I took my car to the Nissan service to get it checked for Heavy vibration while accelerating and making shuddering noises. I received a call back from the Nissan service representative to let me know how much is my damage. $8900 will cost me to repair the transmission. This is a known issues with the Pathfinders and I was never informed from Nissan about get a recall notice. Coolant got into the transmission and once mixed it kills the valves, seals and torque converter. This is the last Nissan car I will ever buy from Nissan again. Nissan knew about this problem and did nothing to prevent it but they are willing to charge me $8900 to get it fix... This is total rip off and crook business..

My Pathfinder left me on the side of the road!!! If Nissan would have just done a recall on the part in question then none of us would be going thought this crap!!!! NISSAN should PAY for everything. It's their fault for sitting on their hands and letting it go this far. I have no clue what it will cost to get mine fixed. Sll I know is it will be too much!!! I will NEVER buy from NISSAN again and the sad thing is I have 2. I hope when it does get in front of a judge, he will make them pay for everything!!!!!!

I just had the transmission rebuilt and radiator replaced at 117100 miles. I started noticing rough shifting and slippage in transmission about a month ago. Brought the vehicle to the Nissan dealership where I purchased the vehicle back in 2006 and they basically told me that they found metal debris in the transmission fluid and that the transmission needed to be replaced. They DID NOT tell me anything about radiator coolant leaking into the transmission causing all the problems. So, I brought the vehicle to an independent transmission repair shop and they quickly confirmed that the issue was indeed from the radiator failing and the coolant leaking into the transmission. So, $5443 later I am back on the road. I just picked it up today so I don't really have any other updates. I will NEVER buy Nissan again due to this whole nightmare. Hopefully, one day, Nissan will own up to the mistake and compensate us for the repairs.

sometime in august after i had gotten home and park my truck, i heard 3 popping sound coming from it after about 30 mins of it being parked. so i looked underneath to see if anything was leaking and even lifted the hood to see if there was a problem. it wasnt, not until a the following month when it started pulling slow and would not go over 40 mph.

so i took it to jack ingram mind you they had a recall on my vehicle in march but told me i had to pay for the recall which i though was very strange because i had never heard of consumers having to pay for a recall so i didnt get it. didnt know this would contribute to the problem. my significant other took the pathfinder back to jack ingram with his brother (and the both are over 6'6) and they had no problem getting the recall park address that was contributing to the transmission and radiator problem which i still have the estimate of $3500 of. he ask what that was for and why i had to pay and they acted like they had never seen me or spoke with me about anything and the person that printed the info was off that day.

why is it woman are treated different when it comes to cars being service and people try to milk you for every cent. he found out that the fluids of the radiator and transmission had mixed and for the dealership to address the issue it would be $4000 which we took the truck somewhere else. the radiator cost me $205 and the dealership transmission fluid was $180 for a case as well as some other things i had to purchase from autozone. not to mention the dealership charged me twice of $100 to put it on that machine within the same month.

the second place we took the truck to said that the it was only the 2nd gear going bad which i had never heard of and he also stated that sensor and wires needed to be replaced which again i dont know what he is talking of but i know jack ingram said nothng of this.

so we went to a 3rd place and they said the same as the 2nd place and really i find it oddly strange that im being told this and not by the dealership itself. we are trying to address the issue at hand but for now the truck stalls at lights and pulls very slow. im looking to be in a major accident sometime soon because the dealership is about making money. maybe when someone dies they will address the issues. i know about the nissan raidiator / transmission cooler reimbursement claims which i have submitted paperwork on the matter. i really dont expect to receive anything from the claim since all the claims ive been reading have stated that theres a loop hole which most have not been reimbursed for funds spent to resolve the issue. im really considering of getting rid of this vehicle and take it as a loss.

Previously owned a 2006 Pathfinder. In May of 2011, it blew up on a local highway, Had it towed to my Nissan dealer only to have it sit ther for a week with no loaner car available for me. After many phone calls, the Nissan mechanic told me it would need a new radiator. He also stressed other things it would need like front brakes, which were fine. The dealership was rude and the mechanics were hard to find. Cat and mouse situation big time. I had the vehicle towed to a local mechanic who properly diagnosed the problem being that, the radiator leaked into the transmission, destroying the transmission. Upon calling Nissan USA, found them to be LESS helpful than my local dealership.After four months of crap and roughly four-thousand dollars, I had a car back, no thanks to Nissan. My car never ran the same again and I was never comfortable with the safety of the vehicle again, not to mention terrible customer service. I traded in my beloved Pathfinder for a new, reliable car from a company with GREAT customer service in May 2012.I will NEVER buy a Nissan again! To all who read this, take warning. You cannot trust a company that does not stand by their product. I just want to be reimbursed with however much I can so I can start replacing those retirement funds I was forced to use to fix my car. Thanks Nissan..........NOT!

Very frustrating!...I first noticed warning signs a while back (before 80,000 miles), but didn't think it was serious enough to get checked out. Eventually the problem got bad enough for me to do a little online research and have the vehicle checked out at my local Nissan dealership. Found out that coolant had leaked into transmission causing major damage. Need to replace radiator and transmission. Nissan extended the warranty to 80,000 miles, but I have 86,000 miles on my Pathfinder so I have to pay a $2500 co-pay. If I would have known that I would have to replace the transmission at 86,000 miles, I never would have bought a Pathfinder in the first place. If this problem is so common Nissan should take care of their costumers better. Perhaps a recall is in order?

Pathfinder began vibrating when accelerating at around 35 - 40 mph - I had just replaced tires so had them rebalanced - Problem persisted - Took it to Nissan dealer - They quickly diagnosed problem as slipping transmission due to a mixing of coolant and transmission fluid - Told me Nissan had just re-extended the extended warranty on this problem to cover vehicles up to 100K miles - Acknowledged that problem occurred due to a faulty radiator internal connection which cracked causing the mixing of fluids - Generously offered, through the extended extended warranty, to fix the car for $3000 - While I appreciate the help they provided, it is obviously a known issue caused by a manufacturing defect in a radiator they provided in the car - They have not taken responsibility for this problem even though it is obviously theirs - If they had notified owners when they discovered the widespread problem, could the issue have been avoided by replacing the radiator ($500) - We will never know, because they have endeavored to get out of this as cheaply as possible rather than taking care of the clients who have taken care of them for so many years - This is my third Pathfinder, and prior to that I had two different Datsun 280Z's, more if you include extended family - It is a shame that I will not own another of their products

The transmission plus radiator were replaced @ 76536 . The car went 5000 miles radiator blew up again. Fortunately car was turned off and radiator replaced by dealer . The car now has 104000 and the problem has occurred again. Waiting to hear from dealer . Hopefully I'm covered. This should be a recall they replaced my radiator with one which has the exact same defect ,and I have to go though this nightmare again. This is the 4th radiator and 2nd transmission in 6 years 104000. miles in a car that costs 28585. I cant see how the United States allows a foreign car company to sell product that is defective to the American public. If the Nissan dealer had told me they where putting the same defective radiator in my car I would have replaced it with an aftermarket unit which most transmission shops are using or an external transmission cooler. Corporate greed is killing Nissan and preventing them from doing the right thing.

I had transmission problems, the transmission started vibrating and then would not move. I took to a local transmission shop, they advised there was a problem in the radiator causing damage to transmission.

I took it to Nissan dealer & they advised that Nissan had extended the warranty to 80,000 miles due to the radiator, however Nissan had not sent any information regarding a problem and extending the warranty. If I had known there was a problem with radiator, I would have had it checked prior to the 80,000 miles.

Then Nissan sends a letter that they are extending the warranty to 100,000 miles with a $3,000 dollar deductible. If I had received a letter earlier from Nissan about the problem, I would have taken the Nissan to a dealer prior to the 80,000 miles. So now I am stuck with a bill for $3,000 dollars. I feel Nissan was negligent in not advising their customers of the problem earlier.

The dealer then called me and told me that the timing chain was worn and needed to be replaced at a cost of 2,000 dollars. My Nissan has less than 100.000 miles and the radiator, transmission and timing chain are faulty and Nissan should cover these charges.

On 11/19/12, my pathfinder's transmission failed. I took it into a dealer & was told that I needed a new transmission. I received a quote of $6,900 which did not include labor or radiator OR a used transmission for $4,554. I was later referred to a certified mechanic by my co-worker. This mechanic told me that there was a design flaw that Nissan has been aware of for a couple years yet did nothing for us as a consumers. This issue is affecting Pathfinders, Xterra & Frontiers. His cost to repair? $3000 - $3500 which would include 24 months OR 36,000 miles warranty. He needed to order a part which is exclusive to Nissan - cost of $1000+. He would also have to replace the radiator & lines. He recommended I call Nissan Consumer to see if they would be willing to repair the vehicle.

Today (11/26) I called Nissan Consumer Affairs & was told that they sent out a notification last month that would allow for consumers to extend the warranty to 10 years or 100K miles with a consumer deductible of $3,000. The lady asked if I was saying I was not interested. I had to remind this woman that this would not apply to me as my vehicle has 127,000+ miles! This is horrible! Nissan failed to disclose a simple thing as a radiator leak which could have been an easy fix for let's say under $500! Now I'm faced with ridiculous quotes through no fault of my own! Something must be done! Nissan must pay!1

The car overheated while driving in the morning. In the afternoon it seemed fine. I took it to my mechanic and he saw no signs of anything at first. He kept it to look at it the next day and came to the conclusion that there was transmission fluid in the coolant and coolant fluid in the transmission. The radiator broke and the car was not allowed to be driven. The cost would be over $5,000.00. My 2006 Nissan Pathfinder LE had 93,000 miles on it and therefore the extended warranty (80,000) was not covered by it. I called Nissan several times and received no call backs. I started calling local service departments of Nissan and they all told me that I would have to pay 20% of the cost to fix the vehicle. HOWEVER, even after the problem is "fixed", there is no guarantee that it won't happen again or something else awful happening. This was my only car and I have 2 children to take care of as well as work full time. Nissan was not accommodating at all.

Bought the car at 91000 miles. Went to the dealer to get the oil change at 93000 miles and they came back with a recommendation to replace the transmission and radiator at $8540. I flipped out said there is nothing wrong and went on my way. Did research online and found it was a common problem. At 94800 miles I felt a kick and sluggish feel to the car when I would accelerate. Took it to a mechanic and found water in transmission. Got it rebuilt for $3500 from a transmission specialist, will let you guys know how it goes. Receiving the car tomorrow 3/17/12.

I have a 2006 Nissan pathfinder. I've noticed as of late that the transmission is starting to jerk a little and the rear tires spinning at take off. I also noticed some fluid on my garage floor. I checked the level of my transmission fluid there was barely any it.. but the fluid was still red. which means it was leaking. I than checked my coolant and discovered it was a beige color. Which meant that there was a crack in the radiator where the transmission fluid flows in, and the transmission fluid was mixing with the coolant. Which indicates that the trans had not been contaminated yet ( I hope). But the radiator has a defect and definitely needs to be replaced. I called Nissan corporate and they seemed to be mystified about the problem and seem to think this is a isolated problem.( like I'm the only one experiencing it). I also called South Holland Nissan, where I purchased the vehicle and they are giving me the run around. ( Steve Chase) I'm trying not to get pissed off but it's becoming more and more difficult. Nissan needs to step up and rectify the problem they know exists. I know one thing. I'll never purchase another Nissan again, and I'm going to have some flyers printed up and try to enlighten as many people as i can about Nissan's practices. We might not need Big Government in our lives but we do need regulations in place to protect us from the Nissan's of the world. Another thing if you are replacing the radiator in your 06 pathfinder, don't replace it with a Nissan radiator or the problem will happen again. There are companies that are aware of the defect and are selling a radiator that has addressed this defect. Shop around!

My vehicle would not go in reverse. I took to the nissan dealership. They said the transmission had gone out. I had purchased an extended warranty from another company. They sent their adjuster out to check things out. The service manager at the nissan dealership told the adjuster that the radiator had leaked fluid into the transmission. They said the radiator was not included in the warranty and refused to pay. We tried to get Nissan to help us. My car set in the shop for three weeks. I needed my vehicle. We took a chance and drove across town and traded it in. I was upside down on my payment and I ended up paying 5,226 dollars in the trade.

I was driving home from a weekend shore vacation with 2 of my children in my 2006 Nissan Pathfinder. Approximately 45 minutes into the drive on Route 1 in DE, the vehicle abruptly 'jumped' and then slipped out of gear. I was on a highway at this time. Luckily, I was able to coast into the right lane and then pull to the side of the road. If not, we could have been hist by any of the vehicles that were behind us. For a brief time, I was able to get the vehicle to slowly drive in 1st gear and then pulled into a parking lot of a gas station/convenience store. I couldn't get it to go back into drive after that point. We then had to wait 2 1/2 hours to be picked up by my husband. The car was towed to a local shop and diagnosed as needing a new transmission. The repair quite was extremely high, so we opted to have the vehicle towed back to our town of residence to a local transmission shop. The shop indicated that they have seen this problem many times in 2005-2007 Nissan Pathfinders. The radiator cracks, and the coolant leaks into the transmission, which ends up destroying the transmission. This appears to be a known defect. $6000 later, I now have a repaired vehicle. Nissan needs to issue a recall and fix these known issues. They also need to reimburse customers who have experienced these issues and have had to pay for the repairs out of pocket

Just want to say that this is a really horrible situation. We just noticed the milky fluids in the radiator a short while ago, since then, the tranny fluid is now milky as well and the transmission is beginning to shift hard. The car is completely shutting off while in Drive, and it shakes violently like you are running over bump strips on the side of the highway. The dealership (Gates Nissan) acted as though there were no known problems with the cooling unit in the radiator. I got online directly after that and saw that other people have had this same problem for a long time. I find it hard to believe that they had no knowledge of the faulty parts. We have contacted Nissan, but I have doubts as to whether they will do anything for us. The cost of replacing the transmission and radiator was quoted to us yesterday as $8,000. This is just horrible.

Purchased vehicle with 79000 miles was never told about 80000 mile warranty 83000 noticed jerking while driving over 60 mph researched cause sure enough antifreeze in transmission $700 dollars later for transmission flush and new radiator. Transmission failure 100 miles later. Nissan has no interest with helping out or solving this problem they acted like I was the first one to have this problem and told me there was nothing they could do but fix the old transmission for another $5500. THEY SEEM to have a nice scam going sell you a defective product and charge you up the @$$ to fix it!

My car was running fairly well,seemed to be going along well,like most Japanese cars,or Jeeps I have had in the past ! I kept regular oil changes on the car,and out of he 5 years I have had the car, I HAVE HAD LIMITED problems with the car beyond brake and a tuneup ! This time, I was going to pickup my daughter and her friends at 6 flaggs amusement park in Atlanta ! While in route,I had picked up speed to about 75 miles an hour,and the car light came on stating the words slip slip,and cutoff on a major highway ! I was able to get over to the side of the road without anybody hittin g my car ! I attempted to start the car again,and it did start right up ! I was able to pickup my daughter,and her frends,but I could only travel no faster than 60 miles an hour ! The next day it drove fne,however when I took my car to a repair shop,the mechanic stated that I do have a tansmission problem,that has to be addressed ! I have never had a problem with anyother Japanese car I hAave had,which spans a priod of 30 or more years ! In this economy,who has 3 to 5 thousand $ to come out with for a car repair ! Please let me know !

Monday July 23rd evening while shopping with the kids to go back to school, my Nissan Pathfinder started acting up, it felt like the transmission was slipping. I turned the car off and on and that felt to have resolved the problem momentarily. While crossing a busy intersection in Orlando, the car failed and it woudn't move. Needless to say, this was very scary due to upcoming traffic and I'm stuck in the middle of the intersection and my two kids in the car....

The vehicle finally moved,

the very next morning, I bring it to the shop and the technician at the Nissan dealer said that there is coolant in the transmission and it has caused a complete transmission failure. The vehicle requires a new transmission and radiator, and perhaps other parts that could have been damaged by the coolant. Estimated cost $8500.00.

I bought the car brand new in 2006, paid cash for it with an extended warranty up to 100,000 miles with the intention to keep this vehicle for at least 10 years. I have every record of the maintenance I am very upset to hear how many people have had this issue and that Nissan have done nothing about it.

I found the following website about a class action lawsuit against Nissan on this same defect, I hope those of you who are experiencing the same issue, visit the website and add your information, so this problem doesn't go unresolved by such a big corporation.

http://www.transmission-lawsuit.com/

NISSAN SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR KNOWING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM WITH THE RADIATOR GOING BAD WHICH MAKES THE TRANSMISSION BAD. THE REASON IS COOLANT LEAKS FROM INSIDE THE RADIATOR TO YOUR COOLER LINES THAT KEEP YOUR TRANSMISSION FLUID COOL. COOLANT GOES INSIDE YOUR TRANSMISSION AND MIXES WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID CAUSING TRANSMISSION SLIPAGE. NOW YOU NEED TO REPLACE YOUR RADIATOR AND YOUR TRANSMISSION. $4,000.00 LATER. ALL NISSAN HAD TO DO IS SEND EVERYBODY A LETTER SAYING WE KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE RADIATOR WHICH WILL LEAD TO A TRANSMISSION FAILURE. PLEASE REPLACE YOUR RADIATOR BEFORE YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH YOUR TRANSMISSION. ITS THAT EASY BUT NO WE ARE STUCK PAYING FOR A NEW RADIATOR AND A REBUILD TRANSMISSION. THAT BULL SH T

APPARENTLY THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE AND THERE'S A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT AGAINST NISSAN. WHAT'S SAD IS I'VE HAD 9 NISSAN'S IN MY LIFE AND WAS (UNDERSCORE) WAS A DEVOTE NISSAN FAN. THEIR HANDLING OF THIS MATTER IS BEYOND COMPREHENSION WHEN ALL THEY NEEDED TO DO WAS FIX THE PROBLEM AT SOME SORT OF DISCOUNT. I'LL PROBABLY NEVER BUY ANOTHER NISSAN. SAD AS THE OTHERS WERE GOOD BUT IT ONLY TAKES ONE BAD (UNDERSCORE) BAD APPLE TO RUIN THE BUNCH. PERHAPS SOMEONE AT NISSAN SHOULD READ THEIR REPUTATION IS BEING DESTROYED. BUY FORD NEXT TIME.!!!!!

I recently purchased a used 2006 Nissan Pathfinder, I usually would not have purchased a foreign vehicle but a lot of people I know were saying what a great product Nissan had. But to my dismay I have found it to be a very expensive piece of junk. I have had the vehicle for 3 months, I paid $16,877.00 for it, it had 91,545 miles on it when I purchased it and I travel 130 miles a day to and from work. I had mentioned to the dealer that I thought that that may be too many miles, he said oh no! Nissans are known to go 250,000 miles or better. I have taken very good care of my vehicles as they are my main mode of transportation. Last week end I was on my way home from CT to MA when all of a sudden I experienced an awful vibration while driving down the interstate, I pulled over and shut the vehicle off and then started it back up again, it seem to be running fine until I tried to move it, it then started to vibrate and shake again. I called my brother who is a mechanic and he came and picked me up and towed the vehicle back to his place on a car trailer. He jacked the vehicle up and saw that the transmission appears to be wet. He then opened the dip stick tube to check the fluid and found the transmission to be full of anti-freeze. I called the dealer and they said they could not do anything because a used car warranty is 1200 miles or 1 month. I was really getting aggravated so I started to search the symptoms on the web, only to find that I am not the only one with this issue, it appears to be a design flaw with the 2006 Nissan Pathfinders and Nissan has not done a recall on them, although they did extend the warranty for the radiator assembly and transmission from 36 months/36,000 miles to 96 months/80,000 miles, including damage, repairs, replacement, and related towing resulting from this issue if you purchase the vehicle new. So this reinforces that they are aware of the issue and that they should recall or make good for the problem.

I contacted Nissan Assist and they informed me that there was an issue and that they were aware, I explained that I purchased the vehicle from a dealer and that it was over the warranty mileage and they stated that Nissan may assist me anyways where I had just purchased the vehicle, and that I needed to get the problem diagnosed by a Nissan dealer and the call consumer affairs with the estimate, and they gave me a case number of 7180191. So I did as I was told hoping that Nissan would stand behind their product and assist me. I towed the vehicle to Bertera Nissan in Auburn, Ma. Where they gave me an estimate of $6360.58 to do the repairs, the service person said that this was a common problem and that they would be replacing the transmission and the radiator. I called consumer affairs and gave them the estimate and they said that a regional specialist would contact me within a day; she called me today and said that they would not do anything and that I would have to figure out how to get it repaired on my own.

I think that this is very bad PR on Nissan’s part, I know that I would not by your product ever again after only owning one of your vehicles for only 3 months.

Like many others I experienced the same transmission failure due to the faulty radiator problem that has been reported previously. The local Nissan Dealer estimated the cost to be approximately $7,000 NZ Dollars. When the vehicle was dismantled they found that transmission oil had contaminated all engine hoses, which included radiator and other auxiliary hoses. His advice was it would be necessary to replace all rubber units. Had I been advised of this radiator problem it would have been sensible to retrofit an independent transmission cooling system at an approximately cost of $500 NZ Dollars. To be advised of the problem by Nissan they would have saved me a great amount of money. I have owned Nissan Vehicles since mid 1960's and have in fact had approximately 12 units. I am going to approach Nissan NZ and trust that they will understand my complaint and be forthcoming with some compensation for this rather large expense on what is supposed to be a premier type vehicle. Total cost of repairs in NZ Dollars was $13,837.05 this did include a 15% TAX

I am tired of going off...it won't get the car fixed....and it does not get Nissan's attention. This is a defective part (latent defect), Nissan knows it. The crazy thing is that when I called Nissan...as soon as I explained the problem (out of warranty), they didn't ask any questions other than to ask how many Nissans had we owned. They sent me on a VIN # chase. I found 5 Nissans in 28 years...(in those years we had a Nissan in the driveway except for 4 1/2 years). My complaint was sent to their corporate office. The verdict was delivered on the 22nd of Aug. Sorry, Nissan is not going to assist! I was told our 'loyalty' was not sufficient, and I was out of warranty. I asked the Nissan regional rep several questions; she would not answer any of them. At the end, she advised two very important bits of info: 1. she was only telling me what she had been directed to say...and 2. The radiator/transmission issue was not a problem that exceeds 'normal' complaints. I kinda feel bad for her...she must hate her job. The other funny thing...on one of my subsequent calls back to her after the initial complaint and the 'verdict' call...I asked if she had worked these specific issues and she advised...she had worked 'several'. A couple days later...she advised (as noted above) that problem does not exceed 'normal' complaints. My of my...how the tide turns.

These people are absolute crooks, if not downright in a conspirator relationship with their subcontractor for accepting the defective parts and then passing the parts off to the public. I will be taking a legal action against Nissan either by myself, or join (what I counted today on the net) to be at least 4 civil suits. Just looking for one in Texas... and ya don't mess with Texas.

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Update from Sep 1, 2011: Found a new class action suit in Texas......just getting started.

Recently, my 2006 Nissan Pathfinder started to "stutter" or have problems in automatic shifting. I tend to research everything so, I researched the potential problem online to see what it could be to have a ballpark estimate of the unplanned cost to repair. I have only had this vehicle for a little over a year. I quickly learned across many, many forums that other Nissan Pathfinder, Frontier, and Xterra vehicles have also been affected by this stutter. As I researched further, I also quickly learned that Nissan installed a batch of faulty radiators in these vehicles. The model years potentially affected are 2005-2010. Generally, the faulty radiators are found to crack around 85k miles on these vehicles leading to coolant leaking into the transmission fluid. The transmission then quickly fails and the vehicle is extremely damaged and both the radiator and transmission must be replaced.

Nissan is fully aware of the faulty radiators being installed. They have records of the VIN numbers of these vehicles affected. Nissan extended the warranty on the radiator assembly to 96 months/80,000 miles (whichever occurs first) and to date, has done nothing about the transmission damage. If you are under the mileage stated (and not over by even one mile) they will reimburse you (not pay for) the radiator repair. Since those of us that were affected already know that the radiators usually don't crack/leak until around/near 85k miles, this extended warranty does not help most. My husband and spent our 10th wedding anniversary being miserable over this issue with my car. We called Consumer Affairs at Nissan. The first live person we spoke to seemed nice and even stated that we shouldn't have to pay for the repairs of the known faulty radiator or the transmission however, since we are at 89k miles, the Regional Manager at Nissan said that we are on our own with this problem and they are not going to pay. This was AFTER we gave them the requested information like our current miles and our VIN number. They also insisted that we get an estimate for repair from a certified Nissan dealer. We asked about not having any notice on this and why no recall has been issued. The regional manager stated that this issue is not a safety recall, and there are no safety issues relating to the radiator assembly. The more we inquired, the more we were told "I cannot answer that."

We have read numerous forum posts from others stating that their Nissan vehicle was affected and upon driving their vehicle (even on the interstate) that the vehicle just stopped while driving it. A mother spoke of driving hers on the interstate with her children in the vehicle, it had the same issue and just quit while driving it. She was almost rear-ended by a tractor trailer truck. How is that not reason for a safety recall?! I can only assume at this point that someone has to die before this will be seen as a major, major problem.

If Nissan cares about their customers at all, they would recall the radiators and fix the transmissions without an 80k cap. It is not the customer's fault (like us) that the vehicle lasted beyond the 80k miles. Again, they know that the problem usually doesn't arise until around 85k miles. The faulty radiators were installed, they know it, they admitted it, but yet there's a cap on the miles. Some have filed class-action lawsuits and everyone needs to do their part and complain and file suits. We had an estimate on repair at $5,500. Since this is no fault of ours, this is not right. We don't have the financial ability to pay for these repairs that Nissan is responsible for. Nissan, do something for the families affected before someone dies in one of these vehicles! My Pathfinder sits in my driveway while I am making payments on it. Since I have only had it a year, it's almost too much to digest. My husband takes me to work and back because of this. We really need two vehicles! Because of the severity of the problem, we cannot trade it either. We will eventually have to take out a loan to get it repaired. With a large family, that will cause a lasting burden!

On a trip to Disney World with my grandchildren my car all of the sudden start making noises and it feels I was driving on neutral.Car was towed to Universal Nissan in Orlando where I was told my transmission and radiator broke down and I was not longer covered under the guarantee because my car had 80,3000 miles and the guarantee cover up to 80,000.The cost of repair $5,500,and they did not have the part available (they're on back order) and it was going to take two weeks for them to get the part. I think these dealerships are using that as an excuse to make you make decisions that you might regret later and that was exactly what happen to me.I was stranded in another state with my two grandchildren ages 9 and 6,I did not have the amount of money to pay for the repair and I was offer to trade in my car that it was paid off a year before.I could rent a car,but I had to go back in two weeks to pick up my car.It was a nightmare.Since then I have contact Nissan headquarters and the first time I spoke with a young man that did not care at all about what I was telling him,then I called back a week after and I was able to explain to another person what happened and did not know that this particular Nissan Pathfinder had this problem with a crack in the radiator that damage the car transmission.I feel that Nissan should at least help the customer by paying at least half of the repair bill knowing that the problem, of the crack in the radiator that leak coolant to the transmission is a manufacture defect.I am willing to get together and try to get at least some money back from my car because a 5 year old car is still a relative new car and I took good care of my car.

I AM REALLY STRESSED AFTER READING ALL OF THE OTHER COMPLAINTS I DO NOT FEEL AS BAD. INITIALLY TOOK TO NISSAN AS LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD WHEN SHIFTING FROM 30-40MPH. FIRESTONE FIRST THOUGHT WAS TIRES THEY SAID SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL TAKE TO DEALER (EVAL WAS FREE) TOOK TO DEALER DIAGNOSED: TIMING CHAINS,TENSIONER SHOES,CASE TRANSFER SEEP,U-JOINTS AND WIPER BLADE TO REPAIR FOR $2700.00. WELL HAD U JOINTS REPAIRED FOR 300.00 NOT AT NISSAN. TOOK TO TO DRIVE SHAFT REPAIR CHARGED $275.00. RECEIVED CAR BACK SILL MAKING NOISE TOOK CAR BACK TECH RODE IN CAR COULD NOT FIGURE OUT NOISE STILL. KEPT CAR AGAIN CHARGED 49.95 TO TELL ME NOISE IS INTERMITTENT AND BEING BACK IF IT GETS WORSE. DROVE A WEEK NOISE GOT WORSE RECOMMENDED BY A FRIEND TO TAKE TO TRANSMISSION SHOP WELL THEY TOOK APART AFTER A WEEK DETERMINED THAT COOLANT LEAKING INTO TRANSMISSION AND TORQUE CONVERTER WAS DAMAGED DUE TO CONTAMINATION OF FLUIDS IN TRANSMISSION. THEY CALLED NISSAN TO ORDER A PART AND WAS TOLD OH YEA A RECALL ON THE RADIATOR DUE TO LEAKING INTO TRANS KICKER WITH THAT TRUCK WAS PAST WARRANTY DATE. CONTACTED NISSAN RECALL CENTER SPOKE WITH SOMEONE THAT DID NOT KNOW HOW TO SPEAK OR COMPREHEND IN ENGLISH AS HE WAS ACROSS THE SEAS.

BOTTOM LINE TOTALLY OUT 5K COULD HAVE USED THIS TO PURCHASE A NEW CAR. CREDIT BAD THOUGH SO STILL STUCK WITH NOTE AND REPAIRS. I WAS TOLD ALSO THAT MY VIN NUMBER DID NOT MATCH THE RECALL!!!!!!! SAME THING HAPPENED TO MY TRUCK THAT HAPPENED TO OTHERS WHAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE. LOVE MY TRUCK AND WILL BE THE ONLY TRUCK THAT I WILL OWN FOR REST OF MY LIFE IF GOD WILLING DO NOT EVER WANT ANOTHER CAR NOTE. NO SIGNS WHAT SO EVER THAT THIS WAS HAPPENING NOTHING ON DASH BOARD EVER GAVE A HINT. WHAT CAN WE DO AS CONSUMERS WE ARE ALWAYS THE LAST MAN OUT.

WILL NEVER EVER BY ANOTHER NISSAN AT ONE POINT ARMADA WAS MY DREAM TRUCK F*^% THAT. ONCE CAR NOTE IS PAID WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP UP AS THIS IS AN INVESTMENT. I AM SINGLE PARENT IN COLLEGE WITH 2 YOUNG ADULTS IN COLLEGE ALSO. IF ANYONE HAS SUGGESTIONS PLEASE POST AS I AM SURE THAT WE ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES.

Nissan is having all kinds of the 2006 pathfinders having the same problem with the crack in the radiator causing water to leak into the transmission. I took it to Nissan and they knew off the bat what the problem was. They said it was a default radiator that nissan had in the pathfinders but don't want to fix it. It became dangerous for me to drive the vehicle it would not take off good and I almost got rear ended by a big truck. I had it fixed twice all ready and now I'm going to have a brand new transmission put in it. I'm a single mom and that is my way to and from work. This is bull sh*t that nissan can't man up and fix our problems!

We took it to the dealership in Sept. 2010 & was told the radiator leaked fluid in the transmission & they wanted to charge $5,100 to fix it. It was barely out of the warranty @ 69,000 miles & we did not let them fix it, because that is a ridiculous price & it is a problem with manufacturing obviously since there are so many other people having the same problem. Someone from the corporate office is supposed to call me Monday & let me know if they are going to help fix it. I told them a recall needed to be done & if they did not @ least help me fix it I will never buy another Nissan again & I will tell everyone I come in contact with that they will be making a mistake if they buy one.

OWNED A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER LE. LOVED THE CAR UNTIL IT STARTED TO SHUTTER. 54000 ON CAR AT TIME OF PROBLEM. TOLD BY THE MECHANIC THE RADIATOR WAS DAMAGED AND IT ALSO DAMGED THE TRANSMISSION. PAYED $1300 FOR THE RADIATOR TO BE FIXED AND FLUSH THE TRANSMISSION. ALSO TOLD BY THE MECHANIC THE MECHANIC THE TRANSMISSION WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY AND I WOULD HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET TO FIX THE TRANSMISSION IF THE CAR STILL SHUTTERED.

THE CAR STILL SHUTTERED AFTER FIXING THE RADIATOR AND FLUSHING THE TRANSMISSION. DID SOME RESEARCH WHEN THIS OCCURED AND FOUND OUT IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM. ENDED UP DUMPING THE PATHFINDER, PAYING $2000 MORE DOLLARS FOR A NEW CAR. NOW I AM IN AN XTERRA WITH A HIGH MONTHLY PAYMENT.

I RECIEVED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY WITH MY NEW 2009 XTERRA. HERES THE KICKER, THEY EXTENDED MY WARANTY FOR THE RADIATOR MY NEW 2009 XTERRA BECAUSE THE RADIATOR ARE BREAKING. I BET ITS THE SAME RADIATOR USED IN MY 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER LE. LOST 3500 DOLLARS. NO ONE CARES.

I WANT MY MONEY BACK

Transmission went at 79,600 miles because radiator leaked fluid into transmission. Nissan agreed to cover the costs of about $5,000, but it will be in the shop a month because the parts are on back order. They cannot provide a temporary replacement to our family vehicle. Also, if the mileage had been over 80.000 miles when my car broke down, it would NOT have been covered and I would have had to pay $5,000 to have the car repaired for an issue that is a known problem by Nissan. They should recall this vehicle so that other owners may not get stuck with a hefty bill, had it waited only 400 more miles, I would have been stuck with an outrageous bill.

Like so many other Nissan Pathfinder owners, my transmission began to drag and studder around 40-60 mph. I had to let my foot off the gas, then re accelerate so the car would make up its mind to shift into another gear. After a couple of weeks, I took it to my mechanic. I did not have a warranty on the vehicle and I knew if I called Nissan, they would not do anything about it(another issue listed under fuel sensor). So I approved my mechanic to fix the issue. The radiator had cracked and leaked coolant into the transmission which completely stripped all the gears in the transmission. I had to have the transmission rebuilt and the radiator replaced. My mechanic had informed me he had called Nissan dealerships to get the parts, and when he spoke with 3 different dealerships, they all had Pathfinders in for the same exact reason I was having mine fixed! With that being said, my Pathfinder was delayed in being repaired because of the lack of available parts. This repair was completed Sept 17, 2010.

Last week, Dec. 6, 2010, I received a letter from Nissan. Although the letter was in reference to another issue I had with my Pathfinder, I researched the website, nissanassist.com. Instead of doing a recall on the issue, Nissan is doing an Assist Program in which they are extending the warranty on the radiator and any problems related to the malfunction of the radiator up to a certain mileage. As of December 9, 2010, I have filed a claim with Nissan to have the money I paid for an apparent Nissan issue reimbursed. According to Nissan, I should have a resolution within 30 days. But with my past experiences with Nissan customer service, I know this will be a long fight. I love my Pathfinder, but Nissan can go to hell. At least at Toyota, they acknowledged their mistakes and are attempting to do right by the customer (at least from what I can tell). Nissan is trying to hide behind an Assist Program instead of doing a recall. Oh, and if you did pay for your own repairs, make sure you get your claim in by 7/31/2011 or you will be sh*t out of luck. Also, when you print out the claim form for the radiator issue, please look at the second page where it states a wrong date. It states that claims must be dated no later than 7/31/2010. Make sure you bring that to their attention as well. I printed out the FAQ's second page where it specifies the correct date of 7/31/2011. Make sure your ass is covered. I hope this helps!

CONTINUATION FROM THE TIMING CHAIN ISSUE!!!! Now at 54000 miles just 3000 miles after a major eng. job was performed by the dealership UNDER POWERTRAIN WARRANTY I MIGHT ADD!!!! Now my transmission shutters (shake) at 2000-2500rpms any where between 40-60mph. I purchased an extended warranty when I bought the truck (never buy a used vehicle without some type of warranty). But check this sh*t out... they want me to pay over 500 dollars for a radiator & then they could warranty the transmission... I was furious by this for two reasons....

# 1- They said the warranty I have which is the GOLD package (top package for used vehicles so they say, but Iater I found out there is a platinum package that was not offered to me) does not cover the cooling system.... #2- It was just in the shop 3000 miles ago for a timing chain & chain guides replacement UNDER POWERTRAIN WARRANTY because it was under 60000 miles. The radiator has to be removed to do the timing chain on this vehicle for those of you who are not mechanically inclined.

So now I am so pissed about the situation & it will be hard to trade the vehicle because I've only had the damn thang for 8 months!!!.... WOW!!!!..... THANK YOU NISSAN.

Update from Dec 28, 2010: Well im back at the dealership again....this time for a loose steering wheel issue. BUTTTT!!!!! I'm not p/o'd this time. Come to find out there might be some light at the end of this tunnel anyway. I was informed today that the warranty has been extended from 3yr/36,000 to 8yr./80,000 on the transmisson/radiator issue or to June 19, 2014, which ever comes first. Also the warranty is extended to 72,000 mi or June 19, 2012 for the fuel sending unit for Nissan 2005-10 Frontier, Pathfinder and Xterra. So, I just wanna say to auto/owners, this is a good web site for a vehicle reference, if you got vehicle beef lay it on the grill right here!!!!! Keep up the good work!

I will let you know the out come of this trip to the dealership. Happy New Year ya'll!

Update from Jan 8, 2011: Well it happened. They don't wanna own up to the point they have defective trucks! The steering colunm is about to fall in my lap, .....NO MORE NISSANS, NEVER AGAIN!!!!

I have a 2006 Nissan Pathfinder. I purchased it brand new at the end of 2005 and have been the only owner. Sounds like I have the same exact problem most of the people listed here have. Just yesterday when taking in my car for its routine service I was told that both my radiator and transmission are out...they are done and I need to replace them. It is costing me approx. 5800 and I have been shocked and surprised because I had no previous obvious sign that this was going on. Not even strange sounds, signs of getting over-heated or even having the sensor light go on. I mean, if the sensor light goes on for something as simple as low air pressure in my tires, I would only assume that for something as serious as my transmission, it would light on, too.

Apparently fluid from the radiator got into the transmission, that has damaged it all and needs to be replaced. My vehicle warranty expired at 75,000 miles...only 8,000 miles ago, but nothing can be done now and I have to pay. It seems to me that this is a general problem to many Nissan Pathfinders, mostly years 2005/2006. I have always taken my vehicle for service at the same dealership where I purchased it, and now this.

Worse thing of it all, it seems to me that these service departments deal frequently with this issue and have done nothing about contacting Nissan's HQ Dept. because it sounds like a manufactures malfunction. I can not believe how frequent my same situation has occurred to other Nissan Consumers and I strongly feel like something needs to be done. I live in Los Angeles County, California, and if anyone is interested in furthering some sort of investigation or legal action, please contact me.

We have been having problems with our vehicle "shaking" at 40 mph and again at 60 mph. We have had it into the shop to be looked at but after replacing u-joints, some other items and putting new tires on our vehicle it didn't get better. My wife was driving our Pathfinder home one night with our daughters in the vehicle and noticed that the vehicle was sputtering. She thought that possibly she was running out of gas although it was showing a 1/4 tank but we had been noticing that the gas gauge would fluctuate when we would fill the vehicle up (something that we noticed other Nissan owners have mentioned as well). She stopped at the gas station and noticed that the vehicle was overheating. We had it towed to a Nissan dealership where they told us that the radiator leaked into the transmission and we were going to need a new radiator and new transmission.

We are over our miles and our warranty has run out. We have contacted Nissan but were told that they are not obligated to fix anything or pay for anything since we drove our vehicle outside of our warranty and have put too many miles on our vehicle. We have been reading that this is a problem with the 2005 and we are thinking that this is going to be the same case for the 2006 and 2007 once the miles get to about 60,000. We have heard that Nissan has put out a bulletin on this problem and are aware of it but as the regional manager told us, they are not obligated to fix or pay for anything outside of the warranty. They know this is an issue and still they are not doing anything to make good on a product that has a manufacturer's defect. I'm sure that they are not interested in hearing this and have probably heard it before, but we will not buy another Nissan product and will make sure that we let as many people as we can know that Nissan does not stand behind their product.