general problems of the 2014 Nissan Pathfinder - part 1

I have 2014 Nissan Pathfinder but every time I start a shake so my dealer told me they're is something wrong with the transmission and there's a recall for this vehicle that I should filled claim.

The problem I am having now envovles the emc. After getting the catalytic converters replaced 2 times replacing the oxygen sensors 3 times and the manifold replaced, also a few other things that’s all connected the computer won’t acknowledge that’s the new parts have been replaced. So the engine still has a bad exhaust smell and the vehicle won’t run properly. Mechanic said I shouldn’t have a problem with the emc but it is the problem. The problems go away once the codes are cleared but come back when the engine light comes back on. I have also noticed that a recall for the emc for the same year vehicle but for a hybrid.

Pressing the gas pedal from a full stop resulted in no car accleration (aside from normal car rolling forward from taking foot off of brake) and no engine 'acceleration'. Only when I pressed hard enough did the car suddenly lurch forward/accelerate. This is very risky, as I had been making a turn I would potentially be blocking the incoming lane. In addition, after parking in a parking lot, and turning off the car, I noticed that the brake lights were still lit up.

The rear subframe is completely rusty. The problem has been looked at by multiple independent auto repair centers. It is a safety concern as the subframe could fall apart due to the rust putting myself and others at risk while driving this vehicle. I bought this car in June of 2024 and it was a problem that was brought to my attention at that time but was rusty before that.

This recall has been out for 2 years now and Nissan still hasn’t come up with a way to fix it or a replacement. I’m constantly in fear driving down the highway that my hood will fly up into my windshield.

Hood won't latch shut.

I had no light come on I was driving and I was crossing an intersection when the vehicle started shaking and jerking it was going slow then it just jerked me fast while there was on coming vehicles this happened suddenly and now the car light came on a day or two later and the car will not move forward or backwards I contacted the manufacture and they said there was nothing they can do sad this day I almost wrecked 3 times I even asked if they could pay for the labor and I would buy the part because I believe this was a manufacture issue everything I have read is about people having the same issue this could have been prevented and I thank god I didn’t die I did pray the whole drive back home and I feared for my safety and my babies safety . This needs to be addressed and there needs to be a recall before people get seriously injured or lose there lives and it shouldn’t matter about how much miles the vehicle has I believe the manufacture knew about this in the beginning but if they don’t want to fix it at least sell us the parts at a decent price because it’s gonna cost more to fix it than what the car is worth.

The vehicle started shuddering , a couple of days later it became worst and started losing acceleration , jerking and no shifting almost make have and accident because it didn't shift.

3 of my door handles have broken once before I had taken ownership of the vehicle. Since owning the vehicle those same 3 door handles have broken again. This is a cause for concern because if you were in a motor vehicle accident you wouldn’t be able to get the doors open from the inside of the vehicle. For the past few months I have been rolling the windows down to open the door from the outside handle. .

My rear lift gate sometimes closes on its own.

Experience judder and stall of vehicle while driving, pulling off and coming from a complete stop. Vehicle will lose power while driving which is unsafe when getting on the freeway or driving in high traffic areas. Vehicle has been taken to the Nissan twice and to other repair shops for related concern and all have stated that the trans needs replacing. There were no lights or warnings before problems started it all occurred simultaneously.

Alternator failed, broken tensioner, catalytic converters bad, engine misfiring, brake failure. Discovered odometer disclosure is incorrect and VIN is wrong on the inspection certification. Odometers to the best of my knowledge only move forward, not backward unless they are tampered with or the information presented is fraudulent. I could have nearly been injured fatally, when the car stopped on three separate occasions and ultimately the brakes failed. I had the car less than 1 month in my possession and out of approximately 30 days, it did not run consecutively for 7 days. This information was turned into the virginia state police - office of inspections; however, they found no fault, but this is a clear misrepresentation of vehicle identification and mileage.

We have experienced a second cvt failure on the vehicle. First one was on highway driving experienced significant loss power on the highway and "cvt judder" as it has been described to me by the dealer. The condition was constant and would not allow my vehicle to accelerate and was running very high rpms and was no longer safe to drive any distance. Car was purchased certified used in March 2022, first bad transmission was in March 2022, failure occurred and was replaced under warranty. Then in April 2022 second cvt failure and dealer is indicating out of warranty for repair so will be at my expense $6,000+. We have had several major repairs to this vehicle both under warranty and outside- cvt replacement, rear axle, and also need catalytic converter replacement. I am attempting to contact Nissan consumer affairs for support but not hopeful given dealership response.

Sun visors both sides will not remain up. Had one replaced. Still not staying in position. Holding them up with rubber bands and shoe laces doesn’t allow them to be adjusted when needed for safety.

Car shakes and sputters at low speeds or when stopping. Took to dealership transmission failure.

In 2017 the engine light came on and I took my car to Nissan of mckinney, texas. They found the transmission was damaged and they claimed they replaced with another/new transmission. On November 18, 2021 the engine light came on again and I took the car to Nissan of mckinney. Michael d. Riffe at phone number 214 390 5370 or 469 877 0690 was my service agent. , after inspecting the car, he told me that the transmission is bad again and I need to pay approx. $5900 before tax and labor. I reminded him that they had just changed the transmission in 2017 so I didn't understand why the 2nd transmission went bad again, he refused to help repair/replace the transmission even though they claimed to have installed a new transmission in 2017. Michael told me since I had added miles on the car they can't replace the transmission and I will need to pay approx. $5900 before tax for it to be replaced. Nissan of mckinney is deceptive, I feel like I was robbed and Nissan of mckinney lied in 2017 when they claimed that they had replaced the transmission because a transmission does not just break and they never showed me proof that they had installed a new transmission. I am requesting for assist so Nissan of mckinney/Nissan can take full responsibility and repair/replace the transmission at no charge. Also, after a research I found similar suvs had transmission issues and there was a lawsuit filed in which Nissan accepted to settle, I was never made aware of this lawsuit and my vehicle is one of the affected vehicles in the lawsuit.

Interior driver’s side door handle snapped when I tried open it today from the inside. The only way to get out of the car now is to roll down the window and open from the outside. This seems to have happened to many other owners and was actually a recall on the 2008 Nissan murano.

While driving the 2014 Nissan Pathfinder at 50 mph the hood came unlatched. It then hit the windshield and broke the fenders. This caused no visibility of the road while traveling at a high speed. The issue was reported to Nissan however, the vehicle is out of warranty. Our insurance company has assigned us to a collision center to fix the windshield and fenders. There were not warning messages before the hood latch failed.

Driving on the highway at 75 mph on 8/26/21 the moon roof above the driving compartment shattered. It was preceded by a loud explosion sound which startled the driver enough to have to pull over. A police officer was driving behind her and pulled over as well because his car was showered with glass fragments. No vehicles were in front of the car when this occurred so nothing impacted the glass. It was a hot florida day. Luckily the sun shade was closed so the glass did not rain down on the driver.

I purchased my car 1 year ago. Since then my car has continued to stutter. Sometimes its a suttle stutter, most times its very noticeable and has continued to get worse in the short time I've had my car. I commute 1 hour to work and 1 hour home from work and am very concerned traveling on the highway at high speeds with this issue. I've asked a dealership in hutchinson, KS to help me with this issue as I am concerned the cvt valve in the transmission has not been fixed and they won't help me. They tell me that since their tech does not witness the stutter during their brief test drive there is nothing they can do to help. I've read several complaints on NHTSA. Gov from other customers as well and they are consistent with my concern.

While driving the car the driver and passenger sun visors are falling down and disturbe the view of the road. Contact the dealer and was told that the car is out of warranty and as such they would not replace it. This is a constant problem and it is not repairable. . This situation pauses a great risk to the driver as well as any traffic near by. Dealer name: Nissan marlboro MA.

Driving down I-75 I heard a loud bang, like a gunshot, in my car. I frantically started looking around the car and didnt see anything. I called my husband that was about a mile away to come check my car. My husband got out and walked around the car not seeing anything immediately. He walked to me and gave me his keys so I could drive his car home and he was going to take mine. Walking back to the car he saw the sunroof bulged up. He stood in the door frame and saw a large hole in the sunroof and told me it looks like it exploded outwards. Luckily the shade was closed so I was not covered in glass. Nissan does not want to fix it because "they didnt make the glass" according to the rep I spoke to. Even though it was oem and installed in a Nissan factory. State farm will not cover the damages due to it being a manufacturing defect. That sticks me with the $1900 bill. Now I am terrified to even drive the car and it doing it again. It was truly one of the scariest moments of my life.

I was driving home yesterday on I-75 and heard a loud bang like a gun going off in my car. There was no one around me and I looked around and didn't see anything. Luckily, my husband was about a mile away so I called him. When he got there I was shaking! he walked around my car looking for something, but didn't see anything. He told me to drive his car home and he would take mine. While walking back to the car he noticed a bulge up in the sunroof. He opened the door to take a look on top and saw the sunroof exploded from the inside out. My extended warranty won't cover it, Nissan won't cover it, I'm waiting on my insurance to see if they will help (but since it is a manufacturing defect) it is possible it may be denied also. This is so scary and dangerous!.

Both sun visors failed to rectract to the original position which leaves both hanging and obstructing the drivers and passengers view. First it was only mid way which leaves them hanging very low. Then they stopped locking at all.

I got a 2014 Nissan Pathfinder sv 4 wheel drive transmission is gone skipping all over the place.

Top rack is loose and the padding comes out while driving and hits car the compartment handle (where tire jack is) is always loose and doesn't lay flat.

The struts on the back liftgate rusted and snapped when the trunk was opening. The war was stationary at the time. We hit the button to opened the trunk it started to open and then stopped.

I purchased this Nissan cash 1400. 00 from a dealer and within a week the transmission will judder they call it. They will only buy it back from me for 5000. 00 because of the cvt transmission. When on take off. . . Only. . . This happens. The cars behind me almost run into me. I am so scared to take off at redlights and for anyone to get behind. I am affraid it is going to cause a crash because I cant stop it and people honk there horn at me like it is me doing it. The car litterly jumps up and down it feels like. I don't know what to do. I cant afford to fix it now. I dont have a warr it has expired and there is a recall for this problem with other 2014 nissians but mine not built within a certain month period of that yr. This Nissan is dangerous if I put it on the road.

The power lift gate cylinder snapped off and trunk falls down immediately after opening. The vehicle was stationary when this happened and almost caused an injury.

Driving down the interstate, the sunroof exploded.

Was driving on the eway with my family and heard a loud boom. Then heard wind and pieces of glass above the sunroof visor. Pulled over and confirmed that my sunroof exploded.

I arrived at my destination and attempted to open my drivers side door and the handle would not work. It made a crunch sound and I could no longer use it. I now have to leave my car on, roll my window down, reach to open the car from the outside, roll the window back up, then turn my car off. I had parked my car in a parking lot on a level surface when this happened.

I have been having issues with my vehicle since 2016. In 2017 my vehicle stalled at a busy exit ramp after shaking. The most recent incident September 11, 2019 my vehicle stalled again on a busy exit ramp. The warning on the vehicle stated hybrid system overheating. I took the vehicle in to the dealer because of the shaking and stalling and two days later I received my vehicle back. The service report states there is nothing wrong with the vehicle. On Saturday, September 14th my vehicle was worse than before with two warning lights. I was barely able to drive the vehicle back to the dealer on September 16th. On September 17th I receive a phone call from the service advisor that the issue with the vehicle is the transmission. The shaking has been an issue since 2017 but according to the service agents they never experienced it until September 16th.

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.

Sun visors will not stay up. They are falling off down automatically. Please make nisaan to fix the problem. It is dangerous during line change and making turns this item is already replaced once. Been using this vehicle for 5 plus years. Rarely I have person sitting in front passenger seat.