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Were you towing? Weight? etc etc. What dealer said?
Swirl valve butterfly missing tiny brass screws felt out and cause this on a VQ35 V6 engine Nissan
actually most of them will handle the carting load of a medium size boat being pulled.
and those butterfly valves its good to have them done after yor updating that truck should give you 200,000 miles of good use
These experiences sound awful!
Anything but Nissan!
Outrageous that Nissan takes no responsibility for a factory defect that creates a safety hazard and costs loyal owners thousands of dollars. This is my third and last Pathfinder. <a href="https://twitter.com/pathfindr_expat
My thought is the car isn't worth a whole lot more... Uggh, very frustrating. Yeah I think when we're shopping for new cars in the future, we'll pass on by the Nissan dealership!
i came here because my service engine soon light came on, but glad i did!
thanks in advance.
There are several suggested DIYs in the thread but the one I used involved pulling the transmission fluid hose (short one) from the radiator at the left end and rerouting it to the transmission line where the long hose from the radiator is connected. Pull out the long hose and connect the short one there and now install the long hose over the pipe on the radiator from which the short hose was pulled. This is just to cover and protect the line so that dirts do not go into it.
I did mine more than three years ago and I have not had any issue with the vehicle since then although I do not tow, but I do carry over 500 kg at a time worth of loads.
If you go through the thread, you will pictures to guide you.
Cheers.
essentially we are "shorting" the fluid circuit so they dont mix. i guess i could look for an aftermarket trans fluid cooler. Does anyone have a suggestion that worked for them in the past?
it seems if newer models still exhibit the same problem then this is a flaw in the design and not a bad component. replacing the rad will be of no long term benefit.
thanks everyone for alll their posts.
I have a 2005 Pathfinder and it just started doing the vibration at 40mph. I was wondering if I can flush it and at least get it good enough to trade it in without anyone asking questions.
I am going to appeal it. I am beside myself the dirty in this world and the dirty that people are in corporations. This was out of my pocket, almost $5,000 and they deserve to pay us all back. Why did these lawyers go to court for a simple 20,000 mile coverage/?? The warranty was extended to 80,000 from Nissan..so the lawsuit is only covering those with mileage between 80,000 and 100,000. Im going to guess that's not too many customers. What a bunch of horrific nightmarish crap. I deserve that money back and cannot and will not accept a no. What is the difference between 1 mile and 400,000..the parts were defective. Where are the good attorneys that fight for the people......
We have recently joined the transmission problem group as the intermix issues have struck again.
installing a external transcooler would solve ur problem so that the coolant never reaches ur transmission
how i can prevent my nissan pathfinder 2005 coolant to mix with the transmission oil?
Thanks
Purchased a 2005 Nissan Pathfinder w/ 76k miles on it from Carmax in December 2011. (Nissan should have notified car dealers of this potential issue, but Carmax did not say anything to me). May 2013, experienced transmission failure as a result of the defective radiator (@ 96k miles). Paid co-pay of $3000 to replace transmission and radiator. February 2014, transmission cooler hose burst. I questioned the dealer regarding the potential causes of the rupture and was assured that it was unrelated to the tranny/radiator repair. Paid $262 to have the hose fixed. March 2014, RPMs began spiking, felt like transmission was slipping - made it to the Nissan dealership. Transmission replaced AGAIN! I believe that Nissan owes me my $3000 co-pay and my $262 hose repair cost back! Any mechanics out there know whether pressure spikes in the transmission could have caused the hose to rupture? Or, whether all of this is connected? Any attorneys out there: any recourse for other consumers who are experiencing second transmission failures after the initial "extended warranty" repairs?
Hoping someone can help me, I'm wondering, if a dealership flushed the transmission and coolant how long would it take for the problem to be visible again?
I have an 2009 pathfinder in March it was shuttering and jerking. I took it to our private mechanic he looked at the oil cap and seen the oil was mixed with the antifreeze. He told me that this was the 3rd one he had done. As he he checked the transmission fluid he said there is a big problem that they had all mixed together. (this was because a hose blew and we needed it fixed immediately) He did the work at this point there was 108,000 miles so over the extended warranty they put in place to cover there [non-permissible content removed]. About 3 weeks latter I had him flush the transmission again and he saw nothing the fluid was clean! However, I called Nissan corporate headquarters and they said that it was my problem it was over 100,000 miles. I try to talk to the highest person they will transfer me to(which wasn't very far). The local dealership knew because he called them for the parts. I was also told that i needed to take it the dealer ship and have it fixed i called and got an estimate of 2,000.00 for them to do it.
Now were in July and my transmission is gone! I cant afford to fix it right now. I know there were lawsuits but it only covered this if it happened before 2013. So I'm S.O.L now because it happened in 2014. What were these lawyers thinking that they would change the design flaw and only got help for those before 2014. Nissan needs to step up and make this right for all the owners of these cars. It might be different if this wasn't my first Nissan but its my third! Does anyone know how to go about getting them to pay for this?
I have an 2009 pathfinder in March it was shuttering and jerking. I took it to our private mechanic he looked at the oil cap and seen the oil was mixed with the antifreeze. He told me that this was the 3rd one he had done. As he he checked the transmission fluid he said there is a big problem that they had all mixed together. (this was because a hose blew and we needed it fixed immediately) He did the work at this point there was 108,000 miles so over the extended warranty they put in place to cover there [non-permissible content removed]. About 3 weeks latter I had him flush the transmission again and he saw nothing the fluid was clean! However, I called Nissan corporate headquarters and they said that it was my problem it was over 100,000 miles. I try to talk to the highest person they will transfer me to(which wasn't very far). The local dealership knew because he called them for the parts. I was also told that i needed to take it the dealer ship and have it fixed i called and got an estimate of 2,000.00 for them to do it.
Now were in July and my transmission is gone! I cant afford to fix it right now. I know there were lawsuits but it only covered this if it happened before 2013. So I'm S.O.L now because it happened in 2014. What were these lawyers thinking that they would change the design flaw and only got help for those before 2014. Nissan needs to step up and make this right for all the owners of these cars. It might be different if this wasn't my first Nissan but its my third! Does anyone know how to go about getting them to pay for this?
If you have one to be sure its not going to happen get a radiator cooling kit that mounts in the front of the radiator and disconnect the lines going int the bottom of the radiator ,its the fix.
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