barnacle

Is it accurate that the cooler issue affects only automatic transmissions?

I don't use a car for daily travel at all. Distance-wise I drive like 4K a year max. Those are some small road trips but more mountain excursions. Not so much offroading but generally getting about in rough winter mountain terrain. I like my cars reliable but I don't mind tinkering, as long as it's not leaving me on the side of the road I'm ok. So I'm torn between the R50 and R51. I like them both. The R50 has more classic charm but the R51 is a pretty sexy beast.

Hi all, I'm looking at buying a pathfinder and am a little worried about the tranmission coolant issues I've read so much about. From what I understand the fix is to bypass the cooler or somesuch, but is there any way I can figure out if this has been done? I doubt it'd be wise to just take the seller's word for it if I ask about it. Would a late 90s models be a wiser choice? I can find those for almost half the price of the 2005-2007 models.