I am having multiple issues with my 1998 nissan pathfinder due to corrosion. The most recent incident was while I was driving my muffler fell off. I took it to a shop and when they raised the vehicle, the entire exhaust system had corrosion and holes from it. This was followed by last years strut housing corrosion which broke off the strut from the frame of the vehicle while I was driving. I lost brakes and had to step on pedal all the way, and then the vehicle gradually came to a stop. The recall notice came after the incident. This was followed by the previous year's gas tank corrosion which caused gas to drip. Also a recall notice came in and nissan dealer fixed issue. *Tr
Engine & cooling
1998 Nissan Pathfinder Engine problems
Owners have filed 5 complaints about the 1998 Nissan Pathfinder's engine & cooling with NHTSA - 3% of all its complaints, most recently on January 10, 2012. They describe 1 crash, 0 fires and 2 injuries. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.
- Complaints
- 5
- Recalls
- 0
- Crashes
- 1
- Fires
- 0
- Injuries
- 2
- Deaths
- 0
Engine complaints
1998 Nissan pathfinder truck sputtering and shuts off as im driving up interstate 95...Intake flaw after your truck reaches 140,000 miles a mixture of gas,anti-freeze, and air spills into the intake system....Thought it needed a full tune up had it towed to all tune and lube paid $700.00 For full tune up , replaced intake and distributor...Nissan would not reimburse my money knowing it had a production line flaw on the vehicle. *Tr
While on my way to virginia from florida, my 1998 nissan pathfinder began to jerk, sputter, and cut off on interstate 95. So I took it to all tune & lube on friday morning for a tune-up, after they replaced the spark plugs, wires, fuel filter, air filter, oil change, new belts, reset timing, fuel injector cleaning. It still did the same thing, so dave at all-tune kept my truck four days running all kinds of test and still could not figure out the problem, he called a friend at nissan and he knew what the problem...
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was. It was a casting flaw on the intake collector, leaking anti - freeze into the intake mixing with the gas and air. He told me that nissan knew about this problem and never recalled the pathfinder. The bulletin came out on april 1, 1999 t.S.B #ntb99-015. All-tune told me that it would cost me $700.00 Dollars to fix this problem. I drove my fiancee to virginia to start her new job at v.C.U she has to take cab to work for $80.00 A day for a serious problem that nissan should have taken care of along time ago. *Tr
While driving, muffler system fell off and hit vehicle behind, causing serious injuries to consumer and driver of other vehicle. *Ak *jb
While driving at unknown speed vehicle cuts off without prior warning, causing loss of all power. Consumer has contacted the dealer. Dealer awaiting parts. *Ak
Nissan Pathfinder engine complaints by year
Pathfinder engine problems, every yearSource: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) complaints and recalls, checked . Complaints are owners' own reports and are not verified. How we use the data