Software Problems of Nissan Pathfinder

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.

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@Nissan found a nearly fatal software bug in the 2009 Nissan Pathfinder. When the key is not recognized and you continue to drive as the vehicle will allow, the brake system can fail and it feels like you lost the brakes! to fix pull over after mashing the brakes to the floor to get the truck to stop, turn off and turn back on with the physical key in the ignition.

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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.

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My complaint is quite the same as I can see all ready listed on this site. I have a 2001 Nissan Pathfinder which I purchased in 2004. I have had to replace my sway bar which no one especially the dealer knows how it got bent and needed to be replaced. My 6cd bose changer also shut down on me in 2007 just stop working and not ejecting cds and doing a click click noise all the time I have two cds in there I can not remove or get out. According to Nissan they don't handle these issues and do not fix them they replace the whole cd changer for $700-$800. This is a continuous problem and issue with them and their sister companies with the bose system the vehicles are provided with when you purchase them. You do not order the system it comes with the vehicle but they wont accept responsibility nor fix it. I also had the engine light problem and took to a mechanic whom stated was the catalytic converter code on the diagnostic test and had to take to Nissan because they would not touch the vehicle and was still under manufacturer warranty being under 80,000. Quote per Nissan all it was is an electrical computer upgrade code. Needed to upgrade my electrical computer software?????? the engine light came on then went off within a couple of weeks and then came back on and stayed on and never shut off until Nissan reprogrammed the system. I also had my muffler fall completely off from the back end up until the middle part. Was totally rusted and came right off and of course it fell off right after Nissan passed me for my inspection w/ emissions 30 days prior??? I see all these complaints and for years and nothing being done nor are they taking care of anything that is obviously repetitious on the site all the same common complaints but yet Nissan not doing anything nor this site to help us consumers and have Nissan take responsibility for all of this.

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