2001 Nissan Pathfinder repairs

Tiny
GEORGER
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Hello,
I have a Nissan Pathfinder 2001 (61,000 miles). I have a couple of questions to ask, the first related to oxygen sensors, and the second to transmission repair:

1- my check engine light came on over a year ago, and the dealership replaced one oxygen sensor. Few months later, I took the car to get it checked because I didn't feel it ihas a good pickup on hte highway, they did a full service and replaced two other oxyden sensors. This week, I took it back with the same performance problem, they said two of the oxygen sensors that had been replaced will have to be replaced again. After getting outraged at the fact that they are not giving me the source of the problem, they are now saying that they will clean the fuel injector which could be the source of the oxygen sensors failing and of the driving power. Your thoughts about all this? I am already a $1000 down, without accounting for this last repair!

2- transmission question: a couple of years ago, during a full service, a transmission oil leak was spotted and the transmission pan gasket was replaced. The dealership said that it was still under warranty and fixed the problem. This week, along with the oxygen sensors/fule injector repairs, I am told that there is a transmission oil leak and the transmission pump gasket now needs to be replaced (warranty ran out). The part is super cheap, but when the labor is factored in, that is almost a $1000 repair. Is this oil leak related to the previous one? I am starting to doubt the ability of the mechanics in that shop. Your thoughts?

thanks for your input,
- George
Saturday, February 25th, 2006 AT 11:29 AM

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Tiny
JUSTUS54321
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I have a 2001 Pathfinder and had a very similar experience. I had those sensors replaced 3 times before the warrently expired and then had it happen two more times afterwards. It's maddening and expensive. There must have been some sort of problem caused by Nissan.
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Friday, May 16th, 2008 AT 11:39 AM
Tiny
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Your Nissan dealer should have addressed this problem with this TSB (Technical Service Bulletin)

NHTSA Item Number: 627315
Service Bulletin #: ITB02002
Replacement #:
Vehicle/Equipment Make: INFINITI
Vehicle/Eqipment Model: QX4
Model Year:
Mfg Component Code: 980000 OTHER
Date of Bulletin: 2002-01-15
Date Added: 2002-02-06
Summary: SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP ON WITH REAR OXYGEN SENSOR DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P0138, P0139, P0140, P0158, P0159, P0160 STORED. *TT

Basically you need a ECU reflash from the dealership to prevent the o2 sensor heaters from turning on so quickly and burning out the o2 sensors. With the reflash the o2 sensors should last much much longer
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Tuesday, December 9th, 2008 AT 2:08 PM

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