2014 NISSAN PATHFINDER — Complaint #1730685
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NHTSA Complaint about LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH filed March 3, 2021
NHTSA complaint #1730685 (ODI reference 11398825) concerns a 2014 NISSAN PATHFINDER and was filed on March 3, 2021. The owner reports the failure occurred on March 2, 2021. The vehicle had 86,324 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to California based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as latches/locks/linkages:hood:latch, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same NISSAN PATHFINDER cohort independently describe similar latches/locks/linkages:hood:latch failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2014 NISSAN PATHFINDER shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET AT ~ 30MPH, THE HOOD FLEW OPEN BENDING BOTH THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER FENDERS AND MANGLING THE SEALS. THE FORCE AT WHICH THE HOOD OPENED NEARLY BROKE THE WINDSHIELD AND DID NOT ALLOW FOR THE DRIVER TO SEE OUT OF ANY PART OF THE WINDOW REQUIRING AN IMMEDIATE STOP. THERE WAS NO INDICATION ON THE DASHBOARD THAT THE HOOD WAS AJAR. IN DOING SOME RESEARCH, THERE IS A RECALL ON THE SAME YEAR/MAKE/MODEL BUT NONE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS VIN. WHILE THE DRIVER AND NO OTHER VEHICLES WERE INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT, THIS ISSUE HAD THE POTENTIAL TO INJURY OR KILL SOMEONE IF THIS HAD HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY OR ON A BUSIER ROAD.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1730685 |
| ODI Number | 11398825 |
| Date Filed | March 3, 2021 |
| Failure Date | March 2, 2021 |
| VIN | 5N1AR2MM2EC |
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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