle also has a very loud AC blower inside. It sounds like a jet engine when the fan is turned higher.

Filed Jul 18, 2019 · Brakes, Electrical · 54,691 miles · NC

I've been experiencing problems with my vehicle stalling out. I took it to nissan on numerous occasions and no problem could've been found until the last time. They informed me that the brakes would come on automatically. They believe it was a sensor problem, however, the problem still happens all the time.

Filed Jun 11, 2019 · Engine · 38,000 miles · GA

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 nissan pathfinder. While driving 10 MPH, the accelerator pedal was applied, but the vehicle failed to accelerate and stalled. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to nalley nissan of cumming (1310 buford hwy, cumming, ga 30041, (678) 648-7290) where it was diagnosed that the stop lamp switch needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 38,000.

Filed Feb 14, 2019 · Acceleration, Engine · ID

When turning the vehicle stalls. Unable to accelerate. Break light switch relay.already a previous recall.

Filed Feb 3, 2019 · Transmission · 68,000 miles · CA

On or about january 19, 2019 while attempting to make a left hand turn at the interception of roscoe and woodman ave. In panorama city, california and whereas with no warning nor any indicator light came on either before or after the vehicle stalled when I tried to quickly accelerate but instead the transmission stalled and ended up thrusting the vehicle forward only to leave me the middle of the interception and exposed to the oncoming traffic and of which it came to screeching stop and literally coming within inches of possibly t-boning our vehicle and or causing a serious accident.

Filed May 20, 2018 · Driver assistance, Engine · 42,000 miles · IN

Since the purchase of the vehicle, my nissan pathfinder has failed to accelerate either at a stop or during normal speed. The engine would not stall, but would only accelerate almost at idle speed. The symptom of the problem would occur a couple of time then the slip indicator light would display and stay on until the car was shut down and restarted, I have several pictures demonstrating the issue as described for when the indicator slip light for the limited slip control would display in clear conditions. This would occur in ideal weather conditions and road conditions were clear and my foot was definitely not engaging the brake pedal. This presents a significant safety issue, especially when attempting to pull into oncoming traffic or attempting to pass a slower vehicle. I could depress the gas pedal to the floor with no impact on acceleration. I have had several near misses with oncoming traffic due to failure to accelerate. I took in the vehicle into d-patrick nissan in evansville, indiana several times and to andy mohr nissan, indianapolis indiana. In both cases, the dealership was unable to detect any issues with code errors or replicate the issue even after I provide photo evidence of the issue I was having. The failure to accelerate is so random and can happen several days in one week or at least once a week. When it does happen I know it will not change until I can shut down the vehicle and restart. Some instances the failure to accelerate would persist but most of the time is would correct itself after restarting. I am afraid to drive the car with my wife and three children in it. I finally decided to file a complaint after I found another nissan pathfinder owner who was having the exact same issue with his nissan pathfinder.

Filed Feb 18, 2018 · Electrical · 30,106 miles · CA

Hello, last night I had to help my sister with her nissan altima 2013 because when she shifts her car from park to reverse or drive the altima stalls and will not drive. When I popped the hood I noticed that her battery was in very bad shape. It was heavily corroded. I cleaned it and tried, but the same symptoms happened. The altima would stall. We ended up replacing the battery. That was her third battery to be replaced. Why is that? Her altima is only 75k miles. This morning I decided to check our 2015 pathfinder to find the same symptoms. My battery was corroding. I decided to clean the battery and add a battery grease to mitigate corrosion in the future. I checked the internet blog regarding this issues and its evident that nissan has issues with their car batteries corroding. Can nissan explain what is going on with this corroding batteries? What can nissan do to take care of nissan owners? Please advise. Thank you,