Six problems related to accelerator pedal have been reported for the 1998 Nissan Pathfinder. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
98' Nissan Pathfinder se the gas pedal sticks when the car is completely stopped. When you try to accelerate it sticks, so you have to push hard on the pedal which causes the car to jump forward and accelerate.
This is the second 1998 Nissan Pathfinder I've owned with the same problem. The throttle sticks in the upright position forcing one to apply great force to proceed from a stopped position. This has been dangerous on more than one occasion and near misses have occured especially when stopped behind another vehicle at a traffic light.
On March 11, 2003, my Nissan Pathfinder was involved in an incident of unexplained sudden acceleration. The vehicle was already shifted into drive, and my foot was on the brake pedal while I was waiting for a red light to change. Suddenly, the Pathfinder lurched forward at a high speed. Almost simultaneously, I heard a loud noise coming out of the motor. The noise sounded like the one produced by an increase in the number of motor revolutions. I turned off the engine immediately when I realized that that I could not stop the vehicle by depressing the foot pedal. Fortunately, no persons or vehicled were at the street intersection when the vehicle jumped forward. My wife was in the passsenger's seat at the time. On March 12, 2003, I took the Pathfinder to Nissan's service department to correct this problem. Nissan's service advisor told me that the vehicle needed a clean-up of the entire fuel system. So, he scheduled a bg fuel induction service to rectify the problem. The Pathfinder had 32,149 miles at the time. My records show that maintenance on the Pathfinder has been performed as scheduled at bill seidle's Nissan. Prior to the incident, a major routine maintenance had been scheduled and performed at 30,000 miles on oct. 16, 2002. No additional failure occurred until Aug. 21, 2003 (the day of the accident).
When depressing the accelerator pedal from a dead stop, nothing happens. Suddenly the pedal catches and vehicle lurches. Problem was reported to the dealership and has been corrected. Manufacturer commented that this problem is considered a routine maintenance, which concerns the owner.
When I tried to accelerate my vehicle, the gas pedal will sometimes stick and when I get enough pressure on the pedal it will then lurch the vehicle forward. The brakes squeal continuously when the weather is above freezing. I have had it in numerous times to the local Nissan dealer and they can not find anything wrong with them. The vehicle's abs systems seems to grab before it should when the ground is dry with gravel or there is snow or ice on the ground. Eems to.
When I try to accelerate my vehicle, the gas pedal will sometimes stick and when I get enough pressure on the pedal it will then lurch the vehicle forward. The brakes squeel continuously when the weather is above freezing. I have had it in numerous times to the local Nissan dealer and they can not find anything wrong with them. The vehicle's abs systems seems to grab before it should when the ground is dry with gravel or there is snow or ice on the ground. Eems to.