The accelerator pedal sticks. Experience to date is that it requires excessive force to press or becomes immovable when trying to depress the pedal from its undepressed position, such as when the engine is idling while the car is not moving or rolling after one's foot has allowed the pedal to come up. I recently received a notice of class action and proposed settlement in california superior court, los angeles county (robert meyer v. Nissan north america) in which plaintiff alleged that excessive carbonous deposits form on 1999 and 2000 nissan quests in the "throttle-body asssembly" and that these deposits may cause the accelerator pedal to stick. If a defect is judged by the occurrence relative to other vehicles this seems a strong candidate. And the design defect that allows this occurrence permits an inoperable accelerator pedal which can present a serious safety issue. The class action notice received indicates that nissan was aware of the issue since at least october 2000 when it issued a technical service bulletin advising on a cleaning procedure to address the problem. Apparently outside the express warranty period nissan shifts the costs of compensating for its poor, defective design to the consumer by considering it as matter of routine maintenance. I don't see anything about this in their maintenance or owners manuals received during the purchase of their product. Nor, for that matter, does this problem present itself in other vehicles is which such "maintenance" is not needed.
2000 Nissan Quest acceleration complaints
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2000 nissan quest. The accelarator pedal sticks and when you press on the accelartor the car moves with a jerk.
The vehicle has jerked due to the accelerator pedal sticking. The problem has worsened. *ak
The vehicle keeps accelerating at the same speed after the consumer has stopped pushing the accelerator pedal. The vehicle has been to the dealership five times, but the dealer is unable to correct the problem.
Consumer states when pressing the gas pedal there is a major delay in acceleration. Consumer states car will suddenly lurch forward. Nlm consumer also states brake pedal squeaks, the steering wheel whines and the front drink cup holder would not work.
Accelerator stick when taking off from a stop. When questioned dealer says vehicle needs the fuel system cleaned.
When accelerating from a stop vehicle would lurch forward, gas pedal was hard to press, took vehicle to dealer, and dealer replaced throttle to stop accelerator from sticking. *ak
Throttle sticks when vehicle is started. Dealer has been contacted. Please provide further details.
While driving uphill at 45 MPH consumer moved to left lane to pass a vehicle, vehicle was a bit slow passing, so consumer floored gas pedal, but nothing happened. Suddenly vehicle started accelerating, consumer tried to brake, but brake pedal did not move. Vehicle reached 60-65 MPH, consumer was able to pull into dirt road on side of road, used emergency brake and tuned off ignition. Dealer found throttle cable had snapped, was frayed on both sides. Nissan admitted cable was installed incorrectly at factory. *ak consumer states there was a kink in throttle cable from the factory.
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