2009 nissan Pathfinder reviews

Nissan Pathfinder Aventura 2009

I ran a Discovery 3 for three years before replacing it with a new Pathfinder 18 months ago and I have regretted it ever since. The Discovery gave me 3 years trouble free motoring and was replaced on cost grounds but the extra money spent would have been worth it. I consider my Pathfinder to have a dangerous fault which the dealers and Nissan refuse to acknowledge because the system has not "logged" it. And in a catch 22 situation if they have no record of a fault they will not investigate it, therefore new faults are not investigated as there is no previous record of them. The fault I have with my Pathfinder is that the auto box changes down into 3rd at specific speeds on declines, the most alarming example being at about 65mph when it suddenly downshifts to 3rd when you feather the throttle or just touch the brake to regulate the speed. The effect is a violently over revving engine and the only way to stop it is to accelerate and get the box to change up, great when you are going down a hill! It won’t do it at 60 or 70 or if the hill is to shallow or steep but basically it is dangerous especially on bends. Nissan will not investigate it. Nissan also say the car should return 23 - 38mpg, average 33 which is why I bought it. Mine does 21 but they say they don’t expect it to do anymore and it is within spec, they have no integrity or customer care and I am counting the days to dropping it. The Sat Nav is also rubbish.