2001 Nissan Quest
1 recall and 51 owner complaints on record for this model year.
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VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: MINI VANS. THESE VEHICLES MAY HAVE THE PLASTIC TRIM COVER AROUND THE BASE OF THE FRONT SEAT SAFETY BELT BUCKLE TRAPPED BETWEEN THE SHOULDER OF THE RESTRAINT ANCHORAGE BOLT AND THE SEAT PEDESTAL. THIS COULD EVENTUALLY ALLOW THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE BOLT TO LOOSEN.
Remedy: DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE ASSEMBLY ATTACHMENT. SOME BELT BUCKLE ASSEMBLIES MAY REQUIRE REPLACEMENT.
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MY HUSBAND AND I WERE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT ON 2-19-01. WE WERE TRAVELING EAST BOUND ON A CITY STREET WITH THE POSTED SPEED OF 40 MPH. WE WERE TRAVELING ABOUT 38-40MPH. A CAR TRAVELING WEST BOUND TURNED IN FRONT OF US, WE HIT THE CAR AND THE HIT A STOP LIGHT POLE. WE CONTACTED NISSAN, AND THEY SENT US A LETTER STATING THAT WE DID NOT DECELERATE QUICK ENOUGH. GOING 40MPH AND HITTING A CAR AND THEN A LIGHT POLE, HOW CAN THAT NOT BE A QUICK ENOUGH DECELERATION? MY VEHICLE WAS TOTALED, AND ALL OF THE DAMAGE WAS IN THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE, WITH THE LIGHT POLE RESTING IN THE CENTER OF THE HOOD. EVERYONE AT THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT STATED THAT THE AIRBAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED. THE POLICE, FIRE DEPT., AND AMBULANCE WOULDN'T EVEN ATTEMPT TO GET ME OUT OF THE VEHICLE UNTIL THE BATTERY WAS DISCONNECTED FOR FEAR THAT THE BAGS WOULD DEPLOY IN ATTEMPT TO GET ME OUT. I WANT TO KNOW WHY THEY DIDN'T DEPLOY, AND I WANT SOMETHING DONE ABOUT IT. I LOVE MY EXTERRA, BUT IF EVER THERE SHOULD BE ANOTHER ACCIDENT, I (OR SOMEONE ELSE) MAY NOT BE AS FORTUNATE TO SURVIVE THE CRASH.*AK
I WAS IN A LOW IMPACT WRECK--NO DAMAGE TO MY 2001 NISSAN QUEST VAN. MY 7 YEAR OLD SON WAS IN THE VERY BACK BENCH SEAT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. WHEN I SLAMMED ON MY BRAKES TO AVOID BEING HIT BY THE OTHER VEHICLE MY SON'S SEAT BELT RELEASED AND HE WENT FLYING INTO THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT AND THEN HIT THE SIDE DOOR. I WANT AN EXPLANATION AS TO WHY THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE FAILED IN A LOW IMPACT CRASH. I WILL BE TAKING IT TO A DEALERSHIP TO GET IT LOOKED AT. MY SON WAS INJURED IN THE CRASH AND HAD TO BE TRANSPORTED TO A TRAUMA UNIT. *TR
WHILE DRIVING MY 2001 NISSAN QUEST VAN, TRAVELLING AT BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH, A DRIVER OF A FULL-SIZED PICKUP TRUCK COMING FROM A SIDE STREET, DIDN'T SEE HIS STOP SIGN. HE WAS ALSO TRAVELLING AT APPROXIMATELY 30-35 MPH. I NOTICED HIM ONLY IN TIME FOR MY FOOT TO REACH THE BRAKE PEDAL BEFORE IMPACTING THE PASSENGER SIDE OF HIS TRUCK AT THE REAR OF THE PASSENGER DOOR. THE IMPACT SPUN HIS VEHICLE 180 DEGREES AND MINE ABOUT 25, FROM THE DIRECTION OF ORIGINAL TRAVEL. IT TOOK APPROXIMATELY 1 SECOND FOR MY VEHICLE TO DECELERATE FROM 35 TO 0. THE IMPACT TO MY VEHICLE WAS FROM THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE ACROSS THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE DAMAGE WAS ENOUGH TO PUSH THE RADIATOR BACK AT ABOUT A 35 DEGREE ANGLE FROM VERTICLE. I SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES AND THE OTHER PASSENGERS SUSTAINED NO TREATABLE INJURIES. IN MY OPINION THE AIRBAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED, BUT DIDN'T. THIS IS THE REASON FOR MY COMPLAINT.
THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION, CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO APPLY THE BRAKE WHEN THE ABS LOCKED UP WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SKID OUT OF CONTROL, ALSO THE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY.*AK THERE WAS 1 INJURY. *JB
WHILE BRAKING ABRUPTLY THE BRAKES LOCKED UP RESULTING IN A COLLISION. ONE OCCUPANT IN THE VEHICLE WAS INJURED AND THE VEHICLE WAS DEEMED TOTALED. *AK *NLM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 NISSAN QUEST GL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO OPEN THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE DOOR FROM THE INTERIOR, THE FRONT PASSENGER INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE CAUSED LACERATIONS TO THE CONTACT'S FINGERS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL SHARP, FINE METAL SHAVINGS ON THE INNER PART OF THE HANDLE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED BY A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 134,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.
INVOLVED IN A LOW IMPACT AUTO ACCIDENT (PROBABLY LESS THAN 40 MPH BECAUSE AIR BAGS WEREN'T EVEN DEPLOYED, NO INJURIES WHATSOEVER SUSTAINED BY MYSELF AND OTHER DRIVER, MINISCULE DAMAGE TO OTHER VEHICLE) IN 11/01. IMMEDIATELY CAR WAS ON FIRE WHICH RESULTED IN TOTAL LOSS OF VEHICLE. ALLEGING THAT THE NISSAN QUEST IS INHERENTLY UNSAFE DUE TO POOR FRONTAL DESIGN OF VEHICLE (SEE RESULTS OF INSURANCE INSTITUTE FOR HIGHWAY SAFETY CRASH TEST RESULTS) - THIS IS RESULT OF MINIVAN CATCHING FIRE SO EASILY AND RAPIDLY. ATTEMPTS TO RESOLVE MATTER WITH NISSAN IGNORED (ASKED FOR REPLACEMENT OF ITEMS LOST IN CAR/AMT NOT COVERED BY GAP INSURANCE, APPROX. $5000 TOTAL). NOW WILL SEEK RECOVERY OF FUNDS VIA LAWSUIT.
ON NOV 21, 2002 I WAS INVOLOVED IN A VERY LOW IMPACT ACCIDENT IN WHICH MY 2001 NISSAN QUEST VEHICLE REAR ENDED A 98 MERCURY MARQUIS. MY AIR BAGS DID NOT EVEN DEPLOYED INDICATIVE OF THE LOW IMPACT NATURE OF THE ACCIDENT HOWEVER, UPON IMPACT THE QUEST IMMEDIATELY CAUGHT FIRE. I WAS UNINJURED IN THE ACCIDENT BUT THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED. IT WAS RECOMMENDED TO ME BY MR. NICK PERRONE, A FORENSIC ACCIDENT INVESTIGATOR, THAT I CONTACT THE NHTSA IN REGARDS TO THE NISSAN RECALL INVOLVING 93-98 QUEST FUEL TANK LINE. HE FEELS THAT THE ACCIDENT IN WHICH I WAS INVOLVED IN MIGHT BE RELATED TO THIS RECALL AND THAT IT BE INVESTIGATED AND PERHAPS EXTENDED TO THE 2001 YEAR MODELS.
VEHICLE HIT A DEER AT 65 MPH AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
MY SON WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND RAN INTO THE BACK OF A BOAT TRAILER. SPEED AT IMPACT WAS APPROXIMATELY 30MPH. THE VEHICLE HE HIT DID NOT STOP, WE SUSPECT HE DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE HE HAD BEEN HIT AND PROBABLY THOUGHT HE JUST HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD OR SOMETHING. THE VEHICLE SUFFERED FRONT END DAMAGE TYPICAL OF A 30MPH CRASH. WHAT IS VERY UPSETTING IS THAT THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE AND BURNT UP. DESPITE THE FACT THE SEVERAL TRUCK DRIVERS STOPPED TO ASSIST AND EMPTIED 4 EXTINGUISHERS ON THE FIRE, IT WASN'T ENOUGH TO PUT IT OUT. ON TOP OF ALL OF THAT NEITHER AIRBAG, DRIVER SIDE OR PASSENGER SIDE DID NOT DEPLOY DESPITE A DIRECT FRONT ON IMPACT. NEEDLESS TO SAY I AM VERY UPSET WITH THE MANUFACTURER. A 30MPH COLLISION SHOULD NOT RESULT IN A TOTALED VEHICLE.*AK
2001 NISSAN QUEST TIRES EXPERIENCING TREAD SEPARATION.*MR WHEN THE TIRE SEPARATED IT CAUSED THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND RESULTED IN THE VEHICLE SPINNING OFF THE HIGHWAY. THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED DAMAGE. *NM
THE WHOLE UNDERNEATH OF MY VAN IS RUSTING OUT I WENT AND HAD IT CHECKED AND THEY SAID IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME AND THE WHOLE VEHICLE WILL JUST DROP.
THE MAIN ENGINE SUPPORT FRAME MEMBER TO WHICH THE BOTTOM-FORWARD MOTOR MOUNT IS ATTACHED RUSTED COMPLETELY FREE WHERE IT ATTACHES AT THE AREA UNDER THE RADIATOR. THIS CAUSED THE ENTIRE ENGINE TO DROP. THE VEHICLE IS NO LONGER DRIVABLE. REPAIR REQUIRES EXTENSIVE STRUCTURAL WORK. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A PROBLEM IN ADVANCE OF THE INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN SERVICE REGULARLY. THE COMPROMISED AREA WAS NOT PREVIOUSLY VISIBLE AS IT IS CONCEALED BY A SPLASH GUARD. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY UNSAFE CONDITION, ESPECIALLY WHEN TRAVELING AT SPEED, DUE TO POTENTIAL FOR LOSS OF CONTROL RESULTING FROM COMPROMISED STEERING, BRAKING AND OTHER SYSTEMS. NISSAN HAS NOT ISSUED ANY BULLETINS, RECALLS FOR INSPECTION, OR OTHER COMMUNICATION REGARDING THIS ISSUE. A BRIEF INTERNET SEARCH PRODUCES NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM. MANY OF THE COMPLAINTS STATE NISSAN HAS BEEN UNRESPONSIVE TO COMPLAINTS. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 NISSAN QUEST. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO OPEN THE DRIVERS SIDE SLIDING DOOR WHEN THE DOOR DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY WEAR AND TEAR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THE FAILURE. NO REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 131,000.
THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE WOULD NOT COME FREE. I HAD TO JIGGLE OUT OF THE SEAT TO EXIT THE VEHICLE. WHEN TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY TOLD ME THE PART WAS GOING TO COST ME $39 TO REPLACE NOT INCLUDING LABOR. I HAD TO PAY TO FIX SINCE MY WIFE COULD NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE WITHOUT THE SEATBELT WORKING CORRECTLY. IT STARTED TO LOCK UP ONCE IN A WHILE AND YOU JUST HAD TO BE SLOW WHEN UNBUCKLING THE SEATBELT. NOW IT WOULD NOT UNLOCK AT ALL. VEHICLE HAS BEEN GOOD OVER THE YEARS WITH ONLY ONE OTHER ISSUE THE DEALERSHIP CORRECTED THREE TIME BEFORE BEING HASSLE FREE. NO ONE COULD TELL ME WHY THE BUCKLE WOULD NOT OPEN JUST THAT I HAD TO PAY TO REPLACE. *TR
Filed by owners of this model year and unverified by NHTSA — one person’s account, not an established fact.