this is right off the now discontinued Pathfinder Facebook Page. You know since I dont know what im talking about.
https://www.facebook.com/nissanpathfinder
Post 1.
Eric Grasso If you are considering buying - DO NOT buy a 14' Pathfinder - we bought a 14 Pathfinder Platinum for our family and it's also on it's 3rd CVT Transmission in less than 2 years!!! Again, 3rd transmission in 2 years!!! My first Pathfinder was back in 96 and I had it for over 9 years, loved it. When shopping for a new family vehicle, I put the Pathfinder at the top of my list because of the great experience I had with the older model. What a very bad decision that was. There was mentions on line about class action law suits and other nonsense but to be honest, I don't have the free time to waste nor did I want to continue putting my kids in harm way. The only positive was we did end up meeting our local Nissan dealership on a personal level and had heard many a horror stories about similar stories with Pathfinders. When I went into the dealership, the mechanic showed me SIX new transmissions that were going into other trucks and also had mentioned they had 3 buy back's on new vehicles with the same issues. The fact that Nissan hasn't had a major recall shows where their heads are at - in the sand. Thankfully we were able to trade in this liability and rid our family of this DANGEROUS vehicle and also took on a huge financial hit on this vehicle. We tried the route of going to Nissan corporate when after 8,000 miles our first transmission went and that got us absolutely no where other than more frustration. They didnt seem to care that a brand new vehicle was going into the shop for a transmission! When I went on-line to Edmunds and other car review websites I kicked myself for not reading up on this lemon first before deciding to buy it for our family. Nissan in SC apologized for the issues we were having but said in order for it to be refunded, or considered a lemon, we would need to have this issue happen 3 or more times!!!! I guess driving down the highway at 55mph and the vehicle shaking and shuttering violently is not a concern for their paying customers and they must think we have more free time on our hands to spend it driving to the dealership to fix a car that was less than a year old. Please learn from all these unfortunate circumstances that others have gone through as well. Nissan wants your money and they are not concerned with their customers safety.
Post 2 Vanessa Leeson We bought a pathfinder February 2014 and it's now on its 3rd cvt transmission - who knows how long this one will last. We've only done 50000kms. I doubt I will get another and considering we waited so long for this new model to come out. All they gave us was two years extra warranty. We live in the rural area and need a reliable car and my husband wouldn't let me buy a 'jeep' - it would have been no worse!
Post 3-Shannon Starr Ours is in the shop...again. CVT issues. This car is a ticking time bomb! Third model year and Nissan still has not resolved the issue! They just keep selling a car that is going to fail! Having a car essentially go into neutral while you are driving is a huge safety issue!! This thing is getting traded in. Shame on Nissan for continuing to sell a vehicle with a safety issue for 3 years!!! Unbelievable!!!
Post 4- from Saudi Arabia.
فراس اسعد I used to drive the 2008 model, it is so strong, I used to like it so much even I advised so many people to purchase it, however, I am driving now the new model of 2014 LS, very bad car, I am very disappointed, the worst is the new CVT gear, the sunroof, the AC... the local dealer also very bad.
Post 5-Margaret Elliott I bought a brand new Nissan Pathfinder in June 2015 have only driven it for 11 days and then the CVT transmission died on the 1.7.2015 and the car had to be transported at my cost $5580 as Nissan roadside assist does not HELP back from Broome WA to Sydney NSW
Today is 10.8.2015 day 41 and I still have no idea when I will have it repaired as the Nissan dealer repairing the car at Tuncurry/Forster NSW says they are waiting for parts that will not arrive till late this month and then they can start to repair the car
So anyone wanting to buy a new Pathfinder BEWARE you may own one but not drive one
So tell me exactly what I'm srong about. Renault Destroyed the company with its cheap engineering and crappy QC.
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