2021 NISSAN NV

On April 1, 2023, my husband was weed-eating on our farm and a rock flew and hit the window directly behind the driver and shattered it. I immediately called the dealership the same day to get a new window ordered. They said it would be in in a couple of days. That turned into weeks. Then months. I posted in a Facebook group which has over 30K members to see if anyone else had this issue. Others told me they had been waiting almost a year then (now it's been 16 months for them). So my husband used cardboard at first -- then after months of cardboard got a piece of plexi glass from Lowe's cut to size and taped in with gorilla tape. (See pic) Once I heard from members in the group they had been waiting over a year -- and many many other issues with this window like spontaneously shattering Nissan has refused to address, I knew there was no way I was getting a window any time soon so started calling Nissan Corporate directly for answers. I opened multiple cases with Consumer Affairs ov

When braking, the transmission downshifts and lurches the car forward just before coming to a stop. This problem artificially increases the stopping distance and time needed when braking. This caused me to have an accident rear ending another car. My vehicle did not stop in time when braking due to the vehicle surging forward when stopping, causing significant damage to both vehicles and injuries to passengers. A related but separate problem happens when driving steady at 25mph, slightly coming off the gas the vehicle seems downshift hard, slowing the vehicle quickly as if braking. It jerks the vehicle forward and back when trying to maintain a steady speed specifically in the 25-30 mph range. This issue was first noticed right around the time of the accident and has continued since then. Both problems usually happen consistently after the vehicle has warmed up, after about 10-15 miles. I took the vehicle to the dealer for inspection but they did not see a problem. This vehicle uses