Nissan3 Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 I am 17 and am interested in getting a Pathfinder. My brother told me though that I should get manual because the Automatic transmissions in the 90-95 models tend to blow after about 200 000 km. I just wanted to know if anybody knows if this is true or has experienced any problems with their automatics. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88pathoffroad Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 That's only true if they aren't maintained. The stock tranny cooler tends to clog up and kill the tranny after a while, so installing an aftermarket cooler is a very good idea. Mine has 140,000 miles and is still going strong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepRescueService14 Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 ugh... slushboxes.. its really what you prefer and what youre gonna use it for. you could prolly squeeze a lil more of the 150 hp you have out of a manual, although a bit of a handful sometimes offroad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k9sar Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 my AT on the 95 died under 100K miles. Of course, I abused it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
94extreme Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 yeh, they tend to die around 100k if they don't have that aftermarket kooler installed... but don't be discouraged... the trucks are excellent and last very long time with a little tlc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lgranch Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 You can save yourself trouble by going with the manual tranny. I say this and I am an auto tranny geek. However you have bigger issues than manual vs auto. MANY 95's will have significant frame rot. Lost of 94's are the same and some 93's will be rotted. You must carefully examine this. Here in the Northeast there are currently over 10 pathy's for sale with none repairable frame rot. (yes anything is repairable, it just is not worth the expense) Also VG30 engines almost always have exhaust bolt failure. This is significant job to replace the broken off studs. Finally auto trannys did fail without adaquate cooling. if the truck does not have a BIG tranny cooler then you will very probably have trouble. I have been lloking for a good Pathy body & chassis for more than 6 months and have not found one yet. Ask questions on this forum before you buy. There is a kid in Erie PA. He bought his Pathy for $700 in July. Put another $700 in it repairs. It still does not run hardly at all and he can not sell it for even $500. :oops: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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