Nissan Pathfinder 1991

• Recall 18105 [USA]: The safety belts would not provide adequate protection to an occupant in a vehicle crash.
  The front safety belt buckle release buttons can break. These red plastic release buttons are marked "press." if a button breaks, pieces can fall into the buckle assembly causing the buckle to operate improperly.
  owners should promptly check the condition and operation of both front safety belt buckles and carefully inspect the red release button for any breaks or cracks. They should ensure that both buckles are operating properly by inserting each latch plate into its buckle, tugging on the belt to make sure the latch is securely locked, and then pressing the release button. The latch plate should pop out of the buckle when the button is pressed. If either release button shows a sign of breaking or cracking or if either buckle fails to operate properly, owners should promptly contact their authorized dealer to schedule an appointment to have the buckle replaced or repaired free of charge.
  system: interior; seat belts; belt buckles.Vehicle description: passenger, multi-purpose vehicles and light duty trucks equipped with safety belts made by takata corporation.Note: if your vehicle is presented to an authorized dealer on an agreed uponservice date and the remedy is not provided free of charge within a reasonable time, please contact nissan at 1-800-647-7261.Also contact the nationalhighway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-800-424-9393.

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• Recall 1995084 [Canada]: Seats and restraints
  The (takata) abs plastic front seat belt release buttons on these vehicles may break allowing plastic pieces to fall into the buckle assembly. If this should happen, a no latch, false latch or failure to unlatch condition could occur creating the risk of personal injury in the event of a crash or sudden stop. Correction: front seat belt buckles will be repaired or replaced as necessary.

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Bulletins are notices put out by manufacturers in conjunction with the NHTSA to notify the public of manufacturing issues or changes.

• Takata seat belt buckle failure investigation # EA95007

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Rear frame on these suv rusted out from the inside out, was pull a small trailer and the frame at the driver side rear wheel come apart and went to many junkyards to find that this is a problem with all pathfinder from 89-95 they rust from the inside out giving no warning that it is failing, some that i check with a hammer at the junkyard the hammer went threw the frames, nissan has to know about this problem it could cause a wreck if the frame is weak ,with no warning !!!! *tr

Steering mechnism has failed, causing unven wear on the tires. Dealer notified. *ak

Recall 95v103002 repairs were previously done. However, seat belt buckles are failing to remain locked, preventing passengers from being properly restrained. No determination has been made for cause of this problem. Please provide any additional information / attachments.*ak

Unknown to me as explained to me by transmission mechanic the torque converter was disintegrating over time putting debris into transmission cooler located inside the radiator. This clogged up the radiator thus preventing cooling of transmission. Transmission gears thus wore out due to excessive heat. The mechanic whose specialty is transmissions has received bulletins from his trade association and nissan on this matter but at the time could only show me bulletin from the "infinity q45 "model who has the same transmission and problems. Mechanic told me that nissan advice was to add an external transmission cooler which would allow a little longer life, but eventually the torque converter will go. I had only 62k miles and consider this not enough to warrant transmission failure. Nissan does not have a recall on this thus will not help out on expenses. I feel they should contribute something since they knowingly were aware of this problem which was a poorly manufactured torque converter. *ak

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Lh and rh exhaust manifold studs failed.

Driving about 45mph, automatic transmission began to slip until vehicle came to a stop. Could not move forward or reverse. Transmission is being rebuilt by aamco. Cause unknown. *ak

The fuel tank was neither damaged or rusty, yet at only 65k miles it needed to be replaced as the tank failed the recently introduced pressure test in de when undergoing its 2 yearly inspection. The dealer informed me that the tank had warped just enough where the pump seals to the tank that it was bubbling and as the tanks were made out of too thin a metal at that point, and as this was the 4th one to go this year and they had already tried 2 seals, and liquid sealant, all to no effect, that i therefore needed a new tank. The manufacturer refused to compensate me for what i consider to be an item that should last a vehicles lifetime. Also, as only a few states have the pressure test, just how many of these older pathfinders are in use that have defective seals, polluting the atmosphere and posing a fire hazard, that are currently going unnoticed? Is this something the manufacturer should recall and resolve as a matter of safety. Please keep me informed as to the outcome. Thankyou,

Transmission failure.