SteveSydney
- 3 reviews
- Pathfinder R52 ST-L (2013-2020)
- Verified purchase
A great car for a medium size family
We bought this car brand new and loved it. Its a roomy car which is extremely comfortable to travel in (so those long trips are very tolerable!). The handling is excellent. We love the Push Button start and my wife in particular loves the keyless entry as she no longer needs to find her keys in her handbag to get into the car :)
We have 3 kids under 10 - in this car, we can fit 7 adults very comfortably. Our model has the leather seats which are wonderful. We also have the rear camera and parking assist which is a godsend in a car this big.
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Fast
Lowered my pathfinder and placed 22 rims and always placed in sport mode. Drives like a car! Downside is, need to change tyres with only 50k's unlike with my sportage it has 100k odo (driven everyday by wife) till now tyres still intact. Don't ever use continental factory supplied tyres. Better with kumho!
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Northtec
- 4 reviews
Great Car
Purchased August 2015. Very comfortable to drive, Plenty of space and leg room. Often have Grandkids or friends in rear seats. Performance really good. V6 quite grunty, Handles pretty good for SUV. Love the trim and comfort. Pretty good features for the price. Mainly driven by the wife, She Loves it. good on fuel, average 11 on trip. Also tows well although front wheel can get a bit light up front unless you have a WDS. Tow rated at 2700KG. All in all great family car. Good service by local dealer
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DG1965[email protected]
- 2 reviews
Love it
Can't recommend this car enough. Roomy interior, massive boot space and easy access to the rear seats.
The kids love the climate control in the rear and the inbuilt entertainment system. The heated/cooled seats for summer/winter make long driving so much more comfortable.
Our camping trips are so much easier now.
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SteveNewcastle
- 10 reviews
Love it!
This is our family car (5 people including 3 quickly growing boys) and we love it. Its a pleasure to drive, has oodles of space and is great for touring. We regularly go on outback trips with a trailer and this is the perfect car for it (although more clearance and 4WD capability would be welcome).
To sum up:
Performance wise (on road) - good power, good power when towing, very smooth transmission, low road/engine noise in the cabin, great handling
Performance wise (off road - dirt roads/fire trails, sand) - cheap plastic hangs very low off...Read more
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Alex
- 2 reviews
Pathfinder 2014
It feels cheaply built. Got my 2014 pathfinder stalled a few times until it couldnt start back up and wouldnt recognised the key all the sudden after over 2 years ive had it. Wife and kids had to stayed in the car until emergency towed them on a hot day.
4 weeks down the track, out from the dealer which they ve said they fixed it. It was the IPDM fault. Drove over the weekend and stalled again while I was driving which nearly had an accident no power steering at all.
Another over 4 weeks at the dealer They said now is the ECU. Which now bein...Read more
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migGreat Southern, WA
- 7 reviews
I only wish I knew
A lemon!
Got a 2007 Pathfinder ST-L diesel, from new.
Started servicing it at Nissan to keep the "extended warrantee". Cost of service was very high and at the end seems that just about nothing extra is covered anyway.
Clutch went at 39K kms. Expensive replacement.
Plastic rear door handle broke (twice!); Nissan wanted to change the whole mechanism for $600+. Rip-off.
Electric windows keep failing, either go down and won't come back up, etc.
By 80K kms it developed quite a few noises and squeaks, despite having used it 95% on highway driv...Read more
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Cindy HogarthBoyne island
- 2 reviews
- 1 like
Be careful
Comfort and space is great, economy is great (we have the hybrid version); however when it comes to the issue with the 'transmission' 'cvt' and maybe the internal clutch system - well I have no words - 1 1/2 years in and I think its been back at the dealer more than we have driven it - they are still trying to find the problem of the jerking and shuddering, and we are running out of patience. We know we are not the only ones - this seems to be a problem world wide. Problem doesn't show up until about 4k on a new car and on a new transmission (which they have done for us). Do your homework first, probably better off with a second hand one that you can test drive for a week to see if its one of the unlucky ones! Good luck!
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AmarjitMelbourne
- 4 reviews
- 2 likes
Love this car
I had bought this car in Dec 2016. It's really comfortable, very spacious, smooth driving. Third row has also a lot of space adult can sit on 3rd row as well. My wife like this car a lot. Price of ST model is ok. That's a perfect family SUV, highly recommended.....
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ReenaWagga Wagga
- 3 reviews
Couch on wheels
As I said it is a couch on wheels, big, spacious and has plenty of room for all our boys and pieces. You can't tell if you are in a car, smooth driving, fabulous interior only complain is the amount of fuel it consumes. Oh I forgot the dual climate control.
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ColinPerth
- 2 reviews
- 1 like
2012 Nissan Pathfinder Ti Very immpressive, so confortable, lovely to drive very economical for qu
Driving experience excellent, handles well, very little engine and wind noise a pleasure to drive.
The only dislike is the gauges and speedo are hard to see during the day with sun glasses on, night time very good, Dash board excellent, plenty of leg room, love the reversing camera and Hi Fi Sound system
Reliability excellent, running costs 9 to 10 litres per 100 kilometers range 750 until warning light comes, very economical for such a large vehicle,
Plenty of power and torque to tow my 2 tonne boat
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AngrySydney
- 2 reviews
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Best car ive ever owned
I have had my nissan pathfinder 96 R50 for about 5 or so years and has never missed a beat only thing that is known to go on them are the bushings which isnt to much of a problem just get them replaced the engine is a v6 3.3L its just goes on and on i get about 430L to a tank which is a bit on the heavy side but i cant complain
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Dave9350AU
Nissan Pathfinder ST 2001/02
Bought new in 2001, used for 5 years occasionally towing 15ft caravan, lovely drive, easy towing. It is so comfortable and nice to drive, now 2017 and 66K later I would not swap it. Its in great condition and the 4WD options are so easy to use. It is a true off-road vehicle. Still in original condition, except for tyres and battery, Serviced once per year.No breakdowns, no faults,so reliable, paintwork good, Always garaged.
I get 7km/L around town, 8/9Km/L country .(not towing) Towing various from 5km/L to 6.5Km/L depending on conditions.
I think I will keep it for the very foreseeable future.
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sharon49SYDNEY
- Pathfinder R52 ST (2013-2020)
- Verified purchase
7 seater to suit adult sized people
Easy to drive has plenty of power but hard to park. Can't see where the bonnet ends and there are quite a few blind spots.
Loads of room inside in the middle row and plenty of room for adults in back row. Comfortable seats for driving long distances
Petrol usage is 8.8km/l not bad for such a large car.
All standard accessories that are easy to use
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Mark579South East Queensland, QLD
- 7 reviews
- 6 likes
Nice big car, but woefully under-equipped from a technology point of view
We recently traded our 2013 Commodore VF SportWagon in on a Pathfinder R52 ST-L with the optional Tech kit (Bose, extra cameras etc).
A few quick observations:
The ride is nice. Not too firm. Comfortable and spacious interior, even when 7-up. Ample power and performance is spritely considering the 2-ton weight of the car. You have to ignore the horrible CVT gearbox. It really is awful.
Build quality is poor compared to our Holden, and compared to pretty much any car I have owned. Panel alignment is visibly odd. The cabin has a number of ...Read more
rattles and creaks already. And the infotainment setup is woeful. The Navigation is out of date by 3 years, there is no RDS on the stereo. I can't stream from my iPhone because Nissan's stereo is not compatible with IOS 10 from Apple. Unlike every other car over $50k there is no ApplePlay or Android equivalent. You can't run Pandora in the car either. Hopeless on a number of levels. Nissan will launch a Series 2 in March of this year which will apparently sort some of this out, but if the reviews from the USA are anything to go by, they haven't gone far enough. I now wish I had listened to friends and colleagues who suggested we buy a Toyota Kluger.Similar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
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Tony Papasmelbourne
TI Pathfinder Transmission problems
This is my first new Nissan after being a Toyota customer for more than 10 years. Unfortunately the car developed transmission vibration and after some research I am not the only one. The vehicle started having this issue at 5K and now after many times back to the dealer at 28K the transition is getting changed. As I understand many cars had the transmission changed more than once with the fault coming back. This is well know issue to Nissan I am sure but they are playing very low. I hope the transmission change will fix the issue in my case otherwise I will become their worst nightmare.
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Updates after a complete replacement. The new transmission had no vibrations however after 500klm and every 300 to 450 klm after that the transmission seem to be cutting off power for 1 to 2 seconds a... Read more
fter the car was at a stand stop position. This new fault has been experienced very intermittently but with within 500 KLM of each other. The car has now done 4000 klm with the new transmission and the last 800 klms the issue has not come back again. But its early days yet. This issue is a internal belt slipping issue and the gearbox jumps to neutral gear for a second or two and back on power possibly an electronic issue as well. too early to tell as this is extremely difficult to generate. In my view this is more dangerous fault losing power when you just want to accelerate from standing still. As I am recording the issues I believe the dealer will see this car again for another change if this fault appears againThe car had to go back and Nissan they replaced the gearbox unit including the external oil and Cooling pipes for the second time so far after 1000k the issue has not come back. It took 3 years to ... Read more
get the car to where it should be. Nissan provided me with extra 2 years warranty which provides me a piece of mind If any issues come back.. apart from that the car perfectSimilar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
ryan
- 2 reviews
- 3 likes
Under-rated car
Buy one, u will not be disappointing. What more could u want? I bought the diesel auto st-L 08. great car, i use it for 4wd on beach with family(wife,2 kids) kills it. few options if u want to make it a true tourer. Goes great around town cause it drives like a car, not a truck. The wagon in huge! u put the rear seats down, they fold flat - and u have a massive area. i can fit a king single bed in it!
Best part, they are cheap cheap cheap. like seriously cheap. was thinking of getting a 200 series land cruiser, couldn't justify the 30 extra th...Read more
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BenPerth
Its spent more time in the dealership that at home.
Purchased in 2014 as we were having our third child to accommodate the growing family. Have had problems right from start. Transmission problems developed in a year and transmission replaced, later vehicle was recalled for fixing a manufacturing defect with bonnet, has had electronic faults with fuel gauge malfunction, fuel door not closing and later the seats cracking and getting ripped. In the second year the transmission was again replaced but after a couple months the shudders started again. Vehicle gone now for the 3rd transmission change....Read more
This vehicle is absolutely flawed, wonder how its still being marketed and sold in Australia!!. Totally unhappy with the vehicle and Nissan customer service is totally remorse. Had a Toyota for 12 years and never been to the dealership once for any mechanical faults.Similar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
ConsumerNo1South East Queensland, QLD
Reliable Trusted Friend
Never really write reviews but after reading a few of the negative ones I thought I should counter them. I bought my 2008 ST-L diesel A/T new in 2008 and still have it, despite usually replacing my cars every 3 years. I have used it for city driving, long haul road trips, unsealed back routes as well as extensive beach driving as I live in a regional centre only 15 min from the coast where beach driving is permitted. Not once have I been bogged or let down by this vehicle.
As mentioned by another reviewer the two rear rows of seats fold dow...Read more
n COMPLETELY to make a huge, dead flat area in the back. This turns the Pathfinder into a two seater with a huge flat cargo space behind much like a van. I too have two dogs who love this space which is easily big enough to sleep in should one desire to put a mattress in there. Folding the front passenger seat down/forward turns the pathfinder into a one seater allowing even more cargo to be carried. The amount of stuff I have loaded/moved/transported in this vehicle is incredible and I am always amazed at how much I can fit into it. Being an 8yo, two tonne 4wd with relatively high ground clearance it was always going to drive more like a truck/bus than a passenger sedan or low slung sports car. What do you expect? By design and utility it handles like a 2 tonne, high riding 4wd on normal bitumen roads.... which means it does have some roll, road noise and isn't particularly "road hugging" on winding sealed roads as you would expect a sedan or sports car to be. That's a given and is the trade off between a vehicle designed for roads vs a vehicle designed for off road. Perhaps the other reviewers who complain don't understand the basic principles of each. Part of this trade off is its capability in off-road scenarios. For mine, the vast majority of off-road use is beach driving, of which mine does a lot of. The turbo diesel engine, although not the biggest in class has more than enough torque. Coupled with the auto transmission this vehicle just smashes through deep soft sand and keeps the two tonnes powering through it flawlessly and effortlessly. Not once have I become bogged even in the softest deepest sand, all without having to lower tyre pressures. It just keeps pushing and pushing through and if I feel a slight loss of momentum as the sand changes a quick push on the accelerator unleashes more torque and it just keeps going. The auto transmission is very well suited to sand especially considering that it also is a semi auto, meaning the driver can select a specific gear to ensure the auto doesn't change up or down. This is of course separate from the 4wd system which includes a transfer case allowing 4h and 4l. The driver can select 2wd, 4wd 4h, 4wd 4l as well as an "auto" setting which allows the vehicle to select the appropriate mode as required on the fly. When driving on sealed roads the vehicle is set to 2wd which dives the vehicle via the rear wheels. I cannot fault the reliability of this vehicle. I have had some minor issues pop up from time to time but each have been easily identified and repaired by Nissan. I have just had the turbo actuator solenoid valve replaced (a few hundred dollars) after it failed which caused a massive lack of power but other than that the only other work carried out has been my regular servicing which I ensure is done on time. I note that a lot of the negative reviews complaining about mechanical problems and reliability also include a laundry list of changes/modifications carried out personally by the owner/reviewer.... changing this, disconnecting that, removing that, replacing this etc, then they wonder why their vehicle is having problems. Tip: the teams of designers and engineers who build the vehicle do so knowing what works and what doesn't. If there was a good reason for not having something or including something mechanical I'm sure they would've done it. DIY engine mods are just asking for trouble. Anyway, I digress.... The interior surfaces of my 8yo Pathfinder are still pretty good in most places despite heavy use and no cleaning. Admittedly mine is filthy.... lots of sand, dirt and dust from the use I get out of it however when I do clean it the surfaces and carpet come up a treat. The only areas of true degradation are limited to a few small spots where there is constant use/contact such as where my thumbs sit on surface of steering wheel spoke and an area near the transmission yolk. Other areas of very high use such as arm rests are like new.Similar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
2014 st-l
Love this car, 360 camera, 12 speakers Bose system, space and size for 7 seats. Good pricing compare to only competitors. Good family hauler without the people mover looks.
Thirsty, but expected from a 2t vehicle on petrol. Surprisingly zippy when required and very economical when cruising at hwy. luckily i don't have any issue with the transmission like others.
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Questions & Answers
Craig S.asked
Just bought a 2008 TI and it has the old 6 stacker CD system in the dash. Has anyone managed to put a new r52 head unit in their older Pathfinder or could recommend an off market unit ?
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Craig S.asked
Just bought a 2008 TI but has the old 6 stacker in it. Has anybody tried to put a r52 sat nav head unit in the r51?
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Grant F.asked
I have a 2017 R52 Pathfinder. Can I put on an after market sports exhaust system and not effect the engine.
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Cindy Hogarth
We have a resolve to our issue - while i cannot disclose the full details I can say that our dealer went above and beyond to help us - our problem went to the HIGHEST possible level at Nissan Australi... Read more
a. The problem could not be found in our particular car - we have been told ours is the ONLY Hyrbrid in Australia with this particular issue. While I am skeptical of this and without going into detail - we now have a brand new series 2 Pathfinder - and we couldn't be happier - it is everything we wanted in a car. I waited to get to 5000km before writing this comment just to be sure. Its beautiful, even better than we could imagine. My suggestion - if your thinking of getting a Pathfinder - go for the new series 2! you wont be dissapointed!