Front Suspension Problems of Nissan Pathfinder - part 2

My sixteen year old son along with my seven year old son were driving my car when car started wobbling, he lost control going approximately 60 miles an hour, over corrected and went head first into trees and the air bag did not deploy. Fortunately my sons were wearing seatbelts and did not sustain any major injuries, just bumps and bruises. The car then hit on the drivers side after the frontal impact then hit on the rear. My car was totaled. At no time did the air bag on the drivers side deploy. If not for the seat belts, my children could have been seriously injured and my son driving did hit the steering wheel, and the air bag would have prevented this had it deployed. I would say this was definitely a defect with the car.

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: the contact stated that while driving between 30 to 65 mph, the vehicle violently swayed from side to side or performed a death wobble. The vehicle was taken to the independent repair shop on 08/27/03 and the front struts were replaced. The contact has replaced the tires, struts, shocks, and had a wheel alignment, but the problem keeps occurring daily on all road conditions. There was no warning prior to the failure and the vehicle wobbles more violently as speed increases.

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While traveling at hwy speed of 50 mph the vehicle commence to severely vibrate and shake out of control; dealer notified and repairs was made. Feel free to provide any further information on this matter.

While traveling 50 mph or more vehicle would rock back and forth, making it hardto steer vehicle. Dealer notified. Feel free to provide any further infomation on this matter.

There is some shaking in front end between 55 mph and 70 mph. Contacted dealer 8 times, but so far no remedy. Also, the brakes continuously roar or skip.

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While traveling about 55 mph on highway vehicle pulled sharply to left and struck dividing wall. No prior warning before incident. Driver was wearing seatbelt. There were no passengers. Driver's side airbag deployed. Insurance company was notified. Tires were intact. Driver sufffered minor injuries.

Consumer was driving at approximately 60 mph when started to feel like light travel trailer was moving back and forth . Then trailer immediately flipped over, causing vehicle to flip over. Vehicle was advertised to pull a trailer up to 5000 pounds, and the one that consumer was pulling was about 3100 pounds at most. Dealer claimed that bent was so bent up that they could not determine cause. This was the first time consumer pulled trailer with this vehicle, and was only able to get approx. 2,000 miles.

Front driver side strut,housing and bearings were destroyed, could have possibly locked up on me, when I had the children in the car, on the way to church. This condition is dangerous, and Nissan won't replace the vehicle. I have only had the truck for three, to four weeks. They are trying to tell me that there was no immediate threat to my life. Yet, I don't feel very comforatble driving that vehicle, and definitely not transporting children. What can I do?????.

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Both front struts have leaked until empty of fluid. When noticed, an appointment was made with Nissan dealer. I was advised that there was no problem. Independent dealer was later consulted and I was advised that the steering problems I was experiencing was due to empty/leaking front stuts.

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Premature tire wear. Need two new front tires after 28,000 miles! contacted the dealer and they advised that it was the improper tire that was selected for the vehicle. I contacted the tire manufacturer and they advised it was poor engineering of the front end suspension on Nissan's part. Nissan has admitted that it has received numerous complaints about this problem. ( dot number: tire size: p235/70r15 ).

Severe front end shimmy/ wandering at speeds over 55 mph. Vehicle feels very unsafe to drive on highway. Nissan dealer informs me that this condition is normal, and cannot be fixed. Four sets of tires have been installed on vehicle, finally changing to michelin brand tires. Front end alignment performed by Nissan dealer/noimprovement/conditions still persists. Nissan representative to look at vehicle on 06-24-1999. ( dot number: b78n tire size: p255/65/16 ).

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Since the day I purchased this vehicle I have had nothing but headaches with it and the dealership. I purchased, my second, Nissan Pathfinder from john elway Nissan in December of 1997. From that moment on I have be living a nightmare. I spent over 8 hours in the dealership trying to get my original car (vw jetta) back so I could just leave and not get the Pathfinder I had test driven. The dealership, salesman, had my keys and kept them from me and continued to work a deal so that he could get me into the new pahtfinder. I told him, several times, that I just wanted to get my keys and go. I had no intention of purchasing a car that day, all I wanted to do was test drive a few cars and check out all my options. However, this did not happen, as I said they continued to keep me there for 8+hours. When they finally pulled my new Pathfinder around, it was not the original car I had test driven and I was throughly upset. It was late and I was tired, my boyfriend and his son met me there. I told them I was beat and needed to go home. So we left and decided I would go back on Monday morning,utilized my option of returning their car with in 2 business days and getting mine back with no obligations. This began the nightmare all over, once again! they told me I had waived my right to return the car, showed my a page in which I initaled stating I waived my return policy. I then pointed out to them that after being in their showroom for over 8 hours, I was going through all kinds of paper work and signing where I was told to sign, next to or on the yellow highlighted marks. The option of waiving my right to return the car was only highlighted in one spot, that was to waive my right, instead of being highlighted in both spots, giving my the option to return or deny. I qucikly pointed out that this would not hold up in a court of law, they had baited me and I would have no hesitation to take it to court and fight it. They genereal manager was now brought into.

Traveling at about 55 mph in a right hand lane with the cruise control engaged, driver felt something odd in the left front of the vehicle, as if the driver-side front wheel collapsed. This was accompanied by the steering wheel turning sharply to the right and a loud "bang" under the vehicle in the vicinity of the left front suspension; the driver struggled to keep the vehicle on the road, but it was nonetheless pulled to the right, across the shoulder and into a ditch running paralllel to the road; after dropping into the ditch the vehicle continued to veer to the right and began climbing an embankment; the driver managed to pull the steering wheel hard to the left and point the vehicle back toward the road; as the vehicle moved down the embankment and back into the ditch, the front undercarriage of the vehicle bottomed out where the ditch ended at a driveway , which runs perpendicular to route 50, into a farm; the vehicle bounced back onto the road and crossed the two eastbound lanes; the driver managed to straighten the vehicle out in the center of the grass median and attempted to stop the vehicle; when applying the brakes, it was clear that they were inoperative, the pedal went completely to the floor, and as the driver glanced at the speedometer the vehicle was still traveling about 50 mph, a full quarter mile from where the incident began. Then the cruise control was still engaged, and was not being triggered "off" by application of the brakes. The steering wheel was still pulling hard to the right and the driver continued to struggle to keep the vehicle straight. But know the vehicle was starting to spin counter-clockwise, which caused the vehicle to leave the median area and spin twice ( 720 degrees ) into the oncoming traffic lanes. The vehicle finally stalled and came to rest pointing eastbound in the westbound left lane.

Both front end struts leaking repaired at 81,373 miles. Vehicle would feel like you were losing control when hitting bumps at speeds over 50 mph. The tires felt like they were not maintaining contact with road and the tires would wobble after hitting bumps. The accelerator would occasionally stick and when depressed the vehicle would lunge forward. The dealership indicated that the throttle box had to be decarbonized.

The feared Ford explorers that roll over and the 96-98 Nissan Pathfinders utilize the same frame! the problem is that the engine weight is too much for the front suspension, thus, Ford's roll over and Nissans ruin their tires and suspension. I was made aware of the problem by an employee that worked making the frames for both vehicles. I immediately bought new rims and tires (wider for more stability and better wear). It made the situation better, but the front suspension is ruined. With the extra weight on the front, both vehicles have a noticable "pigeon toe" while driving and over bumps. The front tired bow out towards the bottom to compensate for the extra weight in the front. Nissan knows this is a problem and refuses to do anything about it. Vehicle now is very scarry to ride in, I refuse to pay $1,500 for a whole new fron suspension which is junk to begin with. Please help! any info, please contact me lpedo@WI. Rr. Com - thank you!.

Vehicle pulls to left/right; also, there is a clunking, intermittent, in the steering column that sounds like something may be hitting ot breaking.

Front end shakes.

When lease expired Nissan expected payment for excessive tire wear which was obviously caused by a manufacturer's defect. Nissan dealers treat their customers like garbage and rip them off by blaming them for defects they know exist but refuse to admit. Numerous complaints about high pitched front end noise and shimmying in the steering basically been ignored until the shimmying made it difficult to drive. I paid over $200 to get my front end realligned at 24,000 miles and was told this is common with suvs'. Not according to NHTSA complaints database. Nissan has everyone beat hands down! now Nissan won't allow me to dispute my end of lease report when I called the number printed on the report to dispute reports. What a bunch of scheming liars! I will never give one cent to Nissan again and I will spread the word to all my friends and family.

Problems started at 2,600 miles. Tires needed to be replaced at 3,000, car shakes between 45 and 60 mph. Brakes vibrate when applied, and car shimmys to a stop. Vehicle had $6,000. 00 in repairs to fix a rear end thump. Front end "bottoms out" when going over large bumps, new struts were installed ,now problem is worse. Vibration noise is non-fixable according to Nissan. Nissan service claims all problems are inherent to the vehicle.

Vehicle shimmies/vibrates at speeds between 60-70mph.

Front end suspension poor performance causing premature wearing of the tires.