| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 003245055 | Incident Date: Oct, 12 2003 |
| Consumer's City: MATAWAN | Consumer's State: NJ |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Nissan North America, Inc. |
| Model Name: QUEST | Model Year: 2000 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Vehicle speed control:accelerator pedal |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 4N2XN11T0YD | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Nov, 10 2003 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Nov, 21 1999 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: The accelerator pedal sticks. experience to date is that it requires excessive force to press or becomes immovable when trying to depress the pedal from its undepressed position, such as when the engine is idling while the car is not moving or rolling after one's foot has allowed the pedal to come up. i recently received a notice of class action and proposed settlement in california superior court, los angeles county (robert meyer v. nissan north america) in which plaintiff alleged that excessive carbonous deposits form on 1999 and 2000 nissan quests in the "throttle-body asssembly" and that these deposits may cause the accelerator pedal to stick. if a defect is judged by the occurrence relative to other vehicles this seems a strong candidate. and the design defect that allows this occurrence permits an inoperable accelerator pedal which can present a serious safety issue. the class action notice received indicates that nissan was aware of the issue since at least october 2000 when it issued a technical service bulletin advising on a cleaning procedure to address the problem. apparently outside the express warranty period nissan shifts the costs of compensating for its poor, defective design to the consumer by considering it as matter of routine maintenance. i don't see anything about this in their maintenance or owners manuals received during the purchase of their product. nor, for that matter, does this problem present itself in other vehicles is which such "maintenance" is not needed. *ak |
