Door Latch problems of the 2004 Nissan Quest - part 2

2004 Nissan Quest - passenger sliding door would not close after repeated attempts. This has occured many times over the last four months. Dealer has tried to fix twice and have had parts on order for 27 days in which we've been without the car. Also, sliding doors do not stop when small children get between door and car.

Side doors open while driveing when outside temp is below 30 degrees.

Problems with the closing of the 2004 Nissan Quest sliding doors. One of the sliding doors was not closing all the in due to problems with the automatic closing. Sometimes, the door doesn't close at all. The problem was brought to the attention of Nissan dealer three times. The first two times, Nissan claimed that it was fixed, but obviously not. Now the vehicle is with the dealer for a week, still not fixed.

I recently purchased a 2004 Nissan Quest, one week after ownership the passenger side power door began and has continued to rattle, the van has been to the dealership with no positive results, the dealer states that there is "no fix" for the problem yet althought they acknowledge the problem exists, more seriously, three times the van has failed to shift properly, upon a dead stop the van is stuck in a high gear 3rd, 4th, or overdrive. Acceleration is almost imposible and unsafe as I am unable to bring the van up to speed with the gas pedal fully pressed! the dealer was unable to duplicate the problem so it continues.

Passenger side power sliding door will not stay closed.

I have had a continuing problem with the rear sliding doors on my new 2004 Nissan Quest. What started as an excessive amount of rattling of the rear doors has escalated to the point where the doors do not function properly. I've taken the Quest in to have the doors adjusted five times at the local Nissan dealer and the doors continue to rattle. The local Nissan dealer was actually able to stop the driver's side door from rattling, but this resulted in a door not able to be opened using the exterior handle, you had to use the key-fob or interior switches (not acceptable in a $33,000 automobile). The car was brought back in for service and while the door now operates (sort of  see below), the rattling is back. The local Nissan dealer where I bought the car does not know what else to do without input direct from Nissan - I hope they are working on a solution to the Quests sliding door problems! the problems with my vehicles rear sliding doors continue to get worse. On Wednesday, January 14, 2004 I had a problem with both sliding doors; neither was able to be closed. Miles from home in subzero weather with a car whose siding rear doors would not close  bet you can imagine how happy I was. Thank god I figured out how to operate the doors manually. This story only gets worse! after manually closing the doors, I switched on the doors again for electrical operation and commenced my travel towards home; imagine my horror when traveling down the road at about 45 mph to have the passenger side rear slider opened up all on its own. Can you imagine what might have occurred if I had had my young 9 year old daughter in the back. Horror doesn't come close to being an adequate description. Nissan has released an inferior and unsafe product for sale to an unsuspecting public. This car is a disaster waiting to happen, and so far nothing has been done to correct the situation.

I own an sl purchased in oct 2003. There has been one continual problem and three new problems recently. First the new problems: the past 2 weeks temps have been in single digits and there has been no snow or rain. I have had to keep car in driveway. During these past weeks I've experienced three problems, one of which infuriated me. First two items - passenger window will not open and car does not 'beep' when I lock from remote (which makes me have to turn back and double check the doors only to find it has indeed locked)- are annoying and I attributed them to the temperature. The third problem occurred yesterday: passenger side automatic sliding door would not close once opened. It would beep, slide almost closed, then open right up again. I could not force it to remain closed. This happened in a grocery store parking lot, temperature was -1 degrees, car had a couple hundred dollars worth of purchases inside, and I had my very young child with me. After checking manual and speaking with people at the Nissan dealership (neither of which were helpful, to be honest) I tried cleaning the tracks around door. There was no ice, dirt, sand, etc. And still the door would not close. I was told by the dealership that there was no manual override which would have allowed me to close the door. Later in the day after the car had been in the sun a few hours, my husband was able to get the door closed enough to grab and lock it. This door issue is unacceptable. We have three young children and purposely bought this car for it's reliability and safety. There was nothing reliable nor safe about what happened to us yesterday. Another problem: a creaking, squeaky noise comes from the back of the van while driving. Sounds like an old schoolbus. Dealership has no idea of cause. Were told to bring van in for service.

I purchased 2004 Quest in fall 2003. To date I have had the automatic door break 4 times, fuel pump and fuel chamber replaced,van will not accelerate periodically, brakes sqeak repaired but ow worse, sonar malfunction, no sound from radio/dvd/cd random occurance. The van has been in shop approximatley 10 times in ten months for extended time and problems are no better than 10 months ago. Nissan consumer affairs has not provided any resolution or effort to properly fix problems.

Consumer had problems trying to reopen the automatic sliding passenger door from the inside/outside. Dealerships mechanic was notified, but did not resolve the problem.

Purchased 2004 Nissan Quest on 10/25/03. Rattling sound from driver side rear sliding door one week after purchase. 5 attempts to have it repaired. On 11/29/03 door opened while driving with children in back seat.

On 10/25/03 we purchased a 2004 Nissan Quest. Within one week of purchase we notice a loud rattling noise coming from the driver side rear sliding door. After 2 attempts to repair at the dealership the noise was attenuated but still persisted. After the 2nd visit the rattling sound expanded to include a creaking noise each time we braked. On 11/29/03 the rear driver side sliding door would not open so we placed our children in the van using the automatic sliding door on the rear passenger side. After buckling the children in we stared the van and left for home. At approximately 11:55pm the driver side rear door popped open!!! on 12/01/03 my wife brought the van back to the dealership for the fourth time, where an attempt was made to fix the rattling again and the doors were adjusted. On 12/02/03 three hours after picking up the car from the dealership the driver side passenger door locked again and the automatic door went into a spasm where it would start to close but then pop back open. We eventually were able to close the doors but the rattling persisted. The locking and jamming of the doors is inconsistent but the rattling sound occurs whenever we go over 35 mph. We are now scheduled to bring the car in for its 5th visit to the service center in 5 weeks. This door not only has rattled and shook during the time we have had it, it now will sometimes not open and even worse can pop open while the car is moving. This is unsafe and the experience of watching my kids look outside of an open door in a moving car was harrowing. I hope the doors never open on a child who is not properly buckled in.

The passenger side automatic sliding door opened intermittently while the vehicle was in motion or when it was sitting still. When the door opened it was difficult to close. In one instance the door actually shut on the consumer. The manufacturer and the dealer are aware of the problem.

Power doors , liftgate, and sun roof occasionally fail to open and close.

Shortly after purchasing vehicle rear sliding doors creek and rattle. The vehicle has been to the dealership four times and problem still exhists. The passenger side door leaks after it rains and the dealership has not been able to duplicate the problem so no fix has been made. Windows periodically roll down on their own and the dealership states it's a feature but problem exhists when pressing the automatic lock feature not just the unlocking feature. When car is running and a/c is started a loud kick in the engine occurs. Van has failed to start and part had to be replaced in the engine.

2004 Nissan Quest: power door opened while van was moving.

I bought this 2004 Nissan Quest se on September 18, 2003 and took a road trip visit my daughter 1300 miles away form my home. During the trip, we noticed air infiltration from the passengers door and the right side sliding door. In addition to the air leaks, the right sliding door and the rear hatch rattled, sometimes constantly and other times when passing over irregularities in the pavement. I took the van to the dealer on numerous occasions and it still is not fixed. This since these are power doors I would expect that there is a positive latch upon closing, however I was asked if I stopped and cycled the door. I have found the side doors and rear hatch to be not latched tightly on at least six occasions. In addition, the power sliding doors do not always open from commands to the door handle. On one visit, the dealer replaced the mask, other parts on rear lift gate and adjusted the rear latch, and it still rattles. I found the upper tailgate stoplight to also have loose parts inside it (has not been fixed yet). The right and left rear vent windows were rattling and found to be loose at the hinges. Both rear tail light assemblies were found to have loose structural parts internally. Left one has been replaced with one that don't rattle. However, a look at the new Quests on the dealers lot found most to all taillights rattled. During the trip the van was hard to control and drifted to the left at highway speeds, when I got to my daughters house I made an appointment to have it fixed, a week later they supposedly aligned it, but it was still noticeable. In December at my home I took it in again and the alignment was good but the steering was about 4 inches cockeyed. Which was fixed at at a later visit. I have owned two Nissan vehicles at a time for the more than the last decade and this does not represent my experiences with those vehicles.

I purchased my 2004 Nissan Quest in September 2003. The day I drove the vehicle off the lot the sliding doors began to rattle and haven't stopped since. I have taken the vehicle to two different dealers for a total of nine times. The dash reflects in the windshield making it a hazard to drive, the driver's door has a squeak when opening that is caused by the hinge flexing where it is attached to the body. Have been told by dealer this cannot be fixed. The sliding door panel on the driver's side rear, protrudes about 1/8" from the body and has a dent in the corner of the panel and have been told by dealer this cannot be fixed. I paid over $31k for this car and it seemingly cannot be fixed no matter what is wrong. I have contacted Nissan 5 times by telephone and on one ever returns my calls.

When backing out passenger's side sliding door opened. Once the door opened it was impossible to close it. Vehicle was taken to dealer, who claimed that the door was fixed.