Alternator/generator/regulator problems of the 1997 Nissan Quest

Two problems related to alternator/generator/regulator have been reported for the 1997 Nissan Quest. The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Alternator/generator/regulator problem

Failure Date: 06/30/2001

On 6/30/01, when I started the car in my house garage and heard a deafening explosion with a big smoke that like a bomb exploded. My daughter and I was shocked unconsciously for seconds. After checking and found that explosion caused by battery which I replaced in sept. 1999 with wondries Nissan. At that time I was told it had 4 years warranty. On 7/2/01 8:00 a. M. , I call Nissan (800-647-7261) and talked to ms. Mendozn. She asked me to tow my van to the nearest dealor gunderson Nissan. After checking, I was told the alternator is over charged and caused the battery explosion. For this kind of problem, Nissan won't take any responsibility for this incident, and I should pay for replacing these two defective parts. I am very angry about this kind of answer. I think Nissan should take responsibility for this incident for following reasons: 1. I just got 60,000 miles maintenance service with wondries Nissan in this February and they should find something wrong. 2. This is unnormal and very dangerous incident. It will cause a car accident if this happened on the freeway or cause a fire, because the parts problems. 3. The car designer should predict this kind of problem and design the safety measure. I hope you can investigate this incident.

2 Alternator/generator/regulator problem

Failure Date: 10/21/1998

Vehicle electrical system burned up causing the vehicle to.


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