{"@context":{"@vocab":"https://schema.org/"},"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/api/v1/nhtsa/complaints/check?make=PATHFINDER","name":"PATHFINDER","_source":{"data_provider":"AI Analytics","data_provider_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","primary_source":"https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/","generated_at":"2026-07-27T21:11:36.385Z"},"summary":{"total_complaints":6,"deaths":0,"injured":7,"fires":0},"top_components":[{"component_desc":"TIRES","n":3},{"component_desc":"TIRES:TREAD/BELT","n":1},{"component_desc":"TIRES:SIDEWALL","n":1},{"component_desc":"EQUIPMENT","n":1}],"recent_complaints":[{"cmplid":"886162","date_received":"2011-10-18","make":"PATHFINDER","model":"PFD RADIAL ATR","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"TIRES","description":"DRIVING ON INTERSTATE AT 70 MPH, BACK TIRE BLEW OUT, CAR SPUN, LOST CONTROL, ROLLED X 2. CAR LANDED ON ROOF. DRIVER HAD MINER INJURIES, CUTS, BRUISES, TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE, RELEASED FROM E.D. IN 2 HOURS.CAR IS TOTAL LOSS. TIRES ALL WITH MINIMAL WEAR, LOTS OF TREAD, WARRATIED FOR 60,000 MILES, THIS TIRE FAILED AT 30,000 MILES.  *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/886162"},{"cmplid":"617956","date_received":"2007-03-24","make":"PATHFINDER","model":"LT24575R16","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"TIRES","description":"I HAVE BEEN HAVING A PROBLEM IN TALLAHASSEE GETTING TIRES THAT ARE NOT BROKEN,  INTENTIONALLY PREINSTALLATION AT THE SIDEWALLS / AND THEN OVERPRESSURIZED ON A BIG RED TIRE MACHINE, SEE PREVIOUS COMPLAINT AGAINST TIRES PLUS, CONFIRMATION NO. 10181407.  I REPLACED 4 BRIDEGSTONE DUELER ALENZAS ON 3/22/2007 WITH PATHFINDERS TRAIL A/P AT DISCOUNT TIRES IN TALLAHASSEE FL.  THE ASSISTANT MANAGER, CHRIS CERGE, SAW THE DAMAGE DONE TO THE BRIDGESTONES BEFORE I BOUGHT THE PATHFINDERS FROM HIM.  I SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED THAT MY NEW TIRES NOT BE MOUNTED VIA THE RED TIRE MACHINE, THAT HIS MECHANICS USED THE 1950'S METHOD OF MOUNTING THE NEW TIRES WITH A SCREWDRIVER.  TECHNICIAN  IGNORED MY REQUEST, AND MY NEW PATHFINDERS ARE BROKEN AT THE SIDEWALLS, WHICH CAUSES THEM TO DRIVE AND RIDE LIKE THEY HAVE 15,000 MILES ON THEM WHEN THEY ARE BRAND NEW.  I WOULD LIKE A REPLACEMENT SET OF TIRES WHICH ARE NOT MOUNTED VIA THE RED TIRE MACHINE.  NO TIRE, NO MATTER THE QUALITY, CAN WITHSTAND THE DAMAGE THAT THESE LOCALS ARE DOING TO THEM.*AK","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/617956"},{"cmplid":"617957","date_received":"2007-03-24","make":"PATHFINDER","model":"LT24575R16","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"TIRES:SIDEWALL","description":"I HAVE BEEN HAVING A PROBLEM IN TALLAHASSEE GETTING TIRES THAT ARE NOT BROKEN,  INTENTIONALLY PREINSTALLATION AT THE SIDEWALLS / AND THEN OVERPRESSURIZED ON A BIG RED TIRE MACHINE, SEE PREVIOUS COMPLAINT AGAINST TIRES PLUS, CONFIRMATION NO. 10181407.  I REPLACED 4 BRIDEGSTONE DUELER ALENZAS ON 3/22/2007 WITH PATHFINDERS TRAIL A/P AT DISCOUNT TIRES IN TALLAHASSEE FL.  THE ASSISTANT MANAGER, CHRIS CERGE, SAW THE DAMAGE DONE TO THE BRIDGESTONES BEFORE I BOUGHT THE PATHFINDERS FROM HIM.  I SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED THAT MY NEW TIRES NOT BE MOUNTED VIA THE RED TIRE MACHINE, THAT HIS MECHANICS USED THE 1950'S METHOD OF MOUNTING THE NEW TIRES WITH A SCREWDRIVER.  TECHNICIAN  IGNORED MY REQUEST, AND MY NEW PATHFINDERS ARE BROKEN AT THE SIDEWALLS, WHICH CAUSES THEM TO DRIVE AND RIDE LIKE THEY HAVE 15,000 MILES ON THEM WHEN THEY ARE BRAND NEW.  I WOULD LIKE A REPLACEMENT SET OF TIRES WHICH ARE NOT MOUNTED VIA THE RED TIRE MACHINE.  NO TIRE, NO MATTER THE QUALITY, CAN WITHSTAND THE DAMAGE THAT THESE LOCALS ARE DOING TO THEM.*AK","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/617957"},{"cmplid":"562829","date_received":"2005-11-16","make":"PATHFINDER","model":"LT24575R16","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":2,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"TIRES:TREAD/BELT","description":"DT: CONTACT STATES WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ON THE INTERSTATE  AT 60 MPH THE  TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE. THIS, IN TURN, CAUSED  THE VEHICLE  TO LOSE  CONTROL. THE VEHICLE BOUNCED BACK AND FORTH,  SENDING THE OCCUPANTS FROM SIDE TO SIDE, UP AND DOWN,  ALMOST CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO OVER TURN. WHEN THE VEHICLE STOPPED IT  HIT THE PAVEMENT , CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS NO VIBRATION IN THE VEHICLE OR THE TIRES PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. THE TIRE WAS LOCATED ON THE BACK DRIVER'S SIDE. INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. NO POLICE REPORT TAKEN.*AK","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/562829"},{"cmplid":"533288","date_received":"2005-05-03","make":"PATHFINDER","model":"LT24575R16","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"TIRES","description":"TRUCK DAMANGE DUE TO TIRE BLOW-OUT","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/533288"},{"cmplid":"465305","date_received":"2004-04-12","make":"PATHFINDER","model":"PATHFINDER","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":2,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"EQUIPMENT","description":"ON APRIL 7, 2004, MY SON AND I WERE INVLOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHERE THE VEHICLE ROLLED FRONT TO BACK AND SIDE TO SIDE LANDING IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION AND THE AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED.*AK","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/465305"}]}