Nissan Quest Reviews

Bought new 2013 and front tires are bald on outside edges after only 5,000 miles. Had van aligned and they said it was perfectly aligned and that I should take it to the dealer to address reason for uneven wear. Took to dealer, Service Manager said he's seen it before on the Quests and recommended asking Nissan Consumer Affairs to cover the cost of new tires. Now waiting to hear back from consumer affairs. This is my 4th van (2xOdyssey, 1xSienna) and I've never seen anything like this. They're trying to blame it on the tires saying that the dealer didn't find anything wrong with the van. Even if they cover it, I'm concerned that I'll be replacing tires every year just to pass inspection.

I do believe the reason the Bridgestone tires are having to be replaced so soon is because they are a non warranty tire. Nissan would not make it right, yet when I switched dealers they were able to get me all 4 new tires price matched from Discount Tire. I go to the dealer and have them rotated. So far, better wear. It has nothing to do with the alignment.

We just bought our vehicle last fall. My wife and daughter were approaching a crosswalk with children crossing and a crossing guard going about 35 km/hr. The brakes jotted but did not stop and it steering into other on coming lane. Took it to Nissan dealer and they can find no error codes on diagnostic computer check. This is crazy dangerous. Also bought new tires to get winter traction. Zero traction happened. Dealer: "not sure why?". If someone gets hurt Nissan will certainly hear from legal folks. This is a US van bought in Canada so when I call Nissan they say "oh sorry the warranty is valid in the US for US vehicles". When I call Nissan Canada they say "sorry we cannot warranty a US vehicle at Cdn dealers". Nissan as it seems has a blocking and tackling plan to reduce after sales expenses. No more Nissans in my family or any generation after mine............. assuming we live past this vehicle. I have saved printouts of all checks to the vehicle.

I'm in the process of documenting dates & repairs with cost but since we have bought the 2007 Quest NEW - we have had troubles. Minor to some but major to owners; cup holders in back - broke 2 twice - 1 time the dealer fixed after I wrote a letter. Brakes & tires are very costly and often. Just over the warranty - timing chain along with the other parts had to be replaced. Nissan would not repair. Now less than 4 yrs - I'm told timing chain needs replaced. Also had control arm/ball joint, power steer pump drive belts, bearings. Doors stick - especially sliding doors. Automatic door rattled. Driver's window would act up. Come down on its own or wouldn't go down. We wanted a Nissan because of our previous 2 vehicles were Nissan and had great luck with them. Unfortunately not the case here. I've seen on a few websites I'm not alone on these problems. So frustrating.

2007 Nissan quest - Went to the dealer to complain about transmission at 20000 miles. Bought it brand new. They said they could find anything just shine me off every time I would try to bring it up but now is at 93000. It's really bad. I need to get it replace. Need help.

I purchase a brand new 2013 Nissan Quest sv. I have now owned it for one year and the tires which are bridgestone turanza are wore out at 15,000 miles. The dealership where I purchase got bought out and now I take it to the new one for service. I told the service manager the problem he said it needed alignment. When they put it up in the rack the van was aligned. So he said did not know why it was doing that. He said he would call me on Monday. It's been a month and still has not contacted me. I called Nissan consumer affairs and I spoke with someone and also said I was going to be contacted and never did. I would like to know if anyone has had this problem in the past and what they do to resolve it. This is frustrating to have a vehicle at 15,000 miles and thinking of replacing tires.

I got my 2004 Quest in 2007. I needed a van for my son was disabled and in a wheelchair. People said stay away from Dodge and Chrysler for they had transmissions issues. I got it used and it was good till 50,000 miles, the fuel pump went. Got that fixed and it was all downhill from there. Had to replace the wheel bearings, the cd player went, the right side passenger door doesn't open very well, I had to fix the arms in the front. Then the other day, the line to the transmission snapped. Thank God my son was not in the car @ the time. My mechanic fixed it, and it's not running great. I can't really drive it for the transmission is a MESS! I don't have the money to fix the transmission. I have ALWAYS changed the engine oil and the transmission fluids at the proper time.

I did buy a Nissan Quest in 2011 and by now my mechanic said that the transmission is slip. I think it is not fair what Nissan is doing with their car. If they get a big suit, they will make good car. I don't know what to do with my bad transmission. Please help me out.

Many, many problems with my 2007 Nissan Quest van. Bought new and had to replace first set of brake pads before 30,000 miles on back and have replaced 2 more times since. Also had to replace fronts at about 45,000 miles and have just replaced again not too long ago. Also at about 63000 miles and 1 month after 5-year warranty was up, the transmission started acting up once tranny oil got warm. Took into the dealership and was told engine mounts were bad and so was the front suspension. Had my personal mechanic look at it and he told me he thought trans was bad, but would change engine mounts anyway. After $800 plus dollars this did nothing.

We purchased a 2011 Nissan Quest just over a year ago. It just hit 30k miles. On our way to Tennessee, we noticed our van felt like it was swaying in the back end. We assumed it was just the wind from being in the mountains. On our way home, the back tire blew out. After we changed it, we noticed the tire was very worn and a cupping pattern was on both of the back tires. I called the dealership, as soon as they opened. I told them what had happened. They informed me that I failed to have it aligned, and it was my responsibility to replace the tires.

I had to replace my whole front suspension. I have no traction. In winter I've been stuck in 1 inch of snow. Unbelievably I have to put more money into the tires now and more into my suspension. My mechanic doesn't know why there is clanking noise in front still and the steering problems are awful.

I think a class action suit should be filed against Nissan for their transmissions, brakes, rotors and tires. I have a 2007 Nissan quest and I have experienced most of these complaints, from the tires to the air conditioner to the transmission. My van is sitting in my driveway right now because my mechanic is baffled. Like another dissatisfied customer stated, right after the warranty expires on the transmission, it goes!!! Another thing, it sucks in the winter, cannot climb the slightest hill, slides down hill, no traction at all.

We have owned a 2005 Nissan Quest since November 2009. We were expecting our 3rd baby and needed to upgrade from our Nissan Xterra. When we bought it, it had 129,000 miles on it. In that five years, it just now has 152,000 miles on it. We put new tires on in 2012. The brake pads need to be replaced often. I read this is because the brakes are too small for the van but it isn't a huge issue. My husband puts them on for me so it's very inexpensive. Someone installed an aftermarket dvd player in mind and as a result with the dvd player wired into the radio, the radio is spotty sometimes in rural area. But this was the fault of the former owner, not Nissan. I could probably have the dvd player removed since we don't use it but I just haven't messed with it yet.

We bought a 2005 Nissan Quest in July 2012. The dealership insisted that we bring the car back after a month to install a GPS system that the lender requires this for all leased vehicles. Mind you, this is not a GPS for my use, only for the Lender to know where the vehicle is at all times and can shut your engine down if you fail to make your payments. We have never missed one payment. After this GPS system was installed, the van wouldn't go faster than 40 mph.

My wife purchased a Nissan quest 2006 with 100k on it, that was in 2013 and so far we don't have any issues. It's a very nice family van with a big room to have your kids comfortable. The Ac is great, the cd player working good, and if you just do a regular maintenance you will be able to keep it for a long time.

My 2011 Nissan Quest Original Tires have all one at a time blown out on the highway. Each time I have had to purchase new because the dealer stated that warranty would not cover because my vehicle needed alignment. My Quest has less than 30000 miles on it and I have it serviced at each recommended interval but yet they said it was an alignment issue. No one will listen and it has become very costly to continue purchasing tires. No recalls on the Toyo tires yet. With each blow out I have been able to safely pull off the hwy; however, now I'm afraid to drive my children in the Quest, feel like I won't be so lucky next time.

I purchased a 96 Villager in 2012 from the original owner, a lady, who had maintained it well. Her records indicated she spent $8,000 for the 16 years she drove it. On a trip I drove the speed limit for 485 miles (per Mapquest) and got 29 mpg. She had reset the mechanical odometer while driving and broke it at 210,000 miles back in 2008. Based on past usage, I think the van now has about 297,000 miles on it. Transmission shifts smooth as glass. It needs some front end work finally, some leather and a paint job. I can't complain. Maybe they don't build them like they used to.

I have a 2004 Nissan Quest, I have and numerous repairs in the past 5 years. Now it sounds like the timing chain is going. It has 118,000 miles. I just saw they have a class action lawsuit on the timing chain now but no recalls.

Our 2004 Nissan Quest stalls for no apparent reason. Very dangerous. We were on the expressway and the vehicle lost all power and while engine was still running, it would not move. Traffic was moving at over 70 mph and nearly colliding with us. We had to have this vehicle towed several times to try and have fixed. However Nissan cannot figure out the issue. Much money has been invested to repair and still it sits not being able to drive. No one will help.... not Nissan, not the attorney general, no one. Someone is going to be seriously hurt driving a Nissan product and they don't care. Please never buy a Nissan product.

We purchased a brand new 2011 Nissan Quest after owning a previous Quest for 8 years with limited issues. The previous Quest had issues where the brakes would wear off a lot but I thought it was due to our driving habits. Now in this new Nissan within 10 months and under 10K miles, my both front tires wore off. I was shocked as that has never happened to us before. Typically the tires last for 50K miles. So I went to the dealer and he never listened and said, "Your wheel alignment has caused it and so you need to replace your tires but we will do the wheel alignment for free."

My ECU computer has rusted through. Apparently Nissan did not put it in a area that would protect it from the rain. It literally has a hole rusted thriough it! To find a replacement is like looking for a needle in a haystack. If you put the part from Nissan you are talking 875.00 just for the part, labor extra. So if your car just decides to die then start again watch out there goes your computer! Now the major problem before this was a "ticking" noise in the engine. My wonderful Nissan dealership said it would be about 3000.00 for a new engine... It ending up costing me 1300.00 from a mom and pop shop, it was a little plastic piece that broke off a belt. It's really common with this vehicle and if it totally breaks, you will be replacing an engine!

Bought a used 2006 Quest from Springfield NJ Nissan in 2009 - a week later the control arms needed replacement. Dealer graciously offered me another 2006 in better shape for same price. Control arms went on 2nd Quest. Not covered in warranty. The brakes and tires wear quickly and van shudders at high speeds. At 8-year-old the van has 78,000 miles. There was a rattling I thought was a simple belt. Turned out to be a gunk build up in the engine hydraulics oil - $1000 repair, mostly to take apart engine to get to the problem. Mechanic said he had seen similar problems before. This car sucks.

My husband was driving my daughter home in our 2004 Nissan Quest (72K miles) and the driver airbag deployed w/o cause. He didn't hit anything or run over anything nor did he hit his brakes prior to the airbag exploding. The airbag burned and cut his hands and almost caused him to black out and have an accident, but my daughter's screams brought him out of the shock. Nissan has had the vehicle for 4 weeks and just called to say they aren't responsible for repairing the vehicle b/c the sensors determined that the van was going to have an accident b/c something dented the muffler. I live in the northeast and have probably hit a thousand potholes which could have caused a dent in the muffler. I wouldn't expect a dented muffler to cause an airbag to deploy and refuse to ever drive a Nissan vehicle again if that's how their safety system operates.

I was so glad to see the other reviews listed. I thought I was the only one with Quest issues. The van we have was purchased with 6 miles on it from a dealer in Kennesaw, GA, June 2005. Three months after the purchase we needed to buy tires. Goodyear was on strike so we could not find any ties to fit the van. This is when we realized this was the only manufacture tire to fit this van. Not a great way to start. Issues with the radio tuning to "whatever" it felt the need - told they had never seen the problem, must be mistaken. Within the first 18 months we had to put on 4 sets of tires. The engine was moving - had to purchase brackets to keep the engine in place. Rotors - 3 sets, oil pan/system replaced. The air vents fall out of the ceiling when you make a turn. The window, driver's side, may or may not roll up. Muffler issues - told (1st 6 months) it was rusted and that is normal, nothing could be done. Dash lights go in/out. Now the transmission & service light came on today.

We bought a 2004 Quest with only 42,000 miles on it back in 2008. It was comfortable to drive in and sit on but that's about all I can say nice. This is our experience over the past 5 years. Replace Brakes and Rotors constantly (because they shudder), 2-3 times a year need replacing. Air Condition went at 45,000 miles. Fuel pump went at 50,000 miles. YES!!!! Tires are hard to find and only last 1 year!!!! Tie Rods replaced. Engine leaks oil 1 quart every 3 weeks. This just started. We have 140,000 on it. Research says I need to replace o-rings. We will try that this weekend while we are doing brakes again. Sliding door doesn't work on one side and the other side we have to slam it shut.

Saw a similar post, so thought I would share also. Besides Trans. just not being right, my car died at a light on a busy road with me and my two daughters. I had it towed to my mechanic (because I trust him and he has been a friend of mine for 30 years). It appears the ground wire snapped. Apparently, it had been dangling for some time and eventually wore out. When it snapped, it shorted out and caused the coils to burn, fuel injectors to seize and blew the computer. In short, I am replacing computer, fuel injectors, coils, crank and cam sensor. What choice do I have really? Those whole situation is upsetting. Why is a ground wire hanging and if it shorts out, why does it blow computer, burn coils, etc.? Should there not be a mechanism in place to prevent ground wire from dangling and to protect computer from electrical shorts?

This has got to be the worst engineered vehicle. Our 2004 Nissan Quest at first was running great. We bought it used and we thought we landed a great deal. When the mileage hit around the 80,000... this is when a lot of problems started. Here is some of them... wheel bearings... CD player broke... ABS regulator... control arms... alternator... warping of brake rotors... interior trim falling off.. window won't roll down... now the van stalls and dies while you're driving... It starts sometimes but it's still is too risky to drive.

I have a 2012 Nissan Quest. The original set of tires I just got over 15,000 miles. I bought a new set of Goodyear tires. I just got over 18,000 on the second set. Now I'm on my third set of tires with 33,000 miles on my van all within 19 months of owning the vehicle. This is ridiculous. I don't know what to do. Please help.

I don't even know where to start. First off my 2011 LE quest was running out of gas if the nose was lower than the rear end, driving or parked, even when showing 70 miles left. They replaced the tank, happened again. They replaced the pump, happened again. Went in one more time and they said "FIXED." Liars. I want all of you to know that THE ONLY THING THEY DO IS REPROGRAM YOUR COMPUTER TO SHOW THE TANK IS EMPTY WHEN THERE IS ACTUALLY 4 GALLONS LEFT IN THE TANK. Make sense? If you've had the same work done, notice how it shows you are out of gas and when you fill up it only takes 17 gallons. It's a 21 gallon gas tank. I talked to a service rep about this and he agreed, that's what they did, adjusted the computer because the tank and pump didn't fix the problem.

Purchased a 2007 Nissan Quest from Nissan used dealer at 7 Corners. They told me they would fix all the problems that I saw or found. They fixed them sort of to get by. I needed transportation to get to work, no public transportation. They wanted me to finance thru them. When they called me to sign my rate went from 6% to 12 %. I told them that I would wait on the credit union (they were not happy) saying that my credit was not good enough. Evidently they didn't care. The credit union came thru with 3.4%.