Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1996 Nissan Pathfinder submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 15 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
WHENEVER I REACH AN EXCESS SPEED OF 40+ AND TAKE MY FOOT OFF THE GAS THE CAR ROCKS BACK AND FORTH UNCONTROLLABLE. I AM A MOTHER OF FOUR AND THE IS A VERY TERRIFYING EXPERIENCE FOR BOTH ME AND MY CHILDREN.
TRIED CALLING NISSAN RE: RECALL FOR BRAKES AND STEERING, AND THEY WOULD NOT HELP ME. *AK
THIS CAR IS A 1996 NISSAN PATHFINDER WITH A SLEW OF PROBLEMS RANGING FROM: TICKING GAS, AND BRAKE PEDAL, STEERING WHEEL SHAKES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS/ VIBRATING, HEAT SHIELD, UNEVEN WEAR OF TIRE,LEAKING SUNROOF. *AK
CONSUMER CALLED CONPLETING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH BRAKES FAILURE INTERMEDIADLY. DEALER AND MANUFACTOR WERE CONTACTED AND HAS STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEM BUT CONSUMER ALSO STATED THAT HAD THE BRAKES CHANGED LAST MONTH. TS
LOST PRESETS TO RADIO AND TIME NUMEROUS TIMES WHEN IGNITION TURNED OFF. SQUEALING UNDER LEFT FRONT TIRE AND UNEVEN WEARING OF ROTORS, CAUSED BRAKING TO BE SPORATIC AND HARD TO STOP. *AK
ABS BRAKES; WHEN APPLYING BRAKES NORMAL CONDITIONS, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND BRAKES FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK
WHILE DRIVING ON AN INCLINE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SURGED FORWARD. OWNER APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE CABLE BROKE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO COLLIDE INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
FRONT ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAILED WHEN APPLIED DURING EMERGENCY BREAKING, ONCE RESULTING IN A CRASH. *AK
ABS PROBLEM; ON ANY KIND OF DAMP OR GRIT ROAD, IN A NORMAL SITUATION, WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE ABS SYSTEM KICKS, BUT THE VEHICLE REQUIRES MORE STOPPING DISTANCE. THIS INCIDENT CAUSED A CRASH ON 4.24/97. VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT DEALER SINCE 6/1/97 TO CORRECT PROBLEM. *AK
BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING ACCIDENT.
CLUNKING NOISE FROM REAR END DURING BRAKING.
APPLIED BRAKES , COULD FEEL PUMPING ACTION, NO BRAKING EFFECT, WET PAVEMENT/DRY PAVEMENT, PROIR TO FAILURE, WHEN APPLIED, BRAKES MADE LOUD SQUEAKING NOISE, ACCORDING TO DEALER, NO PROBLEM, BRAKES WORKING NORMAL. *AK
COMING DOWN A HILL, APPLIED THE ABS BRAKES AND THEY LOCKED UP TWICE, ONCE RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. THIS HAPPENED TWICE ON SAME ROAD . *AK
WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE ON WET ROAD CONDITIONS, THE VEHICLE WILL HYDROPLANE AND ABS BRAKES LOCK UP. *AK
BRAKES SQUEAK.
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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