Transmission Noise Problems of Nissan Pathfinder - part 2

Our Nissan problems started years ago. In 2010 I started noticing noise and shuddering coming from the transmission. I brought it in to the dealer and they said it was nothing more than it needed a flush of the transmission fluid. So I paid the $150, had it done and went on my way. In 2011 is started doing it again, had it checked and they said nothing was wrong with it I must have been hearing things. They test drove it numerous times and 'never heard anything'. Eventually they had a specialist come and look at my car. He determined that my a/c unit needed to be reset. Everything seemed to be fine and we went on our merry way. Flash forward to July 2013. On the way home from a road trip, about 3 hours from our house we started noticing it was getting hot in the car. Sure enough the air just started blowing out hot air. Everything still worked on the a/c, just blowing hot air. So we drove home sweating our a$$ off in mid-summer in FL. A day or 2 later we are driving down the road and the service engine light came on (1st time ever in this car). Husband thought he should shut the car off. . . Well, that was the last time my car ever worked. We had it towed to a mechanic where it sat there for 2 weeks. First he determined it was a blown fuse - great, $10! - went to pick it up and it blew again. He then determined it was a broken computer told us to tow it to Nissan. We did. It has been there for a week and we were just told that the trans & radiator fluids mixed and caused trans to seize causing a/c and electrical issues as well. They claim they've never heard of this before. . . Yea, right! Nissan won't do anything but has told us to call the class action lawsuit # and file a complaint. . . Oh and they'll give me $500 for a car that's worth $6,000+. They knew about this issue and never told me about it in the years that I brought up the issue. Beware of Nissan!.

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2005 Nissan Pathfinder with 106,000 miles has had 3 transmissions replaced since June 2009. Dealership covered them under warranty, but now other non-warranty issues are occurring which were caused by those transmission failures. Vehicle has had the transcooler replaced, hoses, and radiator replaced and flushed. . . At my cost. Vehicle makes a dangerously loud vibrating noise between 40-60 mph and begins to shake. Almost causing an accident. Parts that were replaced were kept at the dealership and are not available at this time. This is a recurring problem that happens every 2 months or so.

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I just recently purchased a 2005 Nissan Pathfinder. Just a couple of short weeks after owning the vehicle, I began to notice a strange vibration noise (like you are driving over a grooved surface) coming from the vehicle around 2000-2500 rpms or 45-65 mph. . Read more...

2005 Nissan Pathfinder has problems with antifreeze leaking into the transmission because of some design flaw. After researching this problem I see that there are many complaints of this occurring with this same particular model. The transmission starts to make a grinding noise and then will start slipping. Nissan is aware of the problem because they are the one that has diagnosed it over and over again, but have refused to issue a TSB or recall. This is a very serious defect and is costing people 5 to 10 thousand dollars to fix. My 2005 Nissan Pathfinder has just begun the tell tale symptoms of this costly problem. Nissan should consider the problems that Toyota is having right now and issue a recall for this defect.

The contact owns a 2005 Nissan Pathfinder. While driving at various speeds, the brake pedal vibrated when it was depressed. The contact heard an abnormal noise that came from the transmission. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who diagnosed that the suspension needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 150,000.

There is rough clunking noise coming from transmission. Dealer has been notified. Please provide additional information.

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Transmission drive causes a big clunking noise when in drive position, it happens when stopping or starting. Nissan dealer indicated that repair is only done to vehicles under 60k miles even though they recognized it is a known defect. ****dims 11 ivoq entry posted after 12/12/02 cut-over to artemis*****755943.

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Transmission drive train faulty causing clunking noise as per service bulletin.

When stepping on the brakes to stop vehicle or when releasing brakes, transmission made noise like cracking. Consumer thought that it was the rear trans-axle, but a mechanic had told her that it was the transmission.

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Since purchasing this vehicle, I've had complained about the alignment (taken to deal and numerous other places) it has been aligned, tires rotated, balanced, etc. 7 (times) and I was told nothing was wrong hmmmm. Had to have all four tires replaced at 30,740 miles. Nissan denies its a defect on their car. I've repeatedly complained about a clunking noise in the rear (or brakes) again "no problems found--cant duplicate problem". Well, now I'm told my transmission needs to be replaced. The front end "steering" if very sensitive and when making a sudden movement, the car overcompensates tossing you throughout the cab. Cd and radio as well as antenna motor have recently been replaced. This car is a lemon and dangerous!!!!!! I want my money back!!!!!!!.