1998 Nissan Pathfinder Transmission and drivetrain Problems

“I was on my way to work mileage at 88000 on the Pathfinder when the vehicle started to jerk and took it to my mechanic and he told me the planetarium on the transmission was shot now I need to rebuild or get a new one and this is not the only 1998 vehicle I been hearing a lot of complaints about this year Pathfinder transmission.”

“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. …”

“The automatic transmission failed on my car. After traveling from philadelphia to queens ny approaching a stop light I slowed down while doing so the SUV suddenly made a loud grinding noise and the engine reved very high however the output of the vehicle was only at a crawl. I imediately pulled over to the side of the road and shifted to park the loud grinding noise could be heard again only louder. This car was my first new purchase I routinely service it at the dealership, and now at 78,000 miles am found stranded in ny trying to replace the transmission. …”

“While driving my 1998 Nissan Pathfinder, with no warning, the vehicle began bucking and stalling until it would not drive. The car was towed to the local Nissan dealership. The next day, we received telephone call from the service dept who informed us that the transfer case was damaged. The service rep told me that there was an internal defect on the part and that the problem was very uncommon. The transfer case is associated with the four wheel drive on the Pathfinder - which is something we have probably used less than 10 times in the 4 1/2 years that we have driven the car. …”

“Transmission drive causes a big clunking noise when in drive position, it happens when stopping or starting. Nissan dealer indicated that repair is only done to vehicles under 60k miles even though they recognized it is a known defect. ****dims 11 ivoq entry posted after 12/12/02 cut-over to artemis*****755943.”