2001 Nissan Pathfinder Suspension Problems

THERE IS AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF RUST ON THE VEHICLE INCLUDING THE WHEEL WELL, DOOR JAMS, FLOOR BOARD, AND FRAME. I WAS ALMOST UNABLE TO RECEIVE A REPLACEMENT WINDSHIELD BECAUSE THE FRAME IS RUSTING OUT. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN THE NORTH THEN MOVED SOUTH AND THE PROBLEM HAS GROWN WORSE. THE COMPARTMENT THAT IS HOLDING THE SPARE TIRE UNDER THE VEHICLE IS RUSTING OUT AS WELL. THIS COULD POTENTIALLY BECOME A SAFETY PROBLEM IF THE SPARE TIRE SEPARATES FROM ITS SUPPORTS WHILE OPERATING ON A ROADWAY. RUST HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE WITH NO SPECIFIC START DATE NOR END DATE.

DRIVER SIDE FRONT STRUT TOWER MADE A LOUD "POP" SOUND WHEN DRIVING. BOTTOM PORTION OF STRUT TOP CRACKED THROUGH. STRUT TOWER BEARING NOW MOANING WHEN TURNING, OUT OF GIMBLE.

THIS VEHICLE WAS SOLD TO ME BY AN INDIVIDUAL AND IT HAS SO MANY PROBLEMS IT'S UNBELIEVABLE. HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET IT TO PASS EMISSIONS. HAD THE DEATH WOBBLE WHEN I FIRST GOT IT. I'M EXTREMELY UPSET ABOUT THIS LEMON I WAS. SOLD. I'M A BREAST CANCER PATIENT AND LIMITED ON INCOME AND I WAS REALLY SCREWED OVER. LOST OVER 3000 DOLLARS OVER THIS VEHICLE

THE BODY AND FRAME AND SUSPENSION RUSTED FROM WHAT I READ ONLINE PATHFINDERS ARE KNOWN TO RUST AWAY FROM THE FRAME AND ETC. MY CAR HAS BEEN WELL TAKEN CARE OF WITH ORIGINAL PAINT AND ITS RUSTING EVERYWHERE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WINDOW PULSATED ON THE FRONT WINDSHIELD DUE TO CORROSION ON THE FIREWALL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE FIREWALL WAS CORRODED AND PERFORATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE DEALER ALSO DISCOVERED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD SEVERE CORROSION AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE ISSUE WOULD NEED TO BE FURTHER ESCALATED THROUGH NISSAN. ONCE NISSAN WAS CONTACTED, THE DEALER WAS INSTRUCTED TO PUT AN ANTI-CORROSIVE SPRAY ON THE STRUT HOUSING AND PLACE A BRACKET ON THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 138,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO FISHTAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE A FAILURE AND THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH OR GREATER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 138,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH AND GOING OVER A BUMP, THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED NEW TIRES AND AN ALIGNMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 172,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE WAS ACCELERATED AND WHEN GOING OVER 40 MPH THE VEHICLE SHOOK. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE RIGHT FRONT STRUT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000. UPDATED 09/02/14*LJ THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER IN OCTOBER 2011. THEY REPAIRED THE LEFT STRUT ONLY, AND THE RECALL STATED BOTH STRUTS WERE INCLUDED. UPDATED 10/01/14 UPDATED 10/28/2014*LJ UPDATED 11/18/2014 *JS THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT THE OWNER'S EXPENSE. UPDATED 4/22/2015 *JS

THE FRONT RIGHT SUSPENSION COIL ON MY 2001 NISSAN PATHFINDER FAILED AND BROKE INTO TWO PIECES. THE WIDEST SECTION OF COIL SHIFTED OFF THE STRUT SPRING PERCH AND CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE NEARBY TIRE SIDEWALL CAUSING TIRE WEAR WHICH COULD LEAD TO FAILURE. THE RIDE HEIGHT ALSO FELL AS A RESULT OF THE BREAKAGE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED DURING NORMAL SUBURBAN DRIVING. THE VEHICLE IS NOT SUBJECTED TO EXTREME OPERATING CONDITIONS AND THE STRUTS WERE REPLACED APPROXIMATELY 10,000 MILES PRIOR TO COIL SPRING FAILURE. *TR

VEHICLE HAS SPENT ITS LIFE IN UPSTATE NEW YORK WARE WEATHER CONDITIONS WET AND ROADS ARE SALTED I WASHED UNDER CARRIAGE REGULARLY TO PREVENT CORROSION BUT AFTER WINTER THE VEHICLES FRONT SUPPORT BRACKET CONNECTED TO THE FRAME THAT HOLDS THE FRONT AXLE AND LOWER CONTROL ARM TO THE FRAME SEPARATED FROM THE FRAME CAUSING THE FRONT WHEEL TO SEPARATE AS WELL I WAS VERY LUCKY I NOTICED THE NOISE AND DID NOT TAKE DRIVE IT AT ANY SPEED BECAUSE THE RESULT WOULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC I FEEL THAT IT IS A FLAW IN THE DESIGN AND THAT A RECALL SHOULD MANDATORY FOR NISSAN. *TR

REAR END SWAYS UNCONTROLLABLY WOBBLE. WOBBLE HAPPENS AFTER 50 MPH WHILE ACCELERATING AROUND CORNER AND OR ON FREEWAY. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND SCARY ... *TR

TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY - HIT A SWOOP IN THE ROAD AND THE VEHICLE STARTING ROCKING BACK AND FORTH LIKE A BOAT IN THE WATER. IT FELT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO ROLL OVER UNTIL I HAD TO PUT ON BRAKES GOING 65 MILES PER HOUR. NOW CAN ONLY MAINTAIN A HIGHWAY SPEED OF 50 MPH IN ORDER NOT TO EXPERIENCE THIS ROCKING BACK AND FORTH. *TR

THE CAR'S REAR END SWAYS ON SLOWING DOWN AND UP ON ACCELERATION, IT SEEMS TO HAVE A LOSS OF TRACTION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE TRAVELED OVER A ROAD BUMP OR UNEVEN ROAD SURFACE, THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY. THE CONTACT RESEARCHED ONLINE AND FOUND THAT THE FAILURE COULD HAVE INVOLVED THE SWAY BARS. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS TOLD TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 134,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 144,000. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STRUTS WERE BEING REPLACED BY A LOCAL MECHANIC WHEN THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE STRUT HOUSING WAS FRACTURED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN I.D. NUMBER: 11V244000 (SUSPENSION:FRONT) AND CALLED THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE CRACK IN THE STRUT HOUSING WOULD CAUSE THE STEERING COLUMN TO FRACTURE AND POSSIBLY CAUSE A CRASH. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 165,000. UPDATED 03/15/12 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN RESOLVED. 03/23/12

2001 NISSAN PATHFINDER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO RECALL REIMBURSEMENT *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE HIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN SUBJECT TO CORROSION ISSUES. THE DEFECT WAS DUE TO LACK OF ANIT-CORROSIVE MATERIAL APPLIED AT THE TIME OF MANUFACTURING. THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS A KNOWN RECALL THAT ADDRESS THE ISSUES. HOWEVER, NISSAN DENIED THE CONSUMERS REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT, STATING NO RECALLS EXISTED FOR HIS VEHICLE

2001 NISSAN PATHFINDER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO RECALL CONCERNING CORROSION ISSUES *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED DURING A ROUTINE MAINTENANCE APPOINTMENT, THE CONSUMER WAS ADVISED BY THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON HIS MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR VEHICLE. THE RECALL WAS ISSUED AS A RESULT OF A CORROSION ISSUE UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE, WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE STRUTS AND OR THE STEERING MECHANISM. THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AND IT WAS DETERMINED THE EXTENT OF THE CORROSION UNDER THE VEHICLE WAS SO SEVERE THAT THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE REPAIRED. THE CONSUMER WAS GIVEN A LOANER VEHICLE AND WAS TOLD THAT NISSAN CORPORATE WOULD CONTACT HIM FOR A RESOLUTION. THE CONSUMER STATED WEEKS PASSED AND HE NEVER HEARD FROM NISSAN. THE CONSUMER WAS FINALLY INFORMED THAT A THIRD PARTY VENDOR WOULD INSPECT THE VEHICLE. THE THIRD PARTY VENDOR DETERMINED THE VEHICLE COULD INDEED BE REPAIRED. THE CONSUMER WOULD LIKE FOR NISSAN TO BUY THE VEHICLE BACK. *JB

2001 NISSAN PATHFINDER. CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE IS PART OF A RECALL ISSUED FOR 1996-2006 PATHFINDERS. CONSUMER EXPRESSES DISCONTENT REGARDING REPAIRS *TGW THE CONSUMER WAS INITIALLY TOLD THE VEHICLE WAS BEYOND REPAIR. SHE WAS THEN INFORMED THE VEHICLE WOULD BE REPAIRED. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH AND HEARD A CLICKING NOISE FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THERE WAS DIFFICULTY TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL AND A REDUCTION IN THE ENGINE POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 11V244000 (SUSPENSION:FRONT). THE REMEDY CONSISTED OF THE REPLACEMENT OF THE REINFORCEMENT PLATE DUE TO EXCESSIVE CORROSION. THE FAILURE CONTINUED AFTER THE REPAIR WAS PERFORMED. THE DEALER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE.

ON BRAKING, RIGHT FRONT TIRE STARTED TO SHAKE AND STEERING WELL WAS ALMOST RIPPED FROM HANDS. MECHANIC PUT ON LIFT AND RIGHT REAR A ARM ATTACHMENT POINT WAS TOTALLY RUSTED OUT. UPON INSPECTION LEFT FRONT WAS READY TO GO AS WELL. FRAME HAS NUMEROUS RUST HOLES IN IT. 10 YR OLD CAR CAN NOT BE REPAIRED. *TR