1996 Nissan Quest: doors won't lock, open or latch

Filed Oct 22, 2004 · Locks · 22,851 miles · CA

All doors will lock under 3 scenarios: 1) doors will relock immediately following, unlocking the doors. 2) doors will lock after closing driver door. 3) doors may lock without any action taking place. *ak could be locked out of vehicle if doors lock when closing door, with keys in the vehicle. Dealership replaced door lock actuator in 1998, problem started reoccuring in 2002 and continues to occur intermittently.

Filed Jan 15, 2004 · Airbags, Engine · 53,706 miles · CA

Weird electrical problems,I have taken to 2 different people, 1 of which specializes in transmissions, the problem is that when the vehicle is warmed up the transmission doesn't know what gear it is in, on initial investigation the problem appears to be the trottle position sensor but that was replaced and still no fix. They hooked up computers to the car while driving and say the computer doesn't read the tps being operative during driving but no problems can be found with the wiring and computer board. When the engine transmission starts to mess up the locks start to lock and unlock by themselves while driving, the check engine light is on and the overdrive light blinks off and on. At one time the air bag light come on for no reason it was checked and problem found. The sliding door latch broke within a couple of months of buying. The back windshield wiper motor would also come on by itself, we ended up taking the fuse out for that.

Filed Jan 15, 2004 · Airbags, Visibility · 105,000 miles · TX · crash

Engine light on - computer code: anti-knock sensor estimated repair @$350. Did not repair; reset system, light did not reappear for 3,000 miles, reset again. Door locks intermittent problem, esp. With slider. Airbag light flashing, cannot afford repair. Read light burning out bulbs (twice within 3 mos.) after market repair caused different problem.

Filed Jan 12, 2004 · Locks · 57,656 miles · LA

1. Driver door lock will not open at lease once a day. Replaced actuator by dealer on 6/14/00, worked for about a year then started doing same thing again plus. 2. Sliding door opens and the ajar light comes on daily or whenever a bump in the road is hit. 3. Rear door has to be opened and has to be manually reset for all the doors to lock. The number of failures, 1890 is an estimate, every time I drive this car, which belongs to my wife the doors act as described, my wife has been complaining since 1998. The dealer suggested replacing the locks, but after reading several of the other complaints from this site, I feel that this would not fix the problem. Thank for your help. Wayne plaisance

Filed Dec 29, 2003 · Locks · RI

I have a nissan quest 1996 - I reported a door latch popping open in april 2001 when the car had 50,000 miles. Since then the latch was replaced and has been adjusted a number of times. The door continues to fail and pop open or rather go ajar and the inside lights illuminate. This makes for a number of unsafe driving conditions. First the door could slide open all the way endangering my children. If I were to be in an accident, there is no guarantee that the door will remain closed and intact. Third, driving at night and suddenly have the interior lights illuminate make it difficult to see and drive. The original complaint was odi745323. I recently spoke directly with jeff austin at nissan consumer division - phone number 1-800-nissan1 extension 8441. He indicated that there was not any record of this occurring in other vehicles and spoke to the dealership - they told me since I was the only complaint and the mileage was over 60,000 there was nothing that they could do to assist me and that I should seek body repair to resolve the problem. This has been occurring for the last 30,000 miles and is going on 4 years. I refuse to pay anything further to have this rectified. This is a defect and needs to be resolved to my satisfaction. I had spoken previously with dan neff (310) 771-5463 and the initial change of the lock mechanism appeared to help for a short period. I paid for that fix. Shortly after I spoke with mr. Neff the problem began occurring again and has since that time. Nissan has been unwilling to believe that there is a problem, and yet there have been numerous other incidents as demonstrated by the web page search including odi's 602908, 703853, 845494, 721420, 864190, 10049456, 863863, 754162, 602996, 848600, 745164, 745414, 10001339, 10022724 I want this issue resolved, I want the door fixed and I do not feel that I am responsible for paying anything further to ensure that this defect is repaired to my satisfaction.

Filed Dec 9, 2003 · Locks · 90,000 miles · LA

Door locks will lock/unlock intermittently, rear passenger side lighting assembly went out, sliding door will ajar while in operation, and tapping noise from engine has not been recognized by mechanics.

Filed May 13, 2003 · Electrical, Engine · 68,000 miles · NJ

Engine knock,engine failure, replace corroded throttle body, gas smell leaks into interior, faulty front passenger seat belt restraint,vehicle now has 110,000 miles on it and is in the shop for a new fuel pump. Excessive noise pollution when driving, faulty rear hatch lock(electrical), faulty elect. Pwr. Door locks, locks when not touched. This vehicle is what lemon laws were intended for yet nissan is in denial about all the problems owners have endured with no compensation.

Filed Dec 20, 2002 · Locks · 72,000 miles · FL

While driving or even if the vehicle is parked, the sliding door lock will un-latch and door will open by itself and the interior lights will also come on. Ts

Filed Jul 6, 2002 · Body · AZ

The door locks intermittently lock by themselves for no reason. The last time this happened, my two children were left locked in the car, in 110 degree weather while my wife frantically called the police to help get them out. This is a dangerous situation and nissan needs to issue a recall to fix this before someone gets killed.

Filed Sep 28, 2001 · Body · MS

My kids were trapped in the car we had to bust out a window to get them out. The doors would not unlock even eith a key in the door or using the remote for keyless entry. This is not the first time this has happened, just the first time with my kids in the car. My kids are in car seats. Ages 2 and 5 months.

Filed Sep 7, 2001 · Body · FL

The power door locks on my 96 nissan quest have a mind of their own. The family calls them "crazy" and we have to make sure that we do not ever leave the vehicle without the keys in hand. I am retired and my wife and I baby sit some of our grandchildren, we pray that we don't forget about them "crazy" door locks while transporting the grand kids. I mentioned the problem to a local service rep. And he was well aware of the problem with the quest van power door locks. He indicated that they had been unable to fix the problem even after replacing all the power door locks. This left me with the feeling that a root cause had not been found and perhaps I would be notified in the near future of a "recall" or service bulletin to help with my "crazy" power door locks. After just seeing the cbs report tonight, it is apparent that many other have this same problem, but have not let the federal safety agency know. I just spent over $500 to fix the air bag light from coming on, to replace the control module, now I am wondering if the power door locks problem may be another bad control module. Control modules that involve safety issues should be very reliable.

Filed Aug 1, 2001 · Body · TX

The power door locks continually lock by themselves. Once, locking my 2 year old daughter in the van without it running. We live in texas, and it makes me sick to think what would have happened if I had not had an extra set of keys. I know from a cbs news report that my van is not the only one like we thought that this is happening to. Is it going to take a child's death for a recall to be issued? Nissan told me to have it fixed myself. I cannot afford to do that. It happens too many times to count.