general problems of the 2013 Nissan Pathfinder - part 2

Vehicle was sold on may 2nd, 2013. Nissan had issued safety recall pc216 for the occupant classification system at least one month prior to this date. This safety recall was not applied to vehicle until after the sale. Dealership is southern states Nissan, their repair order 6359677/1 dated may 2nd, 2013 documents the fact that the recall was performed after the sale.

The light on the passenger side would not go off, and engine would be surging and the car would shake, even if the car was on cruse control mode and specially going up hill. We took it to a dealer twice and they said there was no problem- "could not diagnose the problem. They "updated the software" to no avail. They send us to the company and they did not do anything.

The contact owns a 2013 Nissan Pathfinder. The contact stated that the air bag erroneously deactivated while the front passenger seat was occupied. The contact also stated that when driving at various speeds, the vehicle would vibrate roughly. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted about the failure. The failure mileage was 700.

Our 2013 Pathfinder started to shudder upon acceleration. It initially happened prior to this mileage, but it was intermittent and we thought we had just driven over a rough patch of road. However, this issue increased in duration and frequency until the car would almost stall. You would have to stop acceleration and then resume for it to stop. It most frequently happened after making a turn. . . Unfortunately. . This is often after a stop sign when you need acceleration or getting on the freeway. The ecm has been reflashed, replaced torque converters and a couple cvt transmission in the first year. The problem still persists. It starts small and then ramps up as mileage increases. The air bag continues to go on and off while a passenger is seated. The passenger is an adult over 110lbs, but the dealership maintains nothing is wrong with it. We've driven down the freeway for 1 hour with no problem and then the light will come on which means the airbag is not functioning. We've tried different sitting positions to see if that is the cause, but it doesn't matter. It also keeps blowing fuses for the rear heated seats.

Driving home from the dealership the night I purchased the vehicle, and I notice the supplemental airbag icon flashing. (I don't recall seeing it during the test drive. ) I did not immediately recognize the icon, so when I got home, I looked it up in the manual, and it tells me that I must get it serviced at the Nissan dealership. Really? not even 15 minutes after driving it off the lot, and I have to bring it back to be serviced??? Nissan better get their act together.

I was driving and hit a curb with the 2 passenger side wheels simultaneously as I was coming out of a turn. Only going 15-20 mph. The tires didn't even pop but all 3 side curtain airbags deployed. The vehicle didn't roll either. The car was completely driveable other than the airbag problem. Nissan claims the airbags acted properly after they reviewed the data recorder but to me this is a serious safety concern. Nissan reimbursed me for my $1,000 insurance deductible which tells me they agree something was wrong even though they deny it.

Base on manual, the "passenger airbag off" sign will be light on (it means that the passenger airbag will disable) if a child or adult (less than 70 pounds) seat at the passenger front seat. But for my 2013 Pathfinder, my 9 year old daughter who weight about 50 pounds sited at the front seat (passenger side) and wearing seat belt, but the "passenger airbag off" sign is off (it mean the air bag still engage ). As the result, my daughter will be in danger due to airbag deployment if accident happen.