2004 Nissan Quest transmission problems

Filed Apr 2, 2018 · Acceleration, Steering · 181,000 miles · FL

While driving on the interstate with 2 infants in cars seats as well as 3 other adults the vehicle lost power. It would not accelerate. Within minutes the steering was stiff and was extremely difficult to turn. Pulled off the interstate and onto a side road. The vehicle finallt decellerated to a full stop. Turned it off and restarted a few moments later. Vehicle ran again but no steering. Popped the hood and looked and no power steering fluid in the well. Added fluid and steered ok till 4 blocks from my house at which time the steering acting up again and not accelerating no matter how far you push the pedal. Turned it off and restarted again. Steering not working but accelerated enough to park it at home. Took to my mechanic but says he cannot look at it until wednesday. Was so scared cause had the grandbabies in the van.

Filed Jul 28, 2016 · Transmission · 106,000 miles · PA

The car would stall and the steering would go out, which was very dangerous. It happened daily since may of 2016. In order for the car to go from stopped to a starting position, it would take all of my strength to push down on accelerator to get the car to move.

Filed May 31, 2016 · Engine, Transmission · 64,000 miles · IL

During 05/05/2016 started having transmission issue, the car suddenly started giving starting problem and then when it will start it will not have any pickup in drive mode. After few hours everything went normal and when started driving all of sudden break got pressed and car couldn't go anywhere and check engine light came on. After diagnostic it found to be bank 1 camshaft sensor but even after replacing vehicle still behaves same with engine light on.

Filed May 13, 2016 · Transmission · 160,000 miles · WA

I believe a sensor somewhere is going out. The transmission intermittently will "miss" a shift, or come out of gear. If I let my foot off the gas and then give it gas again, it will sometimes "slam" in to gear. When it is acting up, it will also take a couple seconds to go in to drive from park or reverse, then it "slams" in to gear. It also is lacking in power, almost as if a vacuum advance was not working properly. This seems to happen when it is warm. Once, after replacing the battery the vehicle seemed to work fine for some time before starting to act up again.

Filed Feb 8, 2016 · Transmission · CA

After the minivan is warmed up for 15-20 minutes the transmission feels like I've been hit form the back of the vehicle when down shift to 1 st gear it slips and the RPM gauge moves back and forth. Mechanics shop have told me the solenoids needs to be replaced transmission is only 108,000 miles.

Filed Jan 1, 2016 · Transmission · 85,000 miles · NY

Engine control module [ECM] due to a bad design,rain and water from melting snow leaks onto the ECM and destroys it.I have been told that this is a common occurrence with the 2004 quest and that nissan had a secret recall on vehicles up to 8 years old.while driving on a busy highway at 60 MPH the vehicle suddenly slowed to 20 MPH,I was lucky to get off the highway safely.why did nissan not notify all owners.

Filed Oct 12, 2015 · Transmission · 110,000 miles · IN

On 10/08/2015 - within 10 days after my last servicing thru nissan dealer I lost transmission on my nissan quest 3.5 se model year 2004 with mileage 110000. It was very painful experience as vehicle had to be towed to tom wood dealer where its been replaced at a very high cost from my pocket that I was not prepared. I was surprized on the transmission failure for such a low mileage but more surpise that the dealer could not detect it during multi-point inspection check after every oil change servicing. For the sake of record, I have performed all of the quest servicing (100%) thru the dealer from where I bought this van initially. Also I had replaced transmission oil at 60k mile servicing that was recommended at that time. This van is well maintained and still got this transmission failure is a surpize and raises concerns to the nissan dropping quality. Also I was looking online and noticed quest 2004 has this problem, known for bad transmission. There are many complaints and case reported against nissan USA. I am reporting to all 3 sites thru this link below (carcomplaint, cas and the federal safety agency). Http://www.nissanproblems.com/trends/transmission-jerking/ I pulled off very dangerously on the free-way when this transmission failure had occured, it would have been a major accident.

Filed Jul 29, 2015 · Transmission · 122,681 miles · GA

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 nissan quest. While driving 45 MPH, the transmission slipped and made an abnormal noise from the front end of the vehicle. In addition, the odometer failed to provide the reading level. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the transmission, the water pump, and the electrical system needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 122,681.

Filed Jul 12, 2015 · Transmission · 147,000 miles · PA

I was driving my van and I came to a stop on a hill and it wouldn't go, I had to push the pedal to the floor to go. And it won't go in reverse either. I had power problems years ago but turning my van off and back on 'fixed' the problem. Also the timing chain issue has been going on for years.

Filed Jun 9, 2015 · Acceleration, Transmission · 182,435 miles · TN

Attempting to get on the interstate. Accelerated, but RPM's went up to 5 or 6 but the speed did not increase. Husband tried to manually shift, but vehicle would not go into overdrive. We pulled off the road, turned vehicle off and restarted. Vehicle reacted correctly to accelerating with just a little sluggishness. Transmission fluid was checked and it was fine. Unfortunately, day trip was cancelled and children were very disappointed, because we were afraid to be too far from home and not be able to get back.