Owner-reported complaints naming the driver-assistance system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming forward-collision avoidance, lane keeping, back-over prevention, cruise control and related electronic driver-assistance systems. 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. 9 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.
I JUST PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE LESS THAN 2 WEEKS AGO,ON JULY 2ND WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD I CAME UPON A FEW SLIGHT ROUGH SPOTS IN THE ROAD,THIS SUDDENLY CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SWAY BACK AND FORTH VIOLENTLY,AS IF SOMEONE WAY ROCKING A BOAT OF JERKING THE STEERING WHEEL BACK AND FORTH,AFTER APPLYING THE BRAKES IT STOPPED FOR A BIT UNTIL MORE ROUGH SPOTS IN THE ROAD OR IF SPEEDING UP OR SLOWING DOWN CAUSED THE SAME PROBLEM,I HAD MY GRAND KIDS IN THE BACK SEAT AT THE TIME,IT SCARED US ALL TO PIECES,BECAUSE I JUST BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE I NEED IT,HAS NISSAN CALLED A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM? I'M SEEING MANY,MANY MORE PEOPLE ONLINE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE SAME YEAR AND MAKE AS MINE? THIS IS DANGEROUS AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY A PROFESSIONAL NISSAN MECHANIC,I NEED INSTRUCTION'S ON HOW TO GO ABOUT RECTIFYING THE PROBLEM. *TR
NISSAN PATHFINDER 1996 MODEL HAS A CATASTROPHIC DESIGN FLAW. VEHICLE DANGEROUS WOBBLE. *TR
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH OVER AN EVEN PAVEMENT, THE VEHICLE WOBBLED FROM SIDE TO SIDE WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING A MODERATE LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. THE ABS LIGHT ALSO ILLUMINATED CONSTANTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SEEN BY A DEALER.*AK
INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE WILL NOT START. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK THE STARTER AND THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS REPLACED BUT THE PROBLEM REMAINED THE SAME. THE ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO FIND THE PROBLEM. THE GAS PEDAL WOULD STICK INTERMITTENTLY AND JOLT FORWARD. *SC
ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS. WHEN PLACING VEHICLE INTO GEAR MUST APPLY PRESSURE TO ACCELERATOR TO RELEASE IT. SUBSEQUENTLY, IT RELEASES SUDDENLY IN A WAY WHICH CAUSES SUDDEN ACCELERATION. ALSO VEHICLE SHAKES WHILE DRIVING . DEALER HAS REPLACED BALL JOINTS, BUT PROBLEM. STILL EXISTS. *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
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
WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED FOR NO APPARENT REASON AND WENT INTO THE STREET, HAD TO KEEP PUMPING THE BRAKES TO GET VEHICLE TO STOP. *AK
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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