Picked up the new Pathfinder last Saturday early evening.
Drove home and when I exited car I noticed a slight electrical
burning odor. Seemed to be from under hood. Figured it's new (only 3
miles on it when I picked it up) and it was probably normal as new
components get hot.

Sunday I noticed it again. Not as strong but still an electrical type
odor. By the end of Sunday the odor was gone and I forgot about it.

Monday arrived cold and rainy. Temps in the high 40's. Drove to pickup
coffees for Mrs.E. and I and realized I had no heat. Had the
temperature setting to max (90 degrees). No matter what I did, manual
mode, auto mode, front heat, rear heat, it just blew cold air.

So, it's back at the dealership to be fixed. I have a hunch what is bad
so I am interested to see if I am right. I think the damper control
actuator either stuck or was bad from the get-go and it basically burned
up the coil that operates it which would explain the electrical burning
odor.


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On Wed, 31 May 2017 12:05:52 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
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Picked up the new Pathfinder last Saturday early evening.
Drove home and when I exited car I noticed a slight electrical
burning odor. Seemed to be from under hood. Figured it's new (only 3
miles on it when I picked it up) and it was probably normal as new
components get hot.

Sunday I noticed it again. Not as strong but still an electrical type
odor. By the end of Sunday the odor was gone and I forgot about it.

Monday arrived cold and rainy. Temps in the high 40's. Drove to pickup
coffees for Mrs.E. and I and realized I had no heat. Had the
temperature setting to max (90 degrees). No matter what I did, manual
mode, auto mode, front heat, rear heat, it just blew cold air.

So, it's back at the dealership to be fixed. I have a hunch what is bad
so I am interested to see if I am right. I think the damper control
actuator either stuck or was bad from the get-go and it basically burned
up the coil that operates it which would explain the electrical burning
odor.



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That's too bad. Did you consider getting a Toyota or Honda? We've
had really good luck with them over the years.

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On 5/31/2017 1:59 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 31 May 2017 12:05:52 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:


Picked up the new Pathfinder last Saturday early evening.
Drove home and when I exited car I noticed a slight electrical
burning odor. Seemed to be from under hood. Figured it's new (only 3
miles on it when I picked it up) and it was probably normal as new
components get hot.

Sunday I noticed it again. Not as strong but still an electrical type
odor. By the end of Sunday the odor was gone and I forgot about it.

Monday arrived cold and rainy. Temps in the high 40's. Drove to pickup
coffees for Mrs.E. and I and realized I had no heat. Had the
temperature setting to max (90 degrees). No matter what I did, manual
mode, auto mode, front heat, rear heat, it just blew cold air.

So, it's back at the dealership to be fixed. I have a hunch what is bad
so I am interested to see if I am right. I think the damper control
actuator either stuck or was bad from the get-go and it basically burned
up the coil that operates it which would explain the electrical burning
odor.



===

That's too bad. Did you consider getting a Toyota or Honda? We've
had really good luck with them over the years.


I looked at the Toyota version of what I bought (Toyota Highlander).
Liked it but for various minor reasons I liked the Pathfinder more.
Probably the color. Battleship grey. :-) Didn't look at Honda's.

We've bought all our cars over the past 30 years or so from the same
dealership and they have always treated us right. They sell Nissan and
Toyota only now. They used to sell Lincolns, Mercs, etc. along with
Dodge but dropped them. The manager told me they dropped Lincoln/Merc
because of delays in getting warranty parts. They dropped Dodge when
Chrysler was acquired by Fiat.

I haven't lost confidence in it. I had the Nissan Altima for a little
over a year and it was completely trouble-free.

I suspect the damper thing was either jammed shut and the motor or
actuator couldn't move it so it burned up or it was bad from the get-go.
I don't know how extensive the final quality control is to verify
everything works. The engine would have to be run long enough to warm
up and I have a feeling they don't do that at the factory.

It may not even be the problem. It's just my guess.

On Wednesday, May 31, 2017 at 12:06:05 PM UTC-4, Mr. Luddite wrote:
Picked up the new Pathfinder last Saturday early evening.
Drove home and when I exited car I noticed a slight electrical
burning odor. Seemed to be from under hood. Figured it's new (only 3
miles on it when I picked it up) and it was probably normal as new
components get hot.

Sunday I noticed it again. Not as strong but still an electrical type
odor. By the end of Sunday the odor was gone and I forgot about it.

Monday arrived cold and rainy. Temps in the high 40's. Drove to pickup
coffees for Mrs.E. and I and realized I had no heat. Had the
temperature setting to max (90 degrees). No matter what I did, manual
mode, auto mode, front heat, rear heat, it just blew cold air.

So, it's back at the dealership to be fixed. I have a hunch what is bad
so I am interested to see if I am right. I think the damper control
actuator either stuck or was bad from the get-go and it basically burned
up the coil that operates it which would explain the electrical burning
odor.


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Maybe a good thing you live where you do. I wouldn't have known until October.

I'm sure they'll have you straightened out in no time.

On 5/31/2017 2:29 PM, Its Me wrote:
On Wednesday, May 31, 2017 at 12:06:05 PM UTC-4, Mr. Luddite wrote:
Picked up the new Pathfinder last Saturday early evening.
Drove home and when I exited car I noticed a slight electrical
burning odor. Seemed to be from under hood. Figured it's new (only 3
miles on it when I picked it up) and it was probably normal as new
components get hot.

Sunday I noticed it again. Not as strong but still an electrical type
odor. By the end of Sunday the odor was gone and I forgot about it.

Monday arrived cold and rainy. Temps in the high 40's. Drove to pickup
coffees for Mrs.E. and I and realized I had no heat. Had the
temperature setting to max (90 degrees). No matter what I did, manual
mode, auto mode, front heat, rear heat, it just blew cold air.

So, it's back at the dealership to be fixed. I have a hunch what is bad
so I am interested to see if I am right. I think the damper control
actuator either stuck or was bad from the get-go and it basically burned
up the coil that operates it which would explain the electrical burning
odor.


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Maybe a good thing you live where you do. I wouldn't have known until October.

I'm sure they'll have you straightened out in no time.


LOL. I thought about that. Sunday was in the 60's, so I didn't notice
the lack of heat. It wasn't until Monday morning when it was in the 40's.

Rich, an old tv repairman told me that If a newpart is going to fail it will quickly. If it can make it through its first 30 days of use, it'll usually make its service life cycle.

I believe it.

On 5/31/2017 2:45 PM, Tim wrote:

Rich, an old tv repairman told me that If a newpart is going to fail it will quickly. If it can make it through its first 30 days of use, it'll usually make its service life cycle.

I believe it.


That has always been a rule of thumb in electronics, I know. They gave
me a loaner Pathfinder that is more loaded than the one I bought.
Basically has every option available. It's the "Platinum" version. Has
5K miles on it. Maybe they'll just let me keep it instead? Very
doubtful.

:-)

On 5/31/17 2:38 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 5/31/2017 2:29 PM, Its Me wrote:
On Wednesday, May 31, 2017 at 12:06:05 PM UTC-4, Mr. Luddite wrote:
Picked up the new Pathfinder last Saturday early evening.
Drove home and when I exited car I noticed a slight electrical
burning odor. Seemed to be from under hood. Figured it's new (only 3
miles on it when I picked it up) and it was probably normal as new
components get hot.

Sunday I noticed it again. Not as strong but still an electrical type
odor. By the end of Sunday the odor was gone and I forgot about it.

Monday arrived cold and rainy. Temps in the high 40's. Drove to pickup
coffees for Mrs.E. and I and realized I had no heat. Had the
temperature setting to max (90 degrees). No matter what I did, manual
mode, auto mode, front heat, rear heat, it just blew cold air.

So, it's back at the dealership to be fixed. I have a hunch what is bad
so I am interested to see if I am right. I think the damper control
actuator either stuck or was bad from the get-go and it basically burned
up the coil that operates it which would explain the electrical burning
odor.


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Maybe a good thing you live where you do. I wouldn't have known until
October.

I'm sure they'll have you straightened out in no time.


LOL. I thought about that. Sunday was in the 60's, so I didn't notice
the lack of heat. It wasn't until Monday morning when it was in the 40's.



Good luck. My Tacoma has almost 15,000 on it since talking delivery in
March 2016. It's going in next week for the 15,000 mile inspection,
service, and tire rotation. I have *no* list of items to fix. Wife has
6,500 miles on her 2017 Camry. No problems.

On 5/31/2017 3:15 PM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 5/31/17 2:38 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 5/31/2017 2:29 PM, Its Me wrote:
On Wednesday, May 31, 2017 at 12:06:05 PM UTC-4, Mr. Luddite wrote:
Picked up the new Pathfinder last Saturday early evening.
Drove home and when I exited car I noticed a slight electrical
burning odor. Seemed to be from under hood. Figured it's new (only 3
miles on it when I picked it up) and it was probably normal as new
components get hot.

Sunday I noticed it again. Not as strong but still an electrical type
odor. By the end of Sunday the odor was gone and I forgot about it.

Monday arrived cold and rainy. Temps in the high 40's. Drove to
pickup
coffees for Mrs.E. and I and realized I had no heat. Had the
temperature setting to max (90 degrees). No matter what I did, manual
mode, auto mode, front heat, rear heat, it just blew cold air.

So, it's back at the dealership to be fixed. I have a hunch what is
bad
so I am interested to see if I am right. I think the damper control
actuator either stuck or was bad from the get-go and it basically
burned
up the coil that operates it which would explain the electrical burning
odor.


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Maybe a good thing you live where you do. I wouldn't have known
until October.

I'm sure they'll have you straightened out in no time.


LOL. I thought about that. Sunday was in the 60's, so I didn't
notice the lack of heat. It wasn't until Monday morning when it was
in the 40's.



Good luck. My Tacoma has almost 15,000 on it since talking delivery in
March 2016. It's going in next week for the 15,000 mile inspection,
service, and tire rotation. I have *no* list of items to fix. Wife has
6,500 miles on her 2017 Camry. No problems.


I am not concerned. I will be if it starts having other problems
though. The Altima was trouble free for the year plus that I had it.
I think it's more of a fluke that an electro-mechanical component went
bad or was bad to begin with. It only had 3 miles on it when I took
delivery.

On Wed, 31 May 2017 11:29:48 -0700 (PDT), Its Me
wrote:

Maybe a good thing you live where you do. I wouldn't have known until October.

We have had the AC on the whole time here in NC but it does get pretty
chilly at night. Great sleeping weather.