Entry 02/23/2020: 2016 nissan pathfinder with about just 36,200 miles have engine cooling fan problems - loud clacking noise and engine temperature goes up overheating the engine and shaking/vibrating steering wheel and brake pedal. It happens both when driving and running engine in park. The problem occurs more often when heater is turned on.
2016 Nissan Pathfinder engine complaints
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2016 nissan pathfinder, started making loud clanking noises and vibrating in the front of the vehicle when the air conditioning went on. Did not matter if the vehicle was stationary or in motion. First noticed after exiting the highway and noticed the temp needle was slowing climbing. The bearing on one of the cooling fans crapped out with only 49,000 miles. Was lucky to have caught it before it overheated or blew the motor. An expensive repair not covered by the dealership.
Don't even have the car a year! Loud noise under hood like fan bang. Constant issue on other pathfinders as well. Had to pay $1100 for coolant fan replacement that was overheating engine! Should receive some type of reimbursement as this is an ongoing issue with these vehicles! Hazard as car can catch on fire from overheating!
Electric cooling fan bearings bad (85,000 miles). Research indicates this is a common problem the dealers are aware of, however have not issued a recall, extended warranty, or other customer assistance
The drivers side cooling fan bearing is bad and now I have to replace the fan which is $1,000 worth of work and I only have 34,000 miles on my vehicle. Every mechanic and auto parts person said this should not have to be replaced this early and with the mileage I have on my vehicle
Heater/AC cooling fan crapped out at 45k. Bearings/bushings causing loud, crunching noises when heat or AC is on. The same thing happened to me on my 2013 pathfinder.
Cooling fan failure. Widespread reports of cooling fan bearings failing from 30-60 thousand miles. It vibrates and can damage the radiator causing a catastrophic failure. If you look in forums this is extremely common. I have this issue as well and it comes on suddenly.
Engine cooling fan broke at <60k miles-rattling so much nearly punctured radiator
Bought a brand new 2016 nissan partfinder sl in 2016 , at 65,191 miles one evening coming home I heard knocking noise coming from the engine , took it to the nissan dealer , had it diagnose and was informed the the radiator coolant fan was was defective . I had it replaced november 11/18 2017 , cost us $1268.49 , on 02/12/2019 the brand new cooling fan fail again at 112,303 miles , took it to the same dealership had it diagnosed and it was the same problem previous . We contact nissan regional office for reimbursement on repairs and parts our records was denied . Have it fix at the dealership once again cost us $1016.21 parts and labor . The dealership advise us to keep on fighting for these costs and repairs because it's a wide spread problem with all nissans cooling fan assembly assembly .
Radiator: nissian pathfinder radiator fail after owning for less than 2 years. This is covered under extend warrantee. But base on the past radiator recall, the vechile raidator may not be up to specs.
Cooling fan assembly failed on 1/26/2019 at 64,xxx miles. New assy was purchased on 1/26/2019 from tony serra nissan in cullman, al costing $560.29 (part and tax only). I r/r the assy myself, as I have experience in the automotive repair field, it took me just shy of 2 hours to replace them (time and care was taken). The service manager (I failed to acquire his name) stated to me on the phone that it is a known/frequent issue. It was a sudden issue, no noises detected on 1/25/2019. A light clicking detected outside only on 1/26/2019 at 09:30 hrs, after a <50 mile round trip to purchase the part, eat, and grocery store stop, on 1/26/2019 at 16:00 hrs, a heavy knock could be readily heard outside the vehicle as well as a 'loud roar' and vibrations detected inside the vehicle with all windows closed, stationary vehicle, and engine at idle. Symptoms would dissolve when the A/C was deactivated. All regular maintenance performed on time, with the exception of brake fluid change. Vehicle is also regularly cleaned.
Loud clicking noise in the engine both while driving and idling in park. After researching it, I found out that is the fan hitting the shroud and it needs to be replaced. The part is anywhere from $200-600 and that doesn't include labor. I bought this car brand new, always kept up on the maintenance and of course my extended warranty ran out last week and now this happens. :(
Engine fan began making loud noise at 74k miles. Took to dealership and was advised to replace the radiator fan. A quick search uncovered countless other owners with the same issue on the same vehicle.
Our nissan pathfinder 2016 was suddenly making loud noise which was coming from the front (engine area). The dealer diagnosed that replacement of fan shroud is necessary and that's expensive. We send car for regular maintenance, what else we can do!! The miles on my car is above 50000 and that's when I came across this problem. I have never had this kind of problem in any of my cars so far. This is something to do from the manufacturing side.
At 48,800 miles radiator fan failed. As was explained to me by service advisor at nissan dealer, a mounting part failed and caused the fan to rub against the shroud when in operation. Many reports of failure on various websites for model years 2014 -2016, most occurring in the 50,000 mile range.
Radiator fan assembly failed and needed replacement as indicated by several pathfinder owners from 2014 up to the present.
I drove up to 16,000 miles and then the engine suddenly made a weird sound. I went to 2 nissan dealerships to check it out and it said it was normal for 2016 pathfinder.but while driving sometimes it will cause a humming noise like a bee and its really annoying, I went to check it out and it said it was normal, what do I do now?
The radiator fan and shroud assembly and I cannot find replacement parts at any dealer, auto parts store nor junk yard due to so many people needing these parts replaced. I was told they are on backorder and dont know when they will have replacement parts. I was told by a certified mechanic that the car could overheat and stall if these parts are not replaced.
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