Nissan Quest Engine Problems
409 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 13 model years.
Complaints by Year
Worst year: 2007. Best year: 2014.
Owner Reports
A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.
I backed out of driveway towards the south to head north on public way. Vehicle immediately started accelerating backwards (south) without assistance, quickly getting out of control. No amount of pressure on my part would make the brake...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2012 NISSAN QUEST. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE HIS SON WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, AN EXPLOSION WAS HEARD IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND BLACK SMOKE WAS SEEN COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER ST...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 NISSAN QUEST. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH, WHEN HE HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE AND STATED HE SAW SMOKE EXITING THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED NO WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT ...
I WAS DRIVING TO THE DOCTOR WHEN MY VAN LOST ALL POWER IN A LINE OF TRAFFIC ALL MODE GOT HIT BY A TRUCK IN THE REAR END. DO NOT WHAT HAPPENED JUST KNOW IT IS DOWN .CAR HAS NO POWER WILL NOT PULL OUT OR DRIVEWAY
THE VAN STARTED SMOKING AND BLEW UP 3 TIMES
I WAS PULLING INTO A PARTKING LOT AND I STARTED TO SMELL SOMETHING. I THOUGHT IT WAS IN THE AIR BUT THEN I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER MY FRONT HOOD. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER, GOT OUT OF THE VAN AND SAW SMOKE THEN ...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN QUEST. WHILE WAITING AT A STOP LIGHT, THE ENGINE SURGED AND THE VEHICLE WAS FORCED OUT INTO A FOUR-WAY INTERSECTION. AFTER A FEW SECONDS, THE ENGINE WENT BACK TO IDLING NORMALLY. ON FEBRUARY 9, 2015, WH...
THE 2005 NISSAN QUEST SE HAS SEVERE PROBLEMS WITH MOTOR MOUNTS AND THEIR FAULTY DESIGN WHICH RESULTED IN A VEHICLE CRASH. MY WIFE WENT TO THE DOLLAR STORE,THIS BEING ABOUT TWO MONTHS AFTER ALL THE MOTOR MOUNTS WERE REPLACED, SHE GOT IN A...
I GOT OUT OF THE CAR, TURNED IT OFF AND WENT ON THE HOUSE MINUTES LATER THE CAR WAS ON FIRE. THE FLAMES WERE BIG AND THEY WERE IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE ENGINE. I HAD JUST DROVE THE CAR ABOUT AN HOUR, THERE WAS NO SMELL NO SOU...
ON NOVEMBER 27, 2013, WHILE PARKED OUTSIDE OF MY HOME, MY 2004 NISSAN QUEST BURST INTO FLAMES. THE CAR WITHIN SECONDS WAS COMPLETELY ENGULFED IN FLAMES, AND THERE WAS NOTHING ANYONE COULD DO BUT GET AS FAR AWAY FROM IT AS POSSIBLE AND HO...
MY CAR RANDOMLY ACCELERATED ON 2 OCCASIONS , MAY 30, 2013 AND JUNE 27, 2013. THE FIRST INCIDENT RESULTED IN A CRASH, HITTING A POLE, TREE, AND ANOTHER VEHICLE. 2ND INCIDENT WAS A NEAR MISS, ALMOST HAD A HEAD ON COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VE...
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. ...