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2005 Nissan Pathfinder cooling system problems

96 complaints about cooling system have been filed for the 2005 Nissan Pathfinder, which is 6% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
96 6% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
87,000 miles 91 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When cooling system problems show up

Cooling system complaints by mileage, 2005 Nissan Pathfinder Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 87,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 0 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 4 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 5 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 22 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 32 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 17 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 5 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 5 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 87,000 miles
Based on 91 complaints that include mileage. 10% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles0
20k to 40k miles4
40k to 60k miles5
60k to 80k miles22
80k to 100k miles32
100k to 120k miles17
120k to 140k miles5
140k to 160k miles5
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 91 cooling system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 87,000 miles, and 10% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash.

What owners wrote

Tl*the contact owns a 2005 nissan pathfinder. While driving at speeds of 45 MPH the vehicle began vibrating abnormally and shaking violently. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who stated that the failure was due to a defective ABS sensor which was replaced. While the vehicle was in possession of the dealer, the vehicle was involved in a crash and repairs were made to the vehicle at the dealers expense. The failure recurred and the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic.

Reported at 74,000 miles, February 2010 Crash

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 nissan pathfinder. The contact stated when driving at 40 MPH in overdrive, the vehicle would abnormally vibrate excessively as if driving over an extremely uneven road surface.the failure would correct itself when the accelerator pedal was depressed but would return momentarily. The failure became progressively worse and on one occasion, while driving at 70 MPH, the failure occurred and the contact was under the impression that he had a blown tire.

Reported at 60,000 miles, April 2010

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