2000 NISSAN QUEST

SEAT BELTS

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH TRW SEAT BELT BUCKLE ASSEMBLIES. THE BUCKLE BASE OF THESE SEAT BELT ASSEMBLIES WERE NOT PROPERLY HEAT TREATED AND THEREFORE DO NOT PASS THE LOAD BEARING REQUIREMENT OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 209, "SEAT BELT ASSEMBLIES."

STEERING:RACK AND PINION

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: MINI VANS. ONE OR MORE OF THE FIVE BOLTS THAT MOUNT THE RACK AND PINION STEERING GEAR TO THE VEHICLE MAY HAVE BEEN INCORRECTLY TIGHTENED.

I START DRIVING VERY SLOW OUT OF PARKING SPACE WHEN THE CAR ACCELERATE BY ITSELF, REACHING HIGH SPEED WITHIN SECONDS, THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK AT ALL,FOOT PEDAL OR EMERGENCY BRAKE. IT SEEMS THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS STUCK. MY FOOT WAS NOT IN THE ACCELERATOR BUT CAR CONTINUE INCREASING SPEED. I HAVE NO CHOICE TO COLLIDE AGAINST ANOTHER PARKED CAR AND HITTING A WALL WHERE FINALLY THE CAR STOP. EVEN WHEN THE CAR GOT TO STOP AGAINST THE WALL, THE ENGINE CONTINUE RUNNING ACCELERATED UNTIL I FINA

Mileage: 110,500

MY CAR HAD NO PREVIOUS PROBLEMS AS COULD BE SEEN. I BOUGHT IT OFF THE LOT AT 72,000 MILES. I STOPPED IN THE LEFT HAND LANE AND THE CAR JUST STALLED. I SAW BLACK SMOKE AND THOUGHT I WAS OVERHEATING BUT THERE WHEN I LOOKED IT WAS NOT. I WAS AT A VERY BUSY INTERSECTION WITH MY 10 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IN THE CAR. I DECIDED EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T OVERHEATING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE ENGINE. WHEN I GOT OUT UNDER THE HOOD WAS ALL ORANGE FROM FIRE. IT THEN PROCEEDED TO BLOW UP THE WHOLE INSIDE AND IT TO

Mileage: 74,000

MY CAR HAD NO PREVIOUS PROBLEMS AS COULD BE SEEN. I BOUGHT IT OFF THE LOT AT 72,000 MILES. I STOPPED IN THE LEFT HAND LANE AND THE CAR JUST STALLED. I SAW BLACK SMOKE AND THOUGHT I WAS OVERHEATING BUT THERE WHEN I LOOKED IT WAS NOT. I WAS AT A VERY BUSY INTERSECTION WITH MY 10 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IN THE CAR. I DECIDED EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T OVERHEATING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE ENGINE. WHEN I GOT OUT UNDER THE HOOD WAS ALL ORANGE FROM FIRE. IT THEN PROCEEDED TO BLOW UP THE WHOLE INSIDE AND IT TO

Mileage: 74,000

AN F-350 RAN A STOPLIGHT AT 50 MPH AND IMPACTED THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE OF VAN AT THE TIRE. THE VAN TURNED UPON IMPACT AND RECEIVED THE BALANCE OF THE IMPACT HEAD ON WITH CONCENTRATION TO THE LEFT QUADRANT. FURTHER SPINNING, THE VAN THEN IMPACTED THE SIDE OF THE OFFENDING VEHICLE. COMPLAINT: THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. SHE WAS WEARING HER SEAT BELT. SHE SUSTAINED INJURIES TO CERVICAL, THORACIC, AND LUMBAR REGIONS OF BACK. SHE WAS TREATED FOR 2.5 MONTHS AND THEN RELEASED. HER HEAD HIT THE

Mileage: 140,000

AN F-350 RAN A STOPLIGHT AT 50 MPH AND IMPACTED THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE OF VAN AT THE TIRE. THE VAN TURNED UPON IMPACT AND RECEIVED THE BALANCE OF THE IMPACT HEAD ON WITH CONCENTRATION TO THE LEFT QUADRANT. FURTHER SPINNING, THE VAN THEN IMPACTED THE SIDE OF THE OFFENDING VEHICLE. COMPLAINT: THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. SHE WAS WEARING HER SEAT BELT. SHE SUSTAINED INJURIES TO CERVICAL, THORACIC, AND LUMBAR REGIONS OF BACK. SHE WAS TREATED FOR 2.5 MONTHS AND THEN RELEASED. HER HEAD HIT THE

Mileage: 140,000

AN F-350 RAN A STOPLIGHT AT 50 MPH AND IMPACTED THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE OF VAN AT THE TIRE. THE VAN TURNED UPON IMPACT AND RECEIVED THE BALANCE OF THE IMPACT HEAD ON WITH CONCENTRATION TO THE LEFT QUADRANT. FURTHER SPINNING, THE VAN THEN IMPACTED THE SIDE OF THE OFFENDING VEHICLE. COMPLAINT: THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. SHE WAS WEARING HER SEAT BELT. SHE SUSTAINED INJURIES TO CERVICAL, THORACIC, AND LUMBAR REGIONS OF BACK. SHE WAS TREATED FOR 2.5 MONTHS AND THEN RELEASED. HER HEAD HIT THE

Mileage: 140,000

I HAD NISSAN QUEST 2000, MINIVAN, FOR FIVE YEARS. IT HAS ONLY 135K MILES. WE TOOK GOOD CARE OF IT AND KEEP IT WELL MAINTAINED. IN 01/03/2012 I WAS PICKING UP MY KIDS FROM SCHOOL, IN THE SCHOOL PARKING LOT I SMELLED SOMETHING WEIRD I THOUGHT IT FROM OUTSIDE, THIN ONE LADY WAVED TO ME THAT THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG IN MY CAR. THE SMOKE WAS START COMING OUT OF THE FRONT TRUNK OF THE CAR. I LOOKED AT THE TEMPERATURE READER, IT WAS NORMAL, NO OVERHEATING. I TURNED OFF THE CAR AND LEFT WITH MY 4 KIDS

WHILE TRAVELING THE LEFT PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR FELL OFF. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO RETRIEVE THE DOOR BY CALLING ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE. THEN, DROVE IT TO THE DEALER, AND THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE RIGHT SIDE DOOR NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. *AK *SC *JB

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE SRS AIR LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. CONSUMER DROVE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE AIR BAG MODULAR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

Mileage: 31,000

WHILE SITTING AT AN INTERSECTION THE VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO COLLIDE INTO THE VEHICLE IN THE FRONT OF HIM, NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THIS CAUSED THE PASSENGER TO SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE CAUSED HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. *NM

WHILE DRIVING HEADLIGHTS FAILED. CONNECTOR PROBLEMS. *LA

Mileage: 23,000

ANOTHER VEHICLE INVADED MY LANE, COMING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION, WE HIT HEAD ON CAUSING GREAT DAMAGE IN FRONT AND DRIVER SIDE OF MY MINIVAN. I ASSUME WE BOTH WERE AT 30 MPH. I SUSTAINED INJURIES TO MY NECK AND SHOULDERS (SO FAR) I FEEL AS IF THE AIR BAG HAD DEPLOYED I COULD HAVE HAD SOME FACIAL BRUISING BUT NOT ALL THE PAIN I HAVE IN MY UPPER BACK AND NECK. *AK *NLM **DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS*734330

Mileage: 7,232

FRONT BRAKE PADS WEAR UNEVENLY AND REQUIRE FREQUENT REPLACEMENT. PADS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 5 TIMES IN 36000 MILES. *NLM

ANOTHER VEHICLE INVADED MY LANE,COMING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION, WE HIT HEAD ON,CAUSING GREAT DAMAGE IN THE FRONT+DRIVER SIDE OF MY MINIVAN,I ASSUME WE BOTH WERE AT 30+MPH,I SUSTAINED INJURIES TO MY NECK AND SHOULDERS(SO FAR) I FEEL AS IF THE AIRBAG HAD DEPLOYED,I COULD HAD SOME FACIAL BRUISING ,BUT NOT ALL THE PAIN I HAVE IN MY UPPER BACK AND NECK. *AK

WE HAVE A 2000 NISSAN QUEST MINIVAN. WE HAVE ELECTRONIC REMOTES TO LOCK/UNLOCK THE DOORS. OUR 8 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, JENNA, HAD HER FINGERS ACCIDENTLY SLAMMED IN THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR. THERESA, THE MOM, WAS INSIDE THE CAR & TRIED TO OPEN THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR TO FREE JENNA'S FINGERS. EVERY TIME THERESA TRIED TO OPEN THE DOOR, ALL THE DOORS ON THE VAN WOULD LOCK & THE LIGHTS WOULD FLASH. FINALLY, TONY, THE DAD, WAS ABLE TO OPEN THE DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE AND FREE JENNA'S FINGERS.*AK

THE VAN SUDDENLY WENT FROM "PARK" INTO "REVERSE" AFTER NEARLY 5 MINUTES IN "PARK". MY WIFE WAS DRAGGED DOWN THE DRIVEWAY WITH KIDS IN THE BACK SEAT. THE VAN CRASHED INTO OUR RETAINING WALL AFTER MY WIFE WAS THROWN AGAINST A TREE.*AK

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHERE THE VEHICLE RAN OFF THE ROAD AND HIT A TREE, BOTH AIRBAGS DEPLOYED, HOWEVER THE CONSUMER STILL SUSTAINED INJURIES, CONSUMER FEELS THAT THE AIRBAGS ARE USELESS AND THAT THEY BARELY COVERED THE STEERING WHEEL PROVIDING LITTLE PROTECTION. *SLC

ANOTHER VEHICLE INVADED MY LANE,COMING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION, WE HIT HEAD ON,CAUSING GREAT DAMAGE IN THE FRONT+DRIVER SIDE OF MY MINIVAN,I ASSUME WE BOTH WERE AT 30+MPH,I SUSTAINED INJURIES TO MY NECK AND SHOULDERS(SO FAR) I FEEL AS IF THE AIRBAG HAD DEPLOYED,I COULD HAD SOME FACIAL BRUISING ,BUT NOT ALL THE PAIN I HAVE IN MY UPPER BACK AND NECK

WHILE DRIVING TOO FAST WENT DOWN INTO A DIP OR UP A DRIVEWAY WHICH CAUSED BOTTOM OF VEHICLE TO HIT THE GROUND. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING TOO FAST WENT DOWN INTO A DIP OR UP A DRIVEWAY WHICH CAUSED BOTTOM OF VEHICLE TO HIT THE GROUND. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK