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They need to grow a pair and man up just like Toyota has been doing. It still boggles my mind that they don't consider a blown transmission any kind of danger.smj999smj wrote:although it seems Nissan is doing everything in its power to avoid such a circumstance.
Nissan Getting Sued Over Faulty Radiators
By Florida Products Liability Attorney on July 16, 2012
Hundreds of Nissan owners are steaming mad and are seeking class-action status to sue the Japanese automaker because of faulty radiators in some of its SUV models.
At first blush it doesn’t seem that a faulty radiator would be that big a deal, until you factor in that the ruptured radiators can cause coolant to leak into the transmission fluid. Once that happens, you can wave your transmission goodbye — and say hello to a repair bill that can set you back $3,500 to $8,000.
Hundreds of consumers have complained about the radiators to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
WKMG Local 6 contacted Nissan about the complaints and the company said it knew about the problem in 2010. Nissan also stated that it sent out extended warranties to the affected customers in October of 2010 that boosted the warranty for the radiators from 36 months/36,000 miles to 96 months/80,000 miles. However, this doesn’t do you a lot of good if your vehicle has 81,000 miles on it.
One customer interviewed by Local 6 told the station that he was never notified about the extended warranty. A transmission repair expert said that, unfortunately, owners of the affected vehicles probably wouldn’t notice any problems with the vehicles until it was too late.
The lawsuit contends that Nissan knew about the problem before 2010. The suit accuses the company of fraud and demands that Nissan replace, recall, or repair the affected vehicles.
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