Frame And Members problems of the 1999 Nissan Pathfinder

I took my Nissan 1999 Pathfinder to dealer on recall and was advised vehicle unsafe to drive and was given rental and told Nissan would buyback vehicle.

Steering was not responding properly, would not return quickly. Had it looked into. The front drivers side frame split right through. Causing the strut tower to be pushed up against the steering column. Top of the strut tower pushed up into the hood. According to several mechanics, "death trap" had to junk so no one would be hurt. Updated 02/10/11 updated ivoq 04/21/11.

I owned a 1999 Nissan Pathfinder se and in April 2010 I noticed that the driver side strut well was shifted up into the engine compartmet. I called Nissan USA headquarter in TN and was told that the vehicle was not under warranty. I took the vehicle to a local mechanic/body shop and upon inspection saw that the entire front strut housing was tearing apart fron the chassis due to rusting. It cost me $500. 00 to have the shop removed and welded a new section. Now , I notice that the passenger side strut well -housing have a small rusted hole. The reason for this posting is that I read an article on the web from the washington post about the same complaint a few Nissan Pathfinder owners have with their vehicles. I hope you can help me.

1999 Nissan Pathfinder had front struts replaced last summer. Over the winter I started to get a bumping feeling in the steering. It was really bad when I hit a bump in the road. I didn't think it was that bad until I hit large bump and the vehicle would not allow me to turn. I went off the road and when I hit another bump it turned. I was able to get the truck home. I return to have the front struts and steering checked the mechanic showed me how the unibody separated and is pushing against the steering shaft. He explained there was no fix and to junk the vehicle, and stop driving as soon as possible. This vehicle is only 10 years old.