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2013 Nissan Pathfinder visibility/wiper problems

46 owner complaints to NHTSA about the 2013 Nissan Pathfinder cite visibility/wiper, 5% of all 891 complaints for this model year.

Complaints
46
5% of all complaints
Crashes
1
Reported by owners
Fires
0
Reported by owners
Injuries
0
Reported by owners
01 —Owner reports

What owners say about the visibility/wiper

Verbatim from NHTSA complaints, newest first
“Sun visors on both driver and passenger side, have problems and keep falling down. It is a known recurring issue with Nissan, and it blocks vision of the road ahead, as well as when they hang down, it causes head injury thrust against the edge of visor. The dealership confirmed that this is a known issue yet Nissan has not issued a recall for this, it is a safety hazard. The visors will not stay up in place, and they fall down just enough to have the hard edge of the visor directly in front of the forehead, causing injury and impeding visibility.”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Apr 18, 2023Visibility/wiperODI 11517625
“The contact owns a 2013 Nissan Pathfinder. The contact stated that the sun visor failed to operate. The contact stated that the sun visor blocked her vision. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The dealer nor the manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 106,000. The consumer stated the sun visor was repaired at owners expense due to safety reasons.”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Aug 15, 2022Visibility/wiperODI 11479425
“I HAVE TO CHANGE THE TRANSMISSION FOR THE 2 TIME . THE FIRST NISSAN SEND ME RECALL AN D THIS ONE I HAVE TO PAY FOR MY SELF, VERY BAD TRANSMISSION. I KNOW PEOPLE SUFFER FOR THIS SITUATION, IN THE 2019 MY CAR STARTED WITH SMALL SIGNAL, BUT IN 03/ 01/2021 I HAVES THE DIAGNOSTIC FOR THE PROBLEM THAN YOU SO MUCH FOR PAY ATTENTION TO THIS PROBLEM. MARLENE F SILVA”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Mar 25, 2021Engine, Visibility/wiperODI 11404796
“THE SUNVISOR/SHADE ON BOTH THE PASSENGER SIDE AND THE DRIVER SIDE IS NOT STAYING IN PLACE. IT IS BLOCKING THE VIEW. UPON CALLING NISSAN THEY CLAIMED THAT THERE ARE NO RECALLS AND HAVE TO ONLY INFORM NHTSA TO TAKE SPECIFIC ACTION.”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Jul 2, 2020Visibility/wiperODI 11337266
“SUN VISOR DOES NOT STAY IN PLACE AND DROOPS AND OBSTRUCTS VIEW WHEN VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. THIS OBSTRUCTS VIEW AND MAY CAUSE A CRASH. THE SAME HAPPENS TO BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE SUN VISORS. A QUICK INTERNET SEARCH SHOWS THE PROBLEM TO BE PREVALENT.”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Mar 4, 2020Unknown or other, Visibility/wiperODI 11316152
“BOTH SUN VISORS ON THE DRIVERS SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE WILL NOT GO UP AND HANG DOWN DUE TO A DEFECT. THIS BLOCKS THE VISIBILITY OF THE ROAD AND POSES A SAFETY HAZARD AS IF YOU WERE IN AN ACCIDENT THE PERSON WOULD GET INJURED BY THE VISOR HANGING DOWN. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN MENTIONED ONLINE BY MANY NISSAN OWNERS AND NISSAN REFUSES TO COVER. I RECEIVED AN ESTIMATE OF $430.84 TO GET THEM REPLACED. WHEN I NOTICED THAT MY VISORS WERE LIKE THIS WAS WHEN. I PICKED MY CAR UP FROM THE NISSAN GARAGE AS THEY WERE FIXING A MECHANICAL PROBLEM. I TRIED TO PUSH UP AND THEY WOULD JUST FALL DOWN AGAIN. NOTHING I DID TO CAUSE THIS.”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Dec 18, 2019Unknown or other, Visibility/wiperODI 11289834

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Data from NHTSA Complaints API (owner reports, unverified) · synced Nov 3, 2026NHTSA vehicle page

Complaints are unverified owner reports to NHTSA and are not normalized for sales volume. One complaint can cite several components.