Consumer Complaint Detail
NISSAN / PATHFINDER / 2001
0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 002193499 | Incident Date: Jul, 12 2002 |
| Consumer's City: MISSION VIEJO | Consumer's State: CA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Nissan North America, Inc. |
| Model Name: PATHFINDER | Model Year: 2001 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes | Component's Description: Vehicle speed control |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: JN8DR09Y21W | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jan, 01 2003 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Aug, 07 2001 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Fuel/throttle control: i experienced a "sudden unintended acceleration" incident in july of 2002. i was in the process of head in parking and was moving very slowly while applying brakes the vehicle accelerated over curbing into a wall. the vehicle stopped, the engine stopped running, and air bags did not deploy. the vehicle is a 2001 nissan pathfinder with less than 8,000 miles on it. i have read of other incidents like this for this vehicle and am now afraid to drive it. no other incident has occured. i have never experience this situation before and i originally thought that i stepped on the acceletator the same time as the brake. now i believe i did not step on the accelerator but for some reason the vehicle malfunctioned. i have not taken this into the dealer because i have no confidence in their ability to diagnose the problem as it appears to be very intermittent. this is a serious problem that is potentially lethal and cannot be detected by normal maintenance and happens so quickly that the driver cannot react to avoid a serious collision. there were no injuries (this time) but vehicle damage was $500. |