Well known problem. One class action suit settled but NHTSA is the important part in this nightmare for thousands of owners to create a recall. NHTSA is already investigating this but there needs to be a lot more reporting as to the very unsafe nature of the failures. In our case we were in heavy traffic at around 40 MPH when our SUV suddenly lurched forward. Thankfully my husband managed to get it under control or it would have been a horrible mess. This is something I wrote recently on an Anti Nissan facebook page. NHTSA only looks at the safety issues for recalls so complaining about losing $6000.00 is not what they will look at in determining a recall.
I also pasted the below message on this site:
http://townhall-talk.edmunds.com/direct ... 00#MSG1100. There are thousands of us out there.
Just a reminder as to how important it is to report the transmission/radiator problems to NHTSA. Concentrate on the safety issues if you were driving during this occurrence, or even fear of what could have happened if you were in traffic at the time.
Safety is what creates recalls, which leads to getting the transmission, radiator and anything related taken care of at no cost. And hopefully reimbursement for those of us stuck with these unsafe lemons. The more complaints they get that are safety related the better.
Also be careful in reporting it
http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/complaints/index.cfm to use these components as this is what NHTSA is doing the investigation on. The top two seem to have the largest number of complaints but there are some connected with the engine and cooling system so NHTSA is not getting the full picture of the number of complaints.
Component(s) :
POWER TRAIN
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM, PCM)
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER