The Nissan Path

salukigirl · Joined: 21 Sep 2018 Posts: 1 Location: Flyover country

I have a 2017 pathfinder, 4wd, bought new in january 2017. About 23k miles in it.

Last nite it completely shut down on me while i was driving on a busy 4-lane road. No warning, just stopped. I was thankfully able to barely coast to the shoulder without incident. Full tank of car, plenty of oil, battery fine.

Car would start and shut down, radio and lights and air conditioner would run but car just couldnt seem to get gas to the Engine. Had to get it towed. Tow truck driver was a mechanic for 9 years and thought it might be an issue with the fuel delivery system.

Nissan dealer can't find anything wrong today. Computer not returning any codes. I told them to try harder... i dont feel safe putting my kids back in that car.

Anyway else have this situation and what happened?
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Meg
StL, MO

smj999smj · Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2018 10:26 am Post subject:

On the previous generation of Pathfinders, there were similar occurrences due to faulty cam position sensors. They would fail when they got hot and cause a no-spark condition and not always trigger a code. Without being able to get a trouble code or be able to duplicate the problem, the dealer's hands are tied as far as doing anything under warranty as they couldn't guarantee that replacing those parts would fix the problem and open themselves up to further litigation if the vehicle owner every takes them to court under lemon laws. Of course, all you want is to have confidence that your vehicle doesn't break down on you, but that is the problem with intermittent issues that don't provide the mechanic with any information to go on to fix it.
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2006 Pathfinder LE VQ40DE AWD, aftermarket radiator, Airlift 1000's, Bilstein HD rear shocks, Doug Thorley shortie headers and mid-pipes, Magnaflow 12580 muffler, aFe Momentum GT CAI w/ dry filter, XTP plenum spacer, Superchips Flashpaq tuner

IanH · Joined: 20 Aug 2012 Posts: 74 Location: Richardson, TX

Yes on older Pathfinders the cam position sensors would throw a code and go to limp home mode, but not shut off.
The codes were there, took in under warrenty while doing this and said to many codes. wait for reoccurance.
Did this once or twice a summer from 2004 to 2018.
I replaced all sensors including crank, didnt fix.

I dont think this is your problem. Get a code reader so you can see if any codes are there or pending.

Good luck.
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2018 Pathfinder FWD SL
2003 Pathfinder SE 4WD 2004 to 2018
2004 Lexus IS300 Manual, gone due to hail damage 2016

smj999smj · Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2019 1:21 pm Post subject:

On VQ40DE engines, they would cause stalling, as well, and not trigger codes.
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2006 Pathfinder LE VQ40DE AWD, aftermarket radiator, Airlift 1000's, Bilstein HD rear shocks, Doug Thorley shortie headers and mid-pipes, Magnaflow 12580 muffler, aFe Momentum GT CAI w/ dry filter, XTP plenum spacer, Superchips Flashpaq tuner

IanH · Joined: 20 Aug 2012 Posts: 74 Location: Richardson, TX

Interesting, did you check for pending codes?
my 2003 always threw multiple codes, cam sensors either 1 or both, and crank.
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2018 Pathfinder FWD SL
2003 Pathfinder SE 4WD 2004 to 2018
2004 Lexus IS300 Manual, gone due to hail damage 2016

Grumpah · Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2019 5:48 pm Post subject:

Apples and oranges guys. The R52 is a completely different animal with a very different engine. We can speculate all we want but it would be helpful if the OP can tell us what the problem from last September ended up being. Doubtful though, since that was their ONLY post.
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2013 Pathfinder SL w/Premium in Brilliant Silver
(replaces 2002 Chevy Trailblazer LT EXT)
2007 BMW 530xi in Sapphire Black