After fueling my brand new vehicle for the first time, I headed out and noticed smoke around my vehicle. A neighboring vehicle motioned for me to roll down my window and said I had fluid that looked like anti freeze pouring out from beneath my 2013 Pathfinder. I tried to pull over but the SUV would no longer accelerate forward and I was stuck in the middle of the road with my children. Not knowing why my vehicle was smoking, I contacted the fire department. Some people stopped to help and push the vehicle from the street. The fire department arrived and the dealership was contacted. A towing company was sent out. I was told the towing company's have been towing these brand new vehicles alot, some that were driven off the lot and had to be towed. After researching this issue, I found there are several people having the same issue and this issue was under a law suit for the 2005-2010 model Pathfinders. It doesn't look like Nissan has resolved the issue just yet.

- Temple, TX, USA

My wife was driving our two week old 2013 Nissan Pathfinder platinum edition with my four year old daughter when the transmission failed and the vehicle became disabled. The transmission completely failed and the car had to be towed to the local Nissan dealer. I was told today that the coolant line burst and that the transmission fluid leaked from the vehicle. As a "precaution" they will be replacing the radiator, transmission line (s), as well as the transmission on the vehicle before returning it to us. The dealer claims that the transmission and radiator did not get affected buy the incident and that they are replacing those parts as a precautionary measure. I have done some research online and learned that a number of other 2013 Pathfinders have suffered from the same catastrophic issue. I also learned that previous generations of the Pathfinder had similar issues which Nissan was very slow to acknowledge. When a vehicle that is traveling at a moderate to high rate of speed looses transmission the driver becomes at risk for a major accident. The vehicle cannot be driven and in our case my wife was saved by a aaa employee who was kind enough to push her car out of the way of oncoming traffic. These cars need to be recalled immediately before someone gets killed. If you are reading this and you know someone who drives this vehicle please tell them to take it to their Nissan service department immediately. I am convinced this is going to require a recall. Our car had 450 mile on it for gods sake.

- Riverwoods, IL, USA