Nissan SUVs Under NHTSA Investigation for Transmission Issues
A defect investigation has been launched regarding a transmission problem in model year 2005-2010 Nissan Frontier, Pathfinder and Xterra.
Despite hundreds of documented complaints to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Nissan still claims that there is no defect. In 2007, the company began to offer an extended warranty good for eight years or 80,000 miles on the transmission and radiator cooler. When the transmission failure occurred however, the company covered the price for the radiator assembly and not the internal damage done to the transmission.
Based on the number of complaints regarding the exact same issue, the result of this investigation will almost undoubtedly be a recall, although it seems Nissan is doing everything in its power to avoid such a circumstance.
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I have a 2006 Nissan Pathfinder by me, they have changed the transmission and when you pull away quickly the car goes into a stutter... When you pull away normally .. it's ok. Is this also the gearbox or the torque converter?
Nissan is the sorriest company ever. Even their ex employees say it. They don't have customer service unless you call their legal team customer service. They play this stupid game with you by passing you around from one so called customer service person to another until you reach the highest one. If you last that long, that one will try to shame you and humiliate you and will deny any responsibility by Nissan for your problem. I didn't keep the Rogue I bout any longer than I had to and Nissan needs to know that I wouldn't buy a Nissan ever again and I would persuade anyone I care about, not to buy a Nissan.