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 1995 Nissan Quest submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 18 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
BRAKE CALIPER LOCKS WHILE DRIVING BECAUSE THE SHAFT CYLINDER IS MADE OF PLASTIC WHICH OVERHEATS AND LAST FOR LESSER THAN 3 MONTHS DEPENDING ON DRIVING HABIT. THE BRAKE PADS LOCK IN PLACE SLOW THE VEHICLE UNTIL THE PADS ARE COMPLETELY WORN OUT. TWICE THE BRAKE MATERIAL CAUGHT FIRE AND DEMOBLIZED THE VEHICLE *TR
I AM HAVING TO REPLACE THE RIGHT WHEEL CYLINDER IN MY 95 NISSAN QUEST FOR THE 2ND TIME IN LESS THAN 3 YEARS. I WAS TOLD THAT THE FIRST TIME I FIXED IT THAT IT WOULD BE A LONG TIME BEFORE I WOULD EVER HAVE TO REPLACE IT AGAIN, WELL NOW IT IS LESS THAN 3 YRS LATER AND I AM HAVING TO REPLACE IT AGAIN. THERE SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM AND I WOULD LIKE SOME ANSWERS. *JB
BRAKE LIGHTS FAIL ON 1995 NISSAN QUEST
I OWN A 1995 NISSAN QUEST VAN THE REAR TAILLIGHTS CONTINUALLY FAIL DO TO A MANUFACTURER DEFECT IN THE BULB SOCKET THE SOCKET WAS RECALLED PREVIOUSLY BUT THE FIX DOES NOT WORK I TALKED TO A DEALER MECHANIC AND HE TOLD ME THEY COULD SELL ME NEW SOCKETS FOR THE TAILLIGHTS BUT THEY ARE NO BETTER THEN THE ONES INSTALLED DURING THE PAST RECALL IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WHEN THE TAILLIGHT GO OUT WITHOUT WARNING I HAVE BEEN NEARLY REAR ENDED ON 2 OCCASIONS .THE SOCKETS LOOSEN UP AND THE BULB THEN DOES NOT MAKE CONTACT I HAVE TRIED TO FIX THE PROBLEM MY SELF AND ALSO TRIED TO GET THE DEALER TO FIX THE PROBLEM PLEASE HELP BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT!!!
CONSUMER RECALL 96V253004 CONCERNING REAR LAMP SOCKET FAILURE. CONSUMER HAS RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FROM THE MANUFACTURER TO REPAIR THE REAR LAMP SOCKET. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, WHO CLAIMED THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. ALSO, MANUFACTURER CONFIRMED THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL.*AK
CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKE AT 40 MPH, PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, NO BRAKING ACTION. REARENDED VEHICLE IN FRONT, CAUSING A 5 VEHICLE ACCIDENT. DAMAGE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. NO INJURY.*AK
BRAKE PEDAL GOES ALL WAY TO FLOORBOARD. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK
HIGH MOUNTED LIGHT MALFUNCTIONED AGAIN. RECALL WAS TAKEN CARE 1998. IT STAYED ON AND WENT OUT ONCE. VEHICLE STARTED MOVING OR HITTING A BUMP.*AK
IT WAS VERY ICY ON THE ROAD CONSUMER PRESSED ON BRAKES TO AVOID HITTING ANOTHER DRIVER, AND VEHICLE DIDN'T STOP. CONSUMER HIT THE OTHER CAR IN THE REAR, AND AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. CONSUMER FEELS THAT AIRBAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED FROM THE DAMAGE DONE TO THE VEHICLE. *AK
WHILE DRIVING TO A TRAFFIC LIGHT, SLOWED DOWN, APPLIED BRAKES AND THE BRAKES LOCKED UP. FRONTAL IMPACT OCCURRED WHEN VEHICLE SKIDDED. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER CONTACTED, ADJUSTER QUOTED $8800 IN DAMAGE, ONE INJURY. *AK
ABS BRAKES; WHEN APPLYING BRAKES IN NORMAL CONDITIONS, THE PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR AND THERE IS EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE BEFORE VEHICLE COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP. *AK
ABS BRAKES FAIL INTERMITTENTLY, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE/BRAKES FADING. DEALER REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER A SECOND TIME AND PROPERLY BLEEDING ABS SYSTEM. *AK
BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED THREE TIMES.
REAR BRAKE LIGHTS FAIL/DO NOT ILLUMINATE DUE TO LIGHT HOLDER OF BULB CONTINUOUSLY LOOSENING. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS.*AK
DURING VEHICLE OPERATION A GRINDING NOISE IS HEARD COMING FROM THE REAR BRAKES WHEN THEY ARE APPLIED, AS A RESULT THE DRUMS HAVE CRACKED AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR SHOE HAS BROKEN.*AK
BRAKES MAKE NOISE/GRIND. *SD
ABS: NOTICED BRAKE PROBLEM AT 500 MILES; COULD HEAR AND FEEL GRINDING IN BRAKES; NO LOSS OF BRAKING POWER. TT
EXPERIENCING RUBBING OF THE BRAKES. TT CONSUMER STATES BRAKES ALSO SQUEAKS.*JB
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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