Brake Light On problems of the 2014 Nissan Pathfinder

Brake lights illuminate when brake pedal is not depressed. . Issue occurs when vehicle is in motion and at rest, including when the vehicle is powered off. The issue has led to battery depletion. The problem occurs intermittently with relative frequency (multiple times per month.

2014 Nissan Pathfinder. Consumer writes in regard to brake failure while driving. The consumer stated while driving the emergency brake light illuminated while driving. The consumer crashed into a fence in order to stop the vehicle.

I had 2014 Nissan Pathfinder and my vehicle was inspected and passed with no issues in June 2019. The day of the accident, I drove all morning with no type of incidents. My niece, who lives on a hill was in the car with me and I picked her that morning from her house. She had to returned to her house later that morning for an item so I drove back up the hill, waited for her in her driveway, left her house and as I was driving down the hill I realized that my brakes was not functioning, my emergency brake light appeared and then all the lights on my dashboard turned on. The emergency brake wasn't working and I couldn't stop the car. I kept pressing my brakes and nothing was happening. It just kept going! at that point, I looked around to see the best place to crash. I came down the hill crossed over one of the main roads and steered my car into a fence and we hit a tree. All of my airbags deployed and I was grateful that both my niece and I had no major injuries. My vehicle was totaled by the insurance company. I had no issues with my brakes in the past! I did find out that there was a problem with the brake software in the 2013 and 2014 Nissan Pathfinders model-years and there was a recall. I bought my vehicle in 2014 however I never got a recall notice. I also had my vehicle service at a Nissan dealership and brake software failures was never communicated to me. Something went terribly wrong with my brakes or the software that day.

Brake lamp relay went bad and brake lights remained on after removing foot from brake pedal. The problem occurred whether the vehicle was parked, running, driving. On or off. There is a recall on some Pathfinders, but ours is not one. Had to pay to repair myself. The recall needs to be extended to all Pathfinders.

Driving 25 miles an hour on a town road accelerating and the car starts to slow down even if I continue to push the gas petal. The car slows down almost completely before I tapped the brakes and then the car shot and revved forward without touching the gas petal. Also the brake lights stay on even after the car is shut off. It does lile multiply times a day and I know that there was a recall on electric relay for sticking, my car is however not listed on the recall. This began in March and is making it unsafe to turn left in fear of the car not acclerating during oncoming traffic.

While driving on the freeway the accelerator would suddenly not respond becoming a life hazard to my family and myself and also other drivers behind my vehicle; the cruise control also stop operating when this occurs. Also the brake light would illuminate without the brake pedal being depressed and with the car being off.

My brake light would not go off. It caused my car to stall as I was driving, it eventually shut off and drained my battery. It was really scary. I took my car in for service at the Nissan dealership. They did a diagnostic test. As a result they replaced my switch assy. Stop lamp and relay. I was really upset to pay for a service that I did not cause. Especially when there was a recall out for the same model, make and of my car I did share with the Nissan customer service my issue.

While stationary and moving my vehicle brake lights have stayed on even when I am out of the car and the car is off. I had an incident in which the ignition button was able to be turned on without my foot being on the pedal, as if the brake pedal was already pressed. The car stutters to accelerate after braking. I worked to have this addressed through Nissan after seeing a recall with similar issues on this year and model. Nissan rejected fixing the problem due to my VIN number not being associated with that recall. I had a diagnostic run by my local Nissan dealer which stated that the brake control and push button stater switch need replacing. I reference NHTSA campaign number: 16v380000 as similar to my case.

Brake switch needed to be replaced due to brake lights remaining on/illuminated even when brake was not suppressed. Brake lights remain on when in motion as well as when the vehicle is stationary and also when the vehicle is off. As a result, there is no way for one to determine if/when the brakes are being applied. This issue also prevents the vehicle from accelerating. Both of these issues cause significant safety risks.