Nissan Quest premature wear problems

Filed Jan 16, 2015 · Brakes · 36,000 miles · GA

This nissan quest had the rear brake pads changed in december 2014. This will be the 3rd set (including the original ones when purchased) of brakes on the rear since the vehicle was purchase new at the dealer. The front brake pads are also on their 3rd set. The dealership states it is my braking habits making the pads wear out so quickly. The front brake pads wear out around 35,000- 37,000 miles. The rear brake pads last around 40,000 miles. The vehicle currently has 86,000 miles on it and was purchase new. I spoke to the dealership and informed them that if either the front or rear brake pads wear out within the same time as the previous ones had, that a nissan representative would need to investigate. Within all my years of driving and owing vehicles I have never had to replace brakes like I have on this vehicle.

Filed Mar 31, 2014 · Engine, Transmission · OH

The timing chain guides (teflon based material) in the vq35 engines were prematurely causing audible rubbing and banging upon start up and early warm up idle conditions. This premature wear of the tension guides is a safety hazard due to the fact that the timing chain has undo slack from early degradation of tension guides which may cause the timing chain to wear/break prematurely and without warning while driving at highway speeds. This would cause the engine to shut down unexpectedly.

Filed Feb 7, 2011 · Engine · 69,990 miles · TX

The timing chain guides (teflon based material) in the vq35 engines were prematurely causing audible rubbing and banging upon start up and early warm up idle conditions. This premature wear of the tension guides is a safety hazard due to the fact that the timing chain has undo slack from early degradation of tension guides which may cause the timing chain to wear/break prematurely and without warning while driving at highway speeds. This would cause the engine to shut down unexpectedly and put the lives of the vehicles occupants in danger of possibly being struck my oncoming vehicles.

Filed Mar 3, 2010 · Brakes · 17,435 miles · NV

I was traveling down a 6% downgrade on a freeway in my 2007 nissan quest. At the time (jan 2008), the vehicle had about 15,000 miles on it. I was continuously braking to keep the vehicle at a safe speed. As I was braking, the brakes began to pulsate. The pulsations got louder and more aggressive as we continued down the downgrade, to the point like if felt the brakes were about to fail. Soon after, in january 2008, I brought the vehicle to the nissan dealership in bellevue, wa. They acknowledged the problem with the front passenger brake rotor was warped. They resurfaced the rotor. At 9 months later, and at 25,000 miles (oct 2008), the pulsations started to reoccur. I brought the van to the same dealership, and this time they replaced the same rotor they resurfaced 9 months earlier. Again at 35,000 miles in july 2009, the pulsation problem returned again. I brought it to united nissan in las vegas, but they refused to address the problem, citing normal wear and tear on the brakes. Finally, in october 2009, I brought the brakes to a brake specialist. The specialist stated that the front passenger brake, the same brake that had continuous rotor warping, was defective due to a faulty brake pin causing sticking between the caliper and pad, which was the root cause of all the warping and pulsations.

Filed May 12, 2009 · Tires · 20,000 miles · IL

I own a nissan quest with the michelin pax run-flat tire system. The pax run-flat tire system is a defective product. I purchased the car in november 2007. By 13 months, at 18,000 miles, 2 of the tires had worn to the point where the dealer said they needed to be replaced. At 20,600 miles we had all 4 tires replaced. In 32nds of an inch, sears measured the tread at : left front - 1,0,0, right front - 2,2,1, right rear - 3,3,4, left rear was similar to right rear but had already been replaced due to a nail in it. Michelin had to courier a complete tire and wheel assembly to my home on the nailed tire because there is no tire dealer within 20 miles of us in downtown chicago that can work on the pax tires other than perhaps a honda dealer who told us they would not work on a nissan. Our nissan dealer is not equipped to work on this tire. Our situation is not unique. A web search turns up many people who have written about premature wear and blowouts with the pax tire system. There are 2 class-action lawsuits related to the pax system, one against honda and michelin and one against nissan and michelin. With the wheels on our new car we can only have pax tires so either we need to spend thousands of dollars to replace the wheels, potentially voiding our warranty, or continue to replace our tires every 20,000 miles, assuming we can get them. It took a week to have replacement tires shipped to chicago. I can only imagine that the problem will get worse the longer we own the car. Michelin has end of life the product and only manufactures new pax tires for those already on the road. This declaration was made by michelin a mere 4 months after we purchased our car new. The michelin pax tire system needs to be recalled for honda odyssey and nissan quest vehicles for premature wear, danger of blowouts and lack of people that can service them. Nissan and honda need to be forced to replace the pax wheels with wheels that can accept normal tires.

Filed Jul 5, 2006 · Brakes · 25,075 miles · FL

Premature brake pad wear.

Filed Jan 2, 2006 · Brakes · 8,261 miles · NJ

Warping rotors. I have a 2004 nissan quest that as of to date has less that 38k miles on it has gone through three (3) sets of front rotors. After several thousand miles the rotors warp which results in a trip to the dealership to cut them. The vehicle becomes unsafe to drive when the warping violently shakes the steering wheel and braking becomes compromised.

Filed Aug 23, 2005 · Body, Brakes · 4,503 miles · NM

Dt: the brakes heat up and the rotors warp. The steering wheel would start shaking when the consumer applied the brakes. The vehicle was taken to the dealership at that point. The consumer stated it happened every 4000 miles since she has had the vehicle. It first happened in march of 2004. The dealership is telling the consumer that the brakes are heating up. The rotors have been resurfaced three times. They ordered new rotors and they have been on for approximately 3 months and the steering wheel is shaking again. She has also gone through two fuel injectors. She was told that she is putting low grade fuel into the vehicle. *jb other issues: the passenger side auto door would rattle when the vehicle was in motion, abnormal shifting, engine light had come on, rear wiper had broken, steering wheel would shake due to the brakes, the front left seat back was loose due to poor fit, mouding on the rear of the driver's seat was coming off, the fuel gauge was stuck on empty after two fill ups.

Filed Apr 22, 2003 · Brakes · CA · crash

Front brake pads wear unevenly and require frequent replacement. Pads have been replaced 5 times in 36000 miles.

Filed Sep 26, 2001 · Brakes, Tires · TX

Brake disc rotors on front and rear of vehicle are prematurely wearing, cause unknown. *ak brakes wore out at 15000 and 31000 miles