THE DOOR LATCH TO THE BACK SIDE OF THE DRIVERS SIDE SLIDING DOOR CAME OFF AND NOW THE DOOR WILL NOT LATCH. THIS HAPPENED WHILE CAR WAS STOPPED. *TR
- NHTSA ID
- 10452879
- Incident
- Mar 24, 2012
Owner-reported complaints naming the interior system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming seats, latches, locks, linkages and interior fittings. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1999 Nissan Quest 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.
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THE DOOR LATCH TO THE BACK SIDE OF THE DRIVERS SIDE SLIDING DOOR CAME OFF AND NOW THE DOOR WILL NOT LATCH. THIS HAPPENED WHILE CAR WAS STOPPED. *TR
DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOOR HANDLE BROKE OFF WHEN ATTEMPTING TO OPEN THIS DOOR. THE DOOR COULD NO LONGER BE OPENED FROM EXTERIOR. OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY FROM INSIDE AFTERWARDS. CLEARLY A SAFETY HAZARD DURING EMERGENCIES AS PASSENGERS COULD NOT EXIT VEHICLE VIA THIS DOOR ANY LONGER. *JB
CONSUMER CHILD SEAT DOES NOT ALWAYS LOCK INTO PLACE. *TS THE CONSUMER STATED A RECALL HAD BEEN ISSUED REGARDING THIS ISSUE, HOWEVER SHE WAS TOLD BY CUSTOMER SERVICE HER VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED, BUT WHEN SHE DID HER OWN RESEARCH, HER VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS APART OF THE RECALL. *JB
DRIVERS SEAT BROKE AND COLLAPSED BACKWARD DUE TO A REAR COLLISION. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK *SLC
CONSUMER UNLOCKED THE PASSENGER DOOR BY DEPRESSING THE UNLOCK BUTTON, WHEN PULLING THE HANDLE TO OPEN THE DOOR, THE SIDE DOOR LOCKED WITHOUT ANY INDICATION, CONSUMER STATES THAT THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. *SLC
THIS VEHICLE HAS NUMEROUS PROBLEMS BEGINNING WITH THE BRAKES HAVING TO BE CHANGED MULTIPLE TIMES; ONE OCCASION WHILE DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY MY PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR OPENED UP RESULTING IN ME HAVING TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND CLOSE THE DOOR. WHEN I FIRST PURCHASED THE VEHICLE I WOULD GET IN AND START THE CAR, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD GO, THE HORN WOULD BLOW AND AND THE DOORS WOULD LOCK; THERE WAS A TERRIBLE BANGING SOUND COMING FROM WHAT APPEARED TO BE THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE, BUT AFTER 3 STOPS IN THE SHOP WAS IDENTIFIED AS A BOLT BEING LOOSE IN THE STEARING COLUMN, MY GAS PEDAL STICKS AND WILL ALL OF A SUDDEN RELEASE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LUNGE FORWARD; THE REAR BULBS ALL BLEW OUT IN THE REAR OF THE VAN AND MELTED THE ENCASING SURROUNDING THE BULBS; DURING A RAIN STORM THE WINDOWS WHERE IN THE DOWN POSITION AND WOULD NOT GO UP; THE VEHICLE HAD TO GO INTO THE DEALER FOR THEM TO PULL THEM UP; WHEN YOU ATTEMPT TO LOCK THE DOORS THE LOCKS MAKE A SOUND AS IF THEY ARE ATTEMPTING TO LOCK OR UNLOCK BUT DO NOT, IT TAKES SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO UNLOCK THE DOOR WHETHER INSIDE OR OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE...ULTIMATELY THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN A SINCERE DISAPPOINTMENT THAT NEEDS TO BE RETURNED TO THE DEALER, HOWEVER MY DEALER HAS GONE OUT OF BUSINESS AND THE NEW DEALER WILL NOT TAKE THE VEHICLE BACK BECAUSE IT IS NOT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY. I HAVE CONTACTED NISSAN ABOUT THE VEHICLE BUT NISSAN'S RESPONSE IS TO RETURN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR SERVICE. NISSAN IS NOT PAYING FOR A LOANER CAR AND I CAN'T CONTINUE TO TAKE TIME FROM WORK TO BABYSIT A VEHICLE MORE THAN MY CHILDREN...THIS WILL BE THE LAST NISSAN I OWN. I ALMOST DON'T WANT TO GET RID OF IT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT ANOTHER UNSUSPECTED INDIVIDUAL TO PURCHASE THIS NIGHTMARE ON WHEELS*AK
WAS DRIVING VEHICLE WHEN ELECTRICAL FUSE BOX OVERHEATED & MELTED THE BOX. DASHBOARD LIGHTS WOULD FLASH ON/OFF. WAS NOT ABLE TO SHIFT VEHICLE PROPERLY. TOOK TO DEALER & HAD ELECTRICAL SYSTEM & SHIFTING APPARATUS REPLACED. PROBLEM HAS NOT REAPPEARED. *AK
THE HARNESS OF THE INTEGRATED CHILD SAFETY SEAT LOCKS PREMATURELY. YH
DEALER HAS NO PART TO REPAIR RECALL 99V-056 OF THE LUBRICATION OF THE EASY ENTRY AND EXIT LATCH SYSTEM. NLM
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