1997 Nissan Quest problems
The 1997 Nissan Quest has 127 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (13%) concerns body & structure. After that come electrical system (12%) and fuel system (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 127 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Body & structure 13% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 10 and 7
- Injuries and deaths
- 6 and 2
- Typical mileage
- 69,000 miles 39 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 0 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 3 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 14 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 6 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 11 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 4 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 39 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 68,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 10 complaints mention a crash; 7 complaints mention a fire; 6 injuries reported; 2 deaths reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1997 ranks 7th most-complained-about out of 18 model years of the Nissan Quest with enough data (77 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
On 6/30/01, when I started the car in my house garage and heard a deafening explosion with a big smoke that like a bomb exploded. My daughter and I was shocked unconsciously for seconds. After checking and found that explosion caused by battery which I replaced in sept. 1999 with wondries nissan. At that time I was told it had 4 years warranty. Mendozn. She asked me to tow my van to the nearest dealor gunderson nissan. After checking, I was told the alternator is over charged and caused the battery explosion.
Violent deployment of air bag upon collision, causing injury to consumers, also started a fire on passenger's side of vehicle.
During a vehicle crash the window and door locks malfucntioned while being in a "locked" position, and the occupant wasn't able to get out of the vehicle, had to go through a broken window to get out.
While the vehicle was parked the consumer heard the vehicles horn blowing and went to see what the problem was. Upon reaching the vehicle the consumer saw smoke coming from under the hood of the vehicle. The insurance investigator indicated that the wire within the engine loom shorted and melted other wires in the loom,which caused the smoke. On a separate occasion the 10 amp fuse blew causing the vehicles dash indicators (speedometer, tachometer, fuel gauge and temperature gauge) to stop working.
Manufacturer refused to investigate why the consumer's vehicle stalled. The vehicle would stall without cause. The mechanics could not find the problem. The consumer request to be reimbursed for the repair costs, economic losses, and loss of transportation. Other problem are as followed: the engine would come on along with the vehicle dying out, output shaft leak, brake leakage, A/C did not blow cold, power antenna made noises when in use, the sunroof leaked water, right rear wheel leaked fluid, and there was leak…