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Vehicle history — accidents, title & owners
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5N1AR2MN5DC••••••2013 Nissan PATHFINDER
That is about average for the 2013 Nissan PATHFINDER — 23 complaints per build across 34 builds.
25on this build
781on the model
34builds in total
1involved a crash
Most reportedPower Train 9Air Bags 4Engine 4Electrical System 2
What owners of this build wrote
Service BrakescrashJan 2014
Wow, I am one upset consumer, after notifying nissan consumer affairs several times about the concern of the safety on my pathfinder and numerous trips to service only to be told that my car was fine. I now have had an auto accident due to the failure of my brand new pathfinder…
Air BagsSep 2022
While pushing the auto button to slid the passenger front seat to vacuum the floor carpet the airbag sensor broke off. This made the airbag system to be non operational on the front passerenger seat putting any passenger in danger with no airbags. Poor design of such an…
Unknown Or OtherJul 2021
In the course of 1.5 yrs I have had issues with my transmission. I had to replace my transmission last June, only for the transmission to go out again in the beginning of Aug. Now it’s been less than a year and my car transmission gave out again in July. This will be…
Exterior LightingMar 2020
Brake light switch failure. Same problem as the recall in 2013 nissan pathfinder AWD
Power TrainJan 2020
When accelerating you can feel it vibrate or hesitation . This is the second time I have had this issue with it. The cvt transmission has been replaced once at 15, 000 miles. Now that it is not under warranty, nissan will not fix or replace, even though I have had this problem…
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Decoded via NHTSA vPIC. Recalls, complaints and safety from NHTSA; MPG from EPA fueleconomy.gov. Full history reports from our partner. VIN 5N1AR2MN5DC653502 · decoded Aug 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.