Two problems related to transmission failure have been reported for the 2000 Nissan Pathfinder. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2000 Nissan Pathfinder based on all problems reported for the 2000 Pathfinder.
Nissan is refusing to fix cracked cooler tube that is leaking into the transmission case causing the transmission to fail.
Transmission failure. My wife was driving the Pathfinder and without warning, the transmission failed. It would not move either forwards or backwards. We towed the vehicle and upon inspection by reputable transmission specialist, were told twice by two different inspection shops that the cooler that cools the transmission fluid was 1) defective and 2) stopped up and prevented the transmission from getting proper fluid flow. The transmission shops stated that they have advised Nissan of this issue numerous times and have repaired this issue on other cars numerous times. The failure caused us to tow the car to a repair shop with estimated repair costs of $3,000. Because the fluid from the transmission was not being properly handled, the parts inside the transmission became over heated and were permanently damaged. There are many parts in the transmission that were damaged. Too many to list here, but I have a list of parts if needed.
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