Two problems related to car accelerates on its own have been reported for the 2001 Nissan Pathfinder. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2001 Nissan Pathfinder based on all problems reported for the 2001 Pathfinder.
Fuel/throttle control: I experienced a "sudden unintended acceleration" incident in July of 2002. I was in the process of head in parking and was moving very slowly while applying brakes the vehicle accelerated over curbing into a wall. The vehicle stopped, the engine stopped running, and air bags did not deploy. The vehicle is a 2001 Nissan Pathfinder with less than 8,000 miles on it. I have read of other incidents like this for this vehicle and am now afraid to drive it. No other incident has occured. I have never experience this situation before and I originally thought that I stepped on the acceletator the same time as the brake. Now I believe I did not step on the accelerator but for some reason the vehicle malfunctioned. I have not taken this into the dealer because I have no confidence in their ability to diagnose the problem as it appears to be very intermittent. This is a serious problem that is potentially lethal and cannot be detected by normal maintenance and happens so quickly that the driver cannot react to avoid a serious collision. There were no injuries (this time) but vehicle damage was $500.
Vehicle suddenly accelerates while applying brakes and stopped or slowed--causing loss of control of car.
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| Cruise Control problems | |
| Speed Control Linkage problems |