Two problems related to transmission noise have been reported for the 1998 Nissan Pathfinder. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Transmission drive causes a big clunking noise when in drive position, it happens when stopping or starting. Nissan dealer indicated that repair is only done to vehicles under 60k miles even though they recognized it is a known defect. ****dims 11 ivoq entry posted after 12/12/02 cut-over to artemis*****755943.
Transmission drive train faulty causing clunking noise as per service bulletin.