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2022 NISSAN PATHFINDER — UNKNOWN OR OTHER

1 injured · 1919073 · 2023-08-15

Vehicle

Make
NISSAN
Model
PATHFINDER
Year
2022
Manufacturer
Nissan North America, Inc.
Component
UNKNOWN OR OTHER

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
1
Fire
No
Crash
No
Police report
No
Medical attention
Yes
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

2022 NISSAN PATHFINDER SL AWD UNDER WARRANTY. WIFE AND CHILD APPROACHED CAR, THE PROXIMITY UNLOCK DIDN'T WHEN TOUCHING THE DOOR HANDLE. WIFE PULLED OUT KEY FOB AND HIT UNLOCK BUTTON. THEN PLACED CHILD IN CAR SEAT BEHIND DRIVER. THE KEY FOB WAS INSIDE OF DIAPER BAG ON FLOOR BOARD DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF CHILD SEAT AND BEHIND DRIVER SEAT. WIFE NEVER INITIATED A DOOR LOCK NOR HEARD ANY AUDIBLE LOCK MECHANISM. SHE THEN CLOSED THE BACK DOOR AND WENT TO OPEN THE DRIVERS DOOR. THE DOOR WAS LOCKED AND POLICE AND EMS VIA 911 WERE CALLED TO FORCIBLY ENTER CAR SINCE IT WAS NEAR 100 DEGREES OUTSIDE. LATER THAT DAY THE LOCAL NISSAN DEALER SERVICE SAID THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE AND SAID NOTHING COULD BE DONE. I TRIED MULTIPLE TIMES TO DUPLICATE THE DOOR LOCK WITH FOB INSIDE LAST NIGHT AND COULD NOT GET IT TO DUPLICATE WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY. MY NINE MONTH OLD SON WAS SEEN BY URGENT CARE AND EMS PERSONNEL BUT NOT POLICE REPORT WAS FILED SINCE THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT AND MY SON DID NOT REQUIRE IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY CARE, JUST CAUTIOUS HEAT IMPACT CARE AT LOCAL URGENT CARE CLINIC. UPON FURTHER RESEARCH APPEARS THIS ISSUE WITH NISSAN KEY DEFECTS GOES BACK MULTIPLE YEAR S AND VEHICLES AND HAD MULTIPLE NHTSA COMPLAINTS. NONE OF THOSE HOWEVER LOOK TO COVER THE 2022 NISSAN PATHFINDER, HENSE THIS COMPLAINT.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11538569
Machine
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