While driving my Pathfinder, the transmission hesitated, jerked, and spuddered while trying to merge into traffic. Almost caused a severe accident. This was not the first time this has happened and Nissan refuses to do anything about the CVT transmission that apparently has been recalled in the past as well as had lawsuits against it. There are no warning lights or notice at all before this happens.

- Spanish Fort, AL, USA

1)Vehicle has been repaired 3 times in the last 2 weeks for a brake switch issue that is causing the vehicle not to recognize the brake is pushed causing the car not being able to start. This has been an intermittent issue for 18 months and was told the recall fixed it, which it didn't. 2)Dealership service department is now telling me that other issues have arisen since trying to fix issue #1. The car is revving to 5000 rpms, the car is automatically going to manual 1, and the car is hitting speeds of 40mph without touching the pedal.

- Deer Park, TX, USA

2015 pathfinder will intermittently not accelerate while driving. Occurs mostly after being at a stop. Has also occurred while in motion in a 35 mph zone. The traction control light will illuminate and stay on until vehicle is shut off and restarted. This is dangerous and will eventually cause a crash.

- Independence, KY, USA

Purchased this vehicle in February 2019. Two years later in May 2021, I was slowing down to make a turn and when it was time to accelerate out of the turn, the car felt like it lost power and even though I was pushing the gas pedal, the car seemed to be stuck and hesitating. It wouldn't go over 5mph. Brought into carmax where I purchased it from, but because there were no lights on they couldn't find the problem and the diagnostic didn't pick up any codes. Two days later the car did this again and this time it literally died as well in the middle of a busy street. This time is rattled and shook when it died. Carmax said to bring it in to a Nissan dealership. Nissan tried to get me to pay for a new engine!! said there was sludge on the oil cap and that was an indication that we never changed the oil. We change the oil every 5,000miles! carmax warranty wouldn't approve a new engine based on 1 mechanics opinions. I kept insisting it felt like a transmission issue, but they can only investigate if they have a direction via idiot lite or code from the diagnostic. So if they did the inspection and there was an issue, then it would be covered by the ext. Warranty. But if they didn't find an issue, I was responsible for inspection and labor $300+. they replaced the alternator. Car has been running great for the last 9 months until this week! the car is doing it again. Several times in a matter of 3 days the car has literally felt like it loses its power and wont go over 20mph no matter how far you push on the gas pedal. Seems to happen when accelerating from a slow down, stop, turn or an incline. You can literally feel the loss in power. Brought it to a different Nissan dealer, who said right away it sounds like the cvt transmission issue. I am devastated. I love everything about this vehicle. I am praying that carmax's extended warranty covers this and that it fixes the problem. Concerned when I read others had it fixed but still having the issue!

- Burbank, IL, USA

The car suddenly started stalling on the highway and would not accelerate and stuck at the same speed. The check engine light came on. This happened a few times where the car would stall and the acceleration would not work on local roads as well as the interstate thus considerably slowing the speed of the traffic upon getting it inspected at the dealership, they found the crankshaft sensor was faulty.

- New Hope, PA, USA

On multiple occasions (at least 6 - twice within 10 minutes of each other), when turning after slowing down or being at a complete stop, the car seems to lose power. It will not accelerate unless your foot is taken off the gas pedal and the gas pedal is pressed down again. It a a safety concern because there has been oncoming traffic when this has happened. An accident is bound to occur. The car dealer can't isolate the issue. Their recommendation is to replace the ABS module which they think might fix the problem.. the cost is $2100 for the part alone to repair what they hope will fix it. This should absolutely be a recall.

- Kintnersville, PA, USA

To whom it may concern; I hope that this email doesn't fall under deaf ears and someone can reach out and assist me with my vehicle problem. This is a safety concern and needs your immediate attention. I have taken the vehicle to my local dealership who has informed me that this is a manufactory problem. I have three lovely kids that depend on their mother to drive them around. As a loyal Nissan owner, the brand history and quality is why I have been with you for years and the reason I invested in the purchase of your vehicle (brand new). My entire family has always been Nissan loyal customers for years and this has eroded our concerns in the quality and brand. My family and I have never experienced this poor quality on previous vehicles that we purchased in the past so this is why I come to you now that the dealership is unable to assist us. I hope this last effort to reach out to you and address my safety concerns. We expect that you are as loyal to your customers as your customers are loyal to you when there is an issue. My vehicle seems to shudders (jerks and stutters) during acceleration or driving for no apparent reason. It has happened several times and without warning and for no apparent reason. My local dealership inspected the vehicle and informed me that this is a manufactory issue/defect and I needed to contact you. I attached a copy of the dealership inspection. I reviewed the us NHTSA website and noticed several similar issues related to my model from various customers seem to have this problem. Please review and informed me what course of action I need to proceed. We wait for your response and hope to see this matter resolved.

- Houston, TX, USA

Vehicle will not accelerate when stopped at light, stop sign, switching from reverse to drive intermittently. This happens when it wants to. The brake light switch was replaced a couple weeks ago when the brake lights were noticed to not shut off and vehicle would turn on without pressing the brake pedal. Seemed to fix the situation but now again having the same issues. Bringing car back to Nissan dealer for repair. Found that years prior there was a safety recall but not for the 2015. This is very dangerous especially when pulling out in front of traffic. Car will not accelerate until brake pedal is pressed or letting off the gas pedal, then reengaging. This is in city or stopped then accelerating to ramp to get onto the highway. Brake lights stay on which is also hazardous when others wouldn't know when I'm actually stopping. The acceleration issue seems to happen when stopped then accelerating. The brake lights seem to stay on when they want to stick. The brake light is hard to turn off. Pressing the brake pedal when car is off a few times helped after 3 tries. Hard to know if brake lights are on constantly in the day but when it's darker out able to notice more.

- Muskegon, MI, USA

The contact owns a 2015 Nissan Pathfinder. While driving 30 mph, the contact depressed the accelerator pedal, but the vehicle failed to accelerate. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The contact activated the hazard warning lights and continued driving. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic and was informed that the stop lamp switch needed to be repaired. The vehicle was taken to passport Nissan of alexandria (located at 150 S pickett St, alexandria, va 22304, (703) 823-9000), but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 68,000.

- Alexandria, VA, USA

I had my transmission flushed at approx. 52K miles on 2/23/2019. In April 2019, the transmission begin having issues. Rpms would ride high; however, transmission would not up-shift. Occurred despite accelerator pressed to the floor. When releasing the accelerator and pressing again, the transmission would jerk and begin to up-shift. Issue is intermittent. Can occur when taking off after stopping at an intersection, and suddenly when smoothly accelerating upon entering freeways. Having safety concerns, I took the vehicle to Nissan and explained the issue as noted above on 5/8/2019. Despite telling josh kern the issue was the transmission, I later discovered he recorded the issue as "... the throttle wasn't responsive." He called saying the car was driven 60 miles and the issue was resolved by performing a "idle relearn" and "self learn" software update. Because of this, the vehicle now idled very high. After driving it a few days, the issue occurred again. Reviewing the service doc, I realized the vehicle was only driven 1 mile and not the 60 miles. It also had notes from the technician that "issue could not be duplicated." I returned to Nissan to speak to the service manager, but he was not available. While there, I requested all hard-copies of work performed. On one page was written notes about erasing codes, mention of the trans., engine & iacv-aac, ECM on faded print-out of codes. Made other attempts to contact manager with no success. In Aug.2019, the dealership GM put me in contact w steve zani (asst. Serv. Mgr.) he was very helpful, but was unable to duplicate issue. High idle from update seems to be masking issue frequency. Called niss con affairs-case36982668. Renee' was no help. Refused to update case or call dealership. Had my name wrong, elusive and short on phone. Worried issue not given proper credence; despite defect and safety concerns.

- Stone Mountain, GA, USA

Vehicle will not accelerate (no throttle response) randomly and without warning. Rpms do not budge despite pedal being to the floor. Problem seems to be more common when the steering wheel is turned. Shifting vehicle I to neutral briefly and then back to drive seems to resolve problem, but this isn't at all safe turning into in an intersection with cars coming. Seems kind of ridiculous this isn't a big deal to an oem.

- Mooresville, NC, USA

Loss of power while in motion from a 35 mph zone and went down to 20 mph release gas pedal and regained power. I see the same issue reported other posts. Please investigate before the loss of life.

- Painesville, OH, USA

The brake lights remained on while driving and after the vehicle was shut off. At several points, the accelerator stopped working while driving, this happened on a four-lane street and on residential streets.

- Madison, NJ, USA

In the last several weeks, I am experiencing loss of acceleration for my Nissan Pathfinder 2015 (33,000 miles). For some reasons, there is no acceleration nor RPM increased when I floored the gas pedal for several seconds after releasing the gas pedal (coasting) due to traffic stops or want to make a turn or after full stop. The car was coasting around 20 mph and didn't accelerate.

- Houston, TX, USA

I have a 2015 Nissan Pathfinder. I had my transmission changed under warranty after two years and 8 months later I've started to have acceleration problems and the break lights stay on after the vehicle is turned off. Usually after a complete stop or yielding I can push the gas pedal to the floor and nothing will happen for several seconds. I actually thought the car turned off the first time it happened. I took it to the dealer and they couldn't duplicate the issue. One week later the same thing happened again. This time I called Nissan corporation and was provided a case number and told to take it back to the dealer. The dealer had the car for 4 days and once again stated they couldn't find anything. Two days after picking the car up, it did the exact same thing. Once again I called Nissan corporation and left them a message. I called the dealer and was surprised that they told me I couldn't bring the car in, because they can't duplicate the problem. I submit this is a safety concern that should force Nissan to recall all vehicles affected with no acceleration.

- Cibolo, TX, USA

Engine rattling, turned out to be a faulty radiator cooling fan. Needed to replace whole fan assembly after 50,000 miles. Intermittently brake lights will stay on when car is parked, draining the battery. Perhaps a brake relay switch. Also intermittently, the vehicle has severe issues accelerating. If going 40 mph, and attempt to accelerate, there is little to no response. From full stop, there is occasionally no response at all until releasing and reapplying the gas pedal. This is incredibly dangerous!

- Eden Prairie, MN, USA

Break lights will stay on even if the car is parked. It will stay on while driving. When this happens I have to disconnect the battery for the break lights to go off. Rediculous! the other issue is loss of power. Usually when this happens the skid dummy light will turn on and stay on. When accelerating from a complete stop, the car will not go when I push the gas. Even if the accelerator is fully depressed the car will not move. This also occurs while in motion. It has happened while trying to accelerate onto the highway and there was loss of power. I have almost gotten into several accidents with my children in the car and from my research I am not the only owner of Pathfinder that this has happened to. This is a total safety issue and the vehicle needs to be recalled before some one is seriously injured or killed!!!

- Saint Louis, MO, USA

When turning the vehicle stalls. Unable to accelerate. Break light switch relay.already a previous recall.

- Shelley, ID, USA

When trying to accelerate after braking for a traffic signal, often I cannot get the car to accelerate past 10 mph. I shift into neutral, back into drive, and can accelerate properly. I have taken my vehicle to wolfchase Nissan in bartlett, tn. They are unable to relocate the problem, thus preventing them from addressing the issue. This happens if I'm stopped at a traffic light, also if I am making a turn in either direction. It doesn't happen every time, but often enough to be considered dangerous.

- Munford, TN, USA

While driving my Pathfinder on major highways and roads, I would be merging into traffic, turning onto a road and just trying to accelerate. The vehicle often loses all power and decelerates. I have placed the gas pedal all the way to the floor, and yet have no power. It takes at least 10-15 seconds to regain power and be able to accelerate again. Often times I've been close to being rear ended, especially on major highways, with my 2 month old niece in the vehicle with me by tractor trailers. I fear for the safety of myself and anyone in the car with me, as well as other drivers who have potential to rear end me as I lose power. This has occurred on route 70 in new stanton, pa, route 119 (several parts) in greensburg, pa, various locations on route 30 in greensburg, pa, cameo lane, greensburg, pa, twin lakes park, and george's station road in greensburg, pa, as well as route 217 in derry, pa and Indiana, pa. This was taken to a Nissan dealership in greensburg, pa twince for the same issue, and they haven't been able to replicate the issue, but claimed the first time it was in, that it was a faulty brake switch, and replaced it for $217. That did not resolve the issue and it was back into the dealership a week later. I have found several websites, including a news station that covered this issue (with a fatal accident) and Nissan has never corrected the problem in any of the cases.

- Blairsville, PA, USA